Indefinite detention for terror suspects: Did Obama sell out? (The Week)

news 02-JAN-12

Reluctant Obama signs defense bill

cnn 31-DEC-11

U.S. asks Iran to return spy drone

latimes 13-DEC-11

U.S. lawmakers tackle Pakistan, Iran

cnn 13-DEC-11

Republican Rivals Hand Critics Ammunition

skynews 11-DEC-11

Sodomy (and sex with animals) to be decriminalised in the military with constitutional change

dailymail 09-DEC-11

Obama Foreign Policy a Republican Target

IHT 07-DEC-11

DealBook: Regulator Troubled by MF Global Dealings

IHT 03-NOV-11

US: militants have operated too long from Pakistan (AP)

news 21-OCT-11

Pakistan PM rejects US pressure

bbc 29-SEP-11

US gay military ban comes to end

chinadaily 21-SEP-11

Iraqi Died After 'Appalling Army Violence'

skynews 08-SEP-11

Report: Pakistan nabs 3 in U.S. man's kidnapping

CBSnews 23-AUG-11

Goldman CEO hires prominent defense lawyer (Reuters)

news 23-AUG-11

Criticism of Standard & Poor's over U.S. credit rating compounds its troubles in Washington

latimes 19-AUG-11

Pentagon makes love, not cyber war

cnn 15-JUL-11

Afghan central bank governor flees country over Kabul Bank scandal

telegraph 28-JUN-11

6 dead in Afghan attack

cnn 24-JUN-11

Europe eyes Afghan pullout after Obama pledge

euronews 23-JUN-11

Obama to unveil Afghan withdrawal plan

cnn 22-JUN-11

10K troops home by 2012 in Afghan drawdown plan?

CBSnews 21-JUN-11

Japan, US to Delay Base Realignment Plan

voanews 21-JUN-11

How China could yet fail like Japan

ft 14-JUN-11

Petraeus in Washington with Afghanistan troop drawdown recommendation

cnn 14-JUN-11

Rebels battle into key oil port near Tripoli

aljazeera 11-JUN-11

Pentagon confident of Pakistan’s ability to protect nuclear assets

app 25-MAY-11

Libya: Nato targets Tripoli with heaviest strikes yet

telegraph 24-MAY-11

Inside the Osama's squalid hideaway: First pictures of terror leader's secret lair was barely habitable

dailymail 07-MAY-11

Pakistan admits bin Laden 'shortcomings' but warns U.S.

cnn 05-MAY-11

Vital plans found at bin Laden hideout

ft 04-MAY-11

Obama says world safer without Bin Laden

aljazeera 03-MAY-11

Will U.S. release gruesome bin Laden photos?

CBSnews 03-MAY-11

Senate panel concludes Goldman Sachs profited from financial crisis

latimes 14-APR-11

Libyan foreign minister Moussa Koussa 'could be first of many defections'

telegraph 31-MAR-11

Libyan rebels claim seizing Sirte

aljazeera 28-MAR-11

Libyan rebels continue westward push

RTERadio 27-MAR-11

Libya: military base 'destroyed' by air strikes

telegraph 24-MAR-11

Japan makes some progress in nuclear crisis

montrealgazette 20-MAR-11

Calls for no-fly zone, air strikes on Libya

RTERadio 17-MAR-11

Private security firms paid £29m last year for contracts in Afghanistan

guardian 06-MAR-11

Pakistan minorities minister killed

aljazeera 02-MAR-11

Edited by Gillian Palmer :Faithful Ally

watchingamerica 20-FEB-11

Attackers raid bank in Afghanistan, kill 8 (AP)

news 19-FEB-11

Myths about 'unwinnable' Afghanistan

cnn 17-FEB-11

Brit 'died in Iraq plane crash'

thesun 05-FEB-11

Levin: Obama considering upping the goal for Afghan troops

cnn 25-JAN-11

Next steps for 'don't ask'

cnn 20-DEC-10

Democrats thwart bid to change nuclear arms treaty

latimes 19-DEC-10

Credibility at stake

bbc 19-DEC-10

Vote to repeal ban on gays in US military

RTERadio 18-DEC-10

House Dems' Stew Over Obama's Tax Cut Deal

CBSnews 14-DEC-10

Top military brass splits over 'don't ask, don't tell' repeal

cnn 03-DEC-10

Pentagon: Letting openly gay troops serve won't hurt military

cnn 30-NOV-10

Military readying report on 'don't ask, don't tell'

