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Congress was warned about Libya last month
While Washington vacationed in August, the non-partisan Congressional Research Service issued a now prescient-sounding report warning that Libya's security concerns were an "immediate priority" that...
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Panetta softens sequestration stance
Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said on Thursday that he would take any deal Congress can make that would delay sequestration, the 10-year, $600 billion automatic across-the-board spending cut set to...
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Panetta puts Congress 'on the clock'
Two weeks before the elections, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta waded into politics and rapped Congress across the knuckles for leaving "a great deal of critical work" on national security unfinished he...
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How the election shook up the Armed Services committees
The 2012 election brought some changes to the House and Senate armed services committees by way of upsets, gerrymandering, and retirements that could impact the Obama administration's plans for the...
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Pentagon budget planners left waiting on the White House
As Indiana Jones knows, the Pentagon has top men working on things like its budget year round. Top men. But as the White House and congressional leaders enter into negotiations to avoid the fiscal...
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Fiscal cliff deal leaves Pentagon sour, still eyeing sequestration
There is no joy in Pentagon-ville. Defense Department officials voiced pointed frustration with Congress on Wednesday, one day after lawmakers passed a so-called “fiscal cliff “ deal that put off the...
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Ten Hagel Quotes You Need to Know
Chuck Hagel has built up a long and detailed record of his thinking on national security. In speeches and op-eds, Hagel, a Vietnam veteran, has presented a vision of American foreign policy that calls...
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Hagel's nuclear options
When Chuck Hagel arrives at the Pentagon, pending Senate confirmation, near the top of his E-Ring inbox will be President Obama’s plans to reduce and upgrade America’s nuclear arsenal. The 2013 nuclear...
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Schumer will vote for Hagel
So much for the opposition of the "Jewish lobby" to Chuck Hagel's nomination for defense secretary. On Tuesday, Sen. Chuck Schumer said he would vote to confirm Hagel and encouraged his Senate...
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Global Zero strikes back
Global Zero, the nuclear disarmament advocacy organization that featured prominently in Chuck Hagel’s confirmation hearing yesterday, has issued a strong rejection of conservative Republican claims...
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Game on: Levin rejects GOP demands for Hagel disclosures
Sen. Carl Levin (D-MI) on Friday rejected Republican demands that Chuck Hagel provide additional financial disclosure records as excessive and promised a quick confirmation vote in the Armed Services...
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White House urges GOP to yield, let Hagel go to NATO meeting
The White House urged Senate Republicans to yield on their opposition to Chuck Hagel on Thursday so that the U.S. can send its new defense secretary to discuss the future of Afghanistan at next week’s...
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Hagel on Hold
Senate Republicans successfully blocked a final vote on Chuck Hagel’s nomination for defense secretary on Thursday, but they conceded he will ultimately win confirmation and take the Pentagon helm. As...
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Jeh Johnson, drone court "skeptic," argues targeted killing best left to...
Jeh Johnson, the Pentagon’s top lawyer until three months ago, is skeptical of the need for a so-called drone court. Johnson, who personally approved the legal authority behind every major military...
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Top threat? Pacific commander clarifies climate change remarks
Climate change may not be the biggest security threat to the Pacific region in the long term. But it may be the biggest threat in the “long, long term.” That’s the clarification offered on Tuesday by...
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Army Secretary McHugh backs Odierno after row with Hunter
Chief of Staff Gen. Ray Odierno's shouting match with Rep. Duncan Hunter, R-Calf., in Thursday's House hearing did not surprise Army Secretary John McHugh, who on Tuesday said Odierno was right to...
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