John Allen

Saturday's TV Highlights and Weekend Talk Shows

2013-05-24 13:47:00

Customized TV Listings are available here: www.latimes.com/tvtimes Click here to download TV listings for the week of May 26 - June 1, 2013 in PDF format This week's TV Movies � -------------------- SERIES Trisha's Southern Kitchen In the season...

Gen. John Allen turns down NATO post, set to retire

2013-02-19 12:27:00

WASHINGTON — Gen. John Allen, who was top commander in Afghanistan until Feb. 10, announced Tuesday that he is retiring from the Marine Corps due to his wife’s chronic illness, turning down a White House offer to nominate him to be the supreme...

10 Afghan civilians reported killed in NATO airstrike

2013-02-13 09:10:00

KABUL, Afghanistan -- A NATO airstrike apparently targeting Taliban commanders in an Afghan village near the border with Pakistan killed 10 civilians, including women and children, officials said Wednesday. The attack Tuesday night in the village of...

Marine takes over as U.S. commander in Afghanistan

2013-02-10 08:43:00

KABUL, Afghanistan – Gen. Joseph F. Dunford Jr. took over Sunday as the newest and probably last U.S. commander in Afghanistan, tasked with ending America’s longest war even as insurgents continue to challenge the U.S.-backed Afghan...

McManus: What's the Afghanistan mission?

2013-02-03 00:00:00

Amid partisan questioning from both sides in former Sen. Chuck Hagel's confirmation hearing last week, a major opportunity was lost. Hagel's fellow Republicans grilled the Defense secretary nominee on past statements about Israel and his opposition to...

Newly cleared, Gen. Allen to command NATO

2013-01-23 13:35:00

WASHINGTON — The White House will go ahead with nominating Marine Gen. John Allen to be top U.S. commander in Europe, following an investigation by the Pentagon inspector general that found his emails with a Florida woman were not improper....

The Times' 2012 list of the naughty and the nice

2012-12-25 00:00:00

Santa's not the only one who makes lists. As we reflect on 2012, we too have thoughts about who should look forward to a cheerful holiday morning and who deserves a lump of coal. Below, The Times' reflections on who's been naughty and who's been nice....

McManus: Petraeus, the comeback general

2012-11-25 00:00:00

Gen. David H. Petraeus, long the most famous overachiever in the U.S. Army, is already on his way to a new career distinction: breaking the land speed record for rehabilitation from a scandal. It was only two weeks ago that Petraeus resigned from his...

Titillation of Petraeus affair comes at a high cost for America

2012-11-16 05:02:00

Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower was lucky there was no such thing as email during the Second World War. His romantic relationship with his lovely Irish driver, Kay Summersby, did not come to light for decades and did not keep him from leading the D-Day...

In Syria, what could go wrong?

2013-05-30 00:00:00

Aversion therapy is a process used to deter people from engaging in self-destructive habits by subjecting them to painful sensations whenever they do — say, giving them an electric shock when they light a cigarette or take a drink. The idea is...

'Homeland' producers, Rand Paul on ABC's 'This Week'

2013-05-25 07:26:00

UPDATED: This weekend on the Sunday morning talk circuit: Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin will be a guest on CBS'"Face the Nation" at 10:30 a.m. on WKMG-Channel 6. Discussing the national government's response to disasters will be Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Okla.,...

Postmodern prudes

2013-04-18 02:30:05

More than 500 people were murdered in Chicago last year. Yet Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel still found time to berate the fast food franchise Chick-fil-A for not sharing "Chicago values" -- apparently because its founder does not approve of gay marriage....

Gen. John Allen has announced his retirement, citing health issues in his family.

2013-02-19 11:16:00

The new U.S. and NATO-led International Security Assistance Force commander in Afghanistan, U.S. Gen. Joseph Dunford, right, hugs the outgoing ISAF commander, U.S. Gen. John Allen, during a change of command ceremony in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Sunday.

2013-02-10 08:43:00

Gen. John Allen, nominated to be supreme allied commander in Europe.

2013-01-23 13:34:58