General David Petraeus
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US Government Finds New Hillary Clinton Emails Did Not Hand Over
The U.S. Defense Department has found an email chain that Hillary Clinton did not give to the State Department, the State Department said on Friday, despite her saying she had provided all work emails from her time as secretary of state.
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US Vice President Joe Biden on surprise visit to Afghanistan
US Vice President Joe Biden made a surprise visit to Afghanistan on Monday to assess progress toward the key objective of handing over security from international forces to Afghans.The White House said Biden, who was last in Afghanistan in January 2009, was to meet with President Hamid Karzai as well as US troops.On his arrival the Vice President w...
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Expect spurt in Afghan violence: General Petraeus
Top American military commander General David Petraeus headed for Afghanistan warned of escalating violence there in the coming months on Tuesday. He said that he would not be surprised by links between Pakistan's spy agency Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) and the Taliban, who have established a safe haven in Pakistan's restive tribal region."Let...
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ISI links with Taliban would not be surprising: Petraeus
A top American military commander headed for Afghanistan on Tuesday said he would not be surprised by links between Pakistan's spy agency ISI and Islamist extremist organisations, who have established a safe haven in Pakistan's restive tribal region.
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Pakistan exploits US woes in Afghanistan
Pakistan is exploiting the troubled United States military effort in Afghanistan to drive home a political settlement with Afghanistan that would give Pakistan important influence there but is likely to undermine United States interests, Pakistani and American officials said.The dismissal of Gen. Stanley A. McChrystal will almost certainly embolden...
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Gen Petraeus taking control of a 'Tougher Fight'
In late 2008, shortly after he had helped pull Iraq back from the brink of catastrophe, Gen. David H. Petraeus prepared to turn to that other American war. "I've always said that Afghanistan would be the tougher fight," General Petraeus said at the time.Now the burden falls to him, at perhaps the decisive moment in President Obama's campaign to rev...
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Obama sacks General McChrystal, picks Petraeus to lead Afghan war
US President Barack Obama has accepted General Stanley McChrystal's resignation as the top US Commander in Afghanistan and is replacing him with General David Petraeus, head of US Central Command.
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US Government Finds New Hillary Clinton Emails Did Not Hand Over
The U.S. Defense Department has found an email chain that Hillary Clinton did not give to the State Department, the State Department said on Friday, despite her saying she had provided all work emails from her time as secretary of state.
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US Vice President Joe Biden on surprise visit to Afghanistan
US Vice President Joe Biden made a surprise visit to Afghanistan on Monday to assess progress toward the key objective of handing over security from international forces to Afghans.The White House said Biden, who was last in Afghanistan in January 2009, was to meet with President Hamid Karzai as well as US troops.On his arrival the Vice President w...
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Expect spurt in Afghan violence: General Petraeus
Top American military commander General David Petraeus headed for Afghanistan warned of escalating violence there in the coming months on Tuesday. He said that he would not be surprised by links between Pakistan's spy agency Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) and the Taliban, who have established a safe haven in Pakistan's restive tribal region."Let...
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ISI links with Taliban would not be surprising: Petraeus
A top American military commander headed for Afghanistan on Tuesday said he would not be surprised by links between Pakistan's spy agency ISI and Islamist extremist organisations, who have established a safe haven in Pakistan's restive tribal region.
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Pakistan exploits US woes in Afghanistan
Pakistan is exploiting the troubled United States military effort in Afghanistan to drive home a political settlement with Afghanistan that would give Pakistan important influence there but is likely to undermine United States interests, Pakistani and American officials said.The dismissal of Gen. Stanley A. McChrystal will almost certainly embolden...
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Gen Petraeus taking control of a 'Tougher Fight'
In late 2008, shortly after he had helped pull Iraq back from the brink of catastrophe, Gen. David H. Petraeus prepared to turn to that other American war. "I've always said that Afghanistan would be the tougher fight," General Petraeus said at the time.Now the burden falls to him, at perhaps the decisive moment in President Obama's campaign to rev...
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Obama sacks General McChrystal, picks Petraeus to lead Afghan war
US President Barack Obama has accepted General Stanley McChrystal's resignation as the top US Commander in Afghanistan and is replacing him with General David Petraeus, head of US Central Command.
