Jim Jones

Afghanistan Withdrawal Date: 'Flexible' Or 'Locked In'?

Huffington Post | Nico PItney | Posted 12.04.2009 | World

Read More: Afghanistan Withdrawal, Afghanistan Timeline, Hillary Clinton, Robert Gates, Afghanistan, Barack Obama, Jim Jones, Afghan War, World News

Read below for a new update on December 4. During his speech from West Point on Tuesday, President Obama specified the date when U.S. forces would st...

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Not Supposed to Happen in Obama Land: Intrigue Behind Gregory Craig's Resignation

Steve Clemons | Posted 11.16.2009 | Politics

Read More: Politics, Rahm Emanuel, Bob Bauer, Leaks, Gregory Craig, Barack Obama, David Plouffe, Jim Jones, White House Counsel, Politics News

In a "Team of Rivals White House," what happens when character assassination and leaks from within are given tacit support from those who hold the keys to the White House?

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National Security Adviser Jim Jones Makes Secret Trip To Pakistan

newsweek.com | Michael Hirsh | Posted 11.12.2009 | Politics

Read More: Karl Eikenberry, Jim Jones, National Security, Pakistan, Stanley McChrystal, Afghanistan, National Security Advisor, Afghanistan War, Michael Hirsh, Politics News

Only hours before President Obama took off for Asia on Thursday, his national-security adviser landed in Pakistan on an unannounced trip to meet with ...

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Official: Obama Does Not Plan To Accept Afghan War Options, Wants Handover Details

AP | BEN FELLER and ANNE GEARAN | Posted 11.12.2009 | World

Read More: Pentagon, White House, Mcchrystal, Karzai, Department of Defense, Robert Gates, Afghanistan, Troop Levels, Exit Strategy, Timeline, Afghanistan Strategy, Mike Mullen, Obama, Jim Jones, Afghanistan War, World News

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama does not plan to accept any of the Afghanistan war options presented by his national security team, pushing ...

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Everything You Have Been Told About Afghanistan Is Wrong: The Three Great Fallacies

Johann Hari | Posted 10.20.2009 | World

Read More: Hamid Karzai, Stanley McChrystal, Afghanistan, Jim Jones, Barack Obama, Afghanistan War, World News

Obama has to decide now whether to side with the American people and the Afghan people calling for a rapid reduction in US force, or with a small military clique demanding a ramping-up of the conflict.

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More Troops to Afghanistan?

Richard A. Clarke | Posted 11.11.2009 | World

Read More: Obama Afghanistan, Robert Gates, Afghanistan, Stanley McChrystal, Joe Biden, Jim Jones, Afghanistan Troop Levels, Afghan Election, Afghanistan War, US Troop Levels, Troops for Afghanistan, World News

Afghanistan is not a numbers game. The issue is whether we are pursuing a strategy that defines our goals and tailors our means to them.

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Hypocrisy Alert: Cheney Relies on the Objectivity of the Justice Department to Defend Torture

Mitchell Bard | Posted 10.17.2009 | Politics

Read More: Virginia Governor, Alberto Gonzales, Monica Goodling, u.s. Attorneys Scandal, George W. Bush, Guantanamo, Dick Cheney Torture, Regent University, Lisa Ling, Justice Department, Wall Street Journal, u.s. Attorneys, Jim Jones, Dick Cheney, Rendition, Lakhdar Boumediene, Euna Lee, New York Times, Washington Post, National Security Adviser, U.S. News and World Report, Kyle Sampson, Robert Mcdonnell, Pat Robertson, North Korea, Torture, Justice-Department-Politicization, Politics News

The gall of Cheney's statements is that he was a key part of the administration that deconstructed the objectivity of the Justice Department, which he now relies on to defend the use of torture.

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National Security Adviser: Obama Having Greater Success Taking Terrorists Out of Commission Than Bush Did

Political Punch | Posted 10.16.2009 | Politics

Read More: Jim Jones, National Security Adviser, Obama Terrorism, Terrorism, Politics News

Responding to criticism from former Vice President Cheney that President Obama is making the nation more vulnerable to terrorism, the president's Nati...

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Rice Advances the Obama Doctrine

Joe Cirincione | Posted 09.14.2009 | Politics

Read More: Unilateralism, Susan Rice, Robert Gates, Nuclear Weapons, Janet Napolitano, United Nations, President Obama, John Brennan, Hillary Clinton, UN Security Council, Nuclear Terrorism, 21st Century, Jim Jones, Multilateralism, Politics News

The Obama Doctrine isn't naïve liberal internationalism. On the contrary, as Susan Rice explains, respect for multilateral institutions strengthens America's ability to protect and pursue its own interests.

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Obama's Cairo Address: Two Months On

William Bradley | Posted 09.05.2009 | World

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 08.31.2009 | World

Read More: Hillary Clinton Middle East, George MItchell, Obama Middle East, Bob Gates, Security Umbrella, General James Jones, Hillary Clinton Israel, Clinton Israel, Jim Jones, World News

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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Weekly Foreign Affairs Roundup

Christopher Herbert and Victoria Kataoka Rebuffet | Posted 08.31.2009 | World

Read More: India, Venezuela, Israeli Settlements, Foreign Affairs, Nigeria, Spain, Iran, Barack Obama, Jim Jones, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, George MItchell, Robert Gates, Spain ETA, Honduras, Kurdistan, Farc, Israel, Advocacy, World News

This Week's Top Stories in Foreign Affairs: Push for Peace in Israel SI Analysis: The Obama administration is making a concerted effort to restart pe...

