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  • July 2008

    • McCain Adopts Obama's Afghanistan Position

      Huffington Post  |  Jul 15, 08 5:12 PM CDT

      McCain Adopts Obama's Afghanistan Position

      (Newser) - John McCain suddenly switched both schedule and policy today, transforming a speech about jobs into one on Afghanistan, and echoing Barack Obama's argument for sending in new brigades. Obama has long said more troops are needed in Afghanistan, but McCain has repeatedly contended that NATO should pick up the slack, the Huffington Post reports. More »

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      Barack Obama  • John McCain  • Afghanistan  • surge  • flip flop  • Joint Chiefs of Staff  • troop levels

    • Afghan War Hamstrung by Troop Shortage

      Washington Post  |  Jul 3, 08 12:26 PM CDT

      Afghan War Hamstrung by Troop Shortage

      (Newser) - The US needs more troops in Afghanistan but lacks the available forces because of the Iraq war, the nation’s top military officer said yesterday. In his most pointed remarks to date, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Michael Mullen said that countering the country's resurgent Taliban and booming drug trade demands more than the 32,000 American troops stationed there, but that such a move necessitates "a reduced requirement in Iraq." More »

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      Iraq  • George W. Bush  • Afghanistan  • Taliban  • US military  • American troops  • Joint Chiefs of Staff  • Michael Mullen

    • Washington's War Drums Beating Loudly

      Washington Post  |  Jul 3, 08 10:25 AM CDT

      Washington's War Drums Beating Loudly

      (Newser) - Is Washington, or its Israeli allies, really ready to attack Iran? "The threats, counterthreats, and counter-counterthreats … have reached new levels of hysteria in recent days," Dana Milbank writes in the Washington Post . Rumblings of an Israeli strike prompted Tehran threats to close oil-shipping lanes. That would be an “act of war,” declared one US admiral—a statement superiors didn't back down from. More »

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      Iran  • Israel  • Bush administration  • oil price  • Joint Chiefs of Staff  • Iran war  • Mike Mullen

  • May 2008

    • Let's Not Push War With Iran: Top Admiral

      Reuters  |  May 5, 08 10:15 AM CDT

      Let's Not Push War With Iran: Top Admiral

      (Newser) - With wars still raging in Iraq and Afghanistan, the US would be hard-pressed to start a new one with Iran, Joint Chiefs of Staff chairman Michael Mullen said today. “I actually am very hopeful that we don't have to get into a conflict,” Mullen told Israeli TV, though he reiterated he would “keep all the military options on the table.” More »

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      Iran  • Israel  • US military  • Joint Chiefs of Staff  • Michael Mullen

  • April 2008

    • US Preparing Iran War Plans

      Washington Post  |  Apr 25, 08 2:40 PM CDT

      US Preparing Iran War Plans

      (Newser) - The US is preparing for a potential military action against Iran, the nation’s top military official said today. Such an attack would be “extremely stressing” on the military, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff said, but it is on the table if a diplomatic solution can’t stop Iran’s alleged hunt for nuclear weapons and involvement in Iraq, the Washington Post reports. More »

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      Iran  • US military  • Robert Gates  • Air Force  • Navy  • Joint Chiefs of Staff  • Michael Mullen

    • White House 'Duped' General Into Torture: Book

      Guardian (UK)  |  Apr 19, 08 7:54 AM CDT

      White House 'Duped' General Into Torture: Book

      (Newser) - The Bush administration "hoodwinked" one of the country's top military men in order to establish harsh interrogation techniques on Guantanamo Bay prisoners, according to revelations in a new book reported in the Guardian. Former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Richard Myers was misled by White House aides into abandoning the military's long-standing ban on inhumane treatment of prisoners, according to London law professor Phillipe Sands in his book Torture Team. More »

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      US military  • Guantanamo Bay  • Donald Rumsfeld  • interrogation techniques  • Joint Chiefs of Staff  • harsh interrogation

    • Obama Wouldn't Give Chiefs Gay 'Litmus Test'

      Associated Press  |  Apr 10, 08 2:51 PM CDT

      Obama Wouldn't Give Chiefs Gay 'Litmus Test'

      (Newser) - Barack Obama said he wouldn't require top military appointees to support letting open homosexuals serve, stressing that his priority for Joint Chiefs of Staff is the ability to protect the country. Speaking to a gay magazine, the candidate called “don’t ask, don’t tell” a “counterproductive strategy,” adding he’d ban workplace discrimination against gays and get federal benefits for couples in civil unions. More »

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      Barack Obama  • gay rights  • homosexuality  • Joint Chiefs of Staff  • Don't Ask, Don't Tell  • Civil unions  • homosexual rights

  • March 2008
  • January 2008

    • Shut Gitmo, Urges Military Boss

      Associated Press  |  Jan 14, 08 5:14 AM CST

      Shut Gitmo, Urges Military Boss

      (Newser) - The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff said yesterday he favors shutting down the controversial prison camp at Guantanamo Bay where al-Qaeda and Taliban suspects are being held and interrogated. Last Friday marked the sixth anniversary of the opening of the prison camp in 2002. Admiral Mike Mullen toured the facility with reporters yesterday, and complained that the camp has seriously damaged America's global reputation. More »

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      al-Qaeda  • Taliban  • Guantanamo Bay  • Robert Gates  • Guantanamo prisoners  • Joint Chiefs of Staff

  • October 2007
  • September 2007

    • Bremer: Bush OK'd Disbanding of Iraqi Army

      New York Times  |  Sep 4, 07 7:56 PM CDT

      Bremer: Bush OK'd Disbanding of Iraqi Army

      (Newser) - Paul Bremer has sent the New York Times letters demonstrating President Bush’s knowledge of the plan to disband the Iraqi Army—a rebuff to Bush's recent comments that he was surprised by the now-unpopular decision. As head of the Coalition Provisional Authority, Bremer wrote to Bush of the plan to “dissolve Saddam’s military,” and Bush responded, “Your leadership is apparent.” More »

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      George W. Bush  • Saddam Hussein  • Iraq Army  • Joint Chiefs of Staff  • Colin Powell  • Paul Bremer

  • August 2007

    • Joint Chiefs Nominee Offers Straight Talk on Iraq

      Los Angeles Times  |  Aug 1, 07 8:31 AM CDT

      Joint Chiefs Nominee Offers Straight Talk on Iraq

      (Newser) - The White House nominee to lead the Joint Chiefs of Staff said yesterday the troop surge has helped security, but without political progress "no amount of troops and no amount of time will make a difference." Admiral Michael Mullen toed the administration line at his confirmation hearing, saying he'll withhold judgment on the surge until after the mid-September progress report. More »

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      Iraq  • Iraq war  • troop surge  • Joint Chiefs of Staff  • nominee  • Michael Mullen  • James Cartwright

  • June 2007

    • Joint Chiefs Chairman Gets the Gate

      MSNBC  |  Jun 8, 07 2:50 PM CDT

      Joint Chiefs Chairman Gets the Gate

      (Newser) - In an effort to avoid confirmation hearings that would amount to a referendum on the war, the defense secretary will not recommend the Joint Chiefs chairman for a second 2-year term. Robert Gates said today he had conferred with senators from both parties and "concluded that the focus would have been on the past rather than the future." More »

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      Iraq war  • military  • Robert Gates  • Donald Rumsfeld  • Joint Chiefs of Staff  • Peter Pace  • Mike Mullen

  • March 2007

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