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Obama the decider
A rare phenomenon occurred on Capitol Hill the other day when two ranking officials of the Obama administration testified that they had differed with the president they still served over providing arms to the rebels in Syria seeking to oust dictator...Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, September 11, 2001 Attacks, Muammar Gaddafi, Iraq, John Brennan
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US starts using Pakistan route for Afghan pullout
ISLAMABAD (AP) — The U.S. has started using the land route through Pakistan to pull American military equipment out of Afghanistan as it draws down its troops in the country, U.S. and Pakistani officials said Monday. The U.S. moved 50 shipping...
Tags: NATO, Islamabad (Pakistan), U.S. Military, Afghanistan, Pakistan
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Senator vows to delay Obama's nominees over Libya
WASHINGTON (AP) — A leading Republican senator said Sunday he would hold up Senate confirmation of President Barack Obama's nominees to head the Pentagon and the CIA until the White House provided more answers about the Sept. 11 attack against a U....
Tags: Lindsey O. Graham, Leon Panetta, John Brennan, U.S. Congress, U.S. Cabinet
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The ghosts of Benghazi
WASHINGTON -- We may never know exactly what happened in Benghazi the night Ambassador Christopher Stevens and three other Americans were killed, but it's becoming increasingly clear that our response was short of optimum. Even today, there are far more...
Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, Leon Panetta, U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, Georgetown, Susan Rice
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Combat women and Congress' wimps
WASHINGTON -- Polling that shows Americans favor women in combat by 2-to-1 is evidence only of the power of misinformation. And, yes, indoctrination. Arguments favoring women in direct combat are perhaps well-intentioned, focusing on fairness,...
Tags: Joint Chiefs of Staff, Charles B. Rangel, Politics, U.S. Congress, Demi Moore
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Roger Goodell on ‘Face the Nation’; Bob Costas on ‘Meet the Press’; Hines Ward on ‘State of the Union’
The TV Guy - Orlando SentinelNFL Commissioner Roger Goodell during a news conference Friday in New Orleans. Photo credit: Robert Deutsch/USA Today Sports THIS POST HAS BEEN UPDATED: Bob Schieffer will broadcast CBS' “Face the Nation” from New Orleans, where the Super Bowl... -
Weekend TV Talk Shows: Leon Panetta; Wayne LaPierre; Bob Costas
Click here to download TV listings for the week of Feb. 3 - 9, 2013 in PDF format This week's TV Movies -------------------- SATURDAY Good Morning America (N) 7 a.m. KABC The Chris Matthews Show Michael Duffy; Katty Kay; Howard Fineman; Annie...
Tags: Gun Control, Al Gore, Mark Kelly, Michelle Rhee, The New York Times
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The sirens of the Pentagon
WASHINGTON -- It must be true what they say about women -- that they are smarter, stronger, wiser and wilier than your average Joe. How else could one explain the magical thinking that apparently has prompted Defense Secretary Leon Panetta and Gen....
Tags: U.S. Department of Defense, Joint Chiefs of Staff, Iraq, Leon Panetta, Judges
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Women in combat — 'It's going to level the playing field'
When Maryland National Guard Capt. Cara Kupcho first enlisted in the military 18 years ago, she wanted to drive a Bradley Fighting Vehicle, a 30-ton, armor-busting tank. "I like things that go boom," she explained Thursday. "I like tanks." But as a...
Tags: September 11, 2001 Attacks, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Iraq, Leon Panetta, U.S. Army
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A good decision
As of last year, more than 800 women had been wounded in Iraq and Afghanistan, and more 130 had died. This is despite the military's ban on women in combat. A 1994 Pentagon rule restricted women from artillery, armor, infantry and other combat roles....Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, Joint Chiefs of Staff, Leon Panetta, The New York Times, Feminism
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Pentagon lifting ban on women in combat
Defense Secretary Leon Panetta will end the long-standing prohibition on women serving in direct combat, Pentagon officials said Wednesday, opening hundreds of thousands of military jobs previously closed to female service members. Panetta and Gen....
Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, Iraq, Leon Panetta, U.S. Army, Benjamin L. Cardin
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With Honors: Boyle veteran recognized for bravery during World War II
Contributing WriterMITCHELLSBURG — Robert H. Mitchell observed his 18th birthday in August 1944 and was looking forward to graduating from high school in the spring of 1945. Instead, he was fighting to stay alive in the Battle of Balete Pass in the Philippines while...Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, Joint Chiefs of Staff, World War II (1939-1945), Awards and Prizes, Japan
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