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CIA Chief: Al-Qaida 'Scrambling'

(March 17) -- CIA Director Leon Panetta believes the current U.S. strategy against the al-Qaida terrorist network is showing major signs of success. In an interview with The Washington Post, Panetta characterized his department's efforts in Afghanistan and Pakistan as "the most aggressive operation that the CIA has been...

Obama: 'Other Red Flags' in Christmas Plot

WASHINGTON (Jan. 5) – Intelligence agencies knew of "other red flags" and had "sufficient information" to disrupt the Christmas Day bomb plot but "failed to connect the dots," President Barack Obama said today after meeting with his national security team at the White House. Despite expectations that Obama would...

CIA Base Chief Killed in Afghanistan Blast

WASHINGTON (Dec. 31) - The CIA said Thursday that seven of its employees were killed and six others wounded in a suicide bombing at a base in Afghanistan. The Associated Press has learned that one of them was the chief of the CIA's post in Afghanistan's southeastern Khost Province. CIA Director Leon Panetta said in a...

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06/01/12 UN Rights Council To Meet On Syria Source: RFE/RFL Newsline Russia The United Nations Human Rights Council is meeting in Geneva to discuss the deteriorating situation in Syria -- including the massacre of 108 civilians in the village of Houla.
06/01/12 US to expand military presence in Asia-Pacific: Leon... Source: The Economic Times - India The United States plans to bolster its military presence in the Asia-Pacific region through alliances instead of new permanent bases, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said.
06/01/12 US defense secretary urges aggressive international... Source: Stabroek News - Guyana The U.S. military is prepared for any action against Syria that may be necessary, but officials are still focused on more aggressive international pressure to bring about the ouster of President Bashar al-Assad, U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said yesterday.
06/01/12 Panetta: US strategy aims to build peace, stability in... Source: Stars and Stripes - Washington DC The United States will continue to build its military presence in the Pacific over the next five to 10 years, putting a larger percentage of troops in the region and developing more "innovative rotational exchanges and deployments" like those begun recently in Australia, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said Thursday.
05/31/12 Beijing defends interests in Asia-Pacific Source: Asia One Beijing on Thursday urged Washington to respect China's interests in the Asia-Pacific region as US Defence Secretary Leon Panetta vowed, on the eve of his Asia trip, that the US will increase its military presence.