cnn 22-NOV-10

Saddam's deputy Tariq Aziz sentenced to death

euronews 26-OCT-10

Leaked documents show 'truth' on Iraq

RTERadio 23-OCT-10

WikiLeaks Near Release of Secret U.S. War Docs

CBSnews 22-OCT-10

Governor among 15 killed in Afghan mosque blast

latimes 08-OCT-10

Pakistan: Key NATO supply route to reopen soon (AP)

news 03-OCT-10

Musharraf starts party comeback

bbc 02-OCT-10

Military gay policy goes to Senate vote

CBC 21-SEP-10

GM files for landmark public share offering (AFP)

news 19-AUG-10

Wikileaks denies 'blood on hands'

bbc 31-JUL-10

Army Officer charged in earlier leak had access to latest WikiLeak papers

latimes 28-JUL-10

Joint S. Korea-U.S. drills enter fourth day

cnn 28-JUL-10

Documents leak leaves White House on defensive about Afghanistan policy

latimes 27-JUL-10

World powers react to WikiLeaks' documents

cnn 26-JUL-10

U.S. seeks to ease India's Afghan fears

reuters 22-JUL-10

Pressure on Pakistan

bbc 19-JUL-10

Suicide blast in Kabul ahead of conference

euronews 18-JUL-10

Goldman Sachs to pay record fine

aljazeera 16-JUL-10

Taliban attacks kill 12 Nato troops in Afghanistan

telegraph 14-JUL-10

Plaudits for waiter who found $50,000 - and gave it back

bbc 12-JUL-10

Afghanistan Attacks Kill 11 Cops, 1 U.S. Troop

CBSnews 11-JUL-10

Suicide bomb kills dozens in Pakistan

euronews 09-JUL-10

Petraeus Afghan hearing under way

bbc 29-JUN-10

A deadline for Afghanistan

telegraph 27-JUN-10

Byrd's office says senator hospitalized, seriously ill

washtimes 27-JUN-10

Finance bill gives more consumer protections; toughest bank rules die (McClatchy Newspapers)

news 26-JUN-10

Obama fires US Afghan commander

bbc 23-JUN-10

Military Commander apologises for article

RTERadio 22-JUN-10

Afghan mineral wealth 'worth £2tn'

channel4news 17-JUN-10

General Petraeus passes out during Senate hearing

dailymail 16-JUN-10

Petraeus collapses during Senate questioning

ft 15-JUN-10

Buffett to face US crisis inquiry

bbc 02-JUN-10

U.S. death toll in Afghan war reaches 1,000

latimes 28-MAY-10

Senate panel and House vote to repeal 'don't ask, don't tell'

latimes 28-MAY-10

White House, Congress reach deal on repeal of 'don't ask, don't tell'

cnn 26-MAY-10

Defense Secretary Gates agrees to proposal to repeal 'don't ask, don't tell'

latimes 25-MAY-10

US Senate backs Wall St reforms

bbc 21-MAY-10

Obama hails finance bill progress

bbc 20-MAY-10

Wall Street firms that helped create recession under closer scrutiny (McClatchy Newspapers)

news 14-MAY-10

Karzai visits Arlington graves of Afghanistan war dead

cnn 13-MAY-10

Bipartisan statesmanship reigns in Senate banking debate (McClatchy Newspapers)

news 08-MAY-10

Obama meets Afghan war cabinet (AFP)

news 06-MAY-10

Blankfein: Goldman Sachs did nothing wrong

channel4news 28-APR-10

[-said]: One of the goals of this long-overdue law on detainee policy was to give the executive branch adequate flexibility in its implementation, and I am glad that we succeeded. The president's stated intention to use the flexibility Congress has given him is consistent with the statute,

reuters 06-JAN-12

[ said]: I don't think the administration knows what Israel is going to do. I'm not sure Israel knows what Israel is going to do ... That's why they want to keep the other guys guessing. Keep the bad guys guessing,

ibtimes 30-DEC-11

[said:]: The president is apparently just going to use the option given to him not to let it go forward.

usaToday 19-DEC-11

[ said]: I assured the president that we were working on additional assurances, that the concerns were not accurate,

ibtimes 16-DEC-11

[-said]: I just wish we had a chance to straighten out Mr. Putin about Sen. McCain,

