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    May 14, 2013 |Column| Los Angeles Times

  1. Goldberg: Benghazi's smoking guns

    President Obama was asked about the metastasizing Benghazi scandal in a joint news conference with British Prime Minister David Cameron on Monday. Referring to the Americans who died in Benghazi, the president said, "We dishonor them when we turn things like this into a political circus." He added that "the whole issue of talking points, throughout this process, frankly, has been a sideshow.… There's no there there."
    President Obama was asked about the metastasizing Benghazi scandal in a joint news conference with British Prime Minister David Cameron on Monday. Referring to the Americans who died in Benghazi, the president said, "We dishonor them when we turn things...

    Tags: Politics, United Nations, Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, Susan Rice

    2. May 4, 2013 |Column| Los Angeles Times

  2. McManus: Obama's Gitmo woes

    President Obama sounded genuinely outraged last week when he talked about the Kafkaesque situation at the Guantanamo prison camp, where the United States has been holding 166 men without trial for terms that are, at this point, officially endless.
    President Obama sounded genuinely outraged last week when he talked about the Kafkaesque situation at the Guantanamo prison camp, where the United States has been holding 166 men without trial for terms that are, at this point, officially endless. "It's...

    Tags: U.S. Congress, Politics, Barack Obama, Lindsey O. Graham, Career and Workplace

    3. May 5, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  3. The Vietnam syndrome

    Thirty-eight years ago last week, I was among the last CIA officers to be choppered off the U.S. Embassy roof in Saigon as the North Vietnamese took the country. Just two years before that chaotic rush for the exits, the Nixon administration had withdrawn the last American troops from the war zone and had declared indigenous forces strong enough, and the government reliable enough, to withstand whatever the enemy might throw into the fray after U.S. forces were gone.
    Thirty-eight years ago last week, I was among the last CIA officers to be choppered off the U.S. Embassy roof in Saigon as the North Vietnamese took the country. Just two years before that chaotic rush for the exits, the Nixon administration had withdrawn...

    Tags: U.S. Military, Taliban, Kabul (Afghanistan), Police Investigations, Unrest, Conflicts and War

    4. May 2, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  4. Bear cub rescued after getting stuck in unlocked truck

    We're pretty sure Meatball the bear wasn't trying to make a great escape. Maybe it was his alter ego?
    We're pretty sure Meatball the bear wasn't trying to make a great escape. Maybe it was his alter ego? A bear cub had to be rescued Wednesday evening after somehow managing to get stuck in an unlocked truck in Truckee, a town outside north Lake Tahoe,...

    Tags: Central Intelligence Agency

    5. May 3, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  5. 'The Way of the Knife' exposes America's shadow wars

    In October 2002, Barack Obama, then an obscure state senator in Illinois, stood in Federal Plaza in Chicago and gave a speech about Iraq that launched his career toward the White House.
    In October 2002, Barack Obama, then an obscure state senator in Illinois, stood in Federal Plaza in Chicago and gave a speech about Iraq that launched his career toward the White House. "I don't oppose all wars," Obama told the crowd. "What I am opposed...

    Tags: U.S. Congress, Military Equipment, Arab Spring, Espionage and Intelligence, U.S. Military

    6. May 2, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  6. Anonymous note threat at Pasadena High prompts extra security

    Police are beefing up security at Pasadena High School on Thursday and Friday in response to an anonymous note threatening violence on the campus, school and public safety officials said. The note did not specify who might commit violence and the writer...

    Tags: Politics, Government, Safety of Citizens, Central Intelligence Agency, Health and Safety at School

    7. May 2, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  7. DWP workers tops in city with total pay averaging nearly $100,000

    Employees at the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power earned average total pay of nearly $100,000 in 2011 -- more than 50% higher than the average total pay of all other city employees, a Times analysis of payroll data found. That pay is also about...

    Tags: Local Elections, Career and Workplace, Central Intelligence Agency, Unions

    8. May 2, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  8. David Petraeus, former CIA chief and military leader, joins USC

    David H. Petraeus, the former four-star U.S. Army general who resigned as head of the Central Intelligence Agency last year after confessing to an extramarital affair, will teach part-time at USC and help mentor students who are veterans, officials are announcing Thursday.
    David H. Petraeus, the former four-star U.S. Army general who resigned as head of the Central Intelligence Agency last year after confessing to an extramarital affair, will teach part-time at USC and help mentor students who are veterans, officials are...

    Tags: Woodrow Wilson, U.S. Army, Paula Broadwell, Colleges and Universities, Central Intelligence Agency

    9. Apr 24, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  9. David Petraeus to teach at CUNY school in New York

    David Petraeus, the former four-star general who was forced out as head of the Central Intelligence Agency because he had an affair with his biographer, has accepted a post as a visiting professor in New York. In a statement released Tuesday, Macaulay...

    Tags: Politics, Immigration, Woodrow Wilson, Migration, West Point

    10. Apr 17, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  10. Step toward possible military intervention in Syria

    WASHINGTON — The Pentagon is sending about 200 troops to Jordan, the vanguard of a potential U.S. military force of 20,000 or more that could be deployed if the Obama administration decides to intervene in Syria to secure chemical weapons arsenals or to prevent the 2-year-old civil war from spilling into neighboring nations.
    WASHINGTON — The Pentagon is sending about 200 troops to Jordan, the vanguard of a potential U.S. military force of 20,000 or more that could be deployed if the Obama administration decides to intervene in Syria to secure chemical weapons arsenals...

    Tags: Saudi Arabia, Defense, Syrian Civil War (2011 - present ), United Nations, Politics

    11. Mar 26, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  11. Petraeus offers apology for scandal during speech at USC

    Signaling a desire to return to public life, retired Gen. David H. Petraeus offered an apology Tuesday for the scandal that led to his resignation as director of the CIA and brought an illustrious career to an abrupt end.
    Signaling a desire to return to public life, retired Gen. David H. Petraeus offered an apology Tuesday for the scandal that led to his resignation as director of the CIA and brought an illustrious career to an abrupt end. Petraeus has kept a low...

    Tags: Christopher Stevens, U.S. Army, Paula Broadwell, Central Intelligence Agency, NATO

    12. Mar 27, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  12. Petraeus apologizes for affair, hints at return to public life

    After Gen. David H. Petraeus apologized in Los Angeles for engaging in an extramarital affair, he signaled he is ready to move beyond the scandal and perhaps back into the public eye.
    After Gen. David H. Petraeus apologized in Los Angeles for engaging in an extramarital affair, he signaled he is ready to move beyond the scandal and perhaps back into the public eye. Before about 600 guests in a hotel ballroom in downtown L.A. on...

    Tags: Adultery, Medical Specialization, George W. Bush, Defense of Marriage Act, U.S. Army

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