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10 Things to Know Today - Jan. 23
Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today: 1. A VOTE TO AVOID DEBT CRISIS The House is expected to vote Wednesday to let the government borrow enough to pay three months’ worth of bills....
Tags: Sloane Stephens, The Pentagon, David Cameron, Politics, Government
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Is this the best our top spy can do?
When I was a kid, everyone I knew in school wanted to go into the CIA. Now I know why. I say CIA, but it would be more accurate to say that we all wanted to be spies. I’m not sure we made the connection between the CIA and spying when we were boys,...
Tags: Espionage and Intelligence, Methamphetamine (drug), Jill Kelley, Central Intelligence Agency, Police Investigations
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Obama says he's seen no evidence Petraeus scandal harmed national security
Associated PressPresident Barack Obama says he’s withholding judgment on the timing of the revelations that his CIA director was under investigation for a possible national security violation. The House Intelligence Committee was holding hearings on that very...Tags: The Pentagon, Anders Fogh Rasmussen, NATO, Politics, C.A. Dutch Ruppersberger
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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: Afghanistan, U.S. Department of Defense, NATO, Jill Kelley, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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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: Afghanistan, Armed Forces, World War II (1939-1945), U.S. Department of Defense, NATO
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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: International Organizations, Afghanistan, NATO, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Wars and Interventions
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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: Armed Forces, Al-Qaeda, NATO, Unrest, Conflicts and War, George Washington
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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, West Bank, NATO, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Politics
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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: Afghanistan, Al-Qaeda, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Wars and Interventions, Politics
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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: Afghanistan, U.S. Department of Defense, Al-Qaeda, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Wars and Interventions
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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: Afghanistan, U.S. Department of Defense, Al-Qaeda, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Wars and Interventions
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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: Afghanistan, U.S. Department of Defense, The Pentagon, NATO, Jill Kelley
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