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  • July 2008

    • Gitmo 'Torture' Modeled on Chinese Grilling of US POWs

      newser  |  New York Times  |  Jul 2, 08 3:37 AM CDT

      Gitmo 'Torture' Modeled on Chinese Grilling of US POWs

      Guantanamo Bay interrogators learned their techniques from Chinese Communists who used them on American POWs in the Korean War, the New York Times reports. A 1957 Air Force chart labeled Communist Coercive Methods for Eliciting Individual Compliance detailed methods like prolonged standing and exposure to cold, and was used as a training aid by military trainers. The chart was copied verbatim for use at Guantanamo. More »

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      Guantanamo Bay  • Guantanamo prisoners  • interrogation techniques  • interrogation  • Carl Levin  • Central Intelligence Agency  • harsh interrogation  • Senate Armed Services Committee

  • June 2008
  • May 2008

    • Senate Homecoming Won't Be Glorious

      newser  |  New York Times  |  May 26, 08 8:42 AM CDT

      Senate Homecoming Won't Be Glorious

      If Hillary Clinton does indeed lose the Democratic nomination, her Senate homecoming won’t be a glorious one, the New York Times reports. Clinton is still a junior senator, ranking 36th out of 49 Democrats, and would need to leapfrog a lot of people to become a committee chair—much less majority leader, which is considered fanciful in staid Senate circles. More »

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      Hillary Clinton  • Senate  • Democratic nomination  • politics  • Senate Democrats  • Senate Armed Services Committee  • legislature

  • April 2008

    • Senate Grills Petraeus on Basra

      newser  |  Associated Press  |  Apr 8, 08 11:42 AM CDT

      Senate Grills Petraeus on Basra

      The campaign trail ran through a scheduled Senate Armed Service Committee appearance by David Petraeus and Ryan Crocker today, as John McCain and Hillary Clinton helped grill the general and ambassador on Iraq. McCain zeroed in on the the widespread Iraqi defections in Basra last week, saying, “It was a disappointment.” "It was, although it is not over yet, Senator," Petraeus countered. More »

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      John McCain  • David Petraeus  • Iraq exit strategy  • Basra  • Ryan Crocker  • Carl Levin  • Senate Armed Services Committee

    • Petraeus: Iraq Has Stepped Up; Gains Still Fragile

      newser  |  Associated Press  |  Apr 8, 08 9:21 AM CDT

      Petraeus: Iraq Has Stepped Up; Gains Still Fragile

      Iraq's security has greatly improved since September, Gen. David Petraeus told the Senate Armed Services Committee today, thanks largely to Iraqis themselves. “Iraq has also conducted a surge,” Petraeus said, pointing to the improved Iraqi army and the contribution of Sunni Awakening groups. But he warned that those gains were “fragile and reversible,” and urged a pause in troop reductions after the surge drawdown ends in July. More »

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      Iraq  • John McCain  • David Petraeus  • Ryan Crocker  • testimony  • Senate Armed Services Committee  • Sunni Awakening

  • February 2008

    • Afghanistan Is Out of Control: Intel Chief

      newser  |  Guardian (UK)  |  Feb 29, 08 2:05 PM CST

      Afghanistan Is Out of Control: Intel Chief

      The 6-year NATO campaign in Afghanistan is failing, the US intelligence chief told the Senate Armed Services Committee this week. Mike McConnell said Harmid Karzai’s US-backed government controls only about 30% of the country, with the Taliban holding another 10%, and the rest under tribal rule. Security, meanwhile, is “deteriorating” as the Taliban adopts Iraqi guerrillas' tactics. More »

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      Afghanistan  • Taliban  • Robert Gates  • NATO  • Hamid Karzai  • Mike McConnell  • Senate Armed Services Committee  • US intelligence

    • Army to Shorten Combat Tours

      newser  |  Reuters  |  Feb 27, 08 7:40 AM CST

      Army to Shorten Combat Tours

      The Pentagon aims to trim tours of duty in Iraq and Afghanistan from 15 months to a year with an eventual three years between deployments, the Army's top general told the Senate Committee on Armed Services yesterday. The change will be made after the military reduces troop levels this summer, Reuters reports, and commanders believe it possible even with a pause in the drawdown. More »

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      Iraq  • Afghanistan  • Pentagon  • David Petraeus  • Robert Gates  • Carl Levin  • Senate Armed Services Committee  • troop levels  • Gen. George Casey  • drawdown

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