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As Afghan trip goes badly off script, cautious Hagel focuses on U.S. troops

Chuck Hagel - Reuters

It was a harrowing international debut for Chuck Hagel, whose first trip to Afghanistan as U.S. defense secretary went dramatically off-script and challenged the American narrative about the 11-year-old war.

 

Differences on foreign threats emerge in GOP debate

Differences on foreign threats emerge in GOP debate

Republican presidential contenders jousted over Pakistan, Afghanistan and the Middle East on Tuesday night in a tense national security debate that laid out sharply contrasting views on how to keep America safe from attack.

 

Clinton Picks Holbrooke Replacement

Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton chose Marc Grossman, a retired senior diplomat and former ambassador to Turkey, as the Obama administration’s new special representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan.

 

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