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ama presidency. From that close call, the president emerged a det=rmined leader in the war on terrorism. Stealth War =/p> He had his trusted =ide, John Brennan <http://search.bloomberg.com/search?q=John%20Brennan&=ite=wnews&client=wnews&proxystylesheet=wnews&out put=xm=_no_dtd&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&filter=p&ge

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Hezbollah threat, the debate over evicting Hezbollah's members and organizational structure from continental Europe has taken on greater urgency. John Brennan, President Obama's nominee to head the Central Intelligence Agency, launched the opening salvo in an effort to break the silence. Speaking last Oct

ral Intelligence Agency, launched the opening salvo in an effort to break the silence. Speaking last October at a policy event in Dublin, Ireland, Brennan (who currently serves as Obama's top counterterrorism advisor) publicly chastised the Europeans for failing to include Hezbollah on their list of t

oday's generation of fighting men and women battling little-understood, shadowy enemies in far-flung hamlets and valleys halfway across the globe. Chuck Hagel, Obama's nominee for secretary of defense, has roused the hackles of colleagues in the Senate in part EFTA_R1_02207729 EFTA02722652 because of h

e region, Obama will be advised by new Secretary of State John F. Kerry. He has also named former HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_029696 --- PAGE BREAK --- senator Chuck Hagel as defense secretary, a nomination still in question after an unsteady performance by the candidate before the Senate Armed Services Committee last w

Iran is waiting to see how President Obama's new national security team - with Kerry as secretary of state, Chuck Hagel as secretary of defense, and John Brennan at the Central Intelligence Agency - will shape Obama's stance at any talks. In Washington, some would argue there's a growing consensus, at the leve

te, Chuck Hagel as secretary of defense, and John Brennan at the Central Intelligence Agency - will shape O

cave in at the talks, it's likely that they are badly misreading Iranian politics. For many observers, however, and for Iran, too, the nomination of Hagel for secretary of defense may be a sign that the White House is beginning to realize that sanctions, and threats of military action, won't force Iran'

e region, Obama will be advised by new Secretary of State John F. Kerry. He has also named former HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_029783 --- PAGE BREAK --- senator Chuck Hagel as defense secretary, a nomination still in question after an unsteady performance by the candidate before the Senate Armed Services Committee last w

Iran is waiting to see how President Obama's new national security team - with Kerry as secretary of state, Chuck Hagel as secretary of defense, and John Brennan at the Central Intelligence Agency - will shape Obama's stance at any talks. In Washington, some would argue there's a growing consensus, at the leve

te, Chuck Hagel as secretary of defense, and John Brennan at the Central Intelligence Agency - will shape O

cave in at the talks, it's likely that they are badly misreading Iranian politics. For many observers, however, and for Iran, too, the nomination of Hagel for secretary of defense may be a sign that the White House is beginning to realize that sanctions, and threats of military action, won't force Iran'