Panetta Defends Administration on Iraq ‘Pullout’

Defense Secretary Leon Panetta faced criticism during testimony in front of the Senate Armed Services Committee over the failure to get Iraqis to agree to an extended U.S. military presence in the country. U.S. pressure to have Iraq allow an extension of U.S. troop...

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Bahrain Says Iran-Backed Terror Attack Foiled

Authorities in Bahrain claim they have arrested an Iran-backed terror cell that was planning to attack Bahraini and Saudi government targets and a bridge that connects both countries. Bahraini leaders have long sought to characterize the pro-democracy uprising as an...

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Clinton Demands Iranian Response on IAEA

Iran must respond to the U.N. report suggesting it may have a clandestine nuclear weapons program, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said at a Pacific Rim summit in Hawaii. The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) released a report this week cobbling together...

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