We found 519 results for “Counterterrorism”.
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Senators Urge the Pentagon to Cancel U.S. Contract with Syria’s Arms Supplier
July 11, 2013
News broke recently that the Pentagon is buying $553 million worth of Mi-17 helicopters from the Russian state arms dealer Rosoboronexport. Rosoboronrexport happens to be Syria’s top…
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Egyptian Protests Should Shake U.S. out of Dangerous Complacency
July 2, 2013
This is a cross post from The Huffington Post. Startling events unfolded this week in Egypt. First, millions of protesters took to the streets to…
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Who Is the U.S. at War With? Obama’s Not Telling
June 11, 2013
Lost in the weekend’s flood of NSA whistleblower news was an important piece by Doyle McManus in the Los Angeles Times titled “Why won’t the Pentagon tell us…
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Rice, Power Announcements Welcomed
June 5, 2013
Washington, D.C. – Today, following President Obama’s announcement that Ambassador Susan Rice will replace Tom Donilon as the administration’s National Security Advisor and Samantha Power is…
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The President’s Counterterrorism Speech: What’s Next?
June 4, 2013
President Obama recently delivered a major counterterrorism speech at the National Defense University in which he pledged to renew efforts to close Guantanamo, increase oversight…
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Military Commission Trial in United States Would Continue Failed System
May 31, 2013
Washington, D.C. – In response to today’s report in Fox News that the Obama Administration is exploring transferring a detainee to the United States for trial…
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The President’s Counterterrorism Speech: What’s Next?
May 30, 2013
The President’s Counterterrorism Speech: What’s Next? A Discussion with Leading National Security Experts The Navy Memorial Museum 701 Pennsylvania Ave. NW (Archives Metro Station) Click here…
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Today’s National Security Address a Step toward Transparency, Signals New Approach to Fighting Terror
May 23, 2013
Washington, D.C. – Human Rights First today welcomed President Obama’s pledge to pursue an exit strategy from the current armed conflict, to take concrete steps…
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Human Rights First: Make the Targeted Killing Policy Public
May 22, 2013
Washington, D.C. — In response to Attorney General Eric Holder’s release of a letter to Senator Patrick Leahy (D-VT) concerning lethal targeting of four American…
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A New Debate over a New Open-Ended War
May 14, 2013
When talking about the future of counterterrorism and war, four letters seem to be on everyone’s lips in Washington these days: AUMF. Last week, Politico reported that…
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Asylum and the Bipartisan Senate Immigration Bill
May 14, 2013
By Eleanor Acer Last week members of the Senate Judiciary Committee filed potential amendments to the bipartisan immigration bill (S. 744) negotiated by the “Gang of…
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Indonesian Security Forces Continue to Struggle for Power
May 10, 2013
In 1998, Indonesia’s President Suharto fell from power, ushering in an unprecedented period of reformasi, or political reform. But progress in democratization has been met with…