http://s.huffpost.com/images/HuffingtonPost_250x20.png tag:www.huffingtonpost.com,2013:/tag/chuck-hagel 2013-05-22T12:38:44Z Huffington Post http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/22/veterans-affairs-health-records_n_3320543.html 2013-05-22T12:38:44Z 2013-05-22T12:38:47Z The Huffington Post News Team http://www.huffingtonpost.com/the-news/ WASHINGTON &mdash; The Pentagon has decided to buy a new computerized health records system to be able to better share and merge its data with the Dep... <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/pentagon">Pentagon</a>, <a href="/tag/department-of-veterans-affairs">Department of Veterans Affairs</a>, <a href="/tag/veterans-affairs-health-records">Veterans Affairs Health Records</a>, <a href="/tag/veterans-affairs">Veterans Affairs</a>, <a href="/tag/veterans-health-records">Veterans Health Records</a>, <a href="/tag/chuck-hagel">Chuck Hagel</a>, <a href="/tag/chuck-hagel-defense-secretary">Chuck Hagel Defense Secretary</a>, <a href="/tag/veterans">Veterans</a>, <a href="/tag/secretary-of-defense-chuck-hagel">Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel</a>, <a href="/politics">Politics News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/22/sexual-assault-prevention-workers_n_3319731.html 2013-05-22T11:37:46Z 2013-05-22T11:37:47Z The Huffington Post News Team http://www.huffingtonpost.com/the-news/ WASHINGTON -- Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel has exempted sexual assault prevention workers from the Pentagon's mandatory furloughs this year. <br /> <br /> Hage... <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/sexual-assault-prevention-military">Sexual Assault Prevention Military</a>, <a href="/tag/sexual-assault-workers-furloughs">Sexual Assault Workers Furloughs</a>, <a href="/tag/sexual-assault-prevention-pentagon">Sexual Assault Prevention Pentagon</a>, <a href="/tag/chuck-hagel-sexual-assault">Chuck Hagel Sexual Assault</a>, <a href="/tag/sexual-assault-prevention-workers">Sexual Assault Prevention Workers</a>, <a href="/tag/chuck-hagel">Chuck Hagel</a>, <a href="/tag/chuck-hagel-secretary-of-defense">Chuck Hagel Secretary of Defense</a>, <a href="/tag/pentagon-sequestration">Pentagon Sequestration</a>, <a href="/tag/pentagon-furloughs">Pentagon Furloughs</a>, <a href="/tag/sequestration-furloughs">Sequestration Furloughs</a>, <a href="/politics">Politics News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/michael-brenner/kerry-and-hagel-an-interm_b_3306579.html 2013-05-20T11:04:46Z 2013-05-20T11:04:50Z Michael Brenner http://www.huffingtonpost.com/michael-brenner/ John Kerry and Chuck Hagel have been at the helm of American foreign and security policy for some months now. Much was expected from new faces, new approaches and -- perhaps -- some new thinking. How are they doing? <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/john-kerry">John Kerry</a>, <a href="/tag/chuck-hagel-secretary-of-defense">Chuck Hagel Secretary of Defense</a>, <a href="/tag/chuck-hagel">Chuck Hagel</a>, <a href="/tag/john-kerry-secretary-of-state">John Kerry Secretary of State</a>, <a href="/tag/obama-foreign-policy">Obama Foreign Policy</a>, <a href="/tag/foreign-policy">Foreign Policy</a>, <a href="/world">World News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/20/military-sexual-assault_n_3306295.html 2013-05-20T09:49:17Z 2013-05-20T09:49:22Z The Huffington Post News Team http://www.huffingtonpost.com/the-news/ WASHINGTON &mdash; New government figures underscore the staggering long-term consequences of military sexual assaults: More than 85,000 veterans were... <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/politics-news">Politics News</a>, <a href="/tag/video">Video</a>, <a href="/tag/military-assault">Military Assault</a>, <a href="/tag/department-of-defense">Department of Defense</a>, <a href="/tag/chuck-hagel">Chuck Hagel</a>, <a