Eric Schmitt
Monday, October 21, 2013 - 08:25
Here on the Kansas plains, thousands of soldiers once bound for Iraq or Afghanistan are now gearing up for missions in Africa as part of a new Pentagon strategy to train and advise indigenous forces to tackle emerging terrorist threats and other security risks so that American forces do not have to.
Wednesday, October 9, 2013 - 08:16
The Libyans’ tacit approval is far more limited than the secret agreements the United States has had in recent years with the governments in Pakistan and Yemen.
Monday, October 7, 2013 - 08:48
The decision to hold Abu Anas and question him for intelligence purposes without a lawyer present follows a pattern used successfully by the Obama administration with other terrorist suspects.
Friday, September 6, 2013 - 07:49
Mr. Obama, officials said, is now determined to put more emphasis on the “degrade” part of what the administration has said is the goal of a military strike against Syria.
Tuesday, September 3, 2013 - 07:03
In an hourlong meeting at the White House, said Mr. McCain, Republican of Arizona, Mr. Obama gave general support to doing more for the Syrian rebels, although no specifics were agreed upon.
Friday, August 23, 2013 - 14:01
The $1.3 billion seems like a pittance for Egypt, which has a $256 billion economy. But the military aid that the United States gives is its main access to the kind of big-ticket, sophisticated weaponry that the Egyptian military loves.
Wednesday, August 14, 2013 - 16:07
Syrian rebels, frustrated by the West’s reluctance to provide arms, have found a supplier in an unlikely source: Sudan, a country that has been under international arms embargoes and maintains close ties with Iran.
Wednesday, August 14, 2013 - 15:12
American diplomatic outposts reopened throughout the Middle East on Sunday, easing the sense of imminent danger that has preoccupied the Obama administration since it learned of a possible terrorist attack.
Wednesday, August 7, 2013 - 07:45
American officials said that Mr. Zawahri used the communication to urge the Yemeni leader, Nasir ul-Wuhayshi, to carry out a large terrorist attack, and that separately he had elevated Mr. Wuhayshi to a more important role inside Al Qaeda.
Thursday, July 25, 2013 - 13:13
A month ago Obama administration officials promised to deliver arms and ammunition to the Syrian rebels in the hope of reversing the tide of a war that had turned against an embattled opposition.