WASHINGTON — US Senate defense hawks for the second time in four weeks — after years of warning about Pentagon budget instability — last week entered the ornate chamber and voted against legislation to give the military just that.
Read MoreMONTREUX, Switzerland — Friction and acrimony broke out almost immediately on Wednesday with the start of a long-delayed peace conference on Syria, punctuated by a testy exchange between the Syrian foreign minister and the leader of the United Nations, casting doubt on the prospects for easing hostilities or even opening up emergency aid corridors to…
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