Afghan Tribal Elders to Decide on US Troop Immunity

Afghan President Hamid Karzai said on Monday that an assembly of tribal elders would make the final decision on whether to grant US troops legal immunity post-2014. The Obama administration has insisted on legal immunity for the residual US troops in Afghanistan...

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Pentagon Prepares for Sequestration Cuts

The Pentagon reportedly made preparations for mandatory budget cuts in just over six weeks, including imposing a hiring freeze and delaying some defense contracts. As part of Congress's sequestration deal, the set of budget laws last year that imposed large, automatic...

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