(Morning Session) SENATOR CARL LEVIN (D-MI): All right. Alrighty. Here we go. Y’all — are y’all set? Sen. LEVIN: (Sounds gavel.) Good morning, everybody. The committee meets today to consider the nomination of former Senator Chuck Hagel to be secretary of defense. But before we begin, I want to first welcome Senator Inhofe as the…
On Wednesday night, the Senate adopted by voice vote an amendment introduced by Oregon Democrat Jeff Merkley calling on President Obama to speed up U.S. military withdrawal from Afghanistan. This was a watershed event towards ending the war. The previous high water mark of Senators calling for expedited withdrawal was 27; the previous high water…
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Much ink has been spilled over the President’s pledge to begin withdrawing U.S. troops from Afghanistan in July 2011. The White House insists that the date is firm. But the pace of withdrawal is yet to be determined, and the White House hasn’t said a word about when – if ever – a U.S. military…
Who knew Pennsylvania Senator Arlen Specter would emerge as one of the most vocal opponents in the Senate of the President’s military escalation in Afghanistan? But so it is. In an op-ed this week in the Philadelphia Inquirer, Specter not only challenges the “surge”; he also challenges fundamental premises of the war. Specter writes: I’m…