Sen. Mary Landrieu (D-La.) has still not made a decision about whether to lift her hold on President Obama’s nominee to head the White House Office of Management and Budget, Jack Lew, her office told TWI today.
“There’s nothing new to report at this time,” Landrieu spokeswoman Ellie Atkins said More…
The Obama administration announced today it is lifting the moratorium on deepwater drilling in the Gulf of Mexico that was imposed in the aftermath of the BP oil spill. But Interior Secretary Ken Salazar gave few details about how soon drilling would resume in the Gulf.
Salazar said he believes More…
Sen. Mary Landrieu (D-La.) said today she stands by her hold on President Obama’s nominee for White House Office of Management and Budget director because the administration has yet to overturn its moratorium on deepwater drilling in the Gulf of Mexico.
Sen. Mary Landrieu (D-La.) just announced that she will block the nomination of Jack Lew to be the Obama Administration’s new Office of Management and Budget (OMB) director “until the moratorium on deepwater oil and gas drilling is lifted or significantly modified.” Her office points out that the Obama administration More…
Just as the U.S. government’s Iraq reconstruction watchdog formally unveils a proposal to revamp the integration of civilian and military activities in combat zones, opposition from the State Department and the Pentagon threatens to scotch the whole effort.
[Security1]When he testifies Monday before the congressionally created Commission on Wartime More…
Three days and four hearings on the ground views of Afghanistan-Pakistan strategy have just ended. And there are still a number of questions that have gone answered. Here are a few.
Rep. Keith Ellison (D-Minn.) asked about the progress of the civilian surge in Afghanistan, and Ambassador Eikenberry beamed as he answered the question. “We’ve made very significant progress over the last 12 months,” Eikenberry said. “By January of next year, during about a 7-week time frame … we will have More…
Sen. Bob Casey (D-Pa.) echoed Afghan human rights official Nader Nadery: What prevents the Community Defense Initiative, in which the U.S. backs local paramilitaries, from becoming new and entrenched militias or otherwise contributing to destabilization?
“It’s very important,” Gen. David Petraeus said, “making sure the warlords won’t come back.” More…
How to hold the Afghan government accountable for corruption, Sen. Ben Cardin (D-Md.) asked, particularly if the United States is really promising, a priori, a long-term partnership with Afghanstan?
“It’s going to be a long-term challenge to end corruption in Afghanistan,” Deputy Secretary Jack Lew said. “We have to see More…
Sen. Robert Menendez (D-N.J.) is no fan of the Afghanistan escalation. “Let me get this straight,” he said, the surge in Afghanistan is about U.S. security interests?
“Our overriding objective, of course, is ensuring al-Qaeda and other transnational extremists don’t reestablish a sanctuary in Afghanistan,” Gen. David Petraeus replied. “And More…
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