href="/tag/sexual-assault">Sexual Assault</a>, <a href="/tag/defense-department">Defense Department</a>, <a href="/tag/military-sexual-assault">Military Sexual Assault</a>, <a href="/tag/military-sexual-abuse">Military Sexual Abuse</a>, <a href="/politics">Politics News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/16/obama-military-sexual-assault_n_3285314.html 2013-05-16T11:12:45Z 2013-05-16T09:26:00Z The Huffington Post News Team http://www.huffingtonpost.com/the-news/ WASHINGTON, May 16 (Reuters) - President Barack Obama will meet with Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel and other leaders of the U.S. military on Thursda... <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/video">Video</a>, <a href="/tag/military">Military</a>, <a href="/tag/martin-dempsey">Martin Dempsey</a>, <a href="/tag/president-barack-obama">President Barack Obama</a>, <a href="/tag/reuters">Reuters</a>, <a href="/tag/obama">Obama</a>, <a href="/tag/chuck-hagel">Chuck Hagel</a>, <a href="/tag/sexual-assault">Sexual Assault</a>, <a href="/tag/military-sexual-assault">Military Sexual Assault</a>, <a href="/tag/obama-military-sexual-assault">Obama Military Sexual Assault</a>, <a href="/politics">Politics News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/16/martin-dempsey-military-sexual-assaults_n_3285170.html 2013-05-16T09:03:49Z 2013-05-16T09:03:53Z The Huffington Post News Team http://www.huffingtonpost.com/the-news/ WASHINGTON &mdash; President Barack Obama said Thursday the nation's military leaders told him they are "ashamed" of their failure to end sexual abuse... <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/martin-dempsey-military-sexual-assault">Martin Dempsey Military Sexual Assault</a>, <a href="/tag/sexual-assault-in-the-military">Sexual Assault in the Military</a>, <a href="/tag/video">Video</a>, <a href="/tag/military">Military</a>, <a href="/tag/chuck-hagel">Chuck Hagel</a>, <a href="/tag/sexual-assault">Sexual Assault</a>, <a href="/tag/martin-dempsey">Martin Dempsey</a>, <a href="/tag/military-sexual-assault">Military Sexual Assault</a>, <a href="/politics">Politics News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/16/military-sexual-assault_n_3283666.html 2013-05-16T00:20:24Z 2013-05-16T00:20:28Z The Huffington Post News Team http://www.huffingtonpost.com/the-news/ WASHINGTON &mdash; One after another, the charges have tumbled out &ndash; allegations of sexual assaults in the military that have triggered outrage,... <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/pentagon">Pentagon</a>, <a href="/tag/video">Video</a>, <a href="/tag/military">Military</a>, <a href="/tag/department-of-defense">Department of Defense</a>, <a href="/tag/uniform-code-of-military-justice">Uniform Code of Military Justice</a>, <a href="/tag/chuck-hagel">Chuck Hagel</a>, <a href="/tag/sexual-assault">Sexual Assault</a>, <a href="/tag/military-sexual-assault">Military Sexual Assault</a>, <a href="/politics">Politics News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/15/military-sexual-assault_n_3278151.html 2013-05-15T08:32:39Z 2013-05-15T08:32:41Z The Huffington Post News Team http://www.huffingtonpost.com/the-news/ WASHINGTON -- Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel informed President Barack Obama of the latest sexual assault allegations against a soldier who was assigne... <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/video">Video</a>, <a href="/tag/military-sex-scandal">Military Sex Scandal</a>, <a href="/tag/chuck-hagel">Chuck Hagel</a>, <a href="/tag/carl-levin">Carl Levin</a>, <a href="/tag/kirsten-gillibrand">Kirsten Gillibrand</a>, <a href="/tag/military-sexual-assault">Military Sexual Assault</a>, <a href="/politics">Politics News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/09/sexual-assault-military-white-house_n_3246713.html 2013-05-09T17:40:11Z 2013-05-09T17:39:16Z The Huffington Post News Team