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  March 8, 2012, 8:23 am

Armed Forces Chairman Levin wants Limbaugh dropped from military radio

By Alicia M. Cohn

Sen Carl Levin (D-Mich.) called Limbaugh's show "offensive" and said he was "delighted" to see advertisers drop the program.

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  March 7, 2012, 9:20 pm

Sequester would be like a government shutdown for Pentagon, warns admiral

By Carlo Munoz

Comparing the cuts to the effects of a government shutdown, Greenert said “this would be that to the nth degree.”

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  March 7, 2012, 6:05 pm

Treasury deems Iranian general a narcotics trafficker

By Bernie Becker

The Treasury Department designated an Iranian as narcotics trafficker for the first time on Wednesday, accusing a general of playing a role in the Afghan heroin trade.

General Gholamreza Baghbani of the Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Qods Force, who is stationed near the Afghan border, has let or helped Afghan traffickers smuggle opiates and chemicals used to make heroin into and at times through Iran, according to Treasury.

In exchange, the traffickers have delivered weapons to the Taliban on behalf of the general.

“Today’s action exposes IRGC-QF involvement in trafficking narcotics, made doubly reprehensible here because it is done as part of a broader scheme to support terrorism,” David Cohen, the under Treasury secretary for terrorism and financial intelligence, said in a statement. “Treasury will continue exposing narcotics traffickers and terrorist supporters wherever they operate.” Read more...

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  March 7, 2012, 5:09 pm

Report: Satellite images show Iran might be hiding evidence of nuclear work

By Jeremy Herb

The report came to light a day after the United States, allies agreed to resume nuclear program talks with Iran.

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  March 7, 2012, 3:21 pm

Defense industry group focuses on jobs as sequestration looms

By Jeremy Herb

A leading defense and aerospace industry group released a report Wednesday that looks to make the fight about sequestration a jobs debate.

With the defense industry staring down the threat of $500 billion in cuts to the Pentagon budget in January 2013, the Aerospace Industries Association (AIA) released a report touting the economic impact the defense and aerospace industry has in the United States.

The report, which AIA commissioned Deloitte to conduct, gives a state-by-state breakdown of the industry’s economic boost, finding that overall the industry had $324 billion in sales in 2010.

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  March 7, 2012, 11:48 am

Panetta: Pentagon reviewing military options for US intervention in Syria

By Jeremy Herb

The Pentagon’s top leaders said Wednesday they would be ready to intervene in Syria, but warned against doing so unilaterally.

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  March 6, 2012, 10:33 pm

Obama knocks GOP candidates for 'casualness' on costs of war

By Amie Parnes

Obama contrasted the responsibilities of his office with the rhetoric from the GOP primary trail.

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  March 6, 2012, 10:10 pm

Obama and Congress inch toward US intervention in violent Syria conflict

By Carlo Munoz and Jeremy Herb

Talk of intervening in Syria is escalating on Capitol Hill, though there’s little consensus on what the path should be.

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  March 6, 2012, 6:07 pm

Paul says he's closer to Obama than GOP opponents on 'reckless' Iran posturing

By Justin Sink

Ron Paul said Tuesday that President Obama's caution toward war with Iran was closer to his position than any of the other GOP candidates while reiterating his belief that the threat of Iran's nuclear weapons program was overblown.

Paul was asked about comments President Obama made Tuesday during a press conference at the White House, during which he cautioned that Republicans were discussing potential conflict with a disturbing "casualness."

"What's said on the campaign trail, those folks don't have a lot of responsibilities—they're not the commander in chief," Obama said. "When I see the casualness about which some of these folks talk about war, I think about the costs...This is not a game. There's nothing casual about it."

Paul agreed with the President, calling Republican posturing on Iran "reckless."

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  March 6, 2012, 5:03 pm

Sen. Kerry accuses Romney of ‘aggressive’ and ‘inaccurate’ attack on Obama over Iran policy

By Josiah Ryan

Chairman of the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations John Kerry (D-Mass.) on Tuesday suggested GOP presidential frontrunner Mitt Romney was guilty of dispelling "inaccurate… sloganeering and sound bites” in an op-ed he wrote slamming President Obama’s Iran policy.

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