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THE RESET: Panetta presses attack on Pentagon cuts

02/07/2013 10:31am
The Senate's delay on Chuck Hagel's nomination to be defense secretary is giving outgoing Pentagon chief Leon Panetta a bigger megaphone and more time to wage his outspoken campaign against automatic spending cuts he warns would "hollow out" the military.

Protesters interrupt CIA nominee Brennan hearing

02/07/2013 1:02pm
The chairman of a Senate committee recessed John Brennan's CIA confirmation hearing and cleared the room after protesters persistently interrupted the proceedings.

CIA Nominee Brennan pledges transparency in post

02/07/2013 1:28pm
CIA nominee John Brennan is pledging to bring openness to the CIA and repair a "trust deficit" with lawmakers on Capitol Hill.

Panetta: DOD backed arming Syrian opposition

02/07/2013 1:39pm
Top Pentagon leaders said for the first time Thursday that the Defense Department backed the idea of providing arms to opposition groups in Syria.

CIA nominee urged against bin Laden attack in 1998

02/07/2013 1:45pm
The White House's nominee for CIA chief says he does not regret advising against a 1998 strike targeting Osama bin Laden a few months before the 1998 bombings of two U.S. embassies in Africa.

Brennan doesn't know if waterboarding got results

02/07/2013 1:54pm
CIA nominee John Brennan says he doesn't know whether harsh interrogation methods have produced valuable information _ because of what he's read in a still-classified report on the issue.

Bishops press for broader birth control exemption

02/07/2013 2:34pm
American bishops said Thursday the Obama administration's latest compromise on birth control coverage and religious employers doesn't go far enough to answer church concerns.

CIA pick avoids calling waterboarding torture

02/07/2013 2:38pm
The White House's pick for CIA chief says the harsh interrogation technique known as waterboarding is reprehensible and should not be used on terror suspects _ but he is refusing to call it a form of torture.

CIA pick: Terrorists killed only when not captured

02/07/2013 4:29pm
The man who is seeking to run the CIA says the Obama administration has never killed terror suspects when officials had the opportunity to capture them instead.

NTSB: 787 battery approval should be reconsidered

02/07/2013 5:42pm
The government should reassess its safety approval of the Boeing 787's lithium ion batteries, the nation's top accident investigator said Thursday, casting doubt on whether the airliner's troubles can be remedied quickly.
 
   
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