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In the process, Obama has moved his own positions toward those of his top counterterrorism adviser. And Brennan is ready to fight for those, even against some members of Obama's political team in internal Administration debates. But if Brennan has won the debate inside the White House, he faces...
In an Op-Ed published Tuesday in USA Today, John Brennan, the top White House counterterrorism aide, chastised members of Congress for "misrepresenting the facts to score political points" in their criticism of the handling of Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, the Christmas Day bomber. Then he added what looked like a...
Beneath all of the posturing is a hard reality for Democrats: with historic majorities in both houses of Congress, the President's own party shoulders the primary burden for passing legislation. Disagreements between Democrats have so far been major stumbling blocks to passing health care reform, as have apparent disagreements...
Lifting the arms ban may not be so simple, however, with strong resistance already developing against the idea. Many E.U. countries are worried about China's increasingly threatening behavior toward Taiwan and are reluctant to sanction an arms buildup that would further isolate the island. France, for one, had called...
Toyoda - who unconvincingly insisted that he made the second public appearance not because he has come under fire, but because it was his "own way of improving the situation" - delivered the bad news at the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, where minister Seiji Maehara also learned the chief...