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VMI cadets get lessons from Middle East experts
Cadets at Virginia Military Institute are getting a timely lesson on conflict in the Middle East.
Experts on the subject convene on Post in Lexington this week even as a coalition of nations stepped up bombing Libya.
Cadet Colin Miller, a senior who...Tags: Lexington (Lexington, Virginia), Libya, Politics, Elections
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US military operation in Libya costs hundreds of millions and price tag could rise
Associated PressWASHINGTON (AP) — Stretched thin by two wars, the U.S. military is spending upward of $1 billion in an international assault to destroy Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi's air defenses and save rebels from likely defeat, according to analysts and a...Tags: U.S. Department of State, Laws, Crime, Law and Justice, Washington, DC, Saddam Hussein
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U.S. decries Russia weapons sale to Syria
WASHINGTON — The Obama administration on Friday condemned Russia's delivery of advanced antiship missiles to Syria and its buildup of warships in the eastern Mediterranean, arguing that the Kremlin's escalating support for its longtime ally in...
Tags: U.S. Department of State, Washington, DC, U.S. Department of Defense, Military Equipment, Weaponry
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Turkish prime minister, Obama discuss Syria's civil war in White House meeting
Associated PressWASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama said Thursday that the U.S. and Turkey will keep ramping up pressure to oust Syrian President Bashar Assad from power, but there's "no magic formula" to stop his violence. At a news conference with Turkish...Tags: Turkey, European Union, John Kerry, U.S. Department of State, Joe Biden
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Pink line over Damascus
WASHINGTON — You know you're in trouble when you can't even get your walk-back story straight. Stung by the worldwide derision that met President Barack Obama's fudging and fumbling of his chemical-weapons red line in Syria, the White House leaked...
Tags: The New York Times, Religious Conflicts, Iran, The Washington Post, Military Equipment
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The president's walk-back: A pink line over Damascus?
WASHINGTON - You know you're in trouble when you can't even get your walk-back story straight. Stung by the worldwide derision that met President Obama's fudging and fumbling of his chemical-weapons red line in Syria, the White House leaked to The New...
Tags: The New York Times, Religious Conflicts, Iran, Military Equipment, Weaponry
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COLUMN - On Syria, it's time for Obama to decide: Bremmer
Reuters(Ian Bremmer is a Reuters columnist but his opinions are his own.) By Ian Bremmer May 9 (Reuters) - Through two years of Syrian crisis, the Obama administration has cautiously dragged its feet as the United States is further enmeshed in the conflict....Tags: Saudi Arabia, U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, John Kerry, Chuck Hagel, Weaponry
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ANALYSIS-Despite Israeli strikes, US still wary of Syria air defenses
ReutersBy Phil Stewart and Peter Apps WASHINGTON, May 8 (Reuters) - Israeli missiles breached Syria's vaunted air defense system over the weekend, but that offered little comfort to U.S. military planners weighing the risks of any intervention against President...Tags: Aircraft Carriers, Armed Conflicts, Washington, DC, U.S. Department of Defense, Afghanistan
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Options for action in Syria
Outrage. That's what we should feel over the Syrian government's slaughter of more than 70,000 of its own people and its use of chemical weapons. And outrage is what we should feel over the international community's total impotence. Despite nearly...Tags: Iran, Iran's Nuclear Program, Weaponry, Armed Forces, Syrian Civil War (2011 - present )
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Tilting Syria
President Barack Obama painted himself into a corner last summer when he said Syrian President Bashar Assad's use of chemical weapons against rebel forces would be a "red line for us." Now there's evidence that chemical weapons have been used in Syria,...
Tags: Libya, The Washington Post, Weaponry, David Petraeus, Biological and Chemical Weapons
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Stay out of Syria
With the Iraq War behind us and our departure from Afghanistan underway, the United States could be entering a well-earned respite from fighting. But even before peace can take hold, hawks are singing the old country song: "I've enjoyed as much of this as...
Tags: The New York Times, University of Chicago, U.S. Department of Defense, Weaponry, U.S. Military
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Syria is still not our fight
WASHINGTON -- President Obama is right to resist the mounting pressure for military intervention in Syria. Action by U.S. forces may or may not make the situation better -- but certainly could make things worse. This assessment could change, of course....
Tags: Abdullah II of Jordan, Washington, DC, Weaponry, Rebellions, Syrian Civil War (2011 - present )
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