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Sep 02 2019
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Trump Administration Officials at Odds Over C.I.A.’s Role in Afghanistan
WASHINGTON — Senior White House advisers have proposed secretly expanding the C.I.A.’s presence in Afghanistan if international forces begin to withdraw from the country, according to American officials. But C.I.A. and military officials have expressed reservations, prompting a debate in the administration that could complicate negotiations with the Taliban to end the war.
Some
New York Times (News)Feb 14 2015
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ISIS Tried To Bomb A Base Where U.S. Troops Train Iraqi Forces
ISIS forces are extremely close to a U.S. airbase, where 320 Marines are training Iraqi forces. Using Iraqi military uniforms, ISIS fighters tried to infiltrate the base to execute a suicide bomb attack, but were killed by Iraqi Security Forces. Yet, the proximity of the ISIS and American military personnel is fraught with danger, especially as President Obama tries to get an authorization to
TownhallFeb 11 2015
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Obama Sends Letter to Congress Seeking Authorization of ISIS Fight
President Obama on Wednesday formally asked Congress to authorize a three-year military campaign against the terrorist group the Islamic State that would avoid a large-scale invasion and occupation but in addition to air power could include limited ground operations by American forces to hunt down enemy leaders or rescue American personnel.
A proposal sent by the White House to Capitol
New York Times (News)Feb 10 2015
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U.S. Confirms Death of American Hostage Kayla Mueller
Kayla Jean Mueller, the last American hostage known to be held by Islamic State extremists, was confirmed dead by her relatives and the White House on Tuesday.
Ms. Mueller’s parents said they received confirmation of her death, but they didn’t provide further details of the circumstances. The Islamic State extremist group said she was killed in a Jordanian airstrike in Syria, but U.S.
Wall Street Journal (News)Sep 28 2014
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Defanging the Left: Why liberals are staying silent on Obama’s war
Are liberals giving President Obama a pass for waging the kind of war they would instinctively oppose?
In other words, are they opposed to bombing only when the missions are ordered by Republicans?
There is anecdotal evidence, at least, that some on the left have lost their antiwar passion now that George W. Bush has decamped to Texas. Which means they’re more about partisanship
Fox News (Online News)Aug 23 2014
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Obama Pressured to Take ISIS Fight Into Syria
Pressure is mounting on President Barack Obama to take the fight against the Islamic State into Syria, with top Republicans calling for the move on Friday after days of attacks on the militants in Iraq and the beheading of American journalist James Foley this week.
"I don't see how we can defeat ISIS without going into Syria," New York Rep. Peter King, a member of the House Homeland
Newsmax (News)Aug 12 2014
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Obama adjusts Iraq narrative, now blames Bush for troop withdrawal
The president who spent years touting the withdrawal of all U.S. forces from Iraq suddenly has had to distance himself from that action.
At the White House on Saturday morning — less than 48 hours after authorizing airstrikes against Islamist militants and humanitarian air drops to save the lives of trapped Iraqi civilians — President Obama blamed his predecessor, George W. Bush, for
Washington TimesAug 10 2014
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Obama isn’t trying to destroy ISIS. He’s trying to contain it.
"Ultimately, there's not going to be an American military solution to this problem," President Obama said in his press conference on the Iraq crisis on Saturday. "There's going to have to be an Iraqi solution." This is the key line to understand if you want to grasp the administration's approach to Iraq — and why the goals of the US military campaign are more narrow than you might think.
VoxJan 07 2020
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Nikki Haley says Democrats are 'only ones that are mourning the loss of Soleimani'
Former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley praised President Donald Trump for ordering the drone strike that killed Iran's top general last week and said the only ones outside of the regime who are upset about his death are Trump's domestic political opponents.
"I think the president showed great decisiveness, great resolve," Haley told Fox News host Sean Hannity on
USA TODAYMay 10 2015
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Report: Yemen rebels agree to temporary cease-fire
Shiite rebels and their allies in Yemen agreed to a five-day cease-fire offered by a Saudi-led coalition that has been conducting airstrikes in the country, Yemen's state news agency reported Sunday, citing a rebel armed forces spokesman.
The SABA news agency, which is under the control of the Shiite rebels known as Houthis, said Col. Sharaf Ghalib Luqman said that that forces will
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