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...Bronze Star Medal and two Purple Hearts. He graduated from Harvard's law school in 1948 and joined the Pentagon, where he spent the next nine years negotiating agreements for U.S. bases abroad. Mr. Wilson transferred to the State...

In this article: Washington, State Department, Pentagon Papers, Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, and World War II

Kelly said the United States would send an interagency delegation of humanitarian mine relief experts from the State Department, Defense Department, U.S. Agency for International Development and the Centers for Disease Control and...

In this article: United States, Thomson Reuters, International Campaign to Ban Landmines, State Department, Small business, 1991 Gulf War, and U.S. Agency for International Development

...of a "phase 2" in the "war on terror". He said the attacks also had the effect of making the Pentagon rather than the State Department the "dominant instrument" in American foreign policy. Mr Webb said he saw a "striking shift" in US...

In this article: Iraq, Saddam Hussein, Washington, US, UN Security Council, Colin Powell, and State Department

...work force in Iraq and 57 percent in Afghanistan. And the Pentagon is not the only government agency deploying contractors; the State Department and Usaid make extensive use of them as well. Contractors provide security for key personnel and...

In this article: Outsourcing, State Department, Pentagon, Afghanistan, Thomas L. Friedman, U.S., Iraq, Democracy, and Middlebury College

During his congressional career, Shays chaired the Subcommittee on National Security, Veterans Affairs and International Relations, a body with oversight of the Department of Defense, State Department and Department of Veterans Affairs.

In this article: Christopher Shays, World War II, Stamford, George W. Bush, Iraq, and Department of Veterans Affairs

...between 10,000 and 30,000 more troops. Or, and this is shaping up as a long shot, he and his team of rivals in the Pentagon and the State Department could decide to rebuff McChrystal. In this scenario, Obama would refocus the mission...

In this article: Barack Obama, Afghanistan, Stanley McChrystal, U.S., China, Major League Baseball, Taliban, State Department, and Pentagon

...to stand trial in a civilian court. "Ultimately, Guantanamo cannot be closed quickly and effectively without more support from both Congress and U.S. allies and partners abroad," said Waxman, a former Pentagon and State Department official.

In this article: Barack Obama, Guantanamo, Detainee, United States, and Islamic