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Also traveling with the president are Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel, senior advisor David Axelrod, and national security aides Tom Donilon, Ben Rhodes and Denis McDonough...
Obama's suit got a coat of dust as the president emerged from a helicopter at the palace to walk an honorary red carpet with Karzai. The two men met together for between 25 and 30 minutes. They had last spoken by secure video conference on March 15. A senior administration official said that the two men continued their discussion...
...president indicated that he felt President Karzai had made good progress on the issues discussed on the video conference," the senior official said. "As a result, [Obama] asked President Karzai to come visit...
...proposed reforms have widened the rift between Chaudhry and the government that has grown since the Chief Justice last year struck down amnesty decrees by Musharraf that protected many senior figures in government - including Zardari himself once out of office - from prosecution on corruption charges. And some saw the Chief Justice's hand in the eleventh-hour stalling of parliamentary debate on the package on Friday by opposition leader Nawaz Sharif, who objected to proposals on the selection of judges. Sharif's opposition, some senior politicians suggest, results from being pressured by Chaudhry, who is allegedly opposed to having...
...rules require a senior officer - a general or admiral - to approve the ouster of a serviceman or -woman for being gay. That's at least one rank higher than earlier mandated, and is likely to cut down on the number of such cases. Hearsay will no longer be allowed, and statements about a military member's sexual orientation will have to be given under oath. Furthermore, information given to lawyers, clergy or medical professionals - or in connection with domestic violence - can't be used to oust someone. (See a brief history of gays in the military...