Topic: The White House
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Defense cuts that begin in the 2012 budget will ultimately cost up to 800,000 jobs, and additional spending reductions could push that figure to 1.5 million over the next decade, a top Republican lawmaker testified on Tuesday.Representative Buck McKeon, ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House has asked the Pentagon for initial recommendations for the U.S. troop presence in Afghanistan in 2014, a first step in planning the final U.S. drawdown there despite a bleak security outlook.Sources familiar with the discussions said ...
The White House on Tuesday announced a high powered delegation to accompany Vice President Joe Biden to offer condolences to Saudi Arabia over the death of Crown Prince Sultan bin Abdul Aziz.Biden will be accompanied by senior Republican Senator John McCain, CIA ...
A Republican lawmaker accused the Obama administration of jeopardizing national security by cooperating with a Hollywood film project on the raid that killed Osama bin Laden.Representative Peter King, chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, demanded an inquiry after learning of the ...
US President Barack Obama has met with Afghanistan war commander General David Petraeus to discuss a troop withdrawal set to begin next month, the White House said Thursday.Presidential spokesman Jay Carney said the two met in Washington on Wednesday to "discuss Afghanistan ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama will speak on Wednesday via video conference with Afghanistan's President Hamid Karzai and has yet to decide on the pace of U.S. troop withdrawals from the country, the White House said on Monday.White House spokesman Jay ...
US President Barack Obama planned Monday to promote US Army General Martin Dempsey, who commanded an armored division in key battles in Iraq, to the top uniformed military position in the country, a US source said.The source, who spoke on condition of ...
US Army General Martin Dempsey, a former English literature teacher who commanded an armored division in key battles in Iraq, was expected to be named new chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff on Monday, a US source said.The source, who spoke ...
President Barack Obama is expected to name General Martin Dempsey as his new chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff on Monday, a US source said.The source, familiar with Obama's announcement but speaking on condition of anonymity, said Obama was "expected" to ...
President Barack Obama's "favorite general" has been passed over for the US military's top job amid concerns over his standing among fellow officers, defense officials said.While General James Cartwright is out of the running, the current chief of the US Army, General ...
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