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Former guards with Blackwater Worldwide said that their involvement in the operations blurred the lines supposedly dividing the Central Intelligence Agency, the military and the private security company.
WASHINGTON -- On the afternoon he held the eighth meeting of his Afghanistan review, President Obama arrived in the White House Situation Room ruminating about war. He had come from Arlington National Cemetery, where he had wandered among the chalky white tombstones of those who had fallen in the rugged mountains of Central Asia.
The White House has is expanding the drone program in Pakistan’s tribal areas, paralleling the decision to send more troops to Afghanistan.
Here are letters to the editor from Daily News editions of Dec. 5, 2009:Letter of the Day: Not for the birdsEditor, Daily News:Re: Guest commentary headlined “Is this why the birds have flown from our piece of paradise?”Naples can do without the peacocks! Peacocks cause an inherent risk to people and property, and I have been on the chase for them ever since I moved into my community off ...
The 7,000 additional troops that 25 NATO countries have committed to the conflict help the Obama administration make the case that the Afghanistan war is an international effort.
by Gareth Porter WASHINGTON - U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert Gates and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Adm. Mike Mullen argued in Senate Testimony Wednesday that the 30,000-troop increase is necessary to prevent the Taliban from giving new safe havens to al Qaeda terrorists. But that argument is flatly contradicted by the evidence of fundamental conflicts between the interests of the ...
The White House is expanding the program, paralleling the decision to send more troops to Afghanistan.
Washington, 4 December (WashingtonTV)—The Obama administration has authorized the Central Intelligence Agency [CIA] to expand the use of unmanned aerial drones in Pakistan, the New York Times reported on Friday.
WASHINGTON — Two weeks ago in Pakistan, Central Intelligence Agency sharpshooters killed eight people suspected of being militants of the Taliban and al-Qaida, and wounded two others in a compound that was said to be used for terrorist training.
U.S officials are talking with Pakistan about the possibility of striking in Baluchistan for the first time — a controversial move since it is outside the tribal areas — because that is where Afghan Taliban leaders are believed to hide. The White House has authorized an expansion of the CIA’s drone program in Pakistan’s lawless tribal area.
Rep. Joe Sestak's attacks on Sen. Arlen Specter leading up to Pennsylvania's Democratic senatorial primary have consistently focused on whether Mr. Specter is a true Democrat, as he spent the past four decades as a Republican.
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