The State Deparment is working with the Syrian Opposition Coalition and the Syrian Military Coalition on the aid but that there isn’t any specific timeline, a spokesman for State told FP. “The process can take from several weeks to several months,” he said…..
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America to Syria’s ‘Non-Lethal’ Aid Is Stuck on U.S. Shelves
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The Military will move to open top combat slots to women….
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on June 18, 2013
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Under the schedules military leaders delivered to Hagel, the Army will develop standards by July 2015 to allow women to train and potentially serve as Rangers, and qualified women could begin training as Navy SEALs by March 2016 if senior leaders agree.
Share on FacebookKarzai announces HIS troops are now in charge in Afghanistan….
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“This is a historic moment for our country and from tomorrow all of the security operations will be in the hands of the Afghan security forces,” Karzai said according to the Associated Press.
The U.S. had been leading security operations in the country since ousting the Taliban in a war that began in 2001.
Share on FacebookThe US is leaving F-16′s in Jordan for possible Syrian duty
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American officials said Patriot missiles and F-16s would be kept in Jordan to reassure an important ally that has aligned itself with the United States in the political and military campaign against the Assad government.
The Central Intelligence Agency has been training rebels in Jordan under a covert program, and weapons that are to be sent to the opposition by the United States are expected to be funneled through Jordan, both of which might heighten the risk of Syrian retaliation, including against possible training areas……
Share on FacebookMost Senator’s Do NOT really care about Intel Briefing’s…..
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Only 47 of 100 senators attended the 2:30 briefing, leaving dozens of chairs in the secure meeting room empty as Clapper, Alexander and other senior officials told lawmakers about classified programs to monitor millions of telephone calls and broad swaths of Internet activity.
Share on FacebookPresident Obama decided to arm rebel’s weeks ago?
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on June 15, 2013
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The Washington Post is out with a face-saving post for the President it appears this morning….
Share on FacebookWhen President’s Travel…An Africa Trip that could cost more than $60 Mil…..
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“This is what you need to support the American presidency,” Atkiss said of the requirements, “regardless of who the president is.”…..
Share on FacebookBreaking….The US WILL supply ‘Military Support’ to Syrian Rebels….
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The US admits Syria Has used chemical weapons…..
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President Obama said in April that the United States had physiological evidence that the nerve gas sarin had been used in Syria, but lacked proof of who used it and under what circumstances. He now believes that the proof is definitive, according to American officials……
Share on FacebookSen Gillibrand learns what happens when challange the military in public…..
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……even some of the most outspoken critics of sexual assault in the military said they could not vote for Gillibrand’s legislation.
Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Mo., a former prosecutor, said she respected Gililbrand “with all of my heart” and wanted to do away with sexual assault in the military but she said she couldn’t vote for Gillibrand’s bill.
Share on FacebookNSA Head tells Congress their programs gets results……
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“We aren’t trying to hide it,” he said. “We’re trying to protect America. So we need your help in doing that. This isn’t something that’s just N.S.A. or the administration doing it on its own. This is what our nation expects our government to do for us.”
Share on FacebookThe President is coming under More Pressure to send Heavy Arms to Syrian Rebels….
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Bill Clinton told Sen. John McCain he agrees that President Barack Obama should act more forcefully to support anti-Assad rebels in Syria, saying the American public elects presidents and members of Congress “to see down the road” and “to win.”
Share on FacebookSen Gillibrand Amendment to take sexual assault out of Military Chain of Command is dropped…Update…House does the same
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Mr. Levin’s decision to support military brass in their resistance to Ms. Gillibrand’s proposal sets up a confrontation between a long-serving chairman of the committee with strong ties to the armed forces and a relatively new female member — one of a record seven women serving on the committee — who has made sexual assault in the military a signature issue.
Share on FacebookThey ARE gonna go after the NSA Data Mining story leaker…..
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The leaders of the House and Senate Intelligence Committees on Sunday said that the leaker who disclosed the National Security Agency’s phone and internet surveillance programs should be prosecuted.
Share on FacebookTrina McDonald of MoveOn about her Trip to Wash DC to support removing sexual assault from the Military’s Chain of Command…
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I traveled to Washington, D.C., for the first time in my life to carry my message of removing prosecutions of military sexual assaults from the military chain of command, with the support of more than 215,000 MoveOn members and supporters from the Courage Campaign.
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Open Thread for June 14, 2013…Syria…..
How much aid for the Syrian Rebels?
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