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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: Iraq, Afghanistan, Sexual Misconduct, Central Intelligence Agency, Military Justice
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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: Osama bin Laden, Drama (genre), Carl Levin, Dianne Feinstein, Movies
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Obama needs Hagel in the Pentagon
Absent from the discussion about whether former Senator Chuck Hagel would make a good secretary of defense is any focus on lessons learned from personal factors like combat in war, as well as loyalty to the president. As I was grousing about this, my...
Tags: Afghanistan, Defense, U.S. Department of Defense, Wars and Interventions, Central Intelligence Agency
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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: Wars and Interventions, Central Intelligence Agency, John O. Brennan, John Brennan, U.S. Senate
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Hillary Clinton and the 'clot plot'
Apparently, if the secretary of state needs to take a sick day, she had better get a note from her doctor. A very "transparent" note, a very detailed note. With enough copies to send to her most vociferous critics. Hillary Rodham Clinton suffered a...Tags: Sean Hannity, U.S. Department of State, Allen West, Allergies, Fox News Channel (tv network)
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Obama taps Hagel for Pentagon, Brennan for CIA
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama on Monday will nominate Chuck Hagel as his next defense secretary and counterterrorism adviser John Brennan to lead the Central Intelligence Agency, two potentially controversial picks for his second-term...
Tags: This Week (tv program), Susan Rice, Washington, DC, Israel, Leon Panetta
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The Times' 2012 list of the naughty and the nice
Santa's not the only one who makes lists. As we reflect on 2012, we too have thoughts about who should look forward to a cheerful holiday morning and who deserves a lump of coal. Below, The Times' reflections on who's been naughty and who's been nice....Tags: Susan Rice, Holidays, Wildlife, Peter Jackson, U.S. Senate
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Weeks in review
Change of SubjectA roundup of state and local news-review and weekly political chat shows. Descriptions provided by the broadcast outlets in most cases: Connected to Chicago (.mp3 file, right click to download) WLS-AM 890. Host Bill Cameron with Greg Hinz of Crain's...... -
Condi presided over a catastrophe. So why is she lecturing Obama?
WASHINGTON — To watch Condoleezza Rice, the face of George W. Bush's foreign policy, stand before a convention of cheering Republicans and condemn Barack Obama for diminishing America's standing in the world — one can only gasp at the...Tags: Slate.com, France, Washington, DC, Muammar Gaddafi, Polls
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The real problem with David Petraeus
There are a lot worse things going on in our country right now than Gen. David Petraeus cheating on his wife, and one of them is our country's invidious use of drone warfare. The worst part about it is that we have been brainwashed to believe that it is...Tags: September 11, 2001 Attacks, Talk Shows (genre), Military Equipment, Wars and Interventions, Media Industry
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Petraeus thought he was above the law
Gen. David Petraeus' actions over the past several years show that he considers himself more of a prince than a member of the armed forces who answers to his civilian commander-in-chief ("Did Petraeus have to step down?" Nov. 13). In Afghanistan, he...Tags: Justice System, Afghanistan, Iraq, Hamid Karzai, Judges
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Why did David Petraeus have to step down from the CIA?
We need to learn to get past these bimbo eruptions. Because if we don't find a way to forgive and move forward, a lot of good people are going to end up on the scrapheap. Gen. David Petraeus is the latest. Perhaps the most brilliant and successful...
Tags: Police Investigations, FBI, U.S. Department of State, Barack Obama, Central Intelligence Agency
Jan 21, 2013
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Jan 9, 2013
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Jan 7, 2013
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Dec 25, 2012
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Nov 15, 2012
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Aug 31, 2012
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Dec 5, 2012
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Nov 15, 2012
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Nov 11, 2012
|Column| Baltimore Sun
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