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Events (63)
- December 14, 1984: Deputy Intelligence Director Recommends US Air Strikes against Nicaraguan Military Targets 1984-12-14
- December 23, 1996: NIE Findings that Rogue States Pose No Nuclear Threat Supported by Independent Panel 1996-12-23
- November 6-8, 2006: Defense Secretary Rumsfeld Resigns after Midterm Elections; Replaced by Robert Gates 2006-11-06
- January 10, 2007: Bush Reveals ‘Surge’ Plan for 21,500 More US Troops in Iraq 2007-01-10
- January 19, 2007: Defense Secretary Gates Orders ‘Stop-Loss’ Programs ‘Minimized’ 2007-01-19
- February 20, 2007: McConnell Replaces Negroponte as Director of National Intelligence; Considered More ‘Amenable’ to White House Position on Iran 2007-02-20
- March 16, 2007: Naval Admiral Takes Command of Centcom, Possibly to Oversee Military Strikes against Iran 2007-03-16
- March 29, 2007: Defense Secretary: 126,000 Contractors in Iraq 2007-03-29
- March 30, 2007: Gates Disputes McCain, Says Iraq Debate ‘Helpful In Bringing Pressure’ on Iraqi Government 2007-03-30
- May 23, 2007: Clinton Calls for Pentagon to Brief Congress on Plans for Withdrawing Troops From Iraq 2007-05-23
- July 16-20, 2007: Defense Undersecretary Accuses Clinton of ‘Reinforc[ing] Enemy Propaganda’ 2007-07-16
- July 31-August 1, 2007: Cheney Suggests Clinton Asked for Operational Plans for Iraqi Withdrawal 2007-08-01
- November 26-28, 2007: Bush Discusses Upcoming Iran NIE Findings with Israeli Prime Minister 2007-11-26
- December 4, 2007: Neoconservative Accuses Intelligence Community of Politicizing NIE 2007-12-04
- December 5-6, 2007: White House Contradicts Bush’s Claim of Ignorance over Iran NIE 2007-12-05
- December 5, 2007: Anti-War Group Inside Pentagon Considers Iran NIE a Victory 2007-12-05
- April 10, 2008: Defense Secretary Says US Is Fighting in Afghanistan Today Partly Because of Mistakes Made during 1980s Soviet-Afghan War 2008-04-10
- April 21, 2008: Defense Secretary Says Network Military Analysts Should Clarify that They are Speaking Only for Themselves 2008-04-21
- April 21, 2008: Pentagon Propaganda Operation Still Ongoing, Reporter Notes 2008-04-21
- April 26, 2008: Pentagon Suspends Military Analysts Briefings for Review 2008-04-26
- April 28, 2008: Democrats Call for Investigations, Further Information about Pentagon Propaganda Operation 2008-04-28
- May 15-16, 2008: Bush Accuses Obama, Democrats of Favoring ‘Appeasement’ of Terrorists While Speaking to Israeli Knesset, Fierce Criticism Ensues 2008-05-15
- January 13-14, 2009: Pentagon Claims 61 Former Guantanamo Detainees Returned to Terrorism; Figures in Dispute 2009-01-13
- January 20, 2009: Obama Orders Suspension of Guantanamo Prosecutions 2009-01-20
- January 22, 2009: US Military Officials Leery of 16-Month Iraq Withdrawal 2009-01-22
- January 26, 2009: Pentagon Wants to Retool, Upgrade US Nuclear Arsenal; Obama Disagrees 2009-01-26
- February 4, 2009: No ‘End Game’ in Afghanistan; Pentagon Delivers Strategy Recommendations to Obama 2009-02-04
- February 22, 2009: White House Announces Arms Control Plan 2009-02-22
- February 26, 2009: White House Reverses Bush Policy, Allows Photos of Flag-Draped Coffins at Dover Air Force Base 2009-02-26
- February 27, 2009: Obama Sets Target Date for Withdrawal from Iraq: August 2010 2009-02-27
- March 1, 2009: Defense Secretary: Iran Not Close to Having Nuclear Weapon 2009-03-01
- March 1, 2009: JCS Chairman Says Iran Has Enough Nuclear Material for a Bomb; Other Officials Disagree 2009-03-01
- March 17, 2009: Defense Secretary Readying Sweeping Weapons Program Cuts 2009-03-17
- March 18, 2009: Pentagon to Pay for Families’ Travel to Dover to Honor Fallen Family Members’ Return 2009-03-18
- March 18, 2009: Military Commanders Want Iraq Ambassador Confirmed; Republican Senators Blocking Process 2009-03-18
- March 18, 2009: Army to Phase out ‘Stop-Loss’ Program by 2011 2009-03-18
- April 15, 2009: President Obama Chooses to Release Torture Memos; Advisers Deeply Divided 2009-04-15
- April 21, 2009: Guantanamo Detainee Alleges Torture Months before August 2002 Authorizations 2009-04-21
- May 11, 2009: Former Black Operations Chief Stanley McChrystal Tapped to Replace David McKiernan as Top US Commander in Afghanistan 2009-05-11
- August 13, 2009: Defense Secretary Gates Says Length of US Troop Engagement in Afghanistan a ‘Mystery,’ Wider Engagement a ‘Decades-Long Enterprise’ 2009-08-13
- September 16-21, 2009: Georgia Court Dismisses ‘Birther’ Lawsuit, Reprimands Lawyer 2009-09-16
- September 22, 2009: US Tells Italy It Does Not Have Jurisdiction over Military Officer Charged in Kidnapped Imam Case 2009-09-22
- November 13, 2009: Administration Announces Five High-Value Detainees to Be Tried in Criminal Court, Five to Remain in Military Commissions 2009-11-13
- December 5, 2009: US Defense Secretary Says No Intelligence on Bin Laden for ‘Years’ 2009-12-05
- September 1, 2010: President Obama Is Informed about Bin Laden’s Compound in Abbottabad; US Allies Are Not 2010-09-01
- September 9, 2010: Defense Secretary Asks Pastor Not to Burn Koran 2010-09-09
- September 9-10, 2010: Pastor Calls Off Plans to Burn Koran 2010-09-09
- September 10, 2010: Florida Pastor Goes Back on Promise to ‘Never’ Burn Koran, Implies Koran-Burning May Be On Again 2010-09-10
- April 28, 2011: Plans to Raid Bin Laden’s Abbottabad Hideout near Completion; Obama Still Has Not Given Final Okay 2011-04-28
- May 12, 2012: Investigative Journalist Traces Rise of ‘Orchestrated’ Conservative Media Construct in Wake of 1970s Investigative Reporting Successes 2012-05-12