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Maryland National Guard celebrates foreign partnerships

2013-05-13 17:30:00

For Capt. Martin Noorsalu, deploying to Afghanistan with the Maryland National Guard last year was an unusual opportunity. Noorsalu is one of only a dozen helicopter pilots in the Estonian Air Force. The sole air defense service of the former Soviet...

Should we continue to be the indispensable nation?

2013-05-10 00:00:00

In Hillary Clinton's farewell remarks in February on stepping down as President Barack Obama's secretary of state, she echoed one of her predecessors, Madeleine Albright, declaring America to be "the indispensable nation." "We are the force for...

Georgian president visits Baltimore

2013-05-01 17:05:16

Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili visited Baltimore on Wednesday as part of a U.S. tour intended to build support for his country's bid to join NATO. Saakashvili visited the city to meet with Sen. Ben Cardin, a Maryland Democrat. He has also met with...

Who were the children killed in Afghanistan?

2013-04-11 04:30:00

I watched 60 Minutes on Sunday and saw the anguish still being experienced by the Sandy Hook parents. Their grief has caused them to turn to action, and they are in Washington to lobby Congress to pass legislation that might prevent other gun tragedies....

Why should U.S. support Karzai?

2013-03-19 05:15:00

Every day you read something about Afghan President Hamid Karzai complaining that the U.S. military or the U.S. government did this or that which affected his country in an adverse way ("Hagel's shaky Afghan debut," March 12). When are we going to pull...

In surprise move, General Allen retires from military

2013-02-19 12:06:00

Marine Corps Gen. John Allen, the former commander of the U.S.-led coalition in Afghanistan whose nomination to lead NATO was delayed last year while investigators probed his e-mails to a Florida socialite, has retired from the military. The Naval...

Obama is a lame duck who knows how to quack

2013-02-18 08:42:37

It's sometimes said that a lame-duck president is a weakened leader from the first day of his last term. The two-term limit of the 22nd Amendment, imposed by wrathful Republicans in 1951 in response to FDR's breach of the George Washington tradition, is...

Christopher Van Hollen Sr., ambassador

2013-02-03 12:55:00

Christopher Van Hollen Sr., a retired Foreign Service officer and ambassador to Sri Lanka, died of Alzheimer's disease complications Jan. 30 at the Washington Home and Hospice. The former Baltimore resident was 90. Born in Baltimore and raised in...

Assad's last stand

2012-12-07 00:00:00

Syria's 20-month-long civil war appears to be approaching a tipping point as fighting around Damascus intensifies amid signs that President Bashar Assad's grip on power may be weakening. As the final phase in the long conflict apparently draws nearer, the...

Senate approves Cardin human rights bill

2012-12-06 13:31:00

WASHINGTON -- Human rights legislation crafted by Sen. Ben Cardin and targeted at abuses in Russia sailed through the U.S. Senate on a bipartisan vote Thursday and will now be signed by President Obama. The provision requires the State Department to...

Senate expected to back Cardin human rights measure despite White House concerns

2012-12-05 17:55:00

— Legislation by Sen. Ben Cardin to pressure Russia on human rights abuses is expected to win approval in Congress Thursday despite concerns that it will hurt already tenuous U.S. relations with the Kremlin. The proposal — which requires the...

Flaming meteors, hot Nike kicks and another juicy 'Scandal' are the talk of Twitter

2012-12-14 05:48:00

Good morning and welcome to an extra robust Friday online trends report. So did you see that awesome Meteor Shower? No, I didn't either, but thanks to Internet our ignorance and laziness will not be punished because the photos are plentiful and popular....

Deputy Commander, Colonel Rasoul (R), of the Provincial Operational Coordination Centre, meets an Afghan national at the provincial head quarters of Afghan National Police in Ghazni city on May 19, 2013.

2013-05-19 00:00:00

French soldiers with the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan carry away the body of a suicide attack victim in Kabul.

2013-05-16 00:00:00

Secretary of State John Kerry and senior staff walk through the Grand Place in Brussels on Tuesday. Kerry began his first NATO foreign ministers meeting by talking about the need to make plans for action against a potential chemical weapons attack in Syria.

2013-04-23 00:00:00