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U.S., Taliban plan direct peace talks
Wednesday, June 19, 2013 at 12:00 AMWASHINGTON – U.S. officials will meet with the Taliban on Thursday in a major breakthrough aimed at opening peace talks to end the war in Afghanistan.
Afghan peace talks with Taliban at hand but not without their bumps
Tuesday, June 18, 2013 at 4:01 PMU.S. officials will meet with the Taliban on Thursday in a major breakthrough aimed at opening peace talks to end the war in Afghanistan, as the U.S. prepares for the end of its combat involvement.
U.S. says Syria used chemical weapons, will send military support to rebels
Thursday, June 13, 2013 at 5:26 PMThe U.S. will sendmilitary support to Syrian rebels after finding the Syrian regime used chemical weapons on the opposition “multiple times,” the White House said Thursday, escalating involvement in a civil war in which President Ba...
Spying hangs over U.S.-China summit
Friday, June 7, 2013 at 3:37 PMPresident Barack Obama and new Chinese President Xi Jinping opened two days of talks at a California retreat with joint calls for a new relationship, even as Obama said he’d continue pressing China on its human rights record and cyber sec...
Obama: 'Nobody is listening to your telephone calls'
Friday, June 7, 2013 at 10:10 AMPresident Obama defended two recently revealed surveillance programs that have U.S. officials examining phone and computer records, saying "modest encroachments on privacy" are necessary to counter terrorist threats. "We're ...
Mr. Obama, meet Mr. Xi; U.S.-China summit is personal
Thursday, June 6, 2013 at 3:11 PMPresident Barack Obama and China’s new president, Xi Jinping, will meet Friday at a sprawling California retreat for two days of talks aimed as much at fostering a rapport between leaders of the two global superpowers as at reaching agree...
Shifts unlikely in U.S. foreign policy
Thursday, June 6, 2013 at 12:00 AMPresident Barack Obama's appointment Wednesday of two longtime loyalists to top national security positions is unlikely to result in major shifts in U.S. foreign policy despite their records as advocates of military intervention to avert hum...
Analysts: Susan Rice, Samantha Power unlikely to alter foreign policy
Wednesday, June 5, 2013 at 4:02 PMPresident Barack Obama’s appointment Wednesday of two longtime loyalists to top national security positions is unlikely to result in major shifts in U.S. foreign policy, despite their records as advocates of military intervention to avert...
Obama sets up clash with Republicans over court nominees
Tuesday, June 4, 2013 at 9:34 AMPresident Obama today announced his intention to nominate three judges to the nation's second highest court, accusing Republicans of blocking his selections for political reasons in remarks the White House pool report described as "fier...
Obama speech suggests possible expansion of drone killings
Thursday, May 23, 2013 at 11:34 AMPresident Barack Obama on Thursday defended his administration’s use of drone strikes to kill terrorists as effective, lawful and “heavily constrained,” but he also appeared to be laying groundwork for an expansion of the contr...
