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Reaction cool to US arms plan for Syrian rebels

Fri, 14 Jun 2013 20:06:47 -0400

WASHINGTON - The Obama administration hopes its decision to give lethal aid to Syrian rebels will prompt other nations to beef up assistance, now that the U.S. has cited evidence that the Syrian government used chemical weapons against its people. But the international reaction Friday ranged from flat-out disbelief of the U.S. intelligence assessments to calls for negotiation before more weapons pour into the vicious civil war.

US letter: Syria regime used sarin twice in Aleppo

Fri, 14 Jun 2013 17:42:18 -0400

UNITED NATIONS - Syria's government used the nerve agent sarin on two occasions in the embattled city of Aleppo in March and April, according to a letter from a top U.S. diplomat that The Associated Press obtained Friday.

US letter: Syria regime used sarin twice in Aleppo

Fri, 14 Jun 2013 13:31:24 -0400

UNITED NATIONS - The U.S. says the Syrian government used the nerve agent sarin on two occasions in Aleppo in March and April.

FBI director gets another House grilling

Thu, 13 Jun 2013 16:58:59 -0400

WASHINGTON - FBI Director Robert Mueller is leaving the law enforcement agency that he has run every day since the week before the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks in the same way that he entered it: being grilled about how the FBI is carrying out the most high-profile criminal investigations in the country.

White House lawyer replacing retiring CIA deputy

Thu, 13 Jun 2013 03:43:45 -0400

WASHINGTON - CIA Deputy Director Michael Morell is stepping down and being replaced by White House lawyer Avril Haines, who will be the first woman to hold the post.

CIA deputy director Michael Morell retires

Wed, 12 Jun 2013 18:09:50 -0400

WASHINGTON - CIA Deputy Director Michael Morell, who defended harsh interrogation techniques and was involved with the fallout after the attack on the diplomatic outpost in Benghazi, Libya, announced his retirement Wednesday.

Obama names outspoken Rice as his security adviser

Wed, 05 Jun 2013 20:04:16 -0400

WASHINGTON - Defying Republican critics, President Barack Obama named outspoken diplomat Susan Rice as his national security adviser Wednesday, giving her a larger voice in U.S. foreign policy despite accusations that she misled the nation in the aftermath of the deadly attack on Americans in Benghazi, Libya.

Libya brought Rice success and disappointment

Wed, 05 Jun 2013 19:55:37 -0400

UNITED NATIONS - Libya brought Susan Rice her biggest success and, ultimately, caused her greatest professional disappointment.

UK, French claims put Obama in tough spot on Syria

Wed, 05 Jun 2013 18:54:04 -0400

WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama is facing a new quandary from a pair of assertive allies, France and Britain, that suggest his stated "red line" for more forceful U.S. action in the Syrian civil war has been crossed with solid evidence of chemical weapons use by the Assad regime.

Syria poses challenge for new US envoy at UN

Wed, 05 Jun 2013 17:01:57 -0400

WASHINGTON - Fiery human rights advocate Samantha Power has famously taken presidents to task for refusing to use military force to stop genocide. But as the U.S. ambassador to the U.N., Power may need to bite her tongue as the Obama administration resists being drawn into Syria.

AP source: Obama to name Samantha Power to UN post

Wed, 05 Jun 2013 08:02:07 -0400

WASHINGTON - A White House official says President Barack Obama will name former aide Samantha Power as the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations.

UN gets new info on alleged chemical use by Syria

Wed, 29 May 2013 23:28:32 -0400

UNITED NATIONS - Britain said it has sent a letter to Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon with new information on three further incidents of alleged chemical weapons use by the Syrian government.

US says Lord's Resistance Army can be stopped

Wed, 29 May 2013 15:20:59 -0400

UNITED NATIONS - The U.N. Security Council and the United States said Wednesday that the Lord's Resistance Army's decades-long reign of terror can be stopped if the international community helps the African Union capture fugitive warlord Joseph Kony and his henchmen.

Officials say Benghazi suspects under surveillance

Wed, 22 May 2013 03:20:28 -0400

WASHINGTON - Five men are under round-the-clock U.S. surveillance in Libya, wanted for questioning in the attack last year on the diplomatic mission in Benghazi, Libya. The White House believes there is enough proof for a military force to seize them as terrorist suspects, officials say, but prefers to wait until investigators have enough evidence to try them in a U.S. civilian courtroom.

Schram: White House press corps, go back to basics

Tue, 21 May 2013 18:22:03 -0400

By MARTIN SCHRAM - On days when the president is coming, the White House press room, the East Room and even occasionally the Rose Garden are ornamented with dozens of objects that perform the decorative and utilitarian purpose of potted plants.