http://www.huffingtonpost.com/the-news/ The White House delved further into the controversy over sexual assaults in the U.S. military Thursday, meeting with members of Congress in the wake o... <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/obama-sexual-assault-military">Obama-Sexual-Assault-Military</a>, <a href="/tag/valerie-jarrett">Valerie Jarrett</a>, <a href="/tag/jeffrey-krusinski-sexual-assault">Jeffrey Krusinski Sexual Assault</a>, <a href="/tag/jeffrey-krusinski">Jeffrey Krusinski</a>, <a href="/tag/chuck-hagel">Chuck Hagel</a>, <a href="/tag/video">Video</a>, <a href="/tag/sexual-assault-military">Sexual Assault Military</a>, <a href="/tag/sex-assault">Sex Assault</a>, <a href="/tag/jeffrey-krusinski-arrested">Jeffrey Krusinski Arrested</a>, <a href="/tag/military-sexual-assaults">Military Sexual Assaults</a>, <a href="/tag/defense-department-sexual-assaults">Defense-Department-Sexual-Assaults</a>, <a href="/tag/kirsten-gillibrand">Kirsten Gillibrand</a>, <a href="/tag/military-sexual-assault">Military Sexual Assault</a>, <a href="/tag/niki-tsongas">Niki Tsongas</a>, <a href="/politics">Politics News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sanjay-sanghoee/american-intervention-in-syria_b_3241105.html 2013-05-09T12:33:40Z 2013-05-09T12:28:20Z Sanjay Sanghoee http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sanjay-sanghoee/ America's motives for intervening in Syria, as they were in World War II, might be a mix of humanitarian ideals and selfish agendas, but that does not mean that we should shy away from our responsibility to others or to ourselves. <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/libya">Libya</a>, <a href="/tag/arab-spring">Arab Spring</a>, <a href="/tag/hitler">Hitler</a>, <a href="/tag/muammar-gaddafi">Muammar Gaddafi</a>, <a href="/tag/middle-east">Middle East</a>, <a href="/tag/terrorism">Terrorism</a>, <a href="/tag/boston-marathon-bombing">Boston Marathon Bombing</a>, <a href="/tag/hezbollah">Hezbollah</a>, <a href="/tag/bashar-assad">Bashar Assad</a>, <a href="/tag/world-war-ii">World War II</a>, <a href="/tag/israel">Israel</a>, <a href="/tag/syrian-rebels">Syrian Rebels</a>, <a href="/tag/syria">Syria</a>, <a href="/tag/bashar-al-assad">Bashar Al-Assad</a>, <a href="/tag/syrian-uprising">Syrian Uprising</a>, <a href="/tag/chuck-hagel">Chuck Hagel</a>, <a href="/tag/barack-obama">Barack Obama</a>, <a href="/tag/afghanistan-war">Afghanistan War</a>, <a href="/tag/iraq-war">Iraq War</a>, <a href="/world">World News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/09/air-force-nuclear-missile_n_3244793.html 2013-05-09T09:26:08Z 2013-05-09T09:26:10Z The Huffington Post News Team http://www.huffingtonpost.com/the-news/ WASHINGTON &mdash; The general who commands the nation's nuclear forces said Thursday he has ordered further review of failings discovered among Air F... <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/video">Video</a>, <a href="/tag/chuck-hagel">Chuck Hagel</a>, <a href="/tag/minot-air-force-base">Minot Air Force Base</a>, <a href="/tag/air-force-officer-removal">Air Force Officer Removal</a>, <a href="/tag/air-force-missile-crew">Air Force Missile Crew</a>, <a href="/tag/air-force">Air Force</a>, <a href="/tag/mark-welsh">Mark Welsh</a>, <a href="/tag/air-force-nuclear-missile">Air Force Nuclear Missile</a>, <a href="/politics">Politics News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/christopher-mcknight-nichols/limits-of-american-power_b_3230657.html 2013-05-08T12:44:35Z 2013-05-08T12:44:39Z Christopher McKnight Nichols http://www.huffingtonpost.com/christopher-mcknight-nichols/ Americans today debate possible new interventions, withdrawals, disputes over what does and does not constitute a "red line," and other applications of power abroad in light of enormous geopolitical changes and challenges. Let the debate consider the long history of cautious