Posts Tagged ‘obama’
Analysis: Karzai Battling to Save Face
On the surface, Afghan President Hamid Karzai's angry, anti-Western flare-up after last week's visit by President Obama might be dismissed as a minor glitch, a verbal clash of political cultures. But Karzai lost face during Obama's lightning visit. Now, he must show the Afghan people that he is not a puppet of Washington, his protector in the [...]
Judge Dismisses 105 Gitmo Habeas Cases
A federal judge has dismissed more than 100 habeas corpus lawsuits filed by former Guantanamo captives, ruling that because the Bush and Obama administrations had transferred them elsewhere, the courts need not decide whether the Pentagon imprisoned them illegally. Original post: Judge Dismisses 105 Gitmo Habeas Cases
Review Reduces Weapons, Maintains Deterrence, Obama Says
The Nuclear Posture Review recognizes that nuclear terrorism by violent extremists and nuclear proliferation to more states – not a nuclear exchange between nations – poses the greatest threat to U.S. and global security, President Barack Obama said. See original here: Review Reduces Weapons, Maintains Deterrence, Obama Says
McChrystal, Karzai talk to Afghan tribal chiefs
KABUL — Afghan President Hamid Karzai and the commander of U.S. forces in Afghanistan met with tribal leaders Sunday in the volatile south, where trepidation is rising over a planned offensive against entrenched Taliban forces. The meeting comes amid tensions with Washington over Karzai’s scathing accusations of foreign interference in [...]
Karzai continues to draw ire for comments
KABUL — President Hamid Karzai’s scathing attack on the West for its role in Afghanistan drew criticism Saturday from Afghan politicians after the White House described his remarks as genuinely troubling. Despite Karzai’s attempt at damage control, including a telephone conversation with Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, [...]
Obama presents Purple Hearts to Carson soldiers
FORT CARSON, Colo. — The Army says three Fort Carson soldiers wounded in Afghanistan were awarded the Purple Heart during President Obama’s surprise visit to Kabul last weekend. The Colorado Springs Gazette reported Friday that Obama gave the soldiers the medals one day after they were attacked March 27 in a roadside bombing. The [...]
GI Refuses Deployment in Online Video
An Army flight surgeon could face reprimand or dismissal from the service after stating in an online video that he’ll refuse deployment to Afghanistan because of concerns he has about President Barack Obama’s birth certificate. Read the rest here: GI Refuses Deployment in Online Video
Obama No Closer to Ratify Nuke Test Ban
President Obama is expected to claim a major foreign policy success when he signs a nuclear arms reduction treaty with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev next week -- but it comes at a cost. The hard-negotiated pact took so long to conclude it has jeopardized Obama's chances to achieve another nuclear goal: Senate ratification of a nuclear test ban [...]
Airmen sustain increased airlift flow to Afghanistan
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Summer to bring long offensive in Kandahar
WASHINGTON — The U.S. military this summer is looking toward a lengthy offensive in the Taliban heartland of Kandahar, an operation that could ultimately define the outcome of the war. The two-month campaign, expected to begin in June, also will test President Obama's bet that tens of thousands more troops can make the difference in an [...]