ABCnews 15-DEC-11

[-said]: make it 100 percent clear that there is no interference with the FBI or other civilian law enforcement,

ChinaPost 14-DEC-11

[ said]: will put real additional pressure on the Iranians so they are going to pay a bigger and bigger price, if they continue to move towards nuclear weapons,

cnn 14-DEC-11

[ said]: Washington Mutual Bank epitomizes everything that went wrong with the banking industry and contributed to the financial crisis,

latimes 14-DEC-11

[ said]: They are going to pay a bigger and bigger price should they continue to move towards nuclear weapons,

dawn 14-DEC-11

[ said]: We felt there was ample assurance in the Senate bill that there would be no interference with civilian interrogations and investigations. We had a number of provisions in the Senate bill to make sure that was not the case,

cnn 13-DEC-11

[-said]: But frankly,

defensenews 13-DEC-11

[-said]: After a decade of war against al-Qaida and its affiliates under the authorization for the use of force of Sept. 18, 2001, it is long past time provide a statutory basis relating to military detention under that authorization,

usaToday 13-DEC-11

[-said]: They've escaped what we think is a very necessary control on cost,

defensenews 13-DEC-11

[-said]: will put real additional pressure on the Iranians so they are going to pay a bigger and bigger price if they continue to move towards nuclear weapons,

cnn 13-DEC-11

[-said]: We take umbrage at the idea that they would proceed on Lot 5 while we are negotiating whether or not there should be a prohibition on a cost-plus contract on Lot 5. So what we did is we said no cost-plus starting on Lot 6,

montrealgazette 13-DEC-11

[ said]: It is long past time to provide a statutory basis relating to military detention under that authorization,

washtimes 13-DEC-11

[ added]: I very strongly believe this should satisfy the administration and hope it will,

rt 13-DEC-11

[ said]: It was the administration that asked us to remove the very language which we had in the bill which passed the committee…we removed it at the request of the administration,

rt 12-DEC-11

[-said]: The vast majority of American Jews (including this one) and the Israeli government itself are committed to a two-state solution in which Israelis and Palestinians live side-by-side as neighbors and in peace,

abs 11-DEC-11

[-said]: The vast majority of American Jews (including this one) and the Israeli Government itself are committed to a two-state solution in which Israelis and Palestinians live side-by-side as neighbors and in peace,

AP 11-DEC-11

[-said]: The vast majority of American Jews - including this one - and the Israeli government itself are committed to a two-state solution in which Israelis and Palestinians live side-by-side as neighbors and in peace,

nowlebanon 10-DEC-11

[ said]: Al Qaeda is at war with us,

news 03-DEC-11

[ said]: Al-Qaida is at war with us,

globalsecurity 03-DEC-11

[ said]: If that law is there allowing it, it remains. If, as some argue, the law does not allow that, then it continues that way,

france24 02-DEC-11

[ said]: We make clear that whatever the law is, it is unaffected by this language in our bill,

IHT 02-DEC-11

[-said]: It would provide the assurance that we are not adversely affecting the rights of American citizens in this language,

cnn 02-DEC-11

[-said]: Without an agreement, there is no way this bill will pass,

defensenews 28-NOV-11

[-said]: It is critically important to our men and women in uniform,

defensenews 28-NOV-11

[-said]: We've gone a long way to address their concerns,

news 18-NOV-11

[ says]: It's an irrational kind of an approach, whose purpose is to be avoided,

usaToday 18-NOV-11

[-said]: The Defense Department's current plans for Okinawa and Guam were developed years ago, in a different fiscal environment and are projected to cost billions of dollars more than anticipated. This bill prohibits the expenditure of funds for Marine Corps realignment from Okinawa to Guam until we receive an updated force lay-down and a master plan detailing construction costs and a schedule of all projects necessary to carry it out,

japantimes 18-NOV-11

[-said]: There have been misstatements, misimpressions, misinterpretations of the provisions of our bill,

CBSnews 17-NOV-11

[-said]: That refusal only highlighted the Chinese government's total lack of transparency and unwillingness to act to stem the tide of dangerous counterfeits produced in China,

upi 09-NOV-11

[-said]: We are going to act,

upi 09-NOV-11

[-said]: China must shut down the counterfeiters that operate with impunity in their country,