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Clinton Consulted With Republicans, Neocons On Big Foreign Policy Speech

The Plum Line | Posted 08.14.2009 | Politics

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has consulted with a surprisingly diverse ideological bunch in the course of creating the major foreign policy spee...

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Jim Jones: US Staying Out Of Afghan Election

AP | FISNIK ABRASHI | Posted 07.24.2009 | World

Read More: Afghan Election, Jim Jones, Afghanistan, War Wire, Kabul, Jones, Afghanistan Election, Us National Security Adviser, World News

KABUL — President Barack Obama's national security adviser insisted Tuesday that the U.S. does not support or oppose any candidate in Afghanista...

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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

Read More: Obama Dont Ask Dont Tell, Obama Gays Military, Jim Jones, Dadt, Obama Dadt, James Jones, Dont Ask Dont Tell, Politics News

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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Time for Yankees to Say Goodbye to A-Rod

Matt Littman | Posted 06.01.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Steroids, Lindsay Lohan, Madonna, Selena Roberts, George Foster, Red Sox, Alex Rodriguez, Jim Jones, A-Rod, Babe Ruth, Mark McGwire, Joltin' Joe, Brian Cashman, Yankees, Jessica Biel, Idi Amin, Bambino, Entertainment News

Baseball engenders great nicknames, and the New York Yankees, the most storied franchise in all of sports, certainly have had their fair share. There's the Babe, Joltin' Joe, Mr. October, and Bitch Tits.

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Jim Jones TWEETS His ARREST

examiner.com | Posted 05.09.2009 | Home

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Talk about instant news: Rapper Jim Jones gave a boost to the Twitter community yesterday when he tweeted while being processed for ignoring a buck-tw...

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Joe Klein: Obama's Decision To Wait On Afghan Troops "Very Good News"

Time | Posted 03.20.2009 | Politics

Read More: George Bush, Obama Afghanistan, Joe Klein, Afghanistan Surge, War in Afghanistan, Afghanistan, Afghan War, George W. Bush, Jim Jones, Us Troops Afghanistan, Barack Obama, Dick Cheney, Afghanistan War, Politics News

Barack Obama's decision to think carefully about the situation in Afghanistan before he sends more troops there is very good news. It shows a Command...

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The State of Green -- Obama and the First 20 days

Jack Hidary | Posted 03.10.2009 | Green

Read More: Epa, Doe, Lisa Jackson, Environmental Policy, Clean Tech, Carol Browner, Steven Chu, State of Green, Obama, Green Economy, Jim Jones, Todd Stern, 100 Days, Stimulus Bill, Green News

Holly Kaufman: "Obama has ushered in a refreshing reliance on science, and a commitment to letting scientific fact, and even scientific hunch, see the light of day."

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Obama Calls For Defense Spending Cuts

Fox News | Posted 03.04.2009 | Politics

Read More: James Jones, Joint Chiefs of Staff, Admiral Mike Mullen, Joint Chiefs Chairman, General James Jones, James Cartwright, Defense Spending, National Security Adviser Jim Jones, Jim Jones, Barack Obama, Obama Foreign Policy, Defense Department, Obama Defense Spending, Politics News

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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Biden Heads To Germany For First Trip As Vice President

AP | Posted 02.27.2009 | Politics

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WASHINGTON — Joe Biden will make his first overseas trip as vice president next week when he heads to Germany for the 45th Munich Conference on ...

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Obama and His Commanders

William Bradley | Posted 02.23.2009 | Politics

Now we're into one of the most fascinating parts of the new Obama administration: President Obama's relationship with America's military commanders.

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Obama: Vacation's End

William Bradley | Posted 02.02.2009 | Politics

Obama's vacation ends like many of ours have over the years. With pleasant memories behind and significant problems ahead.

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Seismic Diplomacy

Michael Carmichael | Posted 01.12.2009 | World

Read More: Uri Avnery, Barack Obama 2008, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Shminitsim, Zbigniew Brzezinski, Ehud Olmert, Hillary Clinton 2008, Ha'aretz, Yossi Beilin, Israel, Jim Jones, Foreign Policy, Binyamin Netanyahu, Obama Israel, World News

Like a seismic tremor before a volcanic explosion, the pressure for peace in the Middle East is ratcheting upwards on the diplomatic Richter Scale.

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Obama: Elixir or Delegator?

Jayne Lyn Stahl | Posted 01.05.2009 | Politics

Read More: Obama Cabinet, Change, Robert Reich, Robert Gates, Department of Defense, Delegator, Hillary Clinton, Delegation, Paul Volcker, Barack Obama, Jim Jones, Obama Administration, Politics News

It takes wisdom to seek counsel and courage to take a stand. We know Mr. Obama has courage, that he'll act when he thinks the time has come. We can only hope that he sees the time is here.

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