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On Budget, Congressional Democrats Say Much by Saying Nothing
President Barack Obama speaks Wednesday in the White House Rose Garden with Jeffrey Zients, acting director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). Congressional Democrats are not getting behind...
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Source: White House Wanted to Keep DIA Finding on N.Korean Nukes Under Wraps
On December 12, 2012, North Korea launched Unha-3 rocket allegedly carrying the satellite Kwangmyongsong-3. The photo was taken by North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency. (KCNA via Getty...
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Boston Bombing: Outside the Capitol, Security Measures & Reminders. Inside,...
The American flag flies at half staff over the U.S. Capitol in Washington on Tuesday in honor of the the three people killed in the bombings during the Boston Marathon. (SAUL LOEB/AFP/Getty Images)...
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SecDef Chuck Hagel Returns to His Personal Political Lions’ Den
Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel enters his personal political lions' den Wednesday morning: the Senate Armed Services Committee. (Smithsonian National Zoological Park photo) “Once more unto the breach,...
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Is a Defense-Sector Ally in Danger of Losing His Senate Seat?
Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., points to images of firearms during a Jan. 30 hearing about gun control on Capitol Hill. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) Senate Armed Services Committee member and defense...
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Boston Standoff’s End Signals Seminal Moment in War on Terrorism
U.S. President Barack Obama speaks from the White House about the capture of Boston marathon and Watertown, Mass., shootout suspect Dzhokhar A. Tsarnaev on Friday evening. (Win McNamee/Getty Images)...
View ArticleDrone Week Begins as Armed UAVs’ Familiar ‘Buzz’ Becoming Less Frequent
Since last December, Congress has had Fiscal Cliff Week then Sequestration Week then CR Week and most recently Budget Week. The Senate even had Guns Week. And now comes Drone Week. Two congressional...
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Syria, Obama, and the Problem with ‘Red Lines’
Members of the Al-Ezz bin Abdul Salam brigade hold their weapons sitting in the back of an open pickup truck on their way from al-Rabeea to the al-Turkman mountains in the Latakia province, western...
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On Syria, Rep. Adam Smith is the ‘Obama Whisperer’
House Armed Services Committee Ranking Member Adam Smith, D-Wash., says US military action in Syria would be unlikely to tip the balance in that nation's civil war. (Will Seberger/MCT via Getty Images)...
View ArticleVideo of the Day: Rep. Duncan Hunter vs. Gen. Ray Odierno
Typically military posture hearings are a chance for lawmakers to grandstand and spout political soundbites that they promote to constituents in their home districts. Those at the witness table often...
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CRS: Military Likely to Get Some Intel Community Tools, Missions
The Defense Department stands to benefit from changes at the Central Intelligence Agency that likely will be driven by budget cuts and operational needs, says the Congressional Research Service. In a...
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Red Line? Obama Remains Unconvinced Syria’s Assad Ordered Chemical Attack
US President Barack Obama listens during a press conference in the White House Briefing Room on Tuesday. (BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP/Getty Images) Did Syrian President Bashar al-Assad order his forces to...
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Deciphering Obama: The President’s Complicating Syntax
U.S. President Barack Obama address reporters at the White House on Tuesday. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) ESSAY Barack Obama ran once for the U.S. presidency promising hope and change, then once...
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Fore! Obama Hits Links with Grand Bargain-Favoring GOP Senators
Golf clubs outside the south portico of the White House late last year. (AFP/Brendan SMIALOWSKI via Getty Images) It’s cool and damp in Washington. But that isn’t keeping President Barack Obama from...
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Sen. Corker Describes Sen. Chambliss’ Hole-in-One with POTUS
GOP Sens. Saxby Chambliss (left) and Bob Corker of Tennessee (right) golfed on Monday with President Barack Obama (center) at Joint Base Andrews, Md. Chambliss hit a hole-in-one on the 11th hole....
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Schumer Aligns Himself with GOP on East Coast Missile Shield, Lobbies for New...
Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., at an April 25 event in Washington. Schumer is the first senior Senate Democrat to endorse an East Coast missile shield. (Michael Bonfigli/The Christian Science Monitor via...
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A Turf War Over Obama’s Drone War
A U.S. Predator drone in Kandahar, Afghanistan, one of the hubs of the Obama administration's aggressive targeted-killing war against al-Qaida. (Veronique de Viguerie/Getty Images) As the Obama...
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Report Suggests DoD Should Study Lessons from Failed Anti-sequester Campaign
Faithful Intercepts readers no doubt are familiar with the dire predictions from civilian and uniformed Pentagon leaders about what will become of the U.S. military and American national security if...
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HASC Subcommittees to Kick Off 2014 NDAA Sausage-Making
Military officers wait for members to arrive for a House Armed Services Tactical Air and Land Forces subcommittee hearing on Feb. 28. The same room will host multiple HASC subpanels as they build their...
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Previewing Obama’s New Drone-Strike Policy: ‘A Dial, Not A Switch’
A Predator unmanned aerial vehicle returns from a mission. Drone aircraft have become President Barack Obama's favorite tool in America's fight against al-Qaida. But the president on Thursday is...
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