Tag: Afghanistan

Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, criticized the Obama administration on a two-day visit to Israel for pressuring the Jewish state on the issue of settlements in the Palestinian territories. (AP Photo/Jim Cole)

Ted Cruz: U.S. could have used military force to get Bowe Bergdahl

Brian Hughes · June 1, 2014 4:02 pm

Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel waves as he boards his plane before his departure at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, Thursday, May 29, 2014. Hagel is on a 12-day trip to Asia and Europe, his fourteenth international trip, and is traveling the Shangri La Dialogue to discuss key regional and global issues with leaders of several countries. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, Pool)

Chuck Hagel sees possible ‘new opening’ for negotiations with Taliban

Brian Hughes · June 1, 2014 3:10 pm

House Intelligence Committee Chairman Mike Rogers, R-Mich. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Rep. Mike Rogers calls Bowe Bergdahl trade ‘dangerous’

Brian Hughes · June 1, 2014 2:39 pm

Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Mo., left, and Sen. Kelly Ayotte, R-N.H., speak at a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington on March 6, 2014. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)

National Security

Sen. Claire McCaskill rips GOP response to U.S. prisoner swap

Brian Hughes · June 1, 2014 2:21 pm

McKeon, Inhofe: Prisoner Trade With Taliban Puts American Soldiers at Greater Risk

Michael Warren · May 31, 2014 8:48 pm

National Security

American POW released from Afghanistan after five years in captivity

Washington Examiner · May 31, 2014 5:00 pm

President Barack Obama delivering the commencement address to the U.S. Military Academy at West Point's Class of 2014, in West Point, N.Y., May 28, 2014. The president defended his foreign policy, declaring that the U.S. remains the world's most indispensable nation, but argued for restraint before embarking on more military adventures. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

The Obama Doctrine might as well be a Ouija borad

Linda Chavez · May 30, 2014 4:02 pm

The White House is remaining tight-lipped about its outing of the CIA's top spy in Afghanistan. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

National Security

White House tight-lipped about outing of CIA spy

Susan Crabtree · May 29, 2014 8:19 pm

An Afghan policeman stands guard after a bomb explosion in Kandahar province south of Kabul, Afghanistan, Thursday, May 29, 2014. Two roadside bombings, minutes apart, killed an Afghan policeman and wounded four others in the southern city of Kandahar on Thursday, an Afghan officer said. (AP Photo/Allauddin Khan)

Bombs kill 4 in Afghanistan; NATO soldier dies

MIRWAIS KHANAMIR SHAH · May 29, 2014 10:20 am

Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel speaks with members of his military staff before boarding his plane prior to his departure from Andrews Air Force Base, Md., Wednesday, May 28, 2014. Hagel is traveling on a 12-day trip to Asia and Europe, his fourteenth international trip, to discuss key regional and global issues with leaders of several countries. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez, Pool)

National Security

Hagel: Afghan anti-terror planning still underway

Lolita Baldor · May 28, 2014 11:34 pm

Reaction to Obama’s Foreign Policy Speech

Daniel Halper · May 28, 2014 5:44 pm

"I think the transition test will come at the end of 2016 and into 2017 as we go forward to see how well their military holds and what the situation is on the ground," Kerry said. (AP Photo)

Beltway Confidential

John Kerry: Evaluate Afghanistan after Obama leaves office

Joel Gehrke · May 28, 2014 5:37 pm