House, Senate reach agreement on defense bill - Wire Politics - The...
WASHINGTON -- House and Senate negotiators have reached agreement on a $633 billion defense bill that would tighten...
View ArticleOn foreign policy, Kerry is Obama’s good soldier
The Massachusetts lawmaker has flown to Afghanistan and Pakistan numerous times to tamp down diplomatic disputes, spending hours drinking tea and taking walks with Afghan President Hamid Karzai or...
View ArticleObama Faces a More Volatile Mideast in His Second Term
President Barack Obama’s new national security team will contend with a volatile Middle East that’s far removed from his 2009 pledge in Cairo to create “a new beginning” between the U.S. and Muslims...
View ArticleCongress Supports the Shaheen Amendment to Lift Military Abortion Ban for...
(Source: NARAL - National Abortion Rights Action League) FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE December 18, 2012 Washington, D.C. - Nancy Keenan, president of NARAL Pro-Choice America, praised Congress for supporting...
View ArticleHagel top contender for defense secretary
When 74-year-old Defense Secretary Leon Panetta retires Jan. 20, 2013, President Barack Obama intends to nominate his current Chairman of the President’s Intelligence Advisory Board, 66-year-old...
View ArticleKerry viewed as good soldier
WASHINGTON — Democratic Sen. John Kerry stands tall as President Barack Obamas good soldier. The Massachusetts lawmaker has flown to Afghanistan and Pakistan numerous times to tamp down diplomatic...
View ArticleMartha’s Dome missile shield survives
Defying most expectations, a controversial idea to emplace anti-Iranian ballistic missile defenses on the East Coast of the United States survived a key roadblock in Congress, to the taxpayer tune of...
View ArticleKerry stands tall as Obama's good soldier on foreign policy, in line for...
WASHINGTON - Democratic Sen. John Kerry stands tall as President Barack Obama's good soldier. The Massachusetts lawmaker has flown to Afghanistan and Pakistan numerous times to tamp down diplomatic...
View ArticleDon’t Mess Up U.S.-Iran Sanctions
As the U.S. Congress prepares to tighten the vise around Iran with new sanctions, American leaders need to ask what previous measures have accomplished and whether additional ones would help or hurt...
View Article>On foreign policy, Kerry is Obama's good soldier
WASHINGTON (AP) — Democratic Sen. John Kerry stands tall as President Barack Obama's good soldier. The Massachusetts lawmaker has flown to Afghanistan and Pakistan numerous times to tamp down...
View ArticleOn foreign policy, Kerry is Obama's good soldier - Wire Politics - The...
WASHINGTON -- Democratic Sen. John Kerry stands tall as President Barack Obama's good soldier. The Massachusetts lawmaker has flown to Afghanistan and Pakistan numerous times to tamp down diplomatic...
View ArticleKerry plays Obama's soldier on foreign policy
WASHINGTON — Democratic Sen. John Kerry stands tall as President Barack Obama's good soldier. The Massachusetts lawmaker has flown to Afghanistan and Pakistan numerous times to tamp down diplomatic...
View ArticleGAFFNEY: Hagel a dangerous choice for defense
The conventional wisdom is that President Obama dodged a politically perilous “bullet” when he declined to nominate Susan Rice as the next secretary of state. Had he done so, the president would have...
View ArticleOn foreign policy, Kerry is Obama's good soldier
Click photo to enlarge FILE - This Dec. 3, 2012 file photo shows Senate Foreign Relations Chairman Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., at a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington. Kerry stands tall as...
View ArticleMenendez and Hagel on opposite sides of Iran issue
If Chuck Hagel is selected as President Obama's next defense secretary, the former Nebraska senator could find himself battling the new head of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee (SFRC), Sen....
View ArticleChuck Hagel is not the right choice for defense secretary
FORMER SENATOR Chuck Hagel, whom President Obama is reportedly considering for defense secretary, is a Republican who would offer a veneer of bipartisanship to the national security team. He would...
View ArticleDefense Bill Moves Forward With Shaheen Amendment Providing Equal Health...
(Source: ACLU - American Civil Liberties Union) Defense Bill Moves Forward With Shaheen Amendment Providing Equal Health Care Coverage for Servicewomen Defense Bill Moves Forward With Shaheen...
View ArticleMilitary Abortion Amendment Is Included In Final Defense Bill
A bipartisan conference committee of House and Senate members approved an amendment to the Defense Authorization bill on Tuesday that will extend the insurance coverage of abortion to military women...
View ArticleHouse, Senate agree on sweeping defense bill
WASHINGTON – After ironing out differences in the House and Senate’s competing versions of the bill, congressional negotiators have set the stage for a final vote this week on the National Defense...
View ArticleHouse-Senate Defense Conference Agrees on $640.7 Billion
U.S. House and Senate negotiators said today they agreed on defense legislation authorizing about $640.7 billion in the current fiscal year for the Pentagon and related programs at agencies such as...
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