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Pentagon's budget nightmare: How each branch would handle sequester cuts
With the threat of a mandatory, across-the-board series of cuts known as sequestration looming over the Pentagon, each of the services has begun its worst-case-scenario planning. Here is where the cuts stand now:
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Iran's nuclear program: 4 things you probably didn't know
Do the US and Israel believe that Iran has a nuclear weapons program? Did President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad really promise to "wipe Israel off the map"? The answers may surprise you.
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Threats to US: Pentagon officials drop three surprises
Pentagon’s key intelligence officials warned of 'current and future worldwide threats' to US national security in a congressional hearing Thursday. Here are three top surprises.
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What happens next in Libya? America's five greatest concerns.
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Robert Gates' last day at Pentagon: three reasons he'll be missed
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F-35 jet a waste of taxpayers' dollars, say McCain, Gates
F-35 jet: Defense Sec. Robert Gates, the Pentagon, the White House and Sen. John McCain all say development of a second F-35 jet engine is a waste of taxpayer dollars.
02/17/2011 11:25 pm -
Iraq war: why US military withdrawal might not happen in 2011
The US military is scheduled to leave Iraq in December 2011, ending its involvement in the Iraq war. But it looks increasingly likely that Iraq will ask for some US troops to stay.
02/17/2011 02:49 pm -
Pentagon fears Iraq is becoming 'forgotten war'
Despite progress in Iraq, the Pentagon cautions that security in the country remains fragile. Military and civilian officials hint that the US could stay past 2011.
02/04/2011 06:16 pm -
In Congress, GOP backs Obama's Egypt stance, Dems not so much
Some Democrats, including Sen. John Kerry, are breaking with the White House, calling for Egypt's President Hosni Mubarak to 'step down.' Republicans are deferring to President Obama's policy.
02/01/2011 11:57 am -
In Pictures Don't Ask, Don't Tell repeal
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In historic vote, Senate moves to end 'don't ask, don't tell'
Eight Republicans joined Democrats to vote for an end to the 1993 'don't ask, don't tell' law banning gay troops from serving openly. Proponents compare it to ending racial segregation in the military.
12/18/2010 05:52 pm -
In Iraq, can State Department pick up where US military leaves off?
US military wrestles with sheer size of shutting down operations in Iraq by next December – and handing off key security jobs to the State Department, which is staffing up to handle them.
12/08/2010 04:22 pm -
'Don't ask, don't tell': Can military handle a repeal of gay ban?
Repealing 'don't ask, don't tell' could have serious implications for some parts of the military. But critics of the law say the Pentagon is ready to embrace gays openly.
12/03/2010 05:16 pm -
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange: Has US already indicted him?
It is entirely possible that WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is already under indictment in the US. Grand juries work in secret, and indictments can be sealed, but there have been hints.
12/02/2010 06:12 pm -
'Don't ask, don't tell' survey shows ambivalence to gays in the military
The Pentagon's report on 'don't ask, don't tell' suggests that the ban on openly gay members can be repealed safely. But significant resistance remains in some quarters, including the Marines.
11/30/2010 04:53 pm -
What can lame-duck Congress get done? Seven items on to-do list.
The lame-duck Congress returns to session Monday with a laundry list of things to do. Avoiding a government shutdown is top on the list. But there are other important items, too.
11/29/2010 05:49 pm -
Five countries where the GOP victory could make a difference
Foreign policy is typically the executive branch’s domain because that is the branch that decides who the US negotiates with and what gets offered in those negotiations. However, Tuesday’s Republican victory, particularly the GOP takeover of the House and leadership of some key committees, has the ability to affect the US's dialogue, and in some cases policy, on a few key US relationships with other countries.
11/04/2010 01:52 pm -
WikiLeaks defends its release of classified documents on Iraq War
WikiLeaks released nearly 400,000 classified reports detailing more than 100,000 deaths in the Iraq War, some 60 percent of which were of civilians. WikiLeaks also intends to release thousands more documents on the war in Afghanistan.
10/23/2010 01:32 pm -
Pentagon pans new WikiLeaks release, but expects few surprises
WikiLeaks is expected to post imminently some 400,000 classified documents from the Iraq war. The WikiLeaks release could put both US troops and some Iraqis at risk, the Pentagon says.
10/22/2010 05:48 pm -
Rogue security companies threaten US gains in Afghanistan war
The Pentagon is dependent upon contractors in the Afghanistan war. But many of the security companies are undermining – or even working against –the US war effort.
10/21/2010 03:03 pm -
Wikileaks: US says limited damage from leak of Afghan war logs
Despite the secret classification of the Afghan war logs Wikileaks posted on their website, the US says the damage is limited.
10/15/2010 11:57 pm -
Afghanistan: Pentagon contractors entwined with 'pro-Taliban' warlords
A Senate investigation finds that Pentagon contractors in Afghanistan are inadvertently helping the Taliban and becoming ensnared in the turf wars of local warlords.
10/07/2010 07:43 pm -
Monitor Breakfast Admiral Mullen praises Afghanistan skeptic Rahm Emanuel
Admiral Mullen and White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel opposed each other on the way forward in Afghanistan, but Mullen said Emanuel 'contributed significantly.'
09/29/2010 02:13 pm -
Hillary Clinton: A quiet brand of statecraft
Hillary Clinton has been loyal to President Obama, her one-time rival. Now she's seeking to redefine U.S. foreign policy for a new century, even as the latest mideast peace talks test her skills as a negotiator.
09/25/2010 12:46 pm -
Mixed messages from Obama, Petraeus on Afghanistan pullout
President Obama has called for an Afghanistan exit strategy with no 'wiggle room' and a July 2011 troop withdrawal. General David Petraeus, commander of US forces in Afghanistan, has been less firm on the date.
09/23/2010 12:38 pm -
Why Sen. Susan Collins is blocking vote on 'don't ask, don't tell'
Sen. Susan Collins, the moderate Maine Republican who opposes 'don't ask, don't tell,' says the way Democrats are trying to repeal it is 'unfair.'
09/21/2010 02:35 pm -
John McCain attacks Pentagon's 'don't ask, don't tell' study
At a meeting of the Senate Armed Services Committee, Sen. John McCain called the Pentagon's study of repealing 'don't ask, don't tell' a political ploy.
09/21/2010 01:30 pm -
Lady Gaga won't sway Pentagon on 'don't ask don't tell'
Lady Gaga is in Maine Monday at a rally pushing to repeal the military's 'don't ask, don't tell' policy on gays in the military.
09/20/2010 02:51 pm -
North Korea: McCain presses for answers on its nuclear capability
Security in the region involving North Korea is 'deteriorating dramatically,' Sen. John McCain said at a Senate hearing Thursday.
09/16/2010 07:16 pm -
New Afghanistan war drawdown strategy? Move troops, don't withdraw them.
Pentagon officials have long talked of the July 2011 Afghanistan war drawdown date as being a soft deadline. Now, a NATO official suggests troops might simply be shifted around the country.
09/07/2010 06:41 pm
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