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Michael Chertoff headed the U.S. Department of Homeland Security in its early years, from 2005 to 2009. As the third largest cabinet branch, with 218,000 employees, DHS controls immigration, borders, and even protects the president. Chertoff talked recently with NEWSWEEK's Jerry Guo about his tenure and new dangers facing the country. Excerpts:
Under pressure from Republicans and a recession-weary public, President Barack Obama put the focus on jobs on Thursday by gathering local officials, economists, business and labor leaders at the White House to talk about putting people back to work. The White... Barack Obama - White House - Republican - United States - Politics
US President Barack Obama has approved the possible deployment of an additional 3,000 troops to support the 30,000 reinforcements already ordered to Afghanistan, Defense Secretary Robert Gates said on Thursday.
Amid soaring budget deficits, President Barack Obama is running into congressional qualms over how to pay for his troop buildup in Afghanistan. Military strategy aside, the $30 billion cost is causing concern on both sides of the aisle.
WASHINGTON — The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration announced this week that the agency’s Motor Carrier Safety Advisory Committee (MCSAC) will hold a committee meeting via conference call on Dec. 7.
Surveys show us cocooning ourselves in worlds of information that reinforce our existing prejudices. It's not enough to read opposing viewpoints because our assumptions and interpretive lenses differ. When we get tired of power plays, we'll start communicating.
I don't like to try to read the minds of politicians - mostly because with the automatons we have in office today, if you actually...
We are now welcoming the first holiday season of President Barack Obama's administration. That means it's time to focus on what one GOP operative told...
What's Your Reaction? On the day after President Obama laid out his new Afghanistan strategy, the question of when American troops would leave the country quickly drew the most attention, and at times the most confusion, during a Senate hearing Wednesday.
Defense Secretary Robert Gates, from left, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Adm. Mike Mullen, testify on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Dec. 2, 2009, before the House Foreign Affairs Committee hearing on U.S. strategy in Afghanistan.
A quick detour during a Dec. 2 Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on the new Afghanistan troop surge resulted in the confirmation of 1,938 pending military nominations, including the former Marine Corps general who will serve as the Pentagon’s personnel chief.
Former GOP Sen. Norm Coleman is gradually returning to the spotlight after months of near silence, a move that some insiders in Washington and Minnesota view as a precursor to a 2010 gubernatorial bid.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 3 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- An annual report released today by a prominent national Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization shows an increase in the total number of bias-related incidents, but a decrease in anti-Muslim hate crimes in 2008.
Troop surge sparks questions
KABUL — Afghans and Pakistanis on Wednesday greeted President Barack Obama's plan to send 30,000 to 35,000 troops to Afghanistan with limited enthusiasm, skepticism that the U.S. has enough staying power to defeat the Taliban-led insurgency, and even suspicion that the rapid surge will be followed by a speedy exit.
Shares of two Bay Area stem-cell companies jumped Wednesday after the National Institutes of Health approved 13 new human embryonic stem-cell colonies for federally financed research.
CHICAGO, Dec. 3 (UPI) -- People often set their personal moral compasses according to what they presume to be God's standards, U.S. and Australian researchers found.
President Barack Obama's Afghanistan plan is winning support from Democrats and Republicans in the New Jersey congressional delegation, but one senator is withholding his assessment until at least today.
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WASHINGTON (AP) – Despite misgivings, members of Congress seem poised to back President Barack Obama's plan to send 30,000 more troops to Afghanistan after getting assurances the commitment isn't open-ended. The surge-and-exit strategy that Obama announced Tuesday night marks the largest expansion of the war since it began eight years ago. Critics conceded that Obama will have little trouble ...
Although disagreeing with Rep. Rodney P. Frelinghuysen (R-Harding) about sending additional troops to Afghanistan, I feel his motives are decent and admirable. He is just wrong.