realism. <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/george-washington">George Washington</a>, <a href="/tag/american-history">American History</a>, <a href="/tag/intervention">Intervention</a>, <a href="/tag/isolationism">Isolationism</a>, <a href="/tag/iran">Iran</a>, <a href="/tag/thomas-jefferson">Thomas Jefferson</a>, <a href="/tag/chuck-hagel">Chuck Hagel</a>, <a href="/tag/power">Power</a>, <a href="/tag/syria">Syria</a>, <a href="/tag/barack-obama">Barack Obama</a>, <a href="/tag/realism">Realism</a>, <a href="/tag/international">International</a>, <a href="/tag/monroe-doctrine">Monroe Doctrine</a>, <a href="/tag/james-monroe">James Monroe</a>, <a href="/politics">Politics News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/pierce-brosnan/whales-should-not-have-to_b_3237767.html 2013-05-08T10:52:51Z 2013-05-08T10:54:41Z Pierce Brosnan http://www.huffingtonpost.com/pierce-brosnan/ The U.S. Navy has new plans for testing and training exercises with sonar and explosives -- and those plans spell disaster for whales. Now is the time for concerned citizens to come to their defense. <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/sonar">Sonar</a>, <a href="/tag/department-of-defense">Department of Defense</a>, <a href="/tag/chuck-hagel">Chuck Hagel</a>, <a href="/tag/california">California</a>, <a href="/tag/navy">Navy</a>, <a href="/tag/marine-mammals">Marine Mammals</a>, <a href="/tag/whales">Whales</a>, <a href="/tag/video">Video</a>, <a href="/green">Green News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/07/military-sexual-assaults-2012_n_3230248.html 2013-05-07T13:16:14Z 2013-05-07T13:15:35Z The Huffington Post News Team http://www.huffingtonpost.com/the-news/ Sexual assaults occurred at an average of more than 70 per day in the United States military during 2012, according to an annual report released Tuesd... <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/sexual-assaults-military">Sexual Assaults Military</a>, <a href="/tag/video">Video</a>, <a href="/tag/jeffrey-krusinski-sexual-assault">Jeffrey Krusinski Sexual Assault</a>, <a href="/tag/sexual-assault-prevention-military">Sexual Assault Prevention Military</a>, <a href="/tag/patty-murray">Patty Murray</a>, <a href="/tag/jeffrey-krusinski-arrested">Jeffrey Krusinski Arrested</a>, <a href="/tag/military-sexual-assaults">Military Sexual Assaults</a>, <a href="/tag/mike-turner">Mike Turner</a>, <a href="/tag/air-force-sexual-assault">Air Force Sexual Assault</a>, <a href="/tag/kelly-ayotte">Kelly Ayotte</a>, <a href="/tag/chuck-hagel">Chuck Hagel</a>, <a href="/politics">Politics News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/07/john-kerry-vladimir-putin-syria-talks_n_3227389.html 2013-05-07T03:31:17Z 2013-05-07T03:37:23Z The Huffington Post News Team http://www.huffingtonpost.com/the-news/ MOSCOW &mdash; The United States and Russia pledged Tuesday to set aside more than two years of differences over Syria's civil war, saying they'd conv... <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/jay-carney">Jay Carney</a>, <a href="/tag/tzipi-livni">Tzipi Livni</a>, <a href="/tag/vladimir-putin-russia">Vladimir Putin Russia</a>, <a href="/tag/bashar-assad">Bashar Assad</a>, <a href="/tag/chuck-hagel">Chuck Hagel</a>, <a href="/tag/dutch-ruppersberger">Dutch Ruppersberger</a>, <a href="/tag/nasser-judeh">Nasser Judeh</a>, <a href="/tag/state-department">State Department</a>, <a href="/tag/house-intelligence-committee">House Intelligence Committee</a>, <a href="/tag/video">Video</a>, <a href="/tag/john-kerry">John-Kerry</a>, <a href="/tag/john-kerry">John Kerry</a>, <a href="/tag/vladimir-putin">Vladimir Putin</a>, <a href="/tag/israel">Israel</a>, <a href="/tag/israel-airstrikes">Israel Airstrikes</a>, <a href="/tag/carla-del-ponte">Carla Del Ponte</a>, <a href="/tag/syria">Syria</a>, <a href="/tag/secretary-of-state-john-kerry">Secretary of State John Kerry</a>, <a href="/world">World