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Damning New Memo Compares Afghanistan to Jay Leno Show

Andy Borowitz | Posted 11.10.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Borowitz Report, General James Jones, Andy Borowitz, Robert Gibbs, Jay Leno, Afghanistan, Barack Obama, James Jones, Nbc, Jay Leno Show, Comedy News
Andy Borowitz

A new memo on Afghanistan written by one of Obama's top advisors emphasizes the futility of a continued U.S. military presence there, at one point going so far as to compare the war to Jay Leno Show.

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Is the United States Gearing Up to Go Into Pakistan?

Ali A. Rizvi | Posted 11.07.2009 | World

Read More: Afghanistan, James Jones, Pakistan, Pakistan Drone Attacks, Afpak, Hillary Clinton, Joe Biden, Barack Obama, Al Qaeda, World News
Ali A. Rizvi

While it may be too early to tell whether Obama will follow through on his 2007 campaign pledge, it does seem like his administration is setting the stage.

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Dispatch from J Street

Antony Loewenstein | Posted 10.30.2009 | Politics

Read More: Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, J Street, Goldstone Report, Israel Lobby, James Jones, Richard Goldstone, General James Jones, Israel, Gaza, Politics News
Antony Loewenstein

J Street must decide what it wants to be -- a wide tent that allows all Jewish opinions on Israel or an orthodoxy that pushes only conventional platitudes -- but the Palestinians don't have time to wait.

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A War of Absurdity

Robert Scheer | Posted 10.07.2009 | World

Read More: Robert Scheer, Cia, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Terrorism, Al-Qaida, 9/11, James Jones, Taliban, Afghan Election, World News
Robert Scheer

It's time to declare victory and begin to get out of Afghanistan rather than descend deeper into an intractable civil war that we neither comprehend nor in the end will care much about.

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Gates: Advice To Obama On Afghan War Should Stay Private

google.com | Dan De Luce (AFP) – 5 Hours Ago | Posted 10.05.2009 | World

Read More: War Wire, Afghan War, Stanley McChrystal, James Jones, Obama Afghan War, Gates, Afghanistan, Nato, Gates Mcchrystal, World News

WASHINGTON US military officers and civilians advising President Barack Obama on Afghanistan should keep their views private, Defense Secretary Robert...

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Jones V. McChrystal: Obama Security Adviser Downplays Insurgency Fears

AP/Huffington Post | Posted 10.05.2009 | Politics

Read More: Mcchrystal, Obama Afghanistan, James Jones Afghanistan, Stanley Mcchrystal Obama Afghanistan, James Jones, Obama Afghanistan Policy, Jones Afghanistan, Stanley McChrystal, Mcchrystal Obama, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- Afghanistan is not in imminent danger of falling to the Taliban, President Barack Obama's national security adviser said Sunday as he do...

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Obama To Take On "Don't Ask Don't Tell" At "Right Time": Jones

AP | Posted 10.04.2009 | Politics

Read More: Obama Dont Ask Dont Tell, Gay Ban Military, Obama Dadt, James Jones, James Jones Dont Ask Dont Tell, Obama Gay Ban Military, Dont Ask Dont Tell, Politics News

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama will focus "at the right time" on how to overturn the "don't ask, don't tell" ban on gays serving openly in ...

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Latin Arms Race Heats Up: Obama Leans on Brazil To Buy Boeing Warplanes

Eric Ehrmann | Posted 09.29.2009 | World

Read More: France, White House, Hugo Chavez, Pentagon, Venezuela, Lula, Sarkozy, James Jones, Boeing, Russia, Hillary Clinton, Obama, China, National Security Council, Brazil, Saab, Arms Control, Arms Race, World News
Eric Ehrmann

While sharing his vision of a more peaceful world with the UN and demanding big Pentagon cuts, Obama has also been lobbying Brazil to buy warplanes from shrinking defense giant Boeing.

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Obama's Afghan Benchmarks Still AWOL

The New York Times | Posted 09.07.2009 | Politics

Read More: Obama Afghanistan, Afghanistan War, Afghanistan, George W. Bush, James Jones, Obama, Nsc, Afghan National Army, Barack Obama, General James Jones, Jont Chiefs of Staff, National Security Council, Robert Gates, Hillary Clinton, Politics News

As the American military comes to full strength in the Afghan buildup, the Obama administration is struggling to come up with a long-promised plan to ...

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Extending Bridge Hours A Bittersweet Victory

Daoud Kuttab | Posted 08.31.2009 | World

Read More: Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Allenby, Al Aqsa Intifada, Road Map, Palestine, Benjamin Netanyahu, King Hussein Bridge, Dennis Ross, Robert Gates, George MItchell, James Jones, World News
Daoud Kuttab

As the only crossing point allowed for the 2.5 million Palestinians of the West Bank and their visiting relatives, the bridge has become a focal point of anguish.

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Can National Security Adviser James Jones Survive a Second Round of Attacks and "Longer Knives"?

Steve Clemons | Posted 07.13.2009 | Politics

Read More: Thomas-Donilon, Goldwater Nichols, National Security Council, Barack Obama, James Jones, Politics News
Steve Clemons

I've received not just one email -- but three -- from prominent insider journalists and policy hands that Jim Jones' tenure as National Security Adviser is highly fragile.

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James Jones: US Safer Under Obama

AP | LOLITA C. BALDOR | Posted 06.27.2009 | Politics

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WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama's national security adviser laid out a sweeping rebuttal Wednesday to former Vice President Dick Cheney's ch...

