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Obama balances threats against Americans' rights
Thursday, May 23, 2013 at 4:20 PMForecasting the changing nature of threats against the U.S. for years to come, President Barack Obama says "America is at a crossroads." And so, too, is his presidency's counterterrorism policy, which has long struggled to balance ...
Obama defends drone strikes but says no cure-all
Wednesday, May 22, 2013 at 4:15 PMPresident Barack Obama on Thursday defended America's controversial drone attacks as legal, effective and a necessary linchpin in an evolving U.S. counterterrorism policy. But he acknowledged the targeted strikes are no "cure-all" ...
4 Americans killed since 2009 in US drone strikes
Wednesday, May 22, 2013 at 4:05 PMThe Obama administration acknowledged publicly for the first time Wednesday that four American citizens have been killed in drone strikes since 2009 in Pakistan and Yemen. The disclosure to Congress comes on the eve of a major national security ...
Arctic states open council to China, India, SKorea
Wednesday, May 15, 2013 at 2:57 AMArctic states agreed Wednesday to let nations that are located nowhere near the Earth's north to become observers to their diplomatic council, boosting rising economic powers China, India and South Korea, which are seeking to mine the region...
Kerry expects Syrians to attend transition talks
Tuesday, May 14, 2013 at 5:07 AMU.S. Secretary of State John Kerry issued a stern warning Tuesday to Syria's government, saying that new help will be given to opposition forces should President Bashar Assad's regime decide to back out of upcoming negotiations aimed at ...
Kerry expects Syrian to attend transition talks
Tuesday, May 14, 2013 at 4:07 AMU.S. Secretary of State John Kerry is dismissing suggestions that the Syrian government might not join a U.S.-Russia initiative to negotiate a peaceful transition in Syria.
Critics lukewarm on US plans in Arctic
Monday, May 13, 2013 at 10:07 AMA new U.S. strategy for the Arctic region has gotten a lukewarm response from a think tank that says the plan amounts to a "lengthy wish list" with few specifics.
