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Obama calls North Korea nuclear test “provocative act”

August 23, 2021 at 11:10 p.m.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama called a nuclear test on Tuesday by North Korea a "highly provocative act" and said Pyongyang's "threatening activities" warranted action by the international community....

U.S. withdrawing 34,000 troops from Afghanistan within a year

August 23, 2021 at 11:12 p.m.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama announced on Tuesday that 34,000 troops - about half the U.S. force in Afghanistan - will withdraw by early 2014, bringing the United States...

Obama calls North Korea nuclear test “provocative act”

August 22, 2019 at 8:48 a.m.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama called a nuclear test on Tuesday by North Korea a "highly provocative act" and said Pyongyang's "threatening activities" warranted action by the international community....

U.S. withdrawing 34,000 troops from Afghanistan within a year

August 22, 2019 at 8:49 a.m.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama announced on Tuesday that 34,000 troops - about half the U.S. force in Afghanistan - will withdraw by early 2014, bringing the United States...

CIA nominee pressed on U.S. drone policy, waterboarding

August 23, 2021 at 10:53 p.m.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - John Brennan, President Barack Obama's nominee for CIA director, said on Thursday he did not try to stop waterboarding, an interrogation technique that some consider torture, as...

CIA nominee pressed on U.S. drone policy, waterboarding

August 22, 2019 at 8:42 a.m.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - John Brennan, President Barack Obama's nominee for CIA director, said on Thursday he did not try to stop waterboarding, an interrogation technique that some consider torture, as...

French urgency, U.S. caution collide in Mali operation

August 22, 2019 at 8:26 a.m.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - France's military intervention in Mali has revived trans-Atlantic tensions over security issues, this time involving a key counterterrorism battlefield, along with dismay from critics who see U.S....

Clinton forcefully defends handling of Benghazi attack

August 23, 2021 at 9:45 p.m.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Wednesday forcefully defended her handling of the September 11 attack on the U.S. mission in the Libyan city of Benghazi and...

Clinton forcefully defends handling of Benghazi attack

August 22, 2019 at 8:21 a.m.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Wednesday forcefully defended her handling of the September 11 attack on the U.S. mission in the Libyan city of Benghazi and...

Iran could reach key point for nuclear bomb by mid-2014: U.S. experts

August 23, 2021 at 9:14 p.m.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Iran could produce enough weapon-grade uranium for one or more nuclear bombs by mid-2014, and the United States and its allies should intensify sanctions on Tehran before...

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