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CIA, Intel Director Locked In Turf Battle

AP | PAMELA HESS | Posted 06.27.2009 | Politics

Read More: Leon Panetta, Dennis Blair, Blair Panetta, James Jones, Cia Turf Battle, Cia National Intelligence Director Turf Battle, Overseas Posts Battle, Politics News

WASHINGTON — The nation's two intelligence chiefs are locked in a turf battle over overseas posts, forcing National Security Adviser James L. Jo...

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94 Billion Reasons to Rethink Afghanistan

ZP Heller | Posted 06.11.2009 | World

Read More: Gilles Dorronsoro, Civilians, Graham Fuller, Airstrikes, Barack Obama, Al Qaeda, Afghanistan, Pakistan, James Jones, Taliban, Domestic Terrorism, Rick Reyes, World News
ZP Heller

As the situation in Afghanistan and Pakistan continues to deteriorate, Congress will decide this week whether to approve $94.2 billion in supplemental wartime spending.

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Obama National Security Adviser Doesn't Know If "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" Will Be Repealed

AP | Posted 06.10.2009 | Politics

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WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama's national security adviser says allowing gays and lesbians to serve openly in the military is in the early ...

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James Jones: "I Don't Think Anybody Knows" If Bin Laden Is Alive Or Dead

AP | Posted 06.10.2009 | Politics

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WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama's national security adviser says he isn't sure if Osama bin Laden is dead or alive. Retired Marine Gen. Jam...

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Surge in Pakistan Violence: U.S. Central Command Warns Patrick Cronin to Stay Home

Steve Clemons | Posted 06.05.2009 | World

Read More: Hamid Karzai, Robert Gates, James Jones, Pakistan, David Petraeus, Patrick Cronin, Dennis Blair, Asif Ali Zardari, India, Nuclear Controls, Afghanistan, Obama, Michael Mullen, Drone Attacks, US Central Command, World News
Steve Clemons

U.S. intelligence fears an uptick in suicide bombings over the next week directly targeting hotels and high population centers where foreigners populate. The fact is that it easier today to visit Baghdad than Pakistan.

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Obama Calls For Defense Spending Cuts

Fox News | Posted 03.04.2009 | Politics

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The Obama administration has asked the military's Joint Chiefs of Staff to cut the Pentagon's budget request for the fiscal year 2010 by more than 10 ...

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Should Progressives Be Upset with Obama?

David Corn | Posted 01.06.2009 | Politics

Read More: Robert Rubin, Obama Administration Picks, Susan Rice, Jared Bernstein, Robert Gates, Liberals, Tim Geithner, James Jones, Progressives, Obama Transition, Hillary Clinton, Chris Bowers, Lawrence Summers, Barack Obama, Politics News
David Corn

With these hawkish, Rubin-esque, middle-of-the-road picks, has Obama abandoned the folks who brought him to the dance?

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The Obama "Betrayal" Narrative Takes Shape

Joseph A. Palermo | Posted 01.04.2009 | Politics

Read More: Robert Gates, James Jones, Obama's Cabinet, George W. Bush, Jr., Hillary Clinton, Progressive Movement, Gloria Feldt, Barack Obama, Robert F. Kennedy, Obama 100 Days, Obama National Security, Obama Iraq, John Brennan, Politics News
Joseph A. Palermo

The fear is that Obama, bending to pressure from the military-industrial complex, might "re-brand" the Iraq war.

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Obama's New Power Troika Faces Crises Old and New

William Bradley | Posted 01.03.2009 | Politics

Read More: Russia, Caribbean, Afghanistan, Terrorism, Pakistan, Latin America, Robert Gates, Joe Biden, Iran, James Jones, Taliban, Vladimir Putin, Panama Canal, Barack Obama, Al Qaeda, George W. Bush, Obama's Cabinet, Colin Powell, Dick Cheney, Islamic Jihadism, Donald Rumsfeld, Hillary Clinton, Dmitri Medvedev, Ukraine, Politics News
William Bradley

It may well be that General Jones, in what is frequently the geopolitical catbird seat as Obama's National Security Advisor, will emerge as the most influential figure of the new national security power troika.

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Global Media Debate Hillary Selection

James Freedman | Posted 01.02.2009 | World

Read More: Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Obama Cabinet, Barack Obama Hillary Clinton, Bill Clinton, Colin Powell, Australia, United Kingdom, James Jones, Hillary Clinton Secretary of State, Larry Summers, Iran, World Editorial Roundup, Barack Obama, Samantha Power, Robert Gates, Obama Presidency, Editorial Roundup, Hillary Clinton, National Economic Council, Clinton Secretary of State, Israel, China, World News
James Freedman

World Editorial Roundup for December 2, 2008.

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Obama's National Security Adviser Interviewed On Energy Policy (VIDEO)

BigThink | Posted 01.02.2009 | Politics

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BigThink interviewed President-elect Obama's National Security Adviser, Ret. Gen. James Jones. What principles guide your energy plan? Well, we thin...

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NY Times Profiles Obama's National Security Pick James Jones

New York Times | Helene Cooper | Posted 12.30.2008 | Politics

Read More: Obama Cabinet, President Obama, James Jones National Security Adviser, James Jones, Obama Natinal Security Adviser, Politics News

James L. Jones, a retired four-star general, was among a mostly Republican crowd watching a presidential debate in October when Barack Obama casually ...

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Obama's War Cabinet, WSJ Says

Wall Street Journal | Posted 12.29.2008 | Politics

Read More: James Jones, President Obama, War Wire, Foreign Affairs, Iraq, Obama Cabinet, Robert Gates, Politics News

The names floated for Barack Obama's national security team "are drawn exclusively from conservative, centrist and pro-military circles without even a...

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