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WASHINGTON (AP) - President Bush's top diplomatic and military managers have a tough assignment in the Middle East in the week ahead: convince skeptical Arab nations they have more to lose if Iraq fails than they stand to gain by waiting until the U.S. leaves or Bush's term ends. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Defense Secretary Robert Gates will visit Egypt and Saudi Arabia for a rare joint lobbying effort to prod Iraq's mostly rich, Sunni-led Mideast neighbors to help stabilize the chaotic country and support its weak Shiite- headed government.
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BLUFFTON, S.C. (AP) -- Republican presidential candidate John McCain said Monday the war in Iraq has been mismanaged for years and former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld will be remembered as one of the worst in history. We are paying a very heavy price for the mismanagement -- that's the kindest word I can give you -- of Donald Rumsfeld, of this war," the Arizona senator told an overflow crowd of more than 800 at a retirement community near Hilton Head Island, S.C. "The price is very, very heavy and I regret it enormously.
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Under the provisions of the Federal Advisory Committee Act of 1972 (5 U.S.C. Appendix), the Government in the Sunshine Act of 1976 (5 U.S.C. 552b), and 41 CFR 102-3.50(d), the Department of Defense gives notice that it is re-establishing the charter for the Department of Defense Historical Advisory Committee (hereafter referred to as ``the Committee''). The Department of Defense Historical Advisory Committee is a discretionary Federal advisory committee, established to provide the Secretary of Defense and the Secretaries of the Military Departments, independent advice and recommendations on matters regarding the professional standards, historical methodology, program priorities, liaison with professional groups and institutions, and adequacy of resources of the various historical progra...
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WASHINGTON, May 12 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Following is a transcript of : The Roosevelt Room
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ROBERT Gates departs the Pentagon this week after 4-1/2 years under two presidents as one of the nation's most respected defense secretaries. He will be a tough leader to replace, but the Senate showed great confidence that President Barack Obama's choice as successor, outgoing CIA Director Leon Panetta, is up to the job. The vote to confirm him was 100-0. That may be the last time Panetta, 72, experiences unanimity.
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TURNER: And there's the pifiab (ph) and the whole bureaucratic structure, I mean. Is the secretary of state asking these questions? Are the secretaries of defense asking these questions? We've just got to encourage a much more inquiring approach to intelligence. WEBSTER: Are we ready? I think we're always ready if a good reason is presented and a good objective is understood. And then people will go to work and find it. That's true in the FBI. It's true in the CIA.
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In the midst of victory against many of Al-Qaida's top operatives, Congress is considering further cuts to the defense budget that would have devastating consequences for ability to keep terrorists on the run and protect our troops, according to nearly every expert and both of President Obama's defense secretaries. That means deep cuts to air power like the advanced fighters that dominate the airspace above our soldiers and sailors around the world, the stealth aircraft and radar jammers that allowed Seal Team Six to reach Bin Laden's hideout undetected, and the drones fighting terrorist cells from Pakistan to the Horn of Africa.
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In the midst of victory against many of Al-Qaida's top operatives, Congress is considering further cuts to the defense budget that would have devastating consequences for ability to keep terrorists on the run and protect our troops, according to nearly every expert and both of President Obama's defense secretaries. That means deep cuts to air power like the advanced fighters that dominate the airspace above our soldiers and sailors around the world, the stealth aircraft and radar jammers that allowed Seal Team Six to reach Bin Laden's hideout undetected, and the drones fighting terrorist cells from Pakistan to the Horn of Africa.
