ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN — Afghanistan’s government reacted in anger at President Barack Obama’s decision to release five Taliban detainees from U.S. detention at Guantanamo Bay into Qatar’s jurisdiction, in exchange for an American soldier who had been held by the Taliban for five years. Afghanistan’s foreign ministry said the U.S. decision was a potential breach of international […]
Just hours after announcing the resignation of VA Secretary Eric Shinseki, President Obama accepted a second resignation, this one from White House Press Secretary Jay Carney. Carney served as Obama’s press secretary for three and a half year. President Obama interrupted Carney as Carney was beginning his daily news conference today and announced that Carney was […]
In the White House Rose Garden on Tuesday, President Obama announced the plan to draw down the military forces in Afghanistan to 9,800 from its current level of 32,000 by the beginning of 2015. The president continued saying, “By the end of 2015 we will have reduced that presence by roughly half, and will have consolidated our […]