NPR 2011-06-23

Americans are expecting to hear more details tonight from President Obama on his plans to bring US troops home from Afghanistan. NPR's Ari Shapiro is here to talk about what the president is expected to reveal tonight in his prime-time televised addr

NPR 2010-06-26

President Obama is praising congressional negotiators for working out a deal on an overhaul of the rules governing Wall Street, and he is carrying his victory to Canada. This weekend in Toronto, I hope we can build on this progress by coordinating ou

AP 2010-07-30

1. The White House says the release of 91,000 secret military documents is a breach of federal law and a potential threat to US military personnel. White House spokesman Robert Gibbs says President Barack Obama was alerted to the leak last week. The

NPR 2011-06-07

From NPR News in Washington, I'm Lakshmi Singh. The White House is reaffirming what it calls a real drawdown of US forces in Afghanistan. This hours after the president met with his advisors to review US policy in that region. NPR's Ari Shapiro repor

NPR 2010-01-06

From NPR News in Washington, I'm Barbara Klein. The US Intelligence Community in Afghanistan has been sharply criticized by one of its own. Major General Michael Flynn, a Deputy Chief of Staff for Intelligence for the US and NATO in Afghanistan, says

U.S. commander in Afghanistan cleared of misconduct

WASHINGTON, Jan. 22 (Xinhua) -- The Inspector general of U.S. Defense Department has cleared U.S. commander in Afghanistan John Allen of misconduct following an investigation into whether he exchanged inappropriate e-mails with Tampa socialite Jill K

CNN 2009-12-04

Top officials with the Obama administration are on Capitol Hill for a 2nd day. you see them there. They are answering more questions about the new mission in Afghanistan. This hour, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Defense Secretary Robert Gates a

CNN 2009-12-03

The president laid out his strategy, but Congress wants to find out more about the mission. Right now, the Senate Arm Services Committee is hearing testimony in fact on Afghanistan. We listened earlier to Defense Secretary Robert Gates, we are now wa

AP 2011-12-09

1. Dozens of Shiite Muslims are dead after bombing attacks in Iraq and Afghanistan today. The attacks coincide with a Shiite religious holiday. 2. Standard Poor's is examining the credit rating of 15 eurozone countries, a downgrade is possible. S P's

VOA慢速英语--美国军犬获最高荣誉勋章

AS IT IS 2016-04-10 US Military Dog Awarded Top Honor for Bravery 美国军犬获最高荣誉勋章 A British animal charity has given its top award for bravery to a U.S. military service dog. Lucca, a German shepherd, completed six years of active s

TED演讲 :老兵为何恋战(1)

I'm going to ask and try to answer, 接下来我会问一些而且也会回答一些。 in some ways, kind of an uncomfortable question. 令人感到不太舒服的问题。 Both civilians, obviously, and soldiers, 很显然，不管是老百姓还是士

Talks on the 10th Anniversary of 9/11

This year marks the 10th anniversary of 9/11, also the 10th anniversary of the war against terrorism. Afghanistan, without doubt, is the key battlefield of this war. How does it evaluate this war of the past ten years? And how does it evaluate the ro

IS自杀式袭击致死33人

Afghan President Ashraf Ghani says the Islamic State group has claimed responsibility for a suicide bombing Saturday that killed at least 33 people in eastern Afghanistan. Officials say more than 100 other people were wounded in the attack in Jalalab

US commander in Pakistan warning

US commander in Pakistan warning 美国指挥官在巴基斯坦提出警告 A US troop build-up in Afghanistan could push Taliban fighters deeper into Pakistan, further destabilising it, the most senior US commander has warned. Admiral Michael Mullen, who chairs

CNN 2008-04-03

Good afternoon, I'm Naamua Delaney at the CNN Center in Atlanta. Here's a look at what's happening NOW IN THE NEWS. According to official results in Zimbabwe, the ruling party has lost control of parliament. The result for the presidential race has

PBS高端访谈:美国军方遇到了不可能完成的任务?

JUDY WOODRUFF: Well, as we mentioned earlier, there's been a passionate reaction to Jim Fallows' piece. And joining me now to discuss it is former U.S. Ambassador to Iraq James Jeffrey. You heard Margaret mention him. He's a former Army infantry offi

奥巴马宣布暂缓从阿富汗撤军

U.S. President Barack Obama said Tuesday that the 9,800 American troops stationed in Afghanistan would remain there until the end of the year, despite earlier plans to cut them by half. Afghanistan remains a very dangerous place, Obama said at a news

US Afghan strategy 'not working'

General Stanley McChrystal will liken the US military to a bull charging at a matador [the Taliban] - slightly weakened with each cut it receives. His review is also expected to say that protecting the Afghan people against the Taliban must be the t

世界名人简介 第83期:奥萨马·本·拉登

Osama Bin Laden was born into a wealthy Saudi Arabian family in 1957 and grew up in a privileged world. He left it in the 1980s to fight the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, which is where he formed Al Qaeda. He declared war on the USA in 1998 and is

经济学人519:阿富汗大选 势力加入

Afghanistan's election 阿富汗大选 Joining forces 势力加入 A new alliance forms just as fighting season begins 新的竞选联盟出现，但战斗刚刚开始 Abdullah's the man 阿卜杜拉 AFGHANISTAN announced the results of the first rou