Jordanian Foreign Minister Judeh told Andrea Mitchell Wednesday, "The worst case scenario for all of us in the Middle East is for [Syria] to slide into an ethnic and sectarian civil war." Read More
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White House: CIA does not operate detention facilities
In response to a new report on torture released by the Open Society’s Justice Initiative , the White House is unequivocally denying that the CIA operates detention facilities without addressing specific allegations found in the report. Read More
Fmr. ambassador predicts a ‘very tough agenda’ ahead for new secretary of state
Veteran diplomat Ambassador Nicholas Burns predicted a "very big, very tough agenda" ahead of new secretary of state John Kerry during an interview with Andrea Mitchell Monday. Read More
GOP senators vow to not back down on Benghazi
"The intelligence community was so vague and--and non-forthcoming, senators on both sides of the aisle left there scratching their heads. So the way this was all presented created a tremendous amount of distrust regarding everything that was happening regarding Benghazi," Sen. Bob Corker, R-Tenn., said. Read More
Newly discovered MLK Jr. audio recording unearthed
The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr said in the tapes about his mother, "She made it very clear that in spite of these conditions you're as good as anybody else." Read More
No U.S. ‘boots on the ground’ in Mali
Former Defense Secretary William Cohen told Andrea Mitchell that al Qaeda "is like a cancer." But that when it comes to military involvement in Mali, “the United States going to be very reluctant and should be." Read More
Confessions of a Downton Convert
The author says of her first Downton Abbey viewing: "This was my penance, and my own come-to-Crawley moment.” Read More
‘Chuck Hagel left the Republican Party,’ says Cornyn
Texas Sen. John Cornyn told Andrea Mitchell that Sen. Chuck Hagel is “profoundly wrong on a number of the most important national security issues that face our country” but did not give a definitive answer on whether he would block Hagel’s nomination as the next Secretary of Defense. Read More
