Lawmakers are agreed: We should not invade Canada. Debate over a Senate Democratic proposal to tap “unspent” Afghanistan war funds to cover the cost of halting budget sequestration veered today into the theoretical. Sen. Dick Durbin of Illinois was on...
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A Canadian flag flies over the Berens River in Berens River, Manitoba.
Canadian Invasion Not in the Budget
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Delegates watch a video about former President George W. Bush at the Republican National Convention (RNC) in Tampa, Florida.
Bush Revisited: Regaining Lost Ground
“After the most unpopular second term of the post-World War II era, ” pollster Gary Langer reports, former President George W. Bush “has gained in public esteem as time since his presidency has passed – not that the public’s ready...
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Afghan President Hamid Karzai (L) and U.S. President Barack Obama hold a joint news conference in the East Room of the White House Jan. 11, 2013 in Washington.
Obama-Karzai: Springtime Handoff for Security, U.S. Draw-Down Follows
President Barack Obama, discussing the hand-off of security in Afghanistan to the government of Hamid Karzai and the draw-down of U.S. troops, was asked today of the “huge” cost of life involved in the war there is justified — in...
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President Barack Obama greets people as he visits Island Snow for shave ice in Kailua, Hawaii, during his holiday vacation, on Jan 3, 2013.
Obama Home from the Holidays: Hard New Year’s Nights Ahead
President Barack Obama returns to Washington today from his annual family vacation in Hawaii for a week expected to include Cabinet nominations, a meeting with Afghan President Hamid Karzai and preparations for a second-term inauguration. Obama is scheduled to return...
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Secretarty of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, left, Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta, National Security Adviser Tom Donilon, and White House Chief of Staff Jack Lew, watch President Barack Obama's at the NATO Summit in Chicago.
Defense and Scandal: Reshuffling Top 100 Most Influential in the Field
There’s nothing like a sex scandal to weaken the standing of a Washington power broker. Take David Petraeus, the former CIA director and a retired star general of the Afghanistan and Iraq wars. The once-widely admired Petraeus was slated to...
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Marine pilot Maj. Aric Liberman, second from left, poses for photos with, from left, Gen. James Amos, Commandant of the Marine Corps, Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer, and U.S. Sen John McCain on Nov. 20, 2012 after delivering a second F-35B Joint Strike Fighter at the conclusion of a re-designation ceremony for Marine Attack Fighter Squadron 121.
Jan Brewer: Where in the World?
Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer, who left her state for an undisclosed destination on Dec. 2, is visiting Arizona soldiers in Afghanistan, according to a person familiar with the governor’s schedule. The Republican governor’s absence was noticed yesterday when she didn’t...
Read more »Jill Kelley on `Inviolability’
Updated at 1:25 pm EST What’s in a title? For Jill Kelley, the Tampa socialite who embraced the world of the top brass at U.S. Central Command, it’s not only a license plate. It’s also “inviolability.” Kelley, whose e-mails complaining...
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Marine Gen. John R. Allen in May 2012. Photograph by Haraz N. Ghanbari/AP Photo
Washington’s Homecoming Scandal
Updated at 2:10 pm EST Two four-star generals were set to go up to Capitol Hill this week. One, retired Army Gen. David Petraeus, now former director of the Central Intelligence Agency, was supposed to address the Intelligence committees returning...
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Republican Tom Cotton, left, participates in a debate at Arkansas Educational Television Network studios in Conway, Ark., on Oct. 25, 2012.
Likely Incoming Republican Freshmen Help Vulnerable Members
Tom Cotton, an Arkansas Republican lawyer strongly favored to win a House seat next week, is donating unneeded campaign funds to Republican candidates in tougher races. Cotton has sent $137,000 in campaign funds to the National Republican Congressional Committee and...
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U.S. Army SFC. Roy Hibbetts of Civil Military Operations Team, Headquarters and Headquarters Troop, 4-73rd Cavalry, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, secures the outside of a project site where a school is being built in Zharay District, Kandahar Province on July 28, 2012.
Romney’s ‘Make-Up’ Speech to National Guard Gathering
Mitt Romney has been taking a daily dose of guff for not making any mention in his Republican National Convention speech of the protracted U.S. military involvement in Afghanistan and Iraq. Democrats also have piled on for his failure in...
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