Epstein Secrets

onsible administration officials do their best to dispute this notion. "We are not even imagining abandoning Afghanistan," says Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. But it doesn't take much imagination for others: frightened shopkeepers and women in Kabul, hedging Pakistani security officials, determined Talib

abandoning Afghanistan," says Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. But it doesn't take much imagination fo

ng the United States on nation-building at home. In Iran, a strategy of tightened sanctions and nuclear talks remains fruitless. Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta recently repainted America's red line: "We will not allow Iran to develop a nuclear weapon." Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad EFTA_R1_0053794

ssages of congratulations and thanks with Israeli president Shimon Peres, or regarding the content of the president's meetings and phone calls with Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama. There was an announcement that President Obama had invited President Morsi to attend the UN General Assembly meeting, which was l

of the president's meetings and phone calls with Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama. There was an announcem

audi oil industry and breached financial institutions in the United States, episodes that contributed to a warning last week from Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta that the United States was at risk of a "cyber-Pearl Harbor." After Mr. Panetta's remarks on Thursday night, American officials described an emerg

Mr Putin over his backing for Mr Assad. This week Hillary Clinton, America's secretary of state, was admir

o action, any more than it was in Kosovo in 1999. G20 leaders should do their utmost to embarrass Mr Putin over his backing for Mr Assad. This week Hillary Clinton, America's secretary of state, was admirably tough, condemning Russia's sales of arms to Syria. Tough on corruption, tough on the causes of corrupt

mpound the administration's frustration over its waning influence in Egypt. Less than 48 hours before the declaration was issued, Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta telephoned Field Marshal Mohammed Hussein Tantawi, head of Egypt's ruling military council, to underscore "the need to ensure a full and peaceful t

wife's hair and clothes, profession and cookie recipe. It was only 20 years ago that, during Bill Clinton's first presidential campaign, his wife Hillary's career — that is, the fact that she had one of her own — sparked wild and vituperative debate. There was even her absurd "bake-off" against First

at we are entering a new era in cyberattacks is one the administration itself is trying to make as it ramps up American defenses. Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta — a key player in the Iran attacks — warned last year that the "next Pearl Harbor we confront could very well be a cyberattack that cripples our pow