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Conflict in Syria causing discord
Last August, then-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and then-CIA Director David H. Petraeus proposed that the United States change its policy and send weapons and other aid to the rebels fighting the Syrian government. Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta...Tags: Libya, Central Intelligence Agency, Defense, U.S. Department of Defense, Bashar Assad
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McManus: A team of rivals on Syria
Last August, then-Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and then-CIA Director David H. Petraeus proposed that the United States change its policy and send weapons and other aid to the rebels fighting the Syrian government. Defense Secretary Leon E....
Tags: Central Intelligence Agency, Defense, Bashar Assad, Wars and Interventions, Martin Dempsey
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Gen. John Allen turns down NATO post, set to retire
This post has been corrected, as indicated below.WASHINGTON — Gen. John Allen, who was top commander in Afghanistan until Feb. 10, announced Tuesday that he is retiring from the Marine Corps due to his wife’s chronic illness, turning down a White House offer to nominate him to be the supreme...Tags: Paula Broadwell, Central Intelligence Agency, U.S. Department of Defense, John Allen, Wars and Interventions
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On Benghazi, blame the bureaucracy
In testimony before the House Foreign Affairs Committee on Wednesday, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton will resume the fraught conversation about what exactly took place at the American consulate in Benghazi, Libya, last year on Sept. 11. Members...
Tags: Libya, Central Intelligence Agency, Susan Rice, Benghazi, The Wall Street Journal
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Chan Lowe: Manti Te'o, Lance Armstrong and gun control
I’ve noticed that people tend to pay more attention if you can somehow work a sports theme into your message. It’s no accident that politicians lard their language with stomach-turning clichés like “home run,” “full-court...
Tags: Central Intelligence Agency, Gun Control, Interior Policy, Personal Weapon Control
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Soon We'll Be Wishing For Our 15 Minutes Of Privacy
The Hartford CourantAndy Warhol famously said that "in the future everyone will be famous for 15 minutes." With the dawn of Internet, Twitter and other social media, Warhol's future may be now. The average Facebook subscriber averages more than 100 "friends." And Dan...Tags: Central Intelligence Agency, Gun Control, Theft, Interior Policy, Personal Weapon Control
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State of the union, at home and abroad
Jules WitcoverWASHINGTON -- President Obama's first State of the Union address of his second term, following in the fashion of his second inaugural address, focused on the state of the nation at home: the need for more jobs and a revived middle class, as well as such...Tags: United Nations, Washington, DC, Iraq, Al-Qaeda, Martin Dempsey
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Marine takes over as U.S. commander in Afghanistan
KABUL, Afghanistan – Gen. Joseph F. Dunford Jr. took over Sunday as the newest and probably last U.S. commander in Afghanistan, tasked with ending America’s longest war even as insurgents continue to challenge the U.S.-backed Afghan...
Tags: Armed Forces, John Allen, Prosecution, Iraq, International Organizations
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Man found with explosives pleads not guilty
A Costa Mesa man pleaded not guilty Wednesday to felony charges that he posessed the makings of explosives. Baylor Maggenti, 66, had materials commonly used to make pipe bombs, prosecutors said. He has been charged with felony counts of intent to...
Tags: Central Intelligence Agency, Trials, Mitt Romney, Prosecution, Barack Obama
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Army general to face court-martial on sexual misconduct charges
In a rare case of an active-duty general charged with criminal offenses, a brigadier general at Ft. Bragg, N.C., is scheduled to face a court-martial Tuesday on charges of forcible sodomy, sexual misconduct and compelling female officers to perform sex...Tags: Central Intelligence Agency, Adultery, Courts-Martial, Sexual Misconduct, Trials
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'Zero Dark Thirty's' torture implication prompts Senate inquiry
WASHINGTON — After complaining for weeks that the movie “Zero Dark Thirty” erroneously implies that torture yielded key information in the hunt for Osama bin Laden, a trio of senior senators now want to know whether CIA personnel...Tags: Central Intelligence Agency, Drama (genre), Carl Levin, Democratic Party, Peter King
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Interrogating Brennan
It was obvious even before he was nominated that Chuck Hagel, President Obama's choice to be secretary of Defense, would undergo searching scrutiny by the U.S. Senate. But that body also needs to examine thoroughly the man who shared the stage with...
Tags: U.S. Senate, Central Intelligence Agency, John O. Brennan, Wars and Interventions, Chuck Hagel
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