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Responding to leak, White House defends strategy
The White House sought to reassert control over the public debate on the Afghanistan war on Monday as political reaction to the disclosure of a six-year archive of classified military documents increased the pressure on President Obama to defend his war strategy.
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Obama sacks General McChrystal, picks Petraeus to lead Afghan war
US President Barack Obama has accepted General Stanley McChrystal's resignation as the top US Commander in Afghanistan and is replacing him with General David Petraeus, head of US Central Command.
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General McChrystal sees Obama, then leaves before war meeting
Gen Stanley A McChrystal left the White House after meeting with President Obama for about 20 minutes, departing ahead of a meeting on the Afghanistan war scheduled for later Wednesday morning, but there was no immediate word on whether he would keep his job as the top American commander in Afghanistan.
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General McChrystal's fate in limbo as he prepares to meet Obama
President Obama's top commander in Afghanistan flew to Washington on Tuesday to find out whether he would be fired for remarks he and members of his staff made that were contemptuous of senior administration officials, laying bare the disarray and enmity in a foreign-policy team that is struggling with the war. (Read: Who is Gen McChrystal) In an a...
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BP chief expresses contrition to Congress
BP's embattled chief executive, Tony Hayward, prepared to tell Congress on Thursday that he was "deeply sorry" for the oil disaster in the Gulf of Mexico, seeking to demonstrate that he and the oil giant understood the enormity of the spill's environmental, economic and human toll.Mr. Hayward has faced withering criticism for his response to the sp...
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Will make BP pay for the oil spill, says Obama
US President Obama summoned Americans on Tuesday to a "national mission" to move away from reliance on oil and develop alternative sources of energy, demanding that Congress move quickly to overcome "a lack of political courage and candor." Speaking to a national television audience from the Oval Office, Mr. Obama also promised a long-term plan to ...
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US opens criminal inquiry into oil spill
The Obama administration said on Tuesday that it had begun civil and criminal investigations into the massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, as the deepening crisis threatened to define President Obama's second year in office. Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. said in New Orleans that he planned to "prosecute to the fullest extent of the law" a...
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Israeli raid complicates US ties and push for peace
Israel's deadly commando raid on Monday on a flotilla trying to break a blockade of Gaza complicated President Obama's efforts to move ahead on Middle East peace negotiations and introduced a new strain into an already tense relationship between the United States and Israel.
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Obama lists who will get his Nobel prize money
US President Barack Obama has made good on a promise to give his $1.4 million in Nobel Peace Prize money to charity.
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US to send 30,000 more troops to Afghanistan: Obama
US President Barack Obama has officially announced 30,000 more troops will be dispatched to Afghanistan at the earliest.
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Obama: Emerging China isn't threat to US
The United States is not threatened by a rising China, President Barack Obama said Saturday.
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Karzai accepts Afghan runoff, instability lingers
President Hamid Karzai's concession of the need for a runoff election in Afghanistan appears to have prevented his country from slipping into paralysis.
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Responding to leak, White House defends strategy
The White House sought to reassert control over the public debate on the Afghanistan war on Monday as political reaction to the disclosure of a six-year archive of classified military documents increased the pressure on President Obama to defend his war strategy.
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Obama sacks General McChrystal, picks Petraeus to lead Afghan war
US President Barack Obama has accepted General Stanley McChrystal's resignation as the top US Commander in Afghanistan and is replacing him with General David Petraeus, head of US Central Command.
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General McChrystal sees Obama, then leaves before war meeting
Gen Stanley A McChrystal left the White House after meeting with President Obama for about 20 minutes, departing ahead of a meeting on the Afghanistan war scheduled for later Wednesday morning, but there was no immediate word on whether he would keep his job as the top American commander in Afghanistan.
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General McChrystal's fate in limbo as he prepares to meet Obama
President Obama's top commander in Afghanistan flew to Washington on Tuesday to find out whether he would be fired for remarks he and members of his staff made that were contemptuous of senior administration officials, laying bare the disarray and enmity in a foreign-policy team that is struggling with the war. (Read: Who is Gen McChrystal) In an a...
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BP chief expresses contrition to Congress
BP's embattled chief executive, Tony Hayward, prepared to tell Congress on Thursday that he was "deeply sorry" for the oil disaster in the Gulf of Mexico, seeking to demonstrate that he and the oil giant understood the enormity of the spill's environmental, economic and human toll.Mr. Hayward has faced withering criticism for his response to the sp...
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Will make BP pay for the oil spill, says Obama
US President Obama summoned Americans on Tuesday to a "national mission" to move away from reliance on oil and develop alternative sources of energy, demanding that Congress move quickly to overcome "a lack of political courage and candor." Speaking to a national television audience from the Oval Office, Mr. Obama also promised a long-term plan to ...
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US opens criminal inquiry into oil spill
The Obama administration said on Tuesday that it had begun civil and criminal investigations into the massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, as the deepening crisis threatened to define President Obama's second year in office. Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. said in New Orleans that he planned to "prosecute to the fullest extent of the law" a...
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Israeli raid complicates US ties and push for peace
Israel's deadly commando raid on Monday on a flotilla trying to break a blockade of Gaza complicated President Obama's efforts to move ahead on Middle East peace negotiations and introduced a new strain into an already tense relationship between the United States and Israel.
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Obama lists who will get his Nobel prize money
US President Barack Obama has made good on a promise to give his $1.4 million in Nobel Peace Prize money to charity.
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US to send 30,000 more troops to Afghanistan: Obama
US President Barack Obama has officially announced 30,000 more troops will be dispatched to Afghanistan at the earliest.
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Obama: Emerging China isn't threat to US
The United States is not threatened by a rising China, President Barack Obama said Saturday.
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Karzai accepts Afghan runoff, instability lingers
President Hamid Karzai's concession of the need for a runoff election in Afghanistan appears to have prevented his country from slipping into paralysis.
