Chuck Hagel, a Nebraska Republican who served two terms in the Senate, is reportedly being considered as a potential successor to either Defense Secretary Leon Panetta or Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.
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According to a GovExec report, six Cabinet positions could see changes for President Barack Obama’s second term, continuing a historical trend of turnover for two-term presidents. Sophie Quinton writes that on average,
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Afghanistan is now a U.S. non-NATO ally, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton announced Saturday. According to the National Journal, Afghanistan joins an elite group of Asian and Middle Eastern allies that include
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President Obama nominated Dartmouth College President Jim Yong Kim as the next World Bank president, Obama announced Friday. Kim would succeed current World Bank president Robert Zoellick, who announced his departure in
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President Barack Obama issued an executive order Friday establishing a strategic counterterrorism strategy targeting the international audience. The Center for Strategic Counterterrorism Communications, under the direction of Secretary of State Hillary Clinton,
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Congress must look beyond cutting the Defense Department’s budget in trying to attain fiscal responsibility, Secretary Leon Panetta said Tuesday. Panetta and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton spoke with students at the
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The public unveiling of the administration’s international cybersecurity strategy yesterday brought out leading national security advisers, diplomats, and industry and academic representatives, all recognizing that in 2011 cybersecurity is a part of
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Secretary of State Hillary Clinton announced in a Washington speech on global Internet freedom Tuesday that former National Security Council Director Christopher Painter will head the department’s new cybersecurity post. Clinton’s announcement
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In today’s world — full of national security pitfalls and diplomatic snares — a contentious relationship between the head of the defense apparatus and the nation’s chief diplomat would be anathema. So,
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When Secretary of State Hillary Clinton announced the findings of a State Department review and laid out a new strategic vision for the agency, WikiLeaks, which published a trove of secret and,
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