Unmanned Drone Put in Charge of War in Afghanistan
The Defense Department announced Friday that one of its many Predator drones will take over command of U.S. forces in Afghanistan, effective immediately.
The Defense Department announced Friday that one of its many Predator drones will take over command of U.S. forces in Afghanistan, effective immediately.
Sheila Magnanimous and NP News ask the tough questions. This week, it’s whether President Obama is taking too long to decide on Afghanistan troop levels. Joining Sheila is House Minority Leader John Boehner of Ohio.
Attorney General Eric Holder a special prosecutor to investigate the harsh interrogations of prisoners by the CIA. But what kind of investigation will it be?
The inadvertent killing of hundreds of a country’s civilians by bombing or other means could make the citizens of that country like us less, according to a report released today by the Brookings Insitution, an influential Wahington think tank.
“I have to look at it honestly and objectively, and when I do that, I see that I haven’t done the job,” the president said.
Nazirr says the 240 detainees could be moved to a Ramada Inn off I-95 in Maryland.
Vice President Joe Biden has alarmed President Barack Obama and other members of the Obama administration in recent days.
CIA Director Leon E. Panetta announced today that the agency will begin underwater-only interrogations of suspected terrorists in U.S. custody, in the hope of “gleaning information we would not be able to obtain if the suspect were above sea level.”
General Howard B. Shannahan testified before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee that he knows for sure that the surge in his pants is achieving the desired results, and then some.
In secret tests conducted in an underground laboratory, the mere presence of Vice President Dick Cheney rendered anthrax spores incapable of sustaining life.