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Biden: President promises to keep Iran from getting nuclear weapons
This post has been updated, as indicated below.WASHINGTON – President Obama is “not bluffing” when he vows that he will not allow Iran to get a nuclear weapon, Vice President Joe Biden said Monday in a speech that put a heavy emphasis on winning consensus on that view from the rest...Tags: Jerusalem (Israel), Government, Israel, Iran's Nuclear Program, Passover
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Gridlock, Tehran-style
With the United States locked in confrontation with Iran, was it good or bad for diplomacy that "Argo," a movie about U.S. spies getting the best of the Iranians, won this year's Academy Award for best picture? Depends on whom you ask. To Iran's...Tags: Michelle Obama, Argo (movie), Tehran (Iran), Government, Central Intelligence Agency
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Kerry confronts clashing interests in Syria, Iran and Russia
This time will be different. That is the word from U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry to Syrian rebels who have become so frustrated by empty promises of help to overthrow President Bashar Assad that they had threatened to boycott a Thursday meeting in...Tags: John Kerry, Woodrow Wilson, Rome (Italy), Moscow (Russia), Government
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North Korea belligerence looms ominously over Iran nuclear talks
More carrot, less stick. That’s the advice of some nonproliferation experts for the United States and its five partners in negotiations that resume Friday aimed at dissuading Iran from building a nuclear bomb. But with threats of nuclear...
Tags: Pyongyang (North Korea), Libya, Tehran (Iran), Government, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei
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Hagel suggests thinning the top ranks
WASHINGTON -- Chuck Hagel was taking questions at Fort McNair on Wednesday after his first major speech as defense secretary when a man rose to ask about his recent comments on North Korea. "I was misquoted again," Hagel blurted out, without saying what...
Tags: Vietnam War (1955-1975), U.S. Army, U.S. Department of Defense, Hamid Karzai, Barack Obama
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U.S. official: Iraq continues to allow Iranian overflights to Syria
BAGHDAD -- Despite regular U.S. objections, Iraq continues to allow Iranian flights to Syria to use its airspace and has not searched an Iranian plane since October, an American official says. “We object very strongly to the overflights, which...
Tags: Wars and Interventions, Islam, Bashar Assad, Baghdad (Iraq), Religious Conflicts
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Iran agrees to further nuclear talks after 6 nations ease demands
WASHINGTON – Six world powers won Iran’s promise for further negotiations over its disputed nuclear program after easing their demands for curbs on an effort they fear is aimed at giving Tehran the ability to make a bomb. After the final...Tags: European Union, Tehran (Iran), Barack Obama, Iran's Nuclear Program, U.S. Department of State
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U.S. presses Iran for counteroffer in nuclear talks
WASHINGTON – The Obama administration pressed Iran to respond to the latest bid by six world powers seeking to curb Tehran’s nuclear program, warning that the United States and its allies may step up sanctions and suspend diplomacy if Iran...
Tags: Washington, DC, Brookings Institution, White House, Almaty (Kazakhstan), Ayatollah Ali Khamenei
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Afghans seek their own exit strategy
KABUL, Afghanistan — Nabil Ahmad was at his desk at a logistics support firm last spring when an explosion ripped through the office. Windows shattered. The ceiling collapsed. "I thought it was an earthquake — or the end of the world," the...
Tags: Refugee, Migration, Personal Data Collection, Dubai (United Arab Emirates), Kabul (Afghanistan)
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Power of global arms treaty hinges on next steps, activists say
A new United Nations pact to regulate the global weapons trade was cheered by human rights and humanitarian groups, but its power will depend on how stringently it is followed. Like many international agreements, the arms trade treaty does not have a...
Tags: Human Rights, National Rifle Association of America, Crime, Law and Justice, Activism, Treaties
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Letters: What to do about North Korea
Re "Kim is making the U.S. nervous," March 30 At the end of World War I, the Allies so crippled Germany that widespread unemployment and economic dislocation led to the rise of the Nazi regime. We have spent years employing similar tactics in North...Tags: World War I (1914-1918), Kim Jong Un, North Korea
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Letters: The tragedy of the Iraq war
Re "Iran appears the victor in postwar Iraq," March 29 In 1991, the first President Bush, a decorated World War II combat veteran, was content to simply drive Saddam Hussein's forces out of Kuwait. Iraq was left militarily capable of opposing its...Tags: International Military Interventions, Armed Conflicts, Government, Nouri Maliki, U.S. Congress
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