Topic: U.S. Armed Forces
US Senator John McCain on Sunday expressed concern about growing isolationism in the Republican party, particularly among those vying for the 2012 presidential nomination.McCain, the 2008 Republican nominee, said he was alarmed to hear various candidates at a campaign forum last Monday ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama ignored legal advice from top Pentagon and Justice Department lawyers, siding with other advisers who said he had legal authority to continue air strikes against Libya without congressional approval, the New York Times reported on Friday.Citing ...
While many consider the withdrawal of US military forces from Vietnam in 1973 to be a defeat, others would argue the failure occurred when the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution passed and the use of " Due to the final Bush military surge, ...
In November 1992, William Jefferson Clinton was elected President of the United States despite claiming less than 44% of the popular vote. The roadmap to foreign policy failure by the Clinton administration, which included bouts of indecision partnered with inaction or inconsistency ...
Peceny examines a century of military interventions by the United States and attempts to spread democracy through proliberalization policies. To add evidence to his argument Peceny discusses several specific cases of U.S. military interventions and U.S. attempts to spread democracy. Peceny?s conclusions ...
During senate hearings on capital hill, Senator Boxer was quizzing General Michael Walsh on the state of the levees in new orleans. Basically accusing the Army corps of engineers of not having finished the levee repair work in four years since hurricane ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Obama administration has significantly expanded the deployment of U.S. military Special Operations forces around the world against al Qaeda and other groups, the Washington Post reported on Friday.U.S. Special Operations units are now deployed in 75 countries, compared ...
The U.S. military will resume bringing Haitian earthquake victims to the United States aboard its planes for medical treatment, ending a suspension that lasted several days, the White House said Sunday.The letter also asked for federal help paying for patient expenses a ...
Here are some of the latest health and medical news developments, compiled by editors of HealthDay: In what would be a major policy change, the National Football League may be considering using independent doctors to determine when players who've suffered concussions should ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee adopted an amendment to an energy bill that would allow drilling within 45 miles of Florida's Gulf coast.Florida now bans oil and gas drilling within 125 miles of its coasts in ...