ABCnews 09-NOV-11

[-said]: In more than 70 percent of the cases, the trail led to China, where a brazenly open market in counterfeit electronic parts thrives,

ABCnews 08-NOV-11

[ said]: The failure of a single electronic part can leave a soldier, sailor, airman or Marine vulnerable at the worst possible time,

AP 08-NOV-11

[-said]: We’ll hear how the counterfeiters make the scrap look like new parts. And then we’ll hear how these parts are sold openly as new parts in markets in Chinese cities like Shenzhen, the epicenter of the counterfeit trade, and they’re also sold through the Internet to buyers around the world,

ABCnews 08-NOV-11

[-said today]: Our military and defense industry must act immediately,

ABCnews 08-NOV-11

[-told]: There’s a flood of counterfeit parts entering the defence supply chain. It is endangering our troops and it is costing us a fortune,

scmp 08-NOV-11

[-told]: There's a flood of counterfeit parts entering the defense supply chain. It is endangering our troops and it is costing us a fortune,

news 08-NOV-11

[-said]: They have it backwards,

cnn 07-NOV-11

[said:]: If you put the onus on all of our contractors, which we should do, to make sure that the parts that are being supplied are legitimate parts, they will get that message back to their suppliers as well.

cnn 07-NOV-11

[said:]: I'm concerned about us walking out on the program, unless we can control the budget costs. So the answer is yes,

thestar 02-NOV-11

[ said]: The bullets don't even hit until a year later — you've got a year to correct it,

latimes 26-OCT-11

[-said]: Amazing to be able to say that a question about Iraq is easier to handle than a question about the defense authorization bill,

npr 25-OCT-11

[-said]: but to target the people controlling those forces as well.

deccanherald 22-OCT-11

[-said]: We have the right to target not only forces and artillery attacking our forces in Afghanistan from across the border in Pakistan,

deccanherald 22-OCT-11

[-said]: Our response should be that if the only option Pakistan presents us is a choice between losing an ally and continuing to lose our troops, then we will choose the former,

deccanherald 22-OCT-11

[-said]: we will choose the former,

upi 21-OCT-11

[ said]: We may not be able to persuade Pakistan that its activities are counterproductive for its own security and stability and for the security and stability of the region. But we must let them know clearly that this is a show-stopper to a normal relationship with the United States,

geo 21-OCT-11

[-said]: We should inform Pakistan that it should not expect to normalize its relationship with the United States so long as it provides safe haven for violent extremist groups or uses terrorists as proxies to weaken other countries or bully them into acceding to Pakistan's demands,

news 21-OCT-11

[-said]: We have the right to target not only forces and artillery attacking our forces in Afghanistan from across the border in Pakistan, but to target the people controlling those forces as well,

news 21-OCT-11

[-said]: The bill is very carefully designed to provide a waiver for the administration,

news 05-OCT-11

[-said]: should fall under military, non-civilian supervision and trials.

news 05-OCT-11

[-said]: We worked hard to address legitimate concerns. We should not be intruding on executive branch authority here. I'm opposed to any restrictions,

news 05-OCT-11

[-said]: ....This step is long overdue,

deccanherald 23-SEP-11

[-said]: I hope the State Department will move quickly to designate the Haqqanis' as a foreign terrorist organisation,

deccanherald 23-SEP-11

[ said]: Their service will be judged based on their duty performance, not on their sexual orientation. Our military will be stronger because service members with skills and experience that our military needs will not face discharge because of who they are,

rferl 20-SEP-11

[ said]: As recent events have shown, banks’ trading operations have become too poorly policed,

IHT 20-SEP-11

[-said]: They will no longer have to lie in order to help protect us,

cnn 20-SEP-11

[-said]: It is a critically important review by them and by us,

defensenews 14-SEP-11

[-said]: is the wrong message, I believe,

ChinaPost 09-SEP-11

[-said]: We ought to consider a request ... But for us to be sending a message that ‘you need us,’ is the wrong message, I believe,

todayszaman 09-SEP-11

[-told]: The hearings held by the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations and our subsequent report documented reckless actions and significant conflicts of interest on the part of the credit rating agencies that contributed to the financial crisis,

arabtimes 20-AUG-11

[-said recently]: It's like one of the parties in court paying the judge's salary,

