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Some two dozen countries will send an estimated 7,000 more troops to Afghanistan next year, the chief of NATO said Friday as U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton told her allied counterparts that an infusion of forces is crucial to turning the tide in the long war.
The White House and Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton upped the pressure on Iran Thursday to divulge information about Robert Levinson, a retired South Florida FBI agent who went missing from a Persian Gulf island in March 2007.
MSNBC's Chris Matthews apologized on Wednesday for saying that President Barack Obama had traveled to an "enemy camp" at West Point to address the nation on the war in Afghanistan.
DENVER | Former Rep. Tom Tancredo, best known for his tough stand in Congress against illegal immigration, has taken up a new cause since his retirement from the House last year: defending American gun owners against international treaties. The Obama administration is moving forward on two treaties that Mr. Tancredo and other gun rights advocates see as a threat to the Second Amendment's right ...
Secretary Clinton Hosts "Diplomacy at Home for the Holidays" Honoring Employees Serving Unaccompanied Tours and Their Family Members in Newly Decorated Rooms for the Holidays Washington, DC December 4, 2009 Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton will host an event honoring the families of the US government employees serving unaccompanied tours on Monday December 7th at 6:00 p.m. at the ...
As green activists gather for the U.N. conference, their disappointment is palpable.
Only $26 million of the $1.4 billion authorized to help Mexico and Central America fight organized crime has been spent due to bureaucracy, conditions placed on the funds by Congress and preparations in recipient countries, according to a government report scheduled for release Thursday.
While President Obama’s speech seemed to reassure many Americans about the direction of the war, Afghans were alarmed at the prospect of a timetable.
Neither envoy looks very confident about his status in the administration or prospects for success.
Seated, from left, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, Defense Secretary Robert Gates, and Joint Chiefs Chairman Adm. Mike Mullen testify on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Dec. 2, 2009, before the Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on U.S. strategy in Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
Without the Camelot aura, the contest is a low-intensity affair.
The golf great has bogeyed his handling of his crisis. How to fix it.
(RTTNews) - United States President Barack Obama's call to its NATO allies to support Washington's renewed commitment to fighting terrorism in Afghanistan received encouraging response Friday, as NATO Foreign Ministers agreed to send at least 7,000 extra troops to support the US surge in the war-ravaged South-West Asian country.
NON-U.S. Nations Operating Under The NATO Command In Afghanistan Have Promised To Send 7,000 More Troops To Afghanistan, NATO's Secretary-General Said Friday.
Top US officials defended Barack Obama's new strategy to win the Afghan war, denying that a timeline for departure was set in stone as NATO met on Thursday to consider his call for more troops.
Chelsea Clinton is engaged to marry her Jewish boyfriend of two years. Clinton, 29, the only daughter of U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and former President Bill Clinton, became engaged over the Thanksgiving holiday weekend to investment banker Marc Mezvinsky, 31.
