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March 1, 2012, 8:58 am
By
Jeremy Herb
The killings will fuel further questions about the NATO mission to train the Afghan National Security Force.
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February 29, 2012, 9:06 pm
By
Amie Parnes
"We're not out of the woods yet," President Obama said in an interview with ABC News.
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February 29, 2012, 5:09 pm
By
Jeremy Herb and Daniel Strauss
GOP Sen. Kyl criticized the administration for violating U.S. policy by connecting North Korean nuclear
disarmament with nutritional aid.
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February 29, 2012, 3:48 pm
By
Jeremy Herb and Amie Parnes
Press
secretary Jay Carney said the U.S. has an “unshakeable
commitment” to Israel’s security — an approach that is "very clear."
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February 29, 2012, 1:57 pm
By
Erik Wasson
On Wednesday a new set of sanctions on Iran that Congress passed in December went into effect. Obama administration officials said the tightening sanctions are having an effect, although Iran has not yet made significant concessions on its nuclear energy program.
Under the National Defense Authorization Act, any foreign private bank that does business with Iran’s Central Bank from now on, for any other reason than purchasing oil, will be cut off from doing buiness with the U.S. financial system. On June 28, oil purchases will also be covered by the law. Sens. Mark Kirk (R-Ill.) and Robert Menendez (D-N.J.) authored the
sanctions.
David Cohen, Treasury undersecretary for terrorism and financial intelligence, told a banking conference Wedensday that Iran’s currency is plummeting, and this is a sign that increasing sanctions, which prompted Europe to cut off oil imports, are having an effect.
“Altogether since early September, the rial has lost about half of its value,” he said. “The Iranian government has tried to stem the decline of the rial, including by banning the sale of Western currency and reportedly restricting Iranian citizens’ ability to trade currency by blocking text messages containing the word ‘euro’ or ‘dollar.’
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February 29, 2012, 1:37 pm
By
Jeremy Herb
Cremated partial remains tossed into a landfill at a Dover Air Force Base mortuary included victims of the attacks.
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February 29, 2012, 12:48 pm
By
Jeremy Herb
Ahead of next week’s meeting between President Obama and
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, the two countries’ defense chiefs
met on Wednesday. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta hosted Israeli Defense
Minister Ehud Barak at the Pentagon on Wednesday, as the United States and Israel both
consider how to approach a potential strike on Iran.
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February 29, 2012, 12:23 pm
By
Jeremy Herb
Tiger Woods, who became golf’s most famous and dominant
figure before his fall three years ago, seriously considered giving up his
clubs to become a Navy SEAL, according to a new book from his former coach. Excerpts from the book The
Big Miss, written by Woods’s former coach Hank Haney, said Woods had come up
with plans to become a SEAL, and did four days of special-operations
training at Fort Bragg in North Carolina.
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February 29, 2012, 10:47 am
By
Daniel Strauss and Erik Wasson
The State Department announced North Korea has agreed to a moratorium on nuclear tests, missile launches and uranium enrichment.
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February 29, 2012, 10:02 am
By
Pete Kasperowicz
Six members of the House — three from each party — warned House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) earlier this month that the war in Afghanistan is not going as well as the Obama administration has said, and urged the leaders to instead read the government's National Intelligence Estimate (NIE) on Afghanistan from last December. The members' Feb. 10 letter also noted the assessment of Afghanistan given by Lt. Col. Daniel Davis, who said, among other things, that Afghan troops are not well-trained and will likely be over-run once the United States leaves.
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