Joint Chiefs of Staff

U.S. decries Russia weapons sale to Syria

2013-05-17 17:21:00

WASHINGTON — The Obama administration on Friday condemned Russia's delivery of advanced antiship missiles to Syria and its buildup of warships in the eastern Mediterranean, arguing that the Kremlin's escalating support for its longtime ally in...

Obama responds to criticism with 'fix it' strategy

2013-05-16 19:07:00

WASHINGTON — At a news conference in a rainy Rose Garden on Thursday, President Obama and the Turkish prime minister had weighty matters to discuss — the bloody civil war in Syria, a disastrous Syrian refugee crisis and Turkey's strained...

Obama dismisses Benghazi criticism as 'sideshow'

2013-05-13 19:20:00

WASHINGTON — A defiant President Obama dismissed as a "sideshow" the controversy over his administration's handling of last year's armed assault in Benghazi, Libya, accusing critics of trying to make political hay from the deaths of four Americans....

Envoy describes night of Benghazi attack

2013-05-08 16:27:00

WASHINGTON — Minutes after Greg Hicks learned that the perimeter of the U.S. mission in Benghazi had been breached by men with guns, he punched a cellphone number to reach Ambassador J. Christopher Stevens, his immediate boss, who was at the scene....

House committee hearing on Benghazi attack opens on partisan note

2013-05-08 10:10:00

WASHINGTON -- A hearing on the deadly September 2012 attack on U.S. diplomats in Benghazi, Libya, began with sharp exchanges Wednesday morning when the ranking Democrat on the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform accused the Republican...

Partisan politics, little new information at House Benghazi hearing

2013-05-08 12:38:00

WASHINGTON — Partisan politics loomed over a House hearing Wednesday� on the deadly September 2012 attack on a U.S. diplomatic compound� in Benghazi, Libya, as Republicans and Democrats clashed over the meaning of testimony from three witnesses...

Republicans say military could have done more in Benghazi

2013-05-07 20:45:00

WASHINGTON — The latest chapter in the political battle over the killing of four Americans in Libya is unfolding this week, with Republicans pointing to the testimony of a State Department official as evidence that the U.S. military could have...

CIA buys trouble in Afghanistan

2013-05-02 00:00:00

In a time when the whetted and arbitrary deficit-reduction knife is cutting bone out of critical U.S. government programs, the image of shopping bags stuffed with CIA cash handed off on a monthly basis to Afghan President Hamid Karzai — who reigns...

When North Korea roars, South Korea yawns

2013-04-05 18:37:00

SEOUL — When North Korea last weekend declared it was in a state of war, threatening to use nuclear weapons against South Korea, reduce its presidential palace to ashes and mercilessly sweep away the warmongers, residents of Seoul reacted much as...

Afghanistan gets visit by U.S. Joint Chiefs chairman

2013-04-06 09:00:00

KABUL, Afghanistan –Joint Chiefs of Staff chairman Gen. Martin Dempsey arrived in Afghanistan on Saturday for a weekend visit aimed at assessing the amount and type of training that American troops will continue to provide Afghan defense forces...

White House suspects Syria used chemical weapons, seeks inquiry

2013-04-25 18:14:00

WASHINGTON — The White House said for the first time that there was evidence Syria had used chemical weapons in its civil war, but administration officials called for a broader United Nations investigation and edged away from declaring Damascus...

Report on Syria's chemical weapons could put fresh pressure on U.S.

2013-04-25 11:17:00

ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates -- U.S. intelligence has determined that embattled Syrian President Bashar Assad deployed chemical weapons to subdue the rebellion in his country, Obama administration officials said Thursday, a disclosure that could move...

The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff recommended that women be allowed to serve in combat roles. Above, Marines in Afghanistan in 2010.

2013-01-28 00:00:00

Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Martin E. Dempsey (R) announce lifting the ban on women serving in front line combat roles during a media briefing at the Pentagon in Washington, D.C.

2013-01-24 00:00:00

Gen. Colin Powell, left, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and Defense Secretary Dick Cheney, center, confer with Gen. Norman Schwarzkopf in the war room on Feb. 9, 1991.

2012-12-27 17:34:36