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"The nomination of [President Barack] Obama's pick to head USAID, Dr. Rajiv Shah, moved to the full Senate for consideration after receiving a unanimous voice vote from the Senate Foreign Relations Committee" Tuesday, Politico's Laura Rozen reports on... Full Article at Medical News Today
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While testifying on Capitol Hill yesterday, former Iraq commander General David Petraeus, who now heads U.S. Central Command, had some stern advice for the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. Full Article at Newsweek
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The Pentagon [ Images ] does not believe that the shaky civilian government of Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari [ Images ] will be deposed by a military coup anytime soon. Full Article at Rediff
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Politics Today is CBSNews.com's inside look at the key stories driving the day in politics, written by CBS News Political Director Steve Chaggaris: ** Reconciling a vision of peace with the reality of war... Full Article at CBS News
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Over the last decade in the United States Senate, I have been actively involved in crafting America's foreign and national security policies. Full Article at Chillicothe Gazette
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(CNSNews.com) – Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.) will travel to the United Nations global warming conference in Copenhagen, Denmark on a commercial airliner, a senior Kerry aide told CNSNews.com. Full Article at CNSNews.com
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WASHINGTON — Sen. Kirsten E. Gillibrand expressed skepticism Wednesday that a U.S. counter-insurgency effort in Afghanistan can be completed in a year and a half as planned by the Obama administration. "That's a rather short time frame," Mrs. Full Article at Watertown Daily Times
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Addressing the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, US CENTCOM chief General David Petraeus said Zardari is certainly facing some challenges, but there is threat to the civilian rule. Full Article at New Kerala
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Washington, Dec 10 (IANS) Top US lawmakers agree that Pakistan constituted the principal challenge for US policymakers as all major terror groups, including perhaps Osama bin Laden, were based in that country. Full Article at Sindh Today
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WASHINGTON - The rapid U.S. build-up in the Afghan war will include more terrorist-hunting forces to chase down militants deemed too extreme to change sides, a top U.S. general revealed yesterday. Full Article at Philadelphia Daily News
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WASHINGTON - The rapid U.S. build up in the Afghan war will include more terrorist-hunting forces to chase down militants deemed too extreme to change sides, a top U.S. general disclosed yesterday. Full Article at Philadelphia Inquirer
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Gen. David Petraeus participates in a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing on Capitol Hill on Wednesday. Should U.S. forces be concentrated in Iraq or Afghanistan? Full Article at New York Daily News
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Washington: India, Pakistan and Afghanistan must cooperate with each other to reduce violence in the region, a powerful US Senator and President Barack Obama's key foreign policy aid said on Wednesday. Full Article at Zee News
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Thursday, December 10, 2009 Story last updated at 12/10/2009 - 12:23 am WASHINGTON - The rapid U.S. build up in the Afghan war will include more terrorist-hunting forces to chase down militants deemed too extreme to change sides, a top U.S. general... Full Article at Lubbock Avalanche-Journal
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WASHINGTON -- The United States will step up its Afghanistan counterterrorism activities under President Barack Obama's new strategy, as it seeks to "kill or capture" insurgents who are outside densely populated areas and deemed unlikely to change... Full Article at Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
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Washington (AP) - The rapid U.S. build up in the Afghan war will include more terrorist-hunting forces to chase down militants deemed too extreme to change sides, a top U.S. general revealed on Wednesday. Full Article at CNSNews.com
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to testify Thursday before a House committee, previously headed up those units inside Iraq and Afghanistan. Full Article at The San Jose Mercury News
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U.S. army soldiers from Task Force Denali 1/40 Cav check a 105mm Howitzer during snowfall at FOB Wilderness in Paktya province, Afghanistan, Dec. 9, 2009. Full Article at People's Daily Online
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WASHINGTON - The rapid US buildup in the Afghan war will include more terrorist-hunting forces to chase down militants deemed too extreme to change sides, a top US general revealed yesterday. Full Article at Boston Globe
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WASHINGTON, Dec. 9, 2009 – Achieving success against extremists in Afghanistan is a challenging, yet attainable mission, the commander of U.S. Central Command said at a Capitol Hill hearing here today. Full Article at GlobalSecurity.org
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WASHINGTON - OCTOBER 07: The Dalai Lama arrives for a meeting with the Senate Foreign Relations Committee at the U.S. Capitol October 7, 2009 in Washington, DC. The Dalai Lama has been in Washington meeting with members of the U.S. government for the past two days.
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WASHINGTON - OCTOBER 07: Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman John Kerry (D-MA) (L) questions witnesses during a hearing about Al-Qaeda and Afghanistan on Capitol Hill October 7, 2009 in Washington, DC.
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The nomination of [President Barack] Obama's pick to head USAID, Dr. Rajiv Shah, moved to the full Senate for consideration after receiving a unanimous voice vote from the Senate Foreign Relations Committee
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Our strategy is about more than troops. Equally important are issues of governance, training the Afghan security forces, and the civilian surge. I plan to ask Secretary Clinton, Secretary Gates, and Admiral Mullen about these three critical issues when they appear before the Senate Foreign Relations Com...
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President Obama got some political cover Sunday for his upcoming announcement on sending more troops to Afghanistan. A report released by the Democratic staff of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee blamed the Bush administration for failing to capture or kill Osama bin Laden when the al Qaeda leader ...
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People often make the joke that I'm like Forrest Gump. Ricky Martin doesn't show up, so I spend an afternoon with the Dalai Lama. And who would think that I'd be in Sudan getting evidence on slavery that ends up going to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee? Is it chance? I'm a man of faith, so I see ...
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When Vice President Biden consoled John Kerry after he lost out on Foggy Bottom to Hillary Clinton and supposedly told him that being Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee was a better gig than Secretary of State, the past few days may have been the first concrete proof of that observation
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Kerry’s successful talks, which ranged from broad issues of legitimacy to discussions of the statistical analysis used to disqualify ballots, appeared to be his most significant accomplishment since taking over the chairmanship of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee this year, replacing Joe Biden.
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Several U.S. lawmakers, including Vice President Biden when he was chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, have urged the president to dismiss his brother from the [Kandahar Province] council
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Today the members of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee welcomed His Holiness the Dalai Lama, continuing a close relationship that goes back more than two decades. I am honoured to exchange views with this Nobel Peace Prize winner. He will always be welcome here
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Thanks to DeMint's intransigence, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee can't hold hearings to receive testimony from the most knowledgeable and relevant witnesses on our policy in Central and South America
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Senator DeMint's statement wins an A for 'audacity.' Thanks to his intransigence, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee can't even hold hearings on our policy in Central and South America.
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Massachusetts Senator John F. Kerry is using his influence as chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee to urge the president to take weeks, or even months, to conduct a sweeping review of the overall mission in Afghanistan and generate a national debate on the war before committing more troops
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