Pointing to increases in defense spending, efforts to get out of Iraq and revamp the strategy for Afghanistan, and a broad campaign to repair the U.S. reputation abroad, retired Marine Gen. James Jones said the nation is safer today than it has been....
Topics: Obama, White House

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President Barack Obama said on Friday that U.S. combat operations in Iraq would end on Aug. 31, 2010, but some 35,000-50,000 troops would remain to support the Iraqi government and security forces.In a speech at the Camp Lejeune Marine base in North...
Topics: Obama intends to remove US troops from Iraq by 2011, White House

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The United States has no desire for a “long-term” military presence in Afghanistan despite plans to send more troops to the war-torn country, President Barack Obama said Friday.“One of the things that I think we have to communicate in...
Topics: U.S. President says no 'long-term' Afghan presence, White House

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Michelle Obama graces the cover of next month’s Vogue magazine, marking the second time a U.S. first lady has appeared on the front of one of the world’s leading fashion magazines.Obama, 45, who has been hailed by both U.S. retailers and the..
Topics: Michelle Obama, over cover of, Vogue magazine

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A department worker and member of the Prairie Band Potawatomi tribe, Nedra Darling, presented Mrs. Obama with a handmade shawl that Interior Secretary Ken Salazar said honored a woman of high achievement. The Black Bear Singers, a drum group, performed a.
Topics: Michelle Obama, praises Interior employees

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