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Drone warfare becomes America's face to the world
It is certainly not be what he hoped or intended, but one of President Barack Obama's biggest legacies in foreign affairs may prove to be the proliferation of drones as tools of war, assassination and terror. Mr. Obama is not the first to use drones...
Tags: Central Intelligence Agency, Barack Obama, U.S. Congress, George W. Bush, John O. Brennan
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Kerry tackles questions on Iran, Syria, Hagel
WASHINGTON (AP) — Sen. John Kerry, President Barack Obama's nominee for secretary of state, collected pledges of support Thursday and testified at his confirmation hearing that U.S. foreign policy should be defined by a helping hand as well as...
Tags: Politics, Nuclear Weapons, Barack Obama, Manufacturing and Engineering, Chuck Hagel
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Obama picks foreign policy aide as chief of staff
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama announced Friday that his new chief of staff is longtime trusted aide Denis McDonough, whom the president described as a close friend unafraid to deliver straight talk. McDonough has been a longtime foreign...
Tags: Central Intelligence Agency, Armed Forces, Politics, Peter M. Rouse, Barack Obama
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The scandal of loyalty
WASHINGTON -- President Obama hasn't even begun his second term, yet already he has been ensnared by scandal. Republicans have uncovered a shocking level of wrongdoing in the Oval Office, and I'm afraid what they say is true: The president is brazenly...
Tags: Jeff Sessions, John Ashcroft , Politics, Barack Obama, Chuck Hagel
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Column: Boundaries of the permissible
"I have neither the time nor the inclination to explain myself to a man who rises and sleeps under the blanket of the very freedom that I provide, and then questions the manner in which I provide it." — Col. Nathan Jessep to Lt. Daniel Kaffee, "A...Tags: Central Intelligence Agency, Sleep Deprivation, Zero Dark Thirty (movie), Barack Obama, Vietnam
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Interrogation: Boundaries Of The Permissible
"I have neither the time nor the inclination to explain myself to a man who rises and sleeps under the blanket of the very freedom that I provide, and then questions the manner in which I provide it." — Col. Nathan Jessep to Lt. Daniel Kaffee "A...Tags: Central Intelligence Agency, Sleep Deprivation, Zero Dark Thirty (movie), Barack Obama, Vietnam
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Boundaries of the permissible
"I have neither the time nor the inclination to explain myself to a man who rises and sleeps under the blanket of the very freedom that I provide, and then questions the manner in which I provide it." -- Col. Nathan Jessup to Lt. Daniel Kaffee "A...
Tags: Sleep Deprivation, Central Intelligence Agency, Zero Dark Thirty (movie), Barack Obama, Vietnam
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In picking Lew, Obama turns a page at Treasury
WASHINGTON (AP) — Jack Lew, President Barack Obama's nominee for treasury secretary, is a premier federal budget expert who would take the helm of the government's main agency for economic and fiscal policy just as the administration girds itself...Tags: Jeff Sessions, U.S. Department of Defense, Hilda Solis, Politics, Ronald Reagan
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Continuing a foreign policy pivot
Jules WitcoverWASHINGTON -- President Obama's nominations of former Nebraska Sen. Chuck Hagel to be his secretary of defense and John Brennan as CIA director, coupled with Sen. John Kerry as secretary of state, underline his determination to pivot from the war...Tags: U.S. Department of Defense, Defense, Politics, Barack Obama, Chuck Hagel
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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: U.S. Department of Defense, Defense, Politics, Armed Forces, Barack Obama
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Obama chooses Hagel for defense secretary, Brennan to head CIA
Associated PressDespite Republican misgivings, President Barack Obama announced Monday he will nominate former GOP Sen. Chuck Hagel as his next defense secretary, calling him “the leader our troops deserve.” He also chose White House counterterrorism...Tags: Defense, Politics, Barack Obama, Chuck Hagel, Lobbying
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Senator threatens to block CIA nominee
WASHINGTON -- Sen. Lindsey Graham threatened Tuesday to block Senate consideration of President Barack Obama’s nominee to head the CIA in retaliation for the Obama administration’s failure to provide more details about the Sept. 11 attack on...Tags: Politics, Barack Obama, Chuck Hagel, Susan Rice, George W. Bush
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Jan 11, 2013
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Jan 14, 2013
|Column| Orlando Sentinel
Jan 10, 2013
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Jan 9, 2013
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Jan 7, 2013
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Jan 7, 2013
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Jan 8, 2013
|Story| Aberdeen News
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