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  March 13, 2012, 10:48 am

Poll: US public divided on Israeli strike on Iran

By Jeremy Herb

A new poll shows that U.S. public opinion is divided when it comes to how the United States should react to an Israeli attack on Iran.

The New York Times-CBS News poll released Monday evening found that 47 percent of respondents say the United States should support Israel if it were to attack Iran to prevent it from getting nuclear weapons, while 42 percent say Washington should not get involved.

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  March 13, 2012, 9:47 am

Biden: Obama 'would've been a one-term president' if bin Laden mission had failed

By Alicia M. Cohn

“He said, ‘Go,’ knowing his presidency was on the line," the vice president said at a fundraiser in Georgetown.

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  March 13, 2012, 8:28 am

Petition calls on White House to allow Limbaugh to remain on military radio

By Jonathan Easley

The petition aims to counter efforts by liberal groups to force the controversial talk-radio host off the Armed Forces Network.

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  March 12, 2012, 10:28 pm

Report: Panetta says death penalty possible in Afghanistan shootings

By Jeremy Herb

Panetta said the Army staff sergeant and alleged killer would face a U.S. military court where execution was an option.

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  March 12, 2012, 9:39 pm

GOP lawmaker: Military action without approval an impeachable offense

By Jonathan Easley

Rep. Jones introduced a resolution making it an impeachable offense for the president to authorize military strikes without congressional approval.

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  March 12, 2012, 8:22 pm

White House won’t change Afghan plan

By Jeremy Herb and Amie Parnes

The administration’s renewed commitment to its strategy in Afghanistan comes as the public’s support for the war is deteriorating.

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  March 12, 2012, 6:31 pm

President Obama warns against a 'rush for the exits' in Afghanistan

By Amie Parnes

Obama called Sunday's shooting of Afghan civilians "absolutely heartbreaking and tragic" but said troops are fulfilling a mission.

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  March 12, 2012, 5:44 pm

Senators push Pentagon to cut ties with Russian arms firm over Syria

By Jeremy Herb

A bipartisan group of senators sent a letter to Defense Secretary Leon Panetta Monday urging the Pentagon to end its relationship with a Russian arms firm that provides weapons to Syria.

The 17 senators said the Pentagon should stop doing business with Rosoboronexport, a Russian company that has a Defense contract supplying helicopters to the Afghan army.

They wrote that Russia reportedly sold Syria $1 billion worth of arms in 2011, and continued shipments this year in the midst of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s violent crackdown on opposition forces.

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  March 12, 2012, 4:12 pm

Lawmaker plans hearings on Iran

By Jordy Yager

Rep. King said American intelligence concerns escalated when Iranian-backed terrorists tried assassinating a Saudi diplomat in the United States.

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  March 12, 2012, 1:59 pm

Afghans not ready to take over detainee ops, Sen. Brown says

By Carlo Munoz

Afghan National Security Forces do not have the means or ability to take over the massive, U.S.-led terror detainee operations once American forces withdraw, according to a Republican on the Senate Armed Services Committee.

“Accelerating of the transfer of the detainees to Afghan custody presents real concerns for me. I don't think they have the capacity, at this point, based on my personal observations, to assume the security of these detention facilities,” Sen. Scott Brown (R-Mass.) said during last Tuesday’s Senate Armed Services Committee hearing.

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