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April 24, 2013
10:32 pm

US Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel, center, arrives with an Egyptian army official to lay a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier and the tomb of late president Anwar al-Sadat in Cairo on Wednesday, April 24, 2013 (photo credit: AP/Jim Watson, Pool)

Hagel surprised by Israel’s new intel on Syria

US defense secretary says report confirming regime used chemical weapons didn’t come up in discussions in Israel this week

By Robert Burns

April 24, 2013
10:43 am

US Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel is greeted by Saudi Arabia's Deputy Minister of Defense Prince Fahd bin Abdullah, left, upon his arrival at King Khaled International Airport in Riyadh, on April 23, 2013. (photo credit: AP Photo/Jim Watson, Pool)

Hagel to meet Egypt’s leaders, push military ties

After stops in Israel, Jordan, and Saudi Arabia, US secretary of defense headed to Cairo

By Robert Burns

April 21, 2013
12:34 pm

US Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel and Israeli Defence Minister Moshe Yaalon visit the Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial Museum in Jerusalem, April 21 (photo credit: Miriam Alster/Flash90)

Hagel: Israel can ‘make the decision’ to strike Iran

In first visit as Pentagon chief US secretary of defense says Israel and US see ‘exactly the same’ threat emanating from Tehran

By Robert Burns

April 12, 2013
2:37 am

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, center, uses binoculars to view South Korean territory from an observation post on Jangjae Islet in March (photo credit: AP/KCNA via KNS)

Pentagon: North Korea could launch nuclear missile

Amid escalating war rhetoric, Congress told that Pyongyang’s bellicose leader may be capable of delivering a devastating strike

By Julie Pace and Robert Burns

March 15, 2013
11:07 pm

The Pentagon, headquarters of the US Department of Defense (photo credit: CC BY-SA mindfrieze, Flickr)

US to beef up missile defense against North Korea, Iran

Pentagon mulls adding an East Coast interceptor base in case Iranian threat increases

By Robert Burns

March 2, 2013
3:48 am

Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel (photo credit: AP/Carolyn Kaster)

Hagel: Budget cuts won’t erode US military power

Pentagon to cope with $46 billion reduction to coffers unless political solution is found

By Robert Burns

January 26, 2013
1:07 am

Deputy Defense Secretary Ashton Carter standing in front of a MRAP all terrain vehicle (M-ATV) at the Pentagon in Washington, in 2009 (photo credit: AP/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)

Pentagon: Budget crisis could hurt Afghan war effort

Deferred maintenance of weapons and other equipment will erode the combat fitness of military units, says deputy defense secretary

By Robert Burns

December 8, 2012
3:24 am

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

Two scenarios in which Syria unleashes the world’s first use of chemical weapons in 30 years

Neither instance is likely — yet both involve civilian massacre and a major escalation of violence

By Kimberly Dozier and Robert Burns

September 21, 2012
8:26 am

Pakistani protesters hold a banner depicting US President Barack Obama and pastor Terry Jones during a rally in Peshawar on Thursday (photo credit: AP/Mohammad Sajjad)

Obama’s 4-year record in the Muslim world

Anti-US protests this month indicate strides as well as setbacks

By Ben Feller and Robert Burns

September 13, 2012
7:01 am

Two US Air Force F-16C Fighting Falcons conducting tactical training exercises. (photo credit: Department of Defense/Jacob N. Bailey, US Air Force)

US strikes on Iran would prompt risk of major war, experts state

New report argues that achieving more than a temporary setback would require a military operation — including a land occupation — more taxing than the Iraq and Afghanistan wars combined

By Robert Burns

July 30, 2012
8:30 pm

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

Panetta acknowledges sanctions have yet to stop Iran nuke quest

But Iranians still ‘seem interested in trying to find a diplomatic solution,’ US secretary of defense says ahead of Israel visit

By Robert Burns

July 30, 2012
7:20 pm

Four sentenced to death in Iran for embezzelment

Domestic politics cross into courtroom as presidential ally stripped of job, government brings charges against prominent critic’s brother

By Robert Burns

February 25, 2012
5:57 pm

Israel attack on Iran ‘could draw US into war’

Larger regional conflict including major powers and terrorist proxies a likely outcome

By Robert Burns

February 14, 2012
11:40 pm

Issuing Iran a SWIFT kick

US and EU mulling bypassing sanctions and taking crippling, but risky, financial measures to halt nuclear program

By Robert Burns

The Times of Israel

The one-stop news site
covering Israel, the region and
the Jewish people worldwide

Founding editor:
David Horovitz

Fair, fresh and fast

The Jewish world's
fastest-growing
news site

Writer: Robert Burns

Hagel surprised by Israel’s new intel on Syria

US defense secretary says report confirming regime used chemical weapons didn’t come up in discussions in Israel this week

Hagel to meet Egypt’s leaders, push military ties

After stops in Israel, Jordan, and Saudi Arabia, US secretary of defense headed to Cairo

Hagel: Israel can ‘make the decision’ to strike Iran

In first visit as Pentagon chief US secretary of defense says Israel and US see ‘exactly the same’ threat emanating from Tehran

Pentagon: North Korea could launch nuclear missile

Amid escalating war rhetoric, Congress told that Pyongyang’s bellicose leader may be capable of delivering a devastating strike

US to beef up missile defense against North Korea, Iran

Pentagon mulls adding an East Coast interceptor base in case Iranian threat increases

Hagel: Budget cuts won’t erode US military power

Pentagon to cope with $46 billion reduction to coffers unless political solution is found

Pentagon: Budget crisis could hurt Afghan war effort

Deferred maintenance of weapons and other equipment will erode the combat fitness of military units, says deputy defense secretary

Two scenarios in which Syria unleashes the world’s first use of chemical weapons in 30 years

Neither instance is likely — yet both involve civilian massacre and a major escalation of violence

Obama’s 4-year record in the Muslim world

Anti-US protests this month indicate strides as well as setbacks

US strikes on Iran would prompt risk of major war, experts state

New report argues that achieving more than a temporary setback would require a military operation — including a land occupation — more taxing than the Iraq and Afghanistan wars combined

Panetta acknowledges sanctions have yet to stop Iran nuke quest

But Iranians still ‘seem interested in trying to find a diplomatic solution,’ US secretary of defense says ahead of Israel visit

Four sentenced to death in Iran for embezzelment

Domestic politics cross into courtroom as presidential ally stripped of job, government brings charges against prominent critic’s brother

Israel attack on Iran ‘could draw US into war’

Larger regional conflict including major powers and terrorist proxies a likely outcome

Issuing Iran a SWIFT kick

US and EU mulling bypassing sanctions and taking crippling, but risky, financial measures to halt nuclear program

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