News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sarwar-kashmeri/in-syria-americas-nationa_b_3222305.html 2013-05-06T17:47:19Z 2013-05-06T17:42:05Z Sarwar Kashmeri http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sarwar-kashmeri/ There is no compelling national interest that requires American intervention in Syria's civil war. In fact, such an intervention would be a strategic error. <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/france">France</a>, <a href="/tag/general-dempsey">General Dempsey</a>, <a href="/tag/syria">Syria</a>, <a href="/tag/al-nusra-front">Al Nusra Front</a>, <a href="/tag/general-martin-dempsey">General Martin Dempsey</a>, <a href="/tag/sarwar-kashmeri">Sarwar Kashmeri</a>, <a href="/tag/hezbollah">Hezbollah</a>, <a href="/tag/israel">Israel</a>, <a href="/tag/american-civil-war">American Civil War</a>, <a href="/tag/hagel">Hagel</a>, <a href="/tag/assad">Assad</a>, <a href="/tag/chuck-hagel">Chuck Hagel</a>, <a href="/tag/britain">Britain</a>, <a href="/world">World News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/brian-jencunas/obama-cabinet-diversity_b_3221014.html 2013-05-06T17:09:45Z 2013-05-06T17:09:48Z Brian Jencunas http://www.huffingtonpost.com/brian-jencunas/ The president's cabinet should be judged for their ideology, experience, and character, not because of what boxes they check off on their census form. <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/obama-cabinet">Obama Cabinet</a>, <a href="/tag/national-organization-for-women">National Organization for Women</a>, <a href="/tag/john-kerry">John Kerry</a>, <a href="/tag/michelle-flournoy">Michelle Flournoy</a>, <a href="/tag/hillary-clinton">Hillary Clinton</a>, <a href="/tag/jesse-jackson">Jesse Jackson</a>, <a href="/tag/chuck-hagel">Chuck Hagel</a>, <a href="/tag/feminism">Feminism</a>, <a href="/tag/diversity">Diversity</a>, <a href="/tag/barack-obama">Barack Obama</a>, <a href="/tag/geraldine-ferraro">Geraldine Ferraro</a>, <a href="/college">College News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/william-bradley/crises-also-fade_b_3211599.html 2013-05-03T18:43:21Z 2013-05-03T18:43:24Z William Bradley http://www.huffingtonpost.com/william-bradley/ Perhaps Obama should be more careful about what he calls a "red line." Dictators are not impressed by empty threats. Would there be support for a multi-national effort to secure chemical weapons stores? <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/russia">Russia</a>, <a href="/tag/chemical-weapons">Chemical Weapons</a>, <a href="/tag/california">California</a>, <a href="/tag/space-program">Space Program</a>, <a href="/tag/politics-news">Politics News</a>, <a href="/tag/north-korea">North Korea</a>, <a href="/tag/iran">Iran</a>, <a href="/tag/uc-berkeley">UC Berkeley</a>, <a href="/tag/baikonur">Baikonur</a>, <a href="/tag/kyrgyzstan">Kyrgyzstan</a>, <a href="/tag/chuck-hagel">Chuck Hagel</a>, <a href="/tag/us-china-relations">US China Relations</a>, <a href="/tag/john-kerry">John Kerry</a>, <a href="/tag/kazakhstan">Kazakhstan</a>, <a href="/tag/nuclear-weapons">Nuclear Weapons</a>, <a href="/tag/long-range-missiles">Long Range Missiles</a>, <a href="/tag/barack-obama">Barack Obama</a>, <a href="/tag/south-korea">South Korea</a>, <a href="/tag/star-trek">Star Trek</a>, <a href="/tag/iraq">Iraq</a>, <a href="/tag/asia-pacific-pivot">Asia-Pacific Pivot</a>, <a href="/tag/china">China</a>, <a href="/tag/syria">Syria</a>, <a href="/tag/soviet-union">Soviet Union</a>, <a href="/tag/boston-marathon-bombing">Boston Marathon Bombing</a>, <a href="/tag/south-china-sea">South China Sea</a>, <a href="/tag/us-navy">US Navy</a>, <a href="/world">World News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/allyson-d-robinson/not-cool-mr-secretary-not_b_3209452.html 2013-05-03T15:27:33Z 2013-05-03T15:27:36Z Allyson D. Robinson http://www.huffingtonpost.com/allyson-d-robinson/ Why would our nation's