TRNS News Notes By Victoria Jones
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Defense Secretary Leon Panetta told reporters Wednesday that Afghan President Hamid Karzai’s recent statement indicating three-way talks between the Taliban, the U.S. and Afghanistan shows that his country is taking a lead role in reintegrating Taliban forces into Afghan society.
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Presence of Hezbollah soldiers fighting alongside Assad forces increases diplomatic complexity of two-year civil war.
A number of political journalists took to Twitter to subtly criticize the administration for spying on Fox News correspondent James Rosen back in 2009.
The White House continues to say that President Obama was unaware of a Treasury-led investigation into alleged wrongdoing at the IRS.
The protest will take place the same day former IRS Commissioner Douglas Shulman testifies before the Senate.
Rubio argues that investigating officials who leak national security information is fair game, but media organizations should be off-limits.
An ex-prosecutor attempted to make ATF Agent John Dodson look like a hypocrite, according to the Justice Department’s IG.
