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Obama Calls for Security Meeting on Afghanistan
U.S. President Barack Obama has called another meeting of his national security team as he moves closer toward a decision on whether to send more U.S. troops to Afghanistan. U.S. President Barack Obama has called another meeting of his national security...
Tags: International reaction to the United States presidential election, Afghanistan, Presidency of Barack Obama, national security, Politics, security team, War Conflict, security meeting, Hillary Rodham Clinton, allnews, Stanley McChrystal, Washington, Joe Biden, Robert Gates, Barack Obama, Punahou School alumni, Hillary Rodham Clinton, War in Afghanistan, U.S, Political positions of Barack Obama
Obama's Afghan Strategy To Be Announced Soon
Kabul :: Afghanistan | about 21 hours ago
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The subject was troop levels and strategies for the war in Afghanistan, and there was also the question of how to deal with neighboring Pakistan. Sources say plans are underway for a possible announcement in a prime-time speech by the president next week.
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SPENGLER : When the cat's away ...
Halifax :: Canada | 1 day ago
Credibility In his November 20 keynote speech to the German Marshall Fund's (GMF's) International Security Forum on Friday in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Gates portrayed the man who wasn't there...Several hundred attendees, including defense ministers and other senior...
Tags: Robert Gates, Canada, Halifax, Keynote, Faust, Politics, Barack Obama, Luo people, Punahou School alumni, Human Interest
Army buries nurse from Havre de Grace, shot at Fort Hood
Kabul :: Afghanistan | 1 day ago
Credibility Juanita Warman had been at Fort Hood only 24 hours, preparing for deployment to Iraq, when she and 12 others were gunned down there earlier this month. She was the highest-ranking soldier killed in the attack. "I kept thinking, 'She can't be in the processing...
Tags: Fort Hood, U.S. Army, An Army, Texas, Pentagon, Afghanistan, Kabul, Hasan ibn Ali, Ismailism, Palestinian militants, United States Army, Health Medical Pharma, United States National Cemetery, Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington County Virginia, Killeen-Temple-Fort Hood metropolitan area, The Pentagon, Robert Gates, Baalei teshuva, Joe Lieberman
US Afghan decision 'within days'
Kabul :: Afghanistan | 1 day ago
Credibility Mr Obama met top advisors on Monday night in what could be one of his last major meetings on the topic. White House spokesman Robert Gibbs said the president "has the information he wants and needs to make his decision". Mr Obama is weighing a request...
Tags: Afghanistan, Hamid Karzai, U.S, Pakistan, Mr Obama, Richard Holbrooke, special envoy, Kabul, War in Afghanistan, Khost, Taliban, War Conflict, Punahou School alumni, Robert Gibbs, Robert Gates, Joe the Plumber, Hillary Rodham Clinton, Presidency of Barack Obama, Barack Obama, United States presidential election, Politics, Karzai, Afghan presidential election, Pashtun people, Manmohan Singh, Al-Qaeda, Inter-Services Intelligence, Islamic terrorism, Islamism, Religion Belief, Afghan National Army, NATO, International Security Assistance Force, Operation Mountain Fury
Robert Gates: Escalation can be quick in Afghanistan
One wonders what sort of escalation could take place in the middle of an Afghan winter. Usually conflict dies down until the Spring. Many areas where the Taliban are entrenched will be inaccessible. Also, if there is going to be an influx of troops...
Tags: Obama, Robert Gates, Escalation in Afghanistan, Afghan war, Afghanistan, Michael Mullen, Stanley A. McChrystal, Barack Obama
Gates in Canada to discuss Afghanistan
Halifax :: Canada | 2 days ago
Credibility As the Obama administration wrestles over its new Afghanistan strategy, the domestic debate is having far-reaching implications for the United States' ties with its allies in the war...Gates was in Canada on Friday as part of an effort to strengthen the...
Tags: Afghanistan, Canada, Robert Gates, Halifax International Security Forum, Halifax, Hamid Karzai, Taliban, Battle of Musa Qala, Politics, War in Afghanistan, Human rights abuses, Human rights in Afghanistan, War Conflict, Peter MacKay, Kandahar International Airport, Kandahar, Democratic Party, Political positions of Barack Obama, International public opinion on the war in Afghanistan, Barack Obama, Luo people, Punahou School alumni, City of Halifax, Taliban insurgency, Stanley A. McChrystal, Pashtun people
Senate, Pentagon launch reviews into Fort Hood massacre
Fort Hood :: TX :: USA | 3 days ago
Credibility A US Senate panel vowed to investigate the circumstances surrounding the Nov. 5 murders at Fort Hood, opening public hearings on Thursday and invoking a broader discussion on homegrown Islamic extremism. "There were warning signs and red flags galore,"...
Tags: Fort Hood, Senate, Confirmations of Barack Obama's Cabinet, First 100 days of Barack Obama's presidency, Baalei teshuva, Joe Lieberman, Barack Obama, Politics, Terrorism, Robert Gates
Counterinsurgency by the book
Kandahar :: Afghanistan | 4 days ago
Credibility T he question of whether Canada handed over large numbers of Afghans – possibly innocents – to face abuse and torture is not just one of morality or law, but about making the mission a success. So says the Canadian Forces' own manual on how a counterinsurgency...
Tags: United States, Barack Obama, U.S, Afghanistan, Richard Colvin, president barack, John McCain, Robert Gates, Canada, Kandahar, Colvin, War in Afghanistan, Special forces, Human rights abuses, David Kilcullen, Counter-insurgency, Terrorism, Insurgency, War Conflict, Politics, Nancy Pelosi, Hamid Karzai, Karzai, Cape Breton County Nova Scotia, Cape Breton Regional Municipality Nova Scotia, Law Crime, Pashtun people, Stephen Harper, Liberal Party of Canada, Michael Ignatieff, Peter MacKay, Canadian Firearms Registry, Canadians of Scottish descent, Georgian era, Jacobitism
U.S. Air Force's F-22 production stopped at 187 aircraft
President Barack Obama’s 2008 presidential campaign called for change, the biggest of all was the U.S.’ spending habits. Since being elected, he’s called for major Defense budget costs in the wake of President Bush’s extremely...
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