A trio of top administration officials told lawmakers on the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations that they must support passage of the Law of the Sea Treaty.

Gen. John Allen, the top military officer in Afghanistan, told reporters Wednesday that he will wait until after the upcoming fighting season to determine how many troops ISAF will need in Afghanistan through 2013. [Audio clip: view full post to listen]

Gen. John Allen, the top military officer in Afghanistan, told reporters Wednesday that the Pakistani government’s decision to close down supply lines following a cross-border skirmish last November has not impacted the Afghan campaign.

Gen. John Allen, the top military officer in Afghanistan, told reporters Wednesday that there is no pressing strategic need to reopen supply lines shutdown by the Pakistani government following a cross-border skirmish last November. [Audio clip: view full post to listen]

Gen. John Allen, the top military officer in Afghanistan, told reporters Wednesday that there is no pressing strategic need to reopen supply lines shutdown by the Pakistani government following a cross-border skirmish last November. “The closure … has had no impact on my campaign,” Allen said from the Pentagon briefing…

Pentagon Press Secretary George Little told reporters Tuesday that there continue to be disagreements over the price of opening Pakistani supply routes into Afghanistan. [Audio clip: view full post to listen]

Pentagon Press Secretary George Little told reporters Tuesday that negotiations with the Pakistani government aimed at opening supply routes into Afghanistan continue. [Audio clip: view full post to listen]

Pentagon Press Secretary George Little told reporters Tuesday that Defense Secretary Leon Panetta and Pakistani President Asif Zadari had a brief exchange at the NATO Summit. [Audio clip: view full post to listen]

Pentagon Press Secretary George Little told reporters Tuesday that the upcoming Iran talks in Baghdad are a critical step to ensuring that Iran does not develop a nuclear weapon. [Audio clip: view full post to listen]

President Barack Obama held two brief discussions with Pakistani President Asif Zardari amid Monday’s NATO Summit in Chicago but did not negotiate an agreement to open supply lines within the country, a key piece of tension between the two nations.