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May 20, 2012, 5:37 pm
By
Meghashyam Mali
At the NATO summit in Chicago Sunday, Obama said the Afghan war "as we understood it is over."
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May 20, 2012, 3:00 pm
By
Vicki Needham
Jockeying on an Iran sanctions bill is expected to continue as lawmakers address differences ahead of high-level nuclear talks.
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May 20, 2012, 6:00 am
By
Carlo Munoz and Jeremy Herb
The administration has been steadfast in calling for a diplomatic solution, but concerns are growing time is running out.
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May 19, 2012, 1:45 pm
By
Jeremy Herb
Democrats are crying foul over GOP suggestions that President Obama has a “secret deal” on missile defense with Russia.
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May 18, 2012, 4:27 pm
By
Alicia M. Cohn
Earnhardt challenged Rep. Jack Kingston to attend a NASCAR race after sponsoring a provision to end military sponsorship of sports.
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May 18, 2012, 4:22 pm
By
Jeremy Herb
The Senate will get its chance next week to tackle the
Defense authorization bill after the House passed its $643 billion version of
the bill on Friday. The Senate Armed Services Committee is holding its
subcommittee and full committee markups of the bill, which will get under way on
Tuesday and could stretch until Friday.
Unlike the House, all of the markups in the upper chamber
are closed to the public, except for one: the Subcommittee on Readiness and
Management Support is open Tuesday.
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May 18, 2012, 1:43 pm
By
Julian Pecquet
French President Francois Hollande reiterated his campaign pledge to pull French troops out of Afghanistan this year.
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May 18, 2012, 12:47 pm
By
Pete Kasperowicz and Jeremy Herb
The bill obligates $100 million next year to plan for the site, but billions would be needed to complete it.
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May 18, 2012, 12:45 pm
By
Carlo Munoz
Taiwan will get no fewer than 66 new U.S.-built fighter jets over the next few years if legislation passed by House makes it into the final fiscal 2013 Pentagon budget bill.
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May 18, 2012, 12:14 pm
By
Carlo Munoz
House members on Friday threw a wrench into the Pentagon's plans to finalize a vital international treaty, which the department claims will keep the peace across the world's waterways.
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