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The Times of Israel

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Topic: Leon Panetta

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January 8, 2013
11:03 am

A chemical weapons stockpile (illustrative photo credit: CC BY jenspie3, Flickr)

Hints of Syrian chemical push set off global effort to stop it

From the web The New York Times: Satellite images provided by Israel showed regime soldiers mixing materials believed to produce nerve gas

January 7, 2013
4:32 pm

US President Barack Obama (center) nominates former senator Chuck Hagel (second from left) as the new defense secretary. (photo credit: image capture from White House live feed)

Obama nominates Hagel as new defense secretary

US president calls former Nebraska governor ‘the leader our troops deserve’; says America strongest when it stands ‘with its allies and friends’

January 6, 2013
8:22 pm

Senate minority leader Mitch McConnell (photo credit: CC BY-SA Gage Skidmore, Flickr)

Republicans say Hagel will face tough fight, possible filibuster, should he get defense nod

Mitch McConnell says any nominee must have ‘full understanding’ of US relationship with Israel; Lindsey Graham floats possibility of blocking move

January 5, 2013
1:22 am

Chuck Hagel arrives at Camp Ramadi, in central Iraq, for a short visit with US servicemen, July 22, 2008. (photo credit: courtesy United States Marine Corps)

Sources: Obama to pick Chuck Hagel for secretary of defense

From the web The Daily Beast reports that Obama is set to nominate the former Nebraska senator as Leon Panetta’s successor

December 28, 2012
9:53 pm

Sen. Chuck Hagel at the Forum on the Law of the Sea Convention in Washington, D.C., on May 9, 2012. (photo credit: Glenn Fawcett/Department of Defense)

How the Hagel nomination battle became a fight over the Israel lobby

Many Democrats want a Democrat for defense secretary. Many Republicans are angered by Chuck Hagel’s political independence. And most senators disagree with his policy positions. Yet his supporters insistently frame opposition to Hagel’s nomination as the pernicious agitation of a hardline Israel lobby

By Haviv Rettig Gur

December 25, 2012
8:57 am

Michele Flournoy, right, with secretary of Defense Leon Panetta at her farewell gathering in January 2012. (photo credit: Erin A. Kirk-Cuomo/ Department of Defense)

As Hagel’s star withers, will a blunt-talking policy wonk drop her kids to take the Pentagon?

Michele Flournoy has been touted by conservatives, Israel supporters, women’s rights activists and Democrats for the US defense secretary post. But does she even want the job?

By Haviv Rettig Gur

December 24, 2012
2:46 am

US Senators Joe Lieberman and Lindsay Graham meet with Defense Minister Ehud Barak in Jerusalem, in 2010 (photo credit: Ariel Hermoni/Ministry of Defence/Flash90)

Hagel would face tough confirmation because of stance on Israel and Iran, senators indicate

Joe Lieberman and Lindsay Graham predict a challenging process if Obama nominates his reported preference for defense secretary

December 21, 2012
11:16 pm

The Senate side of the United States Capitol building in Washington, DC (photo credit: Wikimedia Commons)

US Senate approves $211 million for Iron Dome in new $633 billion defense bill

Legislation tightens sanctions on Iran, provides 1,000 Marines for embassy security and authorizes nearly $480 million for US-Israeli missile defense

December 20, 2012
6:02 am

President Obama speaks by phone with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas while aboard Air Force One in July 2010. (Pete Souza/White House via JTA)

Obama won’t focus on Israel in second term, experts predict

Fiscal challenges, Iran’s nuclear program and a changed approach to peace talks mean dramatic developments are unlikely

By Ron Kampeas

December 11, 2012
3:07 pm

US Defense Secretary Leon Panetta (photo credit: AP/Jacquelyn Martin)

Panetta says Assad ‘got the message’ on US opposition to chemical weapons use

US defense secretary suggests threat is no longer escalating

December 10, 2012
1:44 am

US President Barack Obama delivers a speech from Bagram Air Field, Afghanistan, in May (photo credit: AP/Kevin Lamarque)

Obama praises US special ops for rescue of American in Afghanistan

US officer killed during mission

November 30, 2012
12:53 am

US Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta tours an Iron Dome battery near Ashkelon with his Israeli counterpart Ehud Barak on Wednesday. Aug1 (photo credit: Tsafrir Abayov/Flash90)

Barak awarded US DOD’s top civilian honor

US secretary of defense bestows Distinguished Public Service Award on Israel’s defense minister

By Sam Ser

November 14, 2012
11:59 am

United States Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton at the Clinton Global Initiative on Monday, September 24, 2012 in New York (photo credit: AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)

US to boost humanitarian aid to Syria

Clinton pledges $30 million

November 10, 2012
8:42 am

US Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner (photo credit: US Dept. of the Treasury)

Looming ‘fiscal cliff’ is White House’s top priority

Treasury secretary Timothy Geithner likely to postpone his departure until the president and lawmakers reach an agreement

November 10, 2012
6:14 am

A Libyan man investigates the inside of the US Consulate, after an attack that killed four Americans, including Ambassador Chris Stevens on the night of Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2012, in Benghazi, Libya (photo credit: AP/Mohammad Hannon)

US timeline shows lagged military response to Libya consulate attack

First commando unit arrived in Benghazi some 15 hours after the raid, Defense Department docs show

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