military leaders be complicit as these patriots' detractors seek to discredit their identities, their families, and their service and sacrifice to our nation? <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/marines">Marines</a>, <a href="/tag/army">Army</a>, <a href="/tag/department-of-defense">Department of Defense</a>, <a href="/tag/chuck-hagel">Chuck Hagel</a>, <a href="/tag/navy">Navy</a>, <a href="/tag/coast-guard">Coast Guard</a>, <a href="/tag/air-force">Air Force</a>, <a href="/tag/barack-obama">Barack Obama</a>, <a href="/tag/secretary-of-defense">Secretary of Defense</a>, <a href="/tag/gays-in-the-military">Gays in the Military</a>, <a href="/tag/dont-ask-dont-tell">Don&#039;t Ask Don&#039;t Tell</a>, <a href="/gay-voices">Gay Voices News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/brent-budowsky/ted-cruz-hillary-clinton-2013_b_3210439.html 2013-05-03T16:22:35Z 2013-05-03T15:22:24Z Brent Budowsky http://www.huffingtonpost.com/brent-budowsky/ For Democrats this is too good to be true. While Republicans continue to try to smear former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton over Benghazi, she long ago accepted her share of responsibility, and her popularity continues to tower above all national figures in American public life. <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/senate-republicans">Senate Republicans</a>, <a href="/tag/nancy-pelosi">Nancy Pelosi</a>, <a href="/tag/william-f-buckley">William F. Buckley</a>, <a href="/tag/benghazi">Benghazi</a>, <a href="/tag/national-review">National Review</a>, <a href="/tag/democrats">Democrats</a>, <a href="/tag/chuck-hagel">Chuck Hagel</a>, <a href="/tag/texas">Texas</a>, <a href="/tag/abraham-lincoln">Abraham Lincoln</a>, <a href="/tag/immigration-reform">Immigration Reform</a>, <a href="/tag/franklin-delano-roosevelt">Franklin Delano Roosevelt</a>, <a href="/tag/2016-election">2016 Election</a>, <a href="/tag/barack-obama">Barack Obama</a>, <a href="/tag/hispanic-voters">Hispanic Voters</a>, <a href="/tag/bill-clinton">Bill Clinton</a>, <a href="/tag/gop">Gop</a>, <a href="/tag/florida">Florida</a>, <a href="/tag/hillary-clinton-landslide">Hillary Clinton Landslide</a>, <a href="/tag/hillary-clinton">Hillary Clinton</a>, <a href="/tag/ted-cruz">Ted Cruz</a>, <a href="/tag/republicans">Republicans</a>, <a href="/tag/ted-cruz-2016">Ted Cruz 2016</a>, <a href="/politics">Politics News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/doug-bandow/syria-the-only-red-line-s_b_3208535.html 2013-05-03T10:03:03Z 2013-05-03T10:03:03Z Doug Bandow http://www.huffingtonpost.com/doug-bandow/ Washington's foreign policy should be one of peace. Today the U.S. is without peer. Terrorism is the most serious security threat facing the country, but it is only exacerbated by promiscuous intervention in conflicts not America's own. <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/syria">Syria</a>, <a href="/tag/syria-intervention">Syria Intervention</a>, <a href="/tag/john-mccain">John McCain</a>, <a href="/tag/arab-spring">Arab Spring</a>, <a href="/tag/warpowers">Warpowers</a>, <a href="/tag/terrorism">Terrorism</a>, <a href="/tag/neoconservatives">Neoconservatives</a>, <a href="/tag/us-foreign-policy">US Foreign Policy</a>, <a href="/tag/chuck-hagel">Chuck Hagel</a>, <a href="/tag/syria-chemical-weapons">Syria Chemical Weapons</a>, <a href="/tag/bashar-al-assad">Bashar Al-Assad</a>, <a href="/tag/barack-obama">Barack Obama</a>, <a href="/tag/foreign-policy">Foreign Policy</a>, <a href="/politics">Politics News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/02/us-arming-syria-rebels_n_3202911.html 2013-05-02T14:43:32Z 2013-05-02T14:54:10Z The Huffington Post News Team http://www.huffingtonpost.com/the-news/ WASHINGTON &mdash; The Obama administration is rethinking its opposition to arming rebels opposed to the Syrian government, Defense Secretary Chuck