“Mixed Progress” Leaves Doubt Over Future of Afghan Security
Only one of the Afghan National Army's 23 brigades is capable of operating without U.S. or NATO military assistance, the New York Times reported,...
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U.S. to Recognize One Syrian Rebel Group, Blacklist Another
The Obama administration is expected to announce Wednesday the recognition of the new Syrian opposition group Syrian National Coalition in the hope that...
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Afghan Targets May Include “Children with Potential Hostile Intent”
A recent comment by an U.S. Army officer about looking for "children with potential hostile intent" has increased concerns about targeting policy and...
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U.S. Troops Are Reported Back in Iraq Over Syrian Crisis
More than 3,000 U.S. military personnel have secretly returned to Iraq via Kuwait and 17,000 more are on their way in response to...
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Obama Spokesman Suggests the End of the War on Terror
A writer at the Washington Post took a snippet out of a speech by President Obama's Defense Department general counsel and concluded that...
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Thousands Dead by U.S. Drone Strikes: Is There Method to the Madness?
On NPR, a panel discussed the lack of enunciated rules for the Obama administration's deadly drone war. ...
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U.S. Ships, Troops Off Syria’s Coast Amid Warnings Over Chemical Weapons
Another U.S. warship moved into waters off the coast of Syria Thursday, according to the Russian-based television network RT, while Syria's deputy foreign...
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DIA Doubles Spy Numbers Abroad, Rivaling CIA Numbers
The U.S. Defense Intelligence Agency is gearing up for an unprecedented growth in the number of its field agents, according to a December...
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U.S. Leaning On Iraq Over Iran’s Arms Shipments to Syria
In a Middle East triangle more dangerous than the romantic affairs of Generals Petraeus and Allen, the United States is leaning on Iraq...
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U.S. Sets Deadline for Iran to Cooperate With IAEA
Veteran U.S. diplomat Robert A. Wood, Chargé d'Affaires of the U.S. Mission to the IAEA (International Atomic Energy Agency) in Vienna, Austria, issued a...
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Despite Vow to Withdraw, Obama Plans Troops in Afghanistan Past 2014
Despite pledging on numerous occasions that the U.S. government’s occupation of Afghanistan would end in 2014 with the withdrawal of American forces, the...
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Benghazigate: The Disaster That Should Have Sunk Obama — and Still Could
Evidence continues to mount that President Obama and his administration intentionally left Benghazi diplomats unsafe and, after the 9/11 attack, tried to cover...
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U.S., Afghans Negotiating Over Troop Presence Beyond 2014
The United States may be looking to keep 20,000 U.S. troops in Afghanistan beyond the 2014 timeline for withdrawal, as negotiations began in...
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Obama vs. the Brass: Benghazi Cover-up, Agenda to Gut Military?
Is it just a coincidence that several four-star generals and a two-star admiral get the axe or resign in disgrace within the space...
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Trans-Pacific Partnership: Secret Surrender of Sovereignty
Trans-Pacific Partnership negotiations, which subordinate American law to international tribunals, are being conducted in secret — for U.S. citizens and politicians, not corporations....
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