... casting the administration as weak and ineffective in countering threats overseas. He has repeatedly called for arming and training moderate Syrian rebels and favors more U.S. forces in Iraq to battle Islamic State militants. McCain has been critical of Pentagon contracting. Increased examination of defense manufacturers and acquisition policy ...
... to gain a label, but to give you back a choice about the country you want to live in. GWEN IFILL: Snowden discloses that the U.S. government ran a top secret cyber-war program code-named MonsterMind. He said it could accidentally start a war. And he reveals that ...
... future. “Frankly, between you and me, I think we are going to be back discussing this next year,” Sanders told NewsHour’s Judy Woodruff. U.S. keeps up pressure on Russia: A day after revealing satellite imagery it says is evidence Russia fired rockets into Eastern Ukraine, the U.S ...
... way, the New York Times reports that most of the migrant children who have come to the United States have been released to sponsors or relatives in various states. Of the 57,000 total children who have come to the U.S. since October, 47,000 have been released with ...
... The five recalls just issued are for problems with brake lights, headlamps, power brakes, and windshield wipers. The affected cars were sold mostly in the U.S. GM is in the midst of a major safety review after disclosing it had waited years before recalling cars with faulty ignition switches ...
... to help jump-start talks between the government and the separatists. And Russia announced new retaliation for U.S. sanctions. It refused to accept a U.S. proposal to keep the International Space Station going beyond 2020. And it barred using Russian-made rocket engines to launch U.S. military ...
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid. Photo By Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call. "Just when you thought things couldn't get worse, it gets worse." That was Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., bemoaning a Republican filibuster of President Obama's nominee to lead the Pentagon, former Nebraska GOP Sen. Chuck Hagel. Reid's comments capped a day of high...
President Obama and former Sen. Chuck Hagel at the White House on Monday. Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images. Time and again Monday, President Obama praised Chuck Hagel's military service in announcing the former Republican senator from Nebraska and Vietnam War veteran as his choice for secretary of defense. "Chuck Hagel is the leader that our...
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