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Security risks, frayed relations dog U.S., Afghans
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — A series of security problems and fractured relations with Afghan leaders plagued Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel's first trip here as Pentagon chief, including the Afghan president's accusations that the U.S. and the Taliban...
Tags: Taliban, Afghanistan, U.S. Department of Defense, Defense, Wars and Interventions
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Fixing the filibuster
The filibuster is back in the news, thanks to Sen. Rand Paul's nearly 13-hour talkathon on U.S. drone policy last week. Putting aside the merits of Mr. Paul's national security views, his feat of endurance was in the best tradition of the Senate. He...Tags: Government, University of Baltimore, Rand Paul, Minority Groups, James Stewart
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Amid Hagel visit, Karzai accuses U.S. of conspiring with Taliban
This post has been updated. See the note below for details.KABUL, Afghanistan — The often-volatile U.S. relationship with Afghan President Hamid Karzai grew increasingly strained Sunday as Karzai accused the U.S. and Taliban insurgents of having a secret understanding to foment violence as a pretext to keep...Tags: Government, U.S. Military, National Government, Barack Obama, Taliban
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Hagel arrives in Afghanistan for first visit as defense chief
KABUL, Afghanistan -- Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel arrived in Afghanistan on Friday for talks on the size of the U.S. force expected to remain in the country after next year. The visit, which was not announced in advance, was Hagel's first to the war...
Tags: Wars and Interventions, Hamid Karzai, International Military Interventions, White House, Vietnam War (1955-1975)
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Mattis: No enemy advantage due to Truman delay
Postponing the combat deployment of a Norfolk-based aircraft carrier will not compromise the safety of troops in the Middle East, a top U.S. general told Congress Tuesday. Marine Gen. James Mattis, commander of U.S. Central Command, said defense...
Tags: Budgets and Budgeting, Bill Nelson, Naval Station Norfolk, John McCain, Timothy M. Kaine
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Too much money spent in Iraq for too few results
WASHINGTON (AP) — Ten years and $60 billion in American taxpayer funds later, Iraq is still so unstable and broken that even its leaders question whether U.S. efforts to rebuild the war-torn nation were worth the cost. In his final report to...
Tags: Government, Islam, Jalal Talabani, U.S. Department of Defense, U.S. Department of State
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Congressman renews efforts for Medal of Honor for fallen Marine
L.A. NOWRep. Duncan Hunter (R-Alpine) is renewing his efforts to have the Medal of Honor awarded to a Marine from San Diego killed in combat in Iraq. In 2008, then-Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates ruled the actions of Sgt. Rafael Peralta...... -
Rand Paul vows to speak 'as long as it takes' to block Brennan
WASHINGTON -- In a rare, traditional filibuster, Sen. Rand Paul vowed to speak on the Senate floor "as long as it takes" to draw attention to his concerns about the Obama administration's policy regarding the targeted killing of American terrorism...
Tags: Rand Paul, Terrorism, Bernard Sanders, Tammy Baldwin, John Brennan
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Hagel: budget cuts won't erode US military power
WASHINGTON (AP) — Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel lamented $46 billion in automatic defense budget cuts as "abrupt and arbitrary" but expressed confidence Friday that the Obama administration will find ways to manage them without jeopardizing national...Tags: Employees, Barack Obama, Martin Dempsey, Washington, DC, Government Debt
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Senate confirms Chuck Hagel as new Defense secretary
WASHINGTON – The Senate voted Tuesday to confirm Chuck Hagel, a Vietnam War veteran and former Republican senator from Nebraska, as the 24th secretary of Defense after a brutal confirmation process that saw members of his own party question his...Tags: Wars and Interventions, Ted Cruz, Carl Levin, Republican Party, Lindsey O. Graham
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A filibuster fit for Joe McCarthy
WASHINGTON -- Chuck Hagel's confirmation as secretary of defense ended as it began -- with a smear. "Senator Hagel has accused Israel of quote 'playing games' and committing, quote, 'sickening slaughter,'" Sen. Roger Wicker, R-Miss., said before...
Tags: Ted Cruz, U.S. Department of Defense, Thomas R. Carper, James Inhofe, Elections
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