Ha... <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/syria-news">Syria News</a>, <a href="/tag/hagel">Hagel</a>, <a href="/tag/us-arming-syria-rebels">US Arming Syria Rebels</a>, <a href="/tag/us-syria">u.s. Syria</a>, <a href="/tag/hagel-syria">Hagel Syria</a>, <a href="/tag/us-arms-syria-rebels">US Arms Syria Rebels</a>, <a href="/tag/chuck-hagel">Chuck Hagel</a>, <a href="/tag/us-syria">US Syria</a>, <a href="/tag/syria">Syria</a>, <a href="/tag/syria-war">Syria War</a>, <a href="/world">World News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/02/guantanamo-hunger-strike_n_3188170.html 2013-05-02T09:28:02Z 2013-05-02T09:28:08Z The Huffington Post News Team http://www.huffingtonpost.com/the-news/ GUANTANAMO BAY NAVAL BASE, Cuba -- For weeks, said Army Col. John V. Bogdan, the man in charge of Guantanamo’s detention facilities, he had tried to... <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/pentagon">Pentagon</a>, <a href="/tag/hunger-strike">Hunger Strike</a>, <a href="/tag/department-of-defense">Department of Defense</a>, <a href="/tag/national-defense-authorization-act">National Defense Authorization Act</a>, <a href="/tag/guantanamo-detention">Guantanamo Detention</a>, <a href="/tag/guantanamo-detainees">Guantanamo Detainees</a>, <a href="/tag/guantanamo">Guantanamo</a>, <a href="/tag/obama-administration">Obama Administration</a>, <a href="/tag/chuck-hagel">Chuck Hagel</a>, <a href="/tag/ryan-j-reilly">Ryan J. Reilly</a>, <a href="/tag/gitmo">Gitmo</a>, <a href="/tag/barack-obama">Barack Obama</a>, <a href="/tag/video">Video</a>, <a href="/tag/guantanamo-hunger-strike">Guantanamo Hunger Strike</a>, <a href="/tag/obama-guantanamo">Obama Guantanamo</a>, <a href="/tag/ndaa">Ndaa</a>, <a href="/tag/joint-task-force-guantanamo">Joint Task Force Guantanamo</a>, <a href="/tag/guantanamo-bay">Guantanamo Bay</a>, <a href="/tag/john-v-bogdan">John v. Bogdan</a>, <a href="/tag/indefinite-detention">Indefinite Detention</a>, <a href="/tag/john-bogdan">John Bogdan</a>, <a href="/tag/gitmo-hunger-strike">Gitmo Hunger Strike</a>, <a href="/politics">Politics News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/peter-jan-honigsberg/guantanamo-hunger-strike_b_3193277.html 2013-05-01T17:34:23Z 2013-05-01T17:29:19Z Peter Jan Honigsberg http://www.huffingtonpost.com/peter-jan-honigsberg/ President Obama said at his news conference Tuesday, "I continue to believe that we've got to close Guantanamo." He then added, "Congress determined that they would not let us close it." Unfortunately, the president's comments are misleading. <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/suicide">Suicide</a>, <a href="/tag/guantanamo">Guantanamo</a>, <a href="/tag/hunger-strike">Hunger Strike</a>, <a href="/tag/chuck-hagel">Chuck Hagel</a>, <a href="/tag/barack-obama">Barack Obama</a>, <a href="/tag/guantanamo-hunger-strikes">Guantanamo Hunger Strikes</a>, <a href="/tag/force-feeding">Force-Feeding</a>, <a href="/tag/guantanamo-suicides">Guantanamo Suicides</a>, <a href="/politics">Politics News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/chris-rodda/pseudohistorian-who-compa_b_3181776.html 2013-04-30T12:20:37Z 2013-04-30T12:20:42Z Chris Rodda http://www.huffingtonpost.com/chris-rodda/ Yeah, I'm talking about everybody's favorite Christian nationalist history revisionist David Barton. It seems this paragon of lies and propaganda has been invited to speak at the Annual National Prayer Breakfast at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/military-religious-freedom-foundation">Military Religious Freedom Foundation</a>, <a href="/tag/david-barton">David Barton</a>, <a href="/tag/fox-news">Fox News</a>, <a href="/tag/glenn-beck">Glenn Beck</a>, <a href="/tag/chuck-hagel">Chuck Hagel</a>, <a href="/tag/religion-in-the-military">Religion in the Military</a>, <a href="/tag/barack-obama">Barack Obama</a>, <a href="/tag/mrff">Mrff</a>, <a href="/politics">Politics News</a></p>