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Obama: McCain wrong on tanker

Sen. Barack Obama commended the Pentagon for postponing the controversial competition to overhaul the Air Force's aging tanker fleet, but he took aim today at the McCain campaign for its connections to the European aerospace manufacturer battling ...

From AAMER MADHANI, The Swamp,  12 Sep 2008
Related Topics: Barack Obama,  John McCain,  Boeing,  The Pentagon,  Robert Gates

Pentagon cancels tanker competition

The Pentagon announced today that it has canceled the controversial competition to replace the Air Force's Eisenhower-era fleet of aerial refueling tankers after defense officials concluded they can't pick a winner before the conclusion of the Bush ...

From AAMER MADHANI, The Swamp,  10 Sep 2008
Related Topics: Boeing,  US Department of Defense,  The Pentagon,  Robert Gates,  U.S. Congress

Would mini-surge work in Afghanistan?

KABUL, Afghanistan -- Abdullah Masjidi cannot go home anymore, though his village is only 30 miles from the capital. When he tried to drive there this summer, he was stopped by friendly villagers warning that he looked too Western. "You don't have a ...

From AAMER MADHANI, Baltimore Sun Blogs,  3 Sep 2008
Related Topics: Al-Qaeda,  Barack Obama,  John McCain,  NATO,  U.S. Republican Party

Who is for Barney Smith or Smith Barney?

In the leadup to Sen. Barack Obama's acceptance speech last night, a series of plain-spoken Americans testified about their support of the Democratic nominee. It was a nice show of average Americans explaining their passion for the campaign. Without a ...

From AAMER MADHANI, Baltimore Sun Blogs,  29 Aug 2008
Related Topics: Barack Obama,  John McCain,  Citigroup

U.S. to transfer military control of Anbar

For much of the first five years of the Iraq War, the U.S. struggle to pacify Anbar province seemed like a quixotic effort. The western province was where U.S. forces saw some of the fiercest fighting since Vietnam, a place where more than 1,100 U.S. ...

From AAMER MADHANI, The Swamp,  28 Aug 2008
Related Topics: Al-Qaeda,  Robert Gates,  David Petraeus,  George W. Bush,  The Pentagon

DC landmark celebrates 50th anniversary

Back in 1968 in the aftermath of the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., the strip along U Street--what was once known as the "Black Broadway" of Washington, D.C.-- was devastated by the riots that ravaged the nation's Capitol and black ...

From AAMER MADHANI, Baltimore Sun Blogs,  22 Aug 2008
Related Topics: Martin Luther King, Jr.,  Stokely Carmichael,  Adrian M Fenty,  Duke Ellington,  Miles Davis

U.S., Russia tussle on missile shield

The ongoing and increasingly sharp rhetorical exchange between Washington and Moscow escalated on Wednesday as the Bush administration moved one step closer to completing a deal to build an American missile shield in Poland, paving the way for the U.S. ...

From AAMER MADHANI, Baltimore Sun Blogs,  20 Aug 2008
Related Topics: NATO,  Condoleezza Rice,  George W. Bush,  Radek Sikorski,  Jaap de Hoop Scheffer

For one Baghdad man, love is a battlefield

BAGHDAD -- Having two wives at the same time makes life complicated, as many a polygamist can attest. But having two wives in a war zone can be particularly problematic, as Walid Karim has found out to his peril. Islamic and Iraqi law permit a man to ...

From AAMER MADHANI, The Swamp,  19 Aug 2008

Gates raps Russia for "empty rhetoric"

In the wake of Russian threats against Poland for agreeing to host part of a proposed U.S. missile shield, Defense Secretary Robert Gates today said the Russians are singing "an old song" in their attempts to intimidate the Polish government. After the ...

From AAMER MADHANI, The Swamp,  17 Aug 2008
Related Topics: Robert Gates,  George W. Bush,  Vladimir Putin

Gates: U.S.-Russia relations could suffer

It didn't seem that long ago that President Bush told the world about looking Vladimir Putin in the eye and "getting a sense of his soul." Today, Bush's defense secretary, Robert Gates, brushed aside the question of whether Putin could be trusted, but ...

From AAMER MADHANI, The Swamp,  14 Aug 2008
Related Topics: George W. Bush,  Robert Gates,  Vladimir Putin,  The Pentagon,  Central Intelligence Agency

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