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97 days ago |
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Hagel to lead Obama's intelligence oversight panel - — Former Nebraska Senator Chuck Hagel will soon have a new role in the Obama administration, he will be named co-chair of President's Intelligence Advisory Board. — In that capacity, Hagel will be charged with overseeing the work … |
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103 days ago |
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Exclusive: Holbrooke on Holbrooke - Washington has been abuzz ... - — Washington has been abuzz with stories speculating about the role of special representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan Richard Holbrooke, the gregarious U.S. diplomat who has been somewhat absent from public appearances recently. |
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108 days ago |
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J Street: "We are winning" - — The debate in Washington over the Jewish-American role in U.S.-Israel policy is at a fever pitch, as the new and controversial organization called J Street is reeling from the loss of support of several members of Congress who have backed away from the group under pressure from its detractors. |
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118 days ago |
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Levin: Obama backed McChrystal in Afghanistan meeting - — President Obama expressed strong support for Afghanistan commander Gen. Stanley McChrystal in his meeting with lawmakers this afternoon, Senate Armed Services Committee chairman Carl Levin reported upon returning to Capitol Hill. |
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134 days ago |
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Top Pentagon official: McChrystal's report is just "one input" - — A senior Pentagon official said today that the leaked assessment of Gen. Stanley McChrystal, which says that “mission failure” is a serious risk unless more U.S. troops are sent to Afghanistan, is just “one input” … |
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139 days ago |
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The Obama administration's draft metrics on "evaluating progress ... - — The Obama administration delivered its metrics for the future of Afghanistan and Pakistan to senators in a closed briefing on Capitol Hill today, and The Cable has the document. |
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141 days ago |
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Murtha to Obama: No more troops - — House defense spending cardinal John Murtha, an early bellwether of congressional opposition to the Iraq war, has made his strongest comments yet opposing more U.S. troops for the war in Afghanistan. — The Pennsylvania lawmaker and Vietnam veteran … |
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186 days ago |
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Holbrooke: I've changed Bush's failed Afghan drug policy - — In a press briefing yesterday, U.S. Af-Pak envoy Richard Holbrooke, back Tuesday from a trip to Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Brussels, noted that he had torn up the Bush administration's playbook on drug eradication in Afghanistan … |
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234 days ago |
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Iran elections UPDATED Laura Rozen/The Cable - — Leading Iranian opposition presidential candidate Mir Hossein Mousavi was due to give a press conference at 2pm Saturday Tehran time (8 1/2 hours ahead of EST), sources said. The anticipated address comes after a tense night in Iran in which state organs proclaimed … |
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249 days ago |
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Netanyahu: "What the hell do they want from me?" - — Last night, shortly after U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton told journalists that the Obama administration “wants to see a stop to settlements — not some settlements, not outposts, not natural growth exceptions,” Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called a confidante. |
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