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Obama taps Hagel for Pentagon, Brennan for CIA
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama on Monday will nominate Chuck Hagel as his next defense secretary and counterterrorism adviser John Brennan to lead the Central Intelligence Agency, two potentially controversial picks for his second-term...
Tags: The Pentagon, United Nations, U.S. Congress, Central Intelligence Agency, Iran
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Obama to nominate John Kerry to be next secretary of state
WASHINGTON – President Obama will nominate John F. Kerry, the five-term senator from Massachusetts, to replace Hillary Rodham Clinton as secretary of state, White House sources confirmed, choosing a longtime political ally who shares much of his...
Tags: Vietnam, The Pentagon, United Nations, John McCain, Pakistan
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The Times' 2012 list of the naughty and the nice
Santa's not the only one who makes lists. As we reflect on 2012, we too have thoughts about who should look forward to a cheerful holiday morning and who deserves a lump of coal. Below, The Times' reflections on who's been naughty and who's been nice....Tags: Wildlife, Executive Branch, Central Intelligence Agency, Customs and Tradition, John G. Roberts, Jr.
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White House defends possible Defense nominee Chuck Hagel
WASHINGTON -- The White House is again coming to the defense of a possible Cabinet nominee, even before President Obama makes up his mind on the post. White House spokesman Jay Carney backed up former Nebraska Sen. Chuck Hagel on Thursday, saying the...
Tags: Washington, DC, Chuck Hagel, U.S. Senate, U.S. Congress, United Nations
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U.N. Security Council imposes arms embargo on Congo rebels
In a bid to quell violence in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the United Nations Security Council imposed an arms embargo late Monday on two armed groups accused of rape and mass killings. The decision came just before Rwanda, which has been...
Tags: Civil Rights, Foreign Aid, March 23 Movement, Rwanda, Economic Sanctions
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Senator threatens to block CIA nominee
WASHINGTON -- Sen. Lindsey Graham threatened Tuesday to block Senate consideration of President Barack Obama’s nominee to head the CIA in retaliation for the Obama administration’s failure to provide more details about the Sept. 11 attack on...Tags: Chuck Hagel, John McCain, Iran, Central Intelligence Agency, Israel
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Plots and clots
WASHINGTON -- The new year began not with a cannonball off the fiscal cliff but with an outbreak of conspiratorial cynicism. This time it's Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, whose fall and concussion, followed by a blood clot between her brain and...
Tags: United Nations, Viral Diseases and Infections, Democratic Party, Human Mishaps, U.S. House Committee on Foreign Affairs
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Report faults State Department, intelligence for Benghazi failures
WASHINGTON – The fatal attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya, on Sept. 11 was the culmination of a series of oversights and security failures, marking a “grievous mistake” by the State Department, according to a new Senate...
Tags: Politics, Libya, Susan Collins, Barack Obama, Joe Lieberman
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The Hagel litmus test
First, critics went after U.N. Ambassador Susan Rice and unfairly short-circuited her candidacy to be secretary of State. Now, a similar campaign is being waged against former Sen. Chuck Hagel (R-Neb.), who reportedly is President Obama's choice to be...Tags: The Pentagon, Chuck Hagel, Iran, U.S. Congress, West Bank
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Since when does it take a political campaign to become secretary of state?
There was a time when a president and the opposition party in Congress could agree on certain basics, such as the right of the chief executive to select members of his cabinet with no fuss or bother. The president's most important choice in this...Tags: Susan Collins, John McCain, United Nations, U.S. Congress, U.S. Senate
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Why did Obama defend and then drop Susan Rice?
Whether Susan Rice jumped or was pushed from consideration to succeed retiring Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, her removal from the equation clears one bone of partisan contention from President Barack Obama's plate as he heads into his second term....Tags: Civil Rights, United Nations, John McCain, Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton
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Republicans right to seek answers about Benghazi
In general, presidents should appoint whomever they want to serve in their cabinets. But that doesn't mean that re-elected President Barack Obama will — or even should — appoint U.N. Ambassador Susan Rice to replace the soon-departing...Tags: John McCain, U.S. Senate, September 11, 2001 Attacks, Barack Obama, Entertainment
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Dec 21, 2012
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Jan 1, 2013
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Jan 2, 2013
|Column| Orlando Sentinel
Dec 31, 2012
|Story| Los Angeles Times
Dec 20, 2012
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Dec 3, 2012
|Story| Baltimore Sun
Dec 18, 2012
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Nov 27, 2012
|Column| Baltimore Sun
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