http://www.mail.com/people/157778-adam-smith.html Mail.com - the best personalized free web-based Email en en http://sec-s.uicdn.com/mail.com/2.29/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/people/157778-adam-smith.html http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2161062-obama-renews-calls-nuclear-reductions.html BERLIN (AP) — Appealing for a new citizen activism in the free world, President Barack Obama renewed his call Wednesday to reduce U.S. and Russian nuclear stockpiles and to confront climate change, a danger he called "the global threat of our time." In a wide-ranging speech that enumerated a litany of challenges facing the world, Obama said he wanted to r... Wed, 19 Jun 2013 17:58:43 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2161062-obama-renews-calls-nuclear-reductions.html 2013-06-19T17:58:43Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2151436-house-passes-sweeping-638-billion-defense-bill.html WASHINGTON (AP) — The House overwhelmingly passed a sweeping, $638 billion defense bill on Friday that imposes new punishments on members of the armed services found guilty of rape or sexual assault as outrage over the crisis in the military has galvanized Congress. Ignoring a White House veto threat, the Republican-controlled House voted 315-108 for the ... Fri, 14 Jun 2013 18:52:27 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2151436-house-passes-sweeping-638-billion-defense-bill.html 2013-06-14T18:52:27Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2150300-house-oks-2-year-sentence-military-sex-assault.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Angered by the epidemic of sexual assault in the military, the House on Thursday endorsed a mandatory minimum sentence of two years in prison for a member of the armed services convicted of rape or sexual assault in a military court. By voice vote, the House approved the additional punishment as part of a series of steps lawmakers have t... Thu, 13 Jun 2013 23:43:58 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2150300-house-oks-2-year-sentence-military-sex-assault.html 2013-06-13T23:43:58Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2133366-lawmakers-press-forward-sexual-assault-bill.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Lawmakers are pressing forward with legislation aimed at stemming an epidemic of sexual assaults in the military. The House is scheduled to vote next week on a defense policy bill that would take away the power of military commanders to overturn convictions in rape and assault cases. The legislation also would require that anyone found g... Thu, 06 Jun 2013 16:35:47 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2133366-lawmakers-press-forward-sexual-assault-bill.html 2013-06-06T16:35:47Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2130266-committee-passes-bill-to-address-sexual-assaults.html WASHINGTON (AP) — With broad support from Republicans and Democrats, a House committee Wednesday approved legislation to tackle the growing problem of sexual assault in the armed forces by taking away the power of military commanders to overturn convictions in rape and assault cases. The bill passed by the House Armed Services Committee also requires that... Thu, 06 Jun 2013 02:21:48 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2130266-committee-passes-bill-to-address-sexual-assaults.html 2013-06-06T02:21:48Z http://www.mail.com/business/finance/2126384-house-gop-defense-bill-blocks-guantanamo-closing.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Rebuffing President Barack Obama's latest plea, House Republicans on Monday proposed keeping open the military-run prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, by barring the administration from transferring its terror suspects to the United States or a foreign country such as Yemen. The provisions dealing with the fate of the remaining 166 prisoners... Mon, 03 Jun 2013 18:13:05 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/finance/2126384-house-gop-defense-bill-blocks-guantanamo-closing.html 2013-06-03T18:13:05Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2101460-pentagon-wants-450m-guantanamo-prison.html WASHINGTON (AP) — The Pentagon is asking Congress for more than $450 million for maintaining and upgrading the Guantanamo Bay prison that President Barack Obama wants to close. New details on the administration's budget request emerged on Tuesday and underscored the contradiction of the president waging a political fight to shutter the facility while the ... Tue, 21 May 2013 23:48:45 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2101460-pentagon-wants-450m-guantanamo-prison.html 2013-05-21T23:48:45Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2080096-review-chairman-clinton-benghazi-call.html WASHINGTON (AP) — The seasoned diplomat who penned a highly critical report on security at a U.S. outpost in Benghazi, Libya, defended his scathing assessment but absolved then-Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton. "We knew where the responsibility rested," Thomas Pickering said Sunday. "They've tried to point a finger at people more senior than wher... Sun, 12 May 2013 18:53:17 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2080096-review-chairman-clinton-benghazi-call.html 2013-05-12T18:53:17Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2012550-hagel-job-to-cut-heart-pentagon.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel rejected the suggestion that President Barack Obama tapped him to "cut the heart out of the Pentagon," pointedly reminding lawmakers Thursday that Congress approved the smaller, deficit-driven military budgets long before he took the job. Faced with a $487 billion budget cut over a decade, Hagel and Gen. Mar... Thu, 11 Apr 2013 20:46:35 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2012550-hagel-job-to-cut-heart-pentagon.html 2013-04-11T20:46:35Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1967738-general-gitmo-buildings-major-repair.html WASHINGTON (AP) — As much as $170 million is needed to improve facilities for the troops stationed at the Guantanamo Bay detention center that President Barack Obama has marked for extinction, the top U.S. commander in South and Central America said Wednesday. The head of U.S. Southern Command, Gen. John Kelly, told the House Armed Services Committee that... Wed, 20 Mar 2013 23:39:26 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1967738-general-gitmo-buildings-major-repair.html 2013-03-20T23:39:26Z http://www.mail.com/business/finance/1918212-house-democrat-to-offer-bill-automatic-cuts.html WASHINGTON (AP) — A senior House Democrat is proposing to eliminate the pending automatic spending cuts while also trimming the government's budget by more than $300 billion in hopes of paving the way for a broader agreement over how to tame the federal deficit. Rep. Adam Smith, D-Wash., said legislation he will introduce Wednesday would make a modest con... Wed, 27 Feb 2013 08:09:39 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/finance/1918212-house-democrat-to-offer-bill-automatic-cuts.html 2013-02-27T08:09:39Z http://www.mail.com/business/finance/1889006-mckeon-to-blame-dods-fiscal-dilemma.html WASHINGTON (AP) — There is plenty of blame to go around for the pending automatic budget cuts that have put the U.S. military on the brink of a readiness crisis, the Republican chairman of the House Armed Services Committee said Wednesday. Rep. Howard "Buck" McKeon said that neither Congress nor the Obama administration has "clean hands." The debt crisis ... Wed, 13 Feb 2013 19:28:41 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/finance/1889006-mckeon-to-blame-dods-fiscal-dilemma.html 2013-02-13T19:28:41Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1884278-military-benefits-extended-to-same-sex-partners.html WASHINGTON (AP) — The Defense Department is not extending some housing benefits to same-sex partners of service members even though it legally could because the complex issue requires more review and has triggered concerns among military leaders, senior Pentagon officials said Monday. A new department memo detailed a number of other benefits that will be ... Mon, 11 Feb 2013 21:55:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1884278-military-benefits-extended-to-same-sex-partners.html 2013-02-11T21:55:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1870756-ap-sources-pentagon-extending-benefits-gays.html WASHINGTON (AP) — The military is poised to extend some benefits to the same-sex partners of service members, U.S. officials said Tuesday, about 16 months after the Pentagon repealed its ban on openly gay service. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta has not made a final decision on which benefits will be included, the officials said, but the Pentagon is likely... Tue, 05 Feb 2013 23:00:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1870756-ap-sources-pentagon-extending-benefits-gays.html 2013-02-05T23:00:00Z