Senate backs Gates for Pentagon
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The U.S. Senate on Wednesday  overwhelmingly confirmed Robert Gates as the next defense  secretary, replacing Donald Rumsfeld, an architect of the  increasingly unpopular Iraq war.
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In what senators from both parties called a potential turning point for American intelligence agencies, the Senate voted overwhelmingly on Wednesday to confirm the nomination
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The Senate&#39;s top two Republicans expressed support for Donald Rumsfeld yesterday as the defense secretary&#39;s allies sought to outflank increasingly vocal GOP critics in and outside Congress.
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The Senate agreed to spend an additional $63 billion for military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan as lawmakers on Thursday passed a massive bill that funds the Pentagon.
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Democrat Hillary Rodham Clinton has picked up the backing of Sen. Maria Cantwell of Washington, the 10th Senate endorsement Clinton has received in her presidential bid.
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Congress buried some interesting provisions on Pakistan and, separately, U.S. Army recruitment in the 1,513-page fiscal 2008 defense authorization bill that President Bush signed Jan. 28. Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates was given authority, "with the concurrence of the Secretary of State," t...
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As secretary of Defense, Robert Gates may be able to shape a bipartisan approach on Iraq and the war on terror.
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The Senate Foreign Relations Committee endorsed the nomination of Condoleezza Rice as secretary of state on a 16 to 2 vote Wednesday after Democrats on the panel expressed deep frustration at her answers on Iraq and terrorism in two days of hearings.
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The Senate, eager to stanch the flow of illegal immigrants, signaled overwhelming support Monday for President Bush&#039;s plan to dispatch National Guard troops to states along the Mexican border.
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WASHINGTON -- The US military must improve its planning for postwar operations, Robert M. Gates, the nominee for defense secretary, told a Senate panel.
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Robert Gates, nominated to replace Donald Rumsfeld as U.S. defense secretary, on Tuesday said he did not believe America was winning the war in Iraq and that he would consider all options for changing course.
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The State Department yesterday endorsed a Senate investigation into possible fraud in the United Nations oil-for-food program while sidestepping a senator&#39;s
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The U.S. Senate voted on Thursday to   reinstate a special CIA unit hunting for Osama bin Laden as it   passed a $469 billion Pentagon funding bill.
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Congress buried some interesting provisions on Pakistan and, separately, U.S. Army recruitment in the 1,513-page fiscal 2008 defense authorization bill that President Bush signed Jan. 28. Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates was given authority, "with the concurrence of the Secretary of State," to...
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Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton on Monday enlisted the help of other Democratic senators in her feud with the Pentagon over end-of-war planning in Iraq.
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WASHINGTON - The Senate rejected Democratic efforts to boost anti-terrorism spending for big cities Tuesday and approved legislation financing the Homeland Security Department next year.    The price tag of the measure grew to about $36 billion as senators bowed to pressure from farm-state lawmakers and added $3 billion to help growers and livestock producers - mostly in the Midwest - suffering from drought...
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The Senate voted Tuesday to give 45,000 airport screeners the same union rights as border patrol, customs and immigration agents, despite a veto threat from the White House