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Rice withdraws from secretary of State consideration
December 13, 2012 After months of criticism for her response to the terrorist attack in Benghazi, U.N. Ambassador Susan Rice has withdrawn her name from consideration for secretary of State, the White House said on Thursday. Amid heavy pressure from Republican opponents and potential political backlash if she were nominated to succeed Secretary ...
Lieberman vows not to budge on defense cuts in final votes
December 7, 2012 Sen. Joe Lieberman is taking his last stand for the military budget -- which, he says, has already been terribly eviscerated -- before he retires after 24 years in the upper chamber. For the independent (former Democrat) from Connecticut, time is running out as we approach the fiscal cliff. Edited ...
Troops not safe from sequestration
November 16, 2012 If Washington’s defense community has achieved one thing over the past year, it’s spreading the message of how the fiscal cliff could desecrate the military. Sequestration cuts of $55 billion would jeopardize weapons contracts, furlough civilian staff, and imperil national security, defense hawks say. One glaring casualty has gotten far ...
Senate moves to Defense bill, sort of
November 15, 2012 The Senate took a babystep toward considering the defense authorization bill on Wednesday, but key lawmakers are aiming for the real work on the bill to begin after Thanksgiving. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., made the motion to proceed -- asking for members to consent to bring up the ...
Petraeus to testify before Congress on Thursday, Friday
November 15, 2012 Former CIA Director David Petraeus, who stepped down last week because of an extramarital affair, will testify before Congress this week on the terrorist attack in Libya that killed four Americans. Petraeus will testify on Thursday before the Senate Intelligence Committee, according to NBC News, and on Friday at 7:30 ...
Security Insiders: Obama administration did not deliberately mislead on Benghazi attack
October 17, 2012 A strong majority of National Journal’s National Security Insiders disagreed with Republicans who claim the Obama administration of being deliberately misleading about the attack at the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya, that killed ambassador Chris Stevens when it delayed calling it a terrorist attack. Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney and ...
Democrats accuse Issa of 'extremely partisan' Libya investigation
October 9, 2012 Republicans on the House Oversight for Government Reform Committee are virtually sure to grill Obama administration officials on Wednesday about the level of embassy security at the U.S. consulate in Libya before the Sept. 11 attack that killed ambassador Chris Stevens and three other American personnel. One day before the ...
Insiders: Congress will punt sequestration for a few months
October 3, 2012 Seventy-nine percent of National Journal’s National Security Insiders believe that when Congress returns in mid-November, members will punt sequestration for a few months as hope wanes for a broader deal to avoid the sweeping $1.2 trillion in spending cuts over the next decade, roughly half from defense. Chatter about the ...
Insiders: Romney's attacks over defense cuts won't sway voters
September 19, 2012 Seventy percent of National Journal’s National Security Insiders say Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney’s attacks on President Obama alleging his support of $1 trillion in cuts to the Pentagon’s budget will not have an impact on voters. The issue of the looming sequester’s $500 billion reduction to the Pentagon budget ...
Clinton identifies remaining American casualties of Libya attack
September 14, 2012 Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton for the first time released the names of two Americans killed in the attack on the U.S. Embassy compound in Libya, recognizing military veterans Tyrone Woods and Glen Doherty, who died helping to protect their colleagues. The State Department had not previously announced the ...
