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Former Bush Officials Seek To Make Their Mark On Washington

Posted 04.25.2012

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Condoleezza Rice, Robert Gates and Stephen Hadley are joining forces again to create a powerhouse GOP consulting shop, the Associated Press reported W...

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Harsh Realities Impinge on Obama's Emerging Doctrine

William Bradley | Posted 08.01.2011

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In the wake of the take-down of Osama bin Laden, President Barack Obama used last week's glittering European tour to further lay out and demonstrate his emerging multilateral geopolitical doctrine.

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Obama's Biggest Problems Still Lie Abroad

William Bradley | Posted 06.29.2011

President Barack Obama has no shortage of nasty critics at home, including the present gong show known as the Republican presidential field. But despi...

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The Unfinished Legacy Of Robert Gates

HuffingtonPost.com | David Wood | Posted 06.27.2011

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WASHINGTON -- When President George W. Bush put Robert M. Gates at the helm of the Pentagon in November 2006, more than a few Washington hands wonder...

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Is Libya a Turning Point on Humanitarian Interventionism?

William Bradley | Posted 05.25.2011

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Muammar Gaddafi's bloodcurdling speech yesterday promising an imminent massacre of his opponents in rebel-held Benghazi may prove to be one of the classic political backfires.

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Pork Finds A Way: Military's F-35 Funding In Budget Despite Obama Veto Threat

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON - Throughout the past year -- perhaps even longer -- the Obama administration and the Pentagon have made a point of showing their eagerness...

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Holbrooke Not a Bulldozer and Had Six Relationships With Karzai

Steve Clemons | Posted 05.25.2011

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I think that the many tributes to Richard Holbrooke are important and wonderful, but I want folks to see beyond caricatures of a very complex and important global player.

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Top 5 WikiLeaks Quotes

Joe Lauria | Posted 05.25.2011

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"The word 'security' is a broad, vague generality whose contours should not be invoked to abrogate the fundamental law embodied in the First Amendment...

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Defense Secretary Targets Contractor Funding In Proposed Military Budget Cuts: 'There Are No Sacred Cows'

AP/Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON (AP) -- Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Monday that tough economic times require that he shutter a major command that employs some 5,00...

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Biden Dances the Tough Dances

Steve Clemons | Posted 05.25.2011

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With occasional blind spots aside, Biden's policy breadth is impressive compared to virtually anyone else on the Obama team. Only Bob Gates comes close to Biden's versatility -- and even there, Biden wins hands down.

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Gates Orders Billions In Domestic Pentagon Cuts To Pay For Wars Abroad

New York Times | THOM SHANKER | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON -- Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates has ordered the military and the Pentagon's civilian bureaucracy to find tens of billions of dollars i...

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China Tells Defense Secretary Gates Not To Visit

AP | ANNE GEARAN | Posted 05.25.2011

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Republicans Attack Military Leadership to Defend Ban On Gays

Sen. John Kerry | Posted 05.25.2011

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We have come a long way as a country, and we have come a long way as a military to agree that allowing gays and lesbians to serve openly in the military is the right thing to do.

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Mike Mullen Calls For Repealing 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell': 'Right Thing To Do'

AP | ANNE FLAHERTY | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — It's time to repeal the military's "don't ask, don't tell" policy and allow gay troops to serve openly for the first time in histor...

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The Wrath of Suburbanites and Independents

Joseph A. Palermo | Posted 05.25.2011

The election results show that no incumbent governor (or incumbent party) can escape the wrath of an electorate that continues to bleed while it watches tax dollars squandered on foreign wars and Wall Street fat cats.

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Obama's Cairo Address: Two Months On

William Bradley | Posted 05.25.2011

It's been two months since Obama delivered his address to the Muslim world in Cairo, promising a new era of respect and engagement. How's his opening to the Muslim world going so far?

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A Strategic Necessity

Alon Ben-Meir | Posted 05.25.2011

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If Israel has full American backing in security and defense, it will have more flexibility to concede the occupied territories because ultimately ensuring Israel's security takes away its main rational for keeping Palestinian and Syrian territories.

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Gates and Trucks

Reese Schonfeld | Posted 05.25.2011

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For once, American manufacturers are producing the best weapons ahead of schedule, and will save lives of men who would die without them.

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Obama's Crisis Management: North Korea, Again

William Bradley | Posted 05.25.2011

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President Obama changed the old kabuki in dealing with his second North Korean crisis. He has gone in another, tougher, direction that may lead to a naval confrontation.

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Obama's Crisis Management: Of Flu and AfPak

William Bradley | Posted 05.25.2011

After plenty of preliminary work by his top aides, and behind-the-scenes preparation by himself Obama is about to bring the question of Afghanistan and Pakistan back to center stage.

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Gates Revealing His Plans To Reshape The Military

Wall Street Journal | Posted 05.25.2011

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Defense Secretary Robert Gates on Monday will unveil his latest initiatives to reshape the U.S. military into a force better suited to today's unconve...

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Gates Proposes Cuts To Several Major Weapons Programs

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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Defense Secretary Robert Gates on Monday recommended halting production of the F-22 fighter jet and scrapping a new helicopter for the president as he...

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Gates Pushes Obama Against Whistleblower Protections

Washington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

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During an election featuring Democratic allegations that U.S. intelligence was distorted to justify a misbegotten war, Barack Obama endorsed new prote...

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Obama in the Tank

William Bradley | Posted 05.25.2011

While most eyes were on the then impending vote on Obama's economic revival program, the new president ventured out to the Pentagon for his first meeting with the Joint Chiefs of Staff yesterday.

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Obama's Nuclear War: At Odds With Gates

Time | Posted 05.25.2011

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The latest U.S. nuclear showdown doesn't involve any foreign enemy. Instead, it pits President Barack Obama against his Defense Secretary, Robert Gate...

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