Obama Defense

Obama Proposal Passes Test

AP | DONNA CASSATA | Posted 05.24.2012

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WASHINGTON — A Senate panel on Thursday rejected the Pentagon's proposed cuts in personnel and equipment for the Air National Guard as it comple...

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House Votes To Continue The War In Afghanistan

AP | DONNA CASSATA | Posted 05.18.2012

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WASHINGTON — The House endorsed the continued war in Afghanistan on Thursday despite acknowledgment from Republicans and Democrats that the Amer...

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Tragedy and Farce

Richard Klass | Posted 05.09.2012

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President Obama has dispelled the myth that Democrats are weak on national defense. Karl Rove understands this. That is why he is attacking the president. This farce won't work. Truth will.

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Obama Is Getting Missile Defense Right in Europe

Sean Kay | Posted 05.08.2012

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Perhaps it is time to get the politics out of missile defense and let threats, capacity and, indeed, science inform the national interest.

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Lawmakers Concerned About Key Cuts Amid Deficit Resolve

AP | By DONNA CASSATA | Posted 02.06.2012

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WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama's call to shrink the military, shut bases and cancel weapons to meet the demand for budget cuts tests the resolve...

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Friday Talking Points -- Obama Picking His Fights

Chris Weigant | Posted 03.07.2012

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Obama is basing a large part of his campaign on what he can manage to accomplish without dealing with the congressional gridlock, and this is quite likely a winning political strategy.

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Obama To Reveal Defense Strategy

AP | ROBERT BURNS | Posted 03.06.2012

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WASHINGTON — Looking beyond the wars he inherited, President Barack Obama on Thursday launched a reshaping and shrinking of the military. He vow...

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In Defense of My President

Matthew Lynch, Ed.D. | Posted 11.08.2011

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With frustrations high and solutions still a bit unclear, we should expect the pressure to become intensified in the coming months. However, it is crystal clear to me that there are unrealistic expectations of the president.

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Al Franken's Anti-Rape Amendment Makes Defense Budget

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

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President Barack Obama's 2011 defense budget proposal includes language that would prevent the government from working with contractors who deny victi...

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Don't Kid Yourself -- The F-22 Lives

Chris Kelly | Posted 05.25.2011

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The defense budget is being cut in the sense that it's going up. The F-22 has been killed in sense that we've appropriated all the money we need to keep building them until we have to think about it again. The good news is that we're calling bad news good news.

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First Shot Fired In Defense Budget Battle

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.25.2011

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No one in politics ever looks bad vowing to "take on the lobbyists," and in his latest YouTube missive, President Barack Obama got downright bellicose...

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Obama White House Losing Patience On Stimulus

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

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Underscoring the reality that GOP opposition to the stimulus seems firmly entrenched, the Obama administration mounted a more aggressive stance in fav...

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Obama Staffs Defense, Danzig's Future Up In Air

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

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The Obama transition team announced on Thursday afternoon the staffing of key positions in the Department of Defense, ending a process that proved a b...

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Pentagon Problems: Obama Runs Into Delays Staffing Defense Team

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

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President-elect Barack Obama has run into some difficulty staffing the top rungs at the Department of Defense, with the expected short tenure of Secre...

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Obama Ousting Top Bush Pentagon Officials

Washington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

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Although President-elect Barack Obama's decision to keep Robert M. Gates at the helm of the Pentagon will provide a measure of continuity for a milita...

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A Progressive Case for Gates

Max Bergmann | Posted 05.25.2011

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In keeping Gates, Obama is actually indicating that he is very serious about instituting significant reform of the Pentagon.

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Obama's National Security Team: Questions All About Clinton

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

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Barack Obama rolled out his national security team on Monday morning, bringing together a group of highly qualified stars tasked with carrying out his...

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