msnbc 09-AUG-11

[ said]: Today, it takes more information to obtain a driver's license or open a U.S. bank account than it does to form a U.S. corporation,

news 09-AUG-11

[ said]: I think we can handle them although they are fairly deep cuts,

npr 03-AUG-11

[ said]: Meeting the ... goal will not be easy, but it is achievable. Achievable, that is, if those who have so far been unwilling to compromise can recognize that revenue must be part of the equation,

antiguanews 03-AUG-11

[ said]: To say the legislation before us is not ideal is truly an understatement,

montrealgazette 02-AUG-11

[ said]: There is a lot of unease,

bdnews24 31-JUL-11

[-said]: The way we understand it's going to be worded is it does not affect beneficiaries. It would affect providers and insurance companies,

cnn 31-JUL-11

[-said]: My gut tells me that they're calling it as they see it and, hopefully, they're not impacted by their previous failures,

chinadaily 29-JUL-11

[ said]: Gay and lesbian service members have fought and died for our country and are serving in our military now,

usaToday 23-JUL-11

[-said]: It is a fact that gay and lesbian service members have fought and died for our country and are serving in our military now,

cnn 23-JUL-11

[declared that:]: cyberweapons and cyberattacks potentially can be devastating, approaching weapons of mass destruction in their effects

cnn 15-JUL-11

[ said]: It's a tax break we can no longer afford and ought to end,

reuters 15-JUL-11

[-said]: produces excess corporate tax deductions totaling as much as $60 billion in a single year, which costs the U.S. treasury billions of dollars a year in lost tax revenue,

reuters 15-JUL-11

[-said]: Requiring corporations to limit their stock option tax deductions to the expenses shown on their books would eliminate billions of dollars in unwarranted corporate tax deductions,

reuters 15-JUL-11

[-said]: People are sick and tired of tax dodgers using offshore trickery and abusive tax shelters to avoid paying their fair share,

ChinaPost 14-JUL-11

[has said that:]: cyberweapons and cyberattacks potentially can be devastating, approaching weapons of mass destruction in their effects.

time 10-JUL-11

[-said]: Well, something’s got to give, something’s got to change,

arabtimes 01-JUL-11

[-said]: Criminals use U.S. shell companies to commit financial fraud, drug trafficking, even terrorist financing, in part because our states don't require anyone to name the owners of the companies they form,

antiguanews 29-JUN-11

[-said]: Well, something's got to give, something's got to change,

geo 29-JUN-11

[-said]: Our next secretary of defense will have enormous responsibilities,

defensenews 24-JUN-11

[-said]: The level of U.S. troop reductions in Afghanistan needs to be significant to achieve its purpose -- letting the Afghan government know we are determined to shift primary responsibility for their security to the Afghan security forces,

cnn 23-JUN-11

[-said]: The conditions on the ground justify an even larger drawdown of U.S. troops this year,

usaToday 23-JUN-11

[ said]: The level of US troop reductions in Afghanistan needs to be significant to achieve its purpose - letting the Afghan government know we are determined to shift primary responsibility for their security to the Afghan security forces,

smh 23-JUN-11

[ said]: The nomination of Leon Panetta to be secretary of defense is a wise and solid one,

chinadaily 23-JUN-11

[-said]: The level of U.S. troop reductions in Afghanistan needs to be significant to achieve its purpose --- letting the Afghan government know we are determined to shift primary responsibility for their security to the Afghan security forces,

cnn 23-JUN-11

[ said]: The nomination of Leon Panetta to be secretary of defence is a wise and solid one,

RTERadio 22-JUN-11

[-said]: Director Panetta has given decades of dedicated service to this nation, and we should all be grateful that he is once again willing to answer the call and take the helm of the Department of Defense. He is going to bring a reassuring level of continuity and in-depth experience. The Department of Defense will need Director Panetta’s skill and wisdom to navigate the extraordinarily-complex set of challenges in the years ahead,

globalsecurity 22-JUN-11

[-said]: Director Panetta has given decades of dedicated service to this nation, and we should all be grateful that he is once again willing to answer the call and take the helm of the Department of Defense. He is going to bring a reassuring level of continuity and in-depth experience. The Department of Defense will need Director Panetta's skill and wisdom to navigate the extraordinarily-complex set of challenges in the years ahead,

chosun 22-JUN-11