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Defense Secretary Robert Gates predicted significant international sanctions would be levied against Iran, and he reiterated that all options, including military action, must stay on the table.
NEW YORK - The e-book for Sen. Edward M. Kennedy's "True Compass" is coming out on Christmas Day, more than three months after the hardcover release. But the paperback, thanks in part to an Oprah-inspired surge in sales, will not appear until 2011.
KIRKUK, Iraq — U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates told American troops Friday in this oil-rich northern city that their mission in Iraq remains critical despite the nation’s focus on Afghanistan and that plans are on track to reduce forces next year.In a town hall meeting, Gates spoke with about 300 soldiers and airmen gathered outside on a sunny day at an airbase.Gates also said plans to ...
US media and leading opinion makers on Friday had largely positive views of Barack Obama's Nobel Peace award speech in Oslo, with conservatives especially delighted with his choice of words.
OPINION/ANALYSIS: Nobody teaches harder lessons than Experience, the lady who grades on the steepest curve. But sometimes even her most difficult student looks like he's beginning to get it. Barack Obama flew yesterday into Scandinavia, the redoubt of Volvo-and-bean-sprout state liberalism, to tell his Nobel Peace Prize patrons that he had no apology to make for a just war and that he'll use the ...
OSLO, Norway -- In accepting the 2009 Nobel Prize for Peace, President Obama delivered an impassioned rationale Thursday for war, a paradox that he acknowledged, even as he defended the U. S. record abroad in promoting human rights, individual freedom and global security.
GRANVILLE -- Joe Battipaglia, a nationally known investment adviser and market strategist, predicted a very slow economic recovery in a speech Thursday at The Granville Inn.
Hyperdynamics Corporation today announced that Fred S. Zeidman has been appointed to its Board of Directors.
U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates told American troops in this oil-rich northern city that their mission in Iraq remains critical despite the nation's focus on Afghanistan.
Federal workers are enjoying an extraordinary boom time -- in pay and hiring -- during a recession that has cost 7.3 million jobs in the private sector, according to a USA Today analysis of federal data.
So the news came down the other day. It was a fait accompli.
JEFF ZELENY Formally accepting the Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo on Thursday, President Obama robustly defended the use of military force "on humanitarian grounds" and to preserve peace.
Aiham Alsammarae, who holds dual U.S.-Iraqi citizenship, thinks he can win in Iraq's 2010 elections with a dose of Chicago-style politics. Over the past few months, he has quietly traveled to the city of Samarra and says he has won pledges of support from tribal leaders representing more than 20,000 voters.
OSLO — Newly enshrined among the world's great peacemakers, President Obama offered a striking defense of war.
"I was just driving through Hagerstown, and it's no wonder we have the traffic tie-ups that we have. People have no idea how to follow directions." - Hagerstown
U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates said he expects Iran to face "significant" new sanctions over its nuclear program.
President Obama accepted the Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo on Thursday with a mix of humility and defiance to answer critics who said he won the prestigious prize too soon and questioned whether it was deserved.
KIRKUK, Iraq - Defense Secretary Robert Gates predicted significant international sanctions would be levied against Iran, and he reiterated that all options, including military action, must stay on the table.
The U.S. Marines were tense looking for bombs buried near a mud compound in this remote farming town in southern Afghanistan. Their new Afghan police colleagues were little help, joking around and sucking on lollipops meant for local kids.
By using his Nobel Peace Prize acceptance speech Thursday to justify expanding the U.S.-led war in Afghanistan, President Obama won over some Republican critics at home, even as he preached messages of multilateralism, diplomacy and civil disobedience that resonate in anti-war circles around the world.
Newly enshrined among the world's great peacemakers, President Barack Obama offered a striking defense of war.
