By Cindy Saine Washington 24 August 2007 Senator John Warner The U.S. military commander in one of Iraq's troubled areas has rejected a call by influential Republican Senator John Warner to begin withdrawing U.S. troops by the end of this year. Army

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President-elect Barack Obama has named retired four-star general James Jones to be his national security advisor. Mr. Obama says General Jones has the skills to bring together all elements of U.S. power to defeat unconventional enemies and promote A

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By Michael Bowman White House 08 May 2006 President Bush has nominated Air Force General Michael Hayden to lead the Central Intelligence Agency, days after the surprise resignation of director Porter

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Burma's opposition party, the National League for Democracy, says the United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon is to visit Burma in December to hold talks on the country's political problems. As Ron Corben reports from Bangkok, the NLD was told

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By Deborah Tate Capitol Hill 24 July 2007 U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales Tuesday faced sharp questioning from lawmakers of both political parties over his handling of the firing of federal prosecutors, as a constitutional showdown looms betwe

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By Paula Wolfson Washington 27 August 2007 Attorney General Alberto Gonzales announces his resignation at a press conference at the Department of Justice, in Washington, 27 Aug 2007 U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales has resigned. VOA White House

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By Margaret Besheer New York 21 September 2009 The annual gathering of world leaders at the U.N. General Assembly debate gets underway this week in New York, with dozens of meetings and events taking place on its sidelines. This will also be Barack

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The top U.S. military commander in Iraq, Army General Ray Odierno, said Tuesday that American combat forces have completed the planned withdrawal from Baghdad and other urban areas. Gen. Ray Odierno talks to reporters at a press conference in Baghda

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The U.S. auto giant General Motors emerged from bankruptcy Friday, and GM officials announced extensive changes designed to win back consumers and restore the luster of what has long been one of the country's most prestigious corporations. Fritz Hen

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A U.S. general formerly in charge of training Iraq's army and police forces since 2007 says they will require long-term assistance from the United States. VOA's Dan Robinson reports from Capitol Hill, where lawmakers on the House Armed Services Comm

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STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: When the history of President Trump's administration is written, it will have to include space for the story of Jeff Sessions. The Alabama senator was one of the few mainstream politicians to back Trump early. He then left his Se

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MICHEL MARTIN, HOST: Now we'd like to turn to the bombshell that President Trump delivered the day after the election. Attorney General Jeff Sessions was forced out, and his former chief of staff, Matthew Whitaker, was in as acting attorney general.

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RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: President Trump's choice of Matthew Whitaker to be the acting attorney general is running into a whole lot of opposition - and not just from Democrats. Two former attorneys general from the George W. Bush administration are quest

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By Dorian Jones Diyarbakir 16 July 2007 As Turkish voters get ready to head to the polls for general elections July 22, tension is rising among the Kurds in Turkey's southeast. Although the Kurdish nationalist party has been gaining support in the re

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By Peter Heinlein United Nations 14 December 2006 Ban Ki-Moon of South Korea has been sworn in as the eighth U.N. secretary-general of the United Nations. VOA's Peter Heinlein at the U.N. reports, Mr. Ban will take over the job when Kofi Annan steps

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The U.N. General Assembly has voted to ask the International Court of Justice to give an advisory opinion on whether Kosovo's declaration of independence from Serbia earlier this year conforms to international law. From United Nation's headquarters

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By Peter Heinlein United Nations 12 September 2006 Sheika Haya Rashed Al-Khalifa (file photo) The U.N. General Assembly has opened its 61st session and for the first time a Muslim woman is in the president's chair. From U.N. headquarters, VOA's Pete

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By Zulima Palacio Bogota 15 February 2008 Colombian and American officials say nearly half of the cocaine produced in Colombia is shipped through Venezuela and mostly goes to Europe. Producer Zulima Palacio traveled to Colombia to examine the drug tr

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For the first time in NATO history, one of the alliance's supreme commanders is from a country other than the United States. Air Force general Stephane Abrial of France has taken over the job of Supreme Allied Commander Transformation for NATO. Step

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By Jennifer Glasse London 01 October 2009 General Stanley McChrystal, NATO's top commander in Afghanistan says the situation there is serious and success is not assured. Speaking at the International Institute for Strategic Studies in London, the ge

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