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Obama administration to tighten pressure on Iran, aide says
WASHINGTON – The Obama administration said Wednesday that it would add more sanctions on Iran in an effort to dissuade Tehran from continuing its nuclear program, but stopped short of backing tough new penalties that lawmakers are considering....
Tags: Iran's Nuclear Program, Tehran (Iran), Bob Corker, U.S. Department of the Treasury, Iran
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Rand Paul accuses Hillary Clinton of 'dereliction of duty' on Libya
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa -- Sen. Rand Paul sharply attacked former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, declaring that her actions in the months leading up to the killing of the U.S. ambassador to Libya last year were "inexcusable, it was a dereliction of...
Tags: Susan Rice, Christopher Stevens, U.S. Department of State, Republican Party, Benghazi
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Congress speaks with a loud, muddled voice on Syria
WASHINGTON — Sen. Dianne Feinstein made headlines recently by demanding a forceful U.S. response to Syria's use of chemical weapons against its population. Less noticed was that the California Democrat wasn't urging deeper military involvement...
Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, Wars and Interventions, Bob Corker, U.S. Congress, Parties and Movements
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McManus: Obama plays for time to avoid 'red line'
Barack Obama really, really does not want to get tangled up in Syria. For almost a year, Obama's secretaries of State — first Hillary Rodham Clinton, now John Kerry — have pressed the president for more aid to the insurgents who are fighting...
Tags: Rebellions, Unrest, Conflicts and War, George W. Bush, Wars and Interventions, Biological and Chemical Weapons
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U.S. reconstruction effort in Afghan provinces is unfinished work
CHARIKAR, Afghanistan — At the doorstep of the U.S.-funded schoolhouse in this mountain-fringed northern town, Ghulam Nabi crouched in the mud and scooped up two rocks. He needed them, the school engineer explained, to scare off the building's...
Tags: National Government, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Reconstruction, Wars and Interventions, U.S. Department of State
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The Week Ahead: Mysterious death, diplomacy and a foregone vote
Unearthing the mystery of Pablo Neruda’s death Monday, April 8: Did famed Chilean poet Pablo Neruda die of cancer or was he poisoned? The remains of the Nobel Prize laureate will be exhumed Monday from his Isla Negra grave on the Chilean coast...
Tags: Nobel Prize Awards, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Wars and Interventions, Prostate Cancer, Elections
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Could Iran's presidential politicking open door to nuclear deal?
Thirty years of punishing sanctions have failed to curb Iran’s rogue behavior. Perhaps, a growing chorus of diplomats and security experts suggest, it is time for the United States to change tactics. With a presidential election in the Islamic...
Tags: International Atomic Energy Agency, Tehran (Iran), Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Religion and Belief, Islam
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Secretary of State John Kerry urges against new Iran sanctions
WASHINGTON — Secretary of State John F. Kerry implored Congress on Thursday not to impose tough new sanctions on Iran, warning that such a move could disrupt diplomacy over Tehran's disputed nuclear program at a delicate moment. Appearing before...
Tags: Iran's Nuclear Program, Tehran (Iran), International Relations, Defense Equipment, U.S. Department of State
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Another reason for U.S. to act on Syria: Sending message to Iran
In my Sunday column, I argued that events are pushing President Obama toward a bigger role in aiding rebel forces in Syria’s civil war -- not direct military intervention, perhaps, but certainly more direct help for the insurgents. Yes, I wrote, it&...
Tags: Robert Ford, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Rebellions, Wars and Interventions, Iran
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McManus: Inching closer to entanglement in Syria
The White House finally made it official last week: Yes, the civil war in Syria is a slippery slope, and yes, we're on it. Nobody in the Obama administration actually used those words, of course. But if you paid attention to what officials said, it...
Tags: U.S. Navy, Al-Qaeda, Robert Ford, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Rebellions
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Silicon Valley to boost clout in Washington
SAN FRANCISCO — For years, Silicon Valley companies wanted as little to do with Washington as possible. Hiring lobbyists to promote and protect their interests was about as far as they went. But a new generation of technology entrepreneurs...
Tags: Reid Hoffman, Social Media, Immigration, Economy, Business and Finance, Migration
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Kerry in show of unity with Afghanistan's Karzai
KABUL – Secretary of State John Kerry joined Afghan President Hamid Karzai on Monday for a public show of unity, declaring that the two allies “are on the same page” despite weeks of unprecedented friction. Kerry, who has played a...
Tags: National Government, Central African Republic, Pakistan, Prisons, Hamid Karzai
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