Topic: Barack Obama
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Congress on Thursday approved a defense bill requiring the military to handle suspected foreign militants allied with al Qaeda, sending it to President Barack Obama for his expected signature into law.Final action came when the Senate approved the bill ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Congress on Thursday approved a defense bill requiring the military to handle suspected militants allied with al Qaeda, sending it to President Barack Obama for his expected signature into law.Final action came when the Senate approved the bill 86-13, ...
The US House of Representatives passed legislation to freeze some Pakistan aid, slap harsh new sanctions on Iran, and endorse indefinite imprisonment of suspected terrorists.Acting shortly after the White House dropped a threat to veto the bill, the Republican-led chamber voted 283-136 ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday approved a defense bill requiring the military to handle suspected militants allied with al Qaeda, acting not long after President Barack Obama removed a veto threat from the controversial legislation.The bill was ...
With the icy riposte "ask Osama bin Laden," President Barack Obama on Thursday rebutted Republican claims he is blind to the threat from radical "thugs" and guilty of appeasing US enemies. Obama's use of lethal force as US commander-in-chief against Al-Qaeda and ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Senate voted on Thursday to broaden the armed forces' powers over suspected militants, requiring that foreigners allied with al Qaeda be held in military custody even if they are captured in the United States.The White House has threatened ...
The US Senate voted to tie strings to military aid to Pakistan and stem the spread of shoulder-fired anti-aircraft missiles from Libya as they advanced a massive annual defense spending bill.The White House has threatened to veto the $662 billion measure over ...
The polarized US Senate on Tuesday beat back an attempt to set aside proposed rules on detention of terrorism suspects, defying a White House veto threat and criticisms from the FBI and the Pentagon.By a 37-61 margin, senators defeated an attempt to ...
The polarized US Senate pressed ahead Monday towards a key mid-week vote on a sweeping military spending bill that has drawn a White House veto threat over new rules on detention of suspected terrorists.Democratic Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid set up a ...
GUANTANAMO BAY U.S. NAVAL BASE, Cuba (Reuters) - The beige-carpeted room where an al Qaeda chief appeared last week charged with blowing a hole in the side of an American warship looks like any modern U.S. court, with pop-up computer screens at ...
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