James L. Jones

Journalist Michael Hastings dies; autopsy results will take weeks

2013-06-19 09:08:00

Los Angeles County coroner's officials said Wednesday the body recovered from a fiery, single-car crash in Hollywood that apparently killed journalist Michael Hastings will likely undergo an autopsy Thursday. But an official cause of death and closure...

Michael Hastings' death remains under investigation

2013-06-19 03:05:00

Authorities are continuing to sort out the details of an auto accident that apparently claimed the life of award-winning journalist Michael Hastings. The death of the 33-year-old Hastings was announced by his employer, BuzzFeed, which said he died in...

Michael Hastings death: Coroner still hasn't ID'd badly burned victim

2013-06-19 06:56:00

Los Angeles police said they have yet to determine the cause of a fiery solo-car crash in Hollywood that apparently killed award-winning journalist Michael Hastings. The death of the 33-year-old Hastings was announced by his employer, BuzzFeed, which...

Michael Hastings dies at 33; his article led general to resign

2013-06-18 21:01:00

Michael Hastings, an aggressive and iconoclastic journalist whose reporting exposed the vagaries of the war in Iraq and helped bring down the top U.S. general in Afghanistan, died early Tuesday in a car crash in Los Angeles, according to two of his...

U.S. to remove Iranian group Mujahedin Khalq from terrorist list

2012-09-21 15:13:52

Was WikiLeaks' release of Afghan war documents done in poor judgment?

2010-07-26 16:33:04

Book review: 'Obama's Wars'

2010-09-27 00:00:00

The essential outline of the story journalist and political historian Bob Woodward sets out to tell in " Obama's Wars" actually is fairly well known. President Obama's agonized march to a decision on how to move forward in what he has called "a war of...

Has U.S. intelligence lost track of Osama bin Laden?

2009-12-07 16:34:30

White House: Public to feel 'a certain shock' over missed red flags in Christmas Day airline bomb plot

2010-01-07 16:34:42

For the U.N., a clean break

2008-12-02 00:00:00

If former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations John R. Bolton went to Bizarro World, his counterpart there would be Susan Rice. Inhabitants of DC Comics' fictional planet are the polar opposites of their earthly doubles, and it's hard to imagine anyone...

Cross-examine Petraeus

2007-09-08 00:00:00

It is an anxious and impatient nation that waits for Monday's testimony from the top U.S. officials in Iraq, Gen. David H. Petraeus and Ambassador Ryan Crocker. They are brilliant and dedicated men who have accepted unenviable jobs, and their views...

Iraq Report File

2007-09-16 19:50:35

Recent U.S. reports on Iraq Friday's White House report on progress in Iraq capped two months of major government assessments. Here is a summary of the major documents as well as earlier government reports, not including military or congressional...

On June 23, Gen. Stanley McChrystal, who headed up the war in Afghanistan, was removed from his position after a 'Rolling Stone' article in which McChrystal was quoted making unflattering comments about several government officials including National Security Advisor James L. Jones, and Vice

2010-11-04 08:09:37

Position: National Security Adviser Height: 6 foot 5 Hoops career: Jones played forward for Georgetown Hoyas.

2008-12-17 11:46:34