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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: Tampa, Jill Kelley, FBI, U.S. Department of Defense, White House
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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. The Naval...
Tags: Tampa, Iraq, The Washington Post, United States Naval Academy, FBI
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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. The attack Tuesday night in the village of...
Tags: Taliban, Hamid Karzai, Pakistan, NATO, State of the Union Address
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Obama: Half of US combat troops home within 1 year
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: Chuck Hagel, George Washington, White House, U.S. Department of Defense, State of the Union Address
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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: Chuck Hagel, Polio, West Bank, George Washington, American Enterprise Institute
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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: Chuck Hagel, National Government, Government, White House, Hamid Karzai
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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: Chuck Hagel, National Government, Government, U.S. Department of Defense, Hamid Karzai
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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: Chuck Hagel, National Government, Government, White House, U.S. Department of Defense
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Newly cleared, Gen. Allen to command NATO
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, Jill Kelley, FBI, U.S. Department of Defense, NATO
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War of 1812 Bicentennial: Kentucky enters the war
Editor's note: This is the unabridged version of the condensed article that appeared in the Jan. 17 Interior Journal. This article is the first in a series to commemorate the War of 1812 Bicentennial. The Congress of the United States has...
Tags: Human Interest, George Washington, Regional Authority, Executive Branch, National Government
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Specter of Benghazi drives US-Afghan talks
WASHINGTON (AP) — The attack on a U.S. diplomatic outpost in Libya last year has become a factor driving the White House decision on how large a force to leave in Afghanistan after 2014 — and a specter hanging over talks between the Afghan...
Tags: Rentals, White House, U.S. Department of State, Armed Conflicts, Washington, DC
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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: Karl Rove, Wildlife, Todd Akin, Marco Rubio, Executive Branch
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Feb 13, 2013
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Feb 12, 2013
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Feb 10, 2013
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Feb 8, 2013
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Feb 7, 2013
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Feb 3, 2013
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Jan 23, 2013
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Jan 17, 2013
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Jan 10, 2013
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Dec 25, 2012
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