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    May 23, 2012 |Column| Chicago Tribune

  1. Turkey president shops at Brooks Brothers and other NATO sightings

    The Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi, Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, had dinner at upscale Mexican restaurant Mercadito Monday while in Chicago for NATO. And as you would expect, he had plenty of company.
    The Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi, Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, had dinner at upscale Mexican restaurant Mercadito Monday while in Chicago for NATO. And as you would expect, he had plenty of company. Besides the Prince's table of seven, the large...

    Tags: Francois Hollande, Chicago Bulls, U.S. Military, Bronislaw Komorowski, Chicago White Sox

    2. May 19, 2012 |Column| Chicago Tribune

  2. All sides must put political nonsense aside

    Not every night will you see Gov. Pat Quinn shaking hands with players in the Cubs dugout or Sen. Dick Durbin mingling with team Chairman Tom Ricketts on the field.
    Not every night will you see Gov. Pat Quinn shaking hands with players in the Cubs dugout or Sen. Dick Durbin mingling with team Chairman Tom Ricketts on the field. Not every night at Clark and Addison will you find Sec. of State Hillary Clinton...

    Tags: Rahm Emanuel, Major League Baseball, Thomas Ricketts, Barack Obama, Chicago White Sox

    3. Feb 19, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  3. Gen. John Allen turns down NATO post, set to retire

    <span class=&quot;runtimeTopic"><span class="runtimeTopic">WASHINGTON</span></span> &mdash; 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&rsquo;s chronic illness, turning down a White House offer to nominate him to be the supreme allied commander at NATO.
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    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: U.S. Military, Barack Obama, White House, Tampa, NATO

    4. Nov 14, 2012 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  4. General Allen was leader at Naval Academy

    When Marine Corps Gen. John R. Allen overheard a platoon of first-year midshipmen at the Naval Academy shout &quot;kill" during training one summer day a decade ago, he ordered the word expunged from their vocabulary.
    When Marine Corps Gen. John R. Allen overheard a platoon of first-year midshipmen at the Naval Academy shout "kill" during training one summer day a decade ago, he ordered the word expunged from their vocabulary. The then-commandant explained that...

    Tags: Tampa, Iraq, David Petraeus, NATO, United States Naval Academy

    5. Feb 19, 2013 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  5. In surprise move, General Allen retires from military

    Marine Corps Gen. John Allen, the former commander of the U.S.-led coalition in Afghanistan whose nomination to lead NATO was delayed last year while investigators probed his e-mails to a Florida socialite, has retired from the military.
    Marine Corps Gen. John Allen, the former commander of the U.S.-led coalition in Afghanistan whose nomination to lead NATO was delayed last year while investigators probed his e-mails to a Florida socialite, has retired from the military. The Naval...

    Tags: Barack Obama, White House, Tampa, Iraq, U.S. Senate

    6. Feb 13, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  6. 10 Afghan civilians reported killed in NATO airstrike

    KABUL, Afghanistan -- A NATO airstrike apparently targeting Taliban commanders in an Afghan village near the border with Pakistan killed 10 civilians, including women and children, officials said Wednesday.
    KABUL, Afghanistan -- A NATO airstrike apparently targeting Taliban commanders in an Afghan village near the border with Pakistan killed 10 civilians, including women and children, officials said Wednesday. The attack Tuesday night in the village of...

    Tags: Kabul (Afghanistan), State of the Union Address, Barack Obama, Hamid Karzai, Taliban

    7. Feb 12, 2013 |Story| Petoskey News

  7. Obama: Half of US combat troops home within 1 year

    WASHINGTON (AP) &mdash; President Barack Obama's decision to bring home within a year about half of the 66,000 U.S. troops now in Afghanistan will shrink the force to the size he found it when he entered the White House vowing to reinvigorate a stalemated war.
    WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama's decision to bring home within a year about half of the 66,000 U.S. troops now in Afghanistan will shrink the force to the size he found it when he entered the White House vowing to reinvigorate a stalemated...

    Tags: White House, International Military Interventions, NATO, Politics, Armed Forces

    8. Feb 10, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  8. Marine takes over as U.S. commander in Afghanistan

    KABUL, Afghanistan &ndash; Gen. Joseph F. Dunford Jr. took over Sunday as the newest and probably last U.S. commander in Afghanistan, tasked with ending America&rsquo;s longest war even as insurgents continue to challenge the U.S.-backed Afghan government.
    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: Kabul (Afghanistan), U.S. Military, Polio, White House, John Kerry

    9. Feb 8, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  9. Afghanistan's future up to United States

    Amid partisan questioning from both sides in former Sen. Chuck Hagel's confirmation hearing last week, a major opportunity was lost. Hagel's fellow Republicans grilled the defense secretary nominee on past statements about Israel and his opposition to...

    Tags: Kabul (Afghanistan), Haqqani Network, Al-Qaeda, Barack Obama, Hamid Karzai

    10. Feb 7, 2013 |Story| Aberdeen News

  10. Column: Afghanistan's future up to United States

    Amid partisan questioning from both sides in former Sen. Chuck Hagel’s confirmation hearing last week, a major opportunity was lost.  Hagel’s fellow Republicans grilled the defense secretary nominee on past statements about Israel and his...

    Tags: Kabul (Afghanistan), Haqqani Network, Al-Qaeda, Barack Obama, Hamid Karzai

    11. Feb 3, 2013 |Column| Los Angeles Times

  11. McManus: What's the Afghanistan mission?

    Amid partisan questioning from both sides in former Sen. Chuck Hagel's confirmation hearing last week, a major opportunity was lost. Hagel's fellow Republicans grilled the Defense secretary nominee on past statements about Israel and his opposition to...

    Tags: Kabul (Afghanistan), Haqqani Network, Al-Qaeda, Barack Obama, Hamid Karzai

    12. Jan 23, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  12. Newly cleared, Gen. Allen to command NATO

    WASHINGTON &mdash; The White House will go ahead with nominating Marine Gen. John Allen to be top U.S. commander in Europe, following an investigation by the Pentagon inspector general that found his emails with a Florida woman were not improper.
    WASHINGTON — The White House will go ahead with nominating Marine Gen. John Allen to be top U.S. commander in Europe, following an investigation by the Pentagon inspector general that found his emails with a Florida woman were not improper....

    Tags: Tampa, Washington, DC, NATO, U.S. Senate, Police Investigations

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