A senior Pentagon official told a Senate committee last week that the U.S. would be at war with al-Qaeda for 15 to 20 more years and said the military could target terrorists anywhere under the Authorization for Use of Military Force (AUMF) passed in 2001 after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. After France won some goodwill throughout Mali during the five-month offensive … Continue reading Weekday News Wrap: Monday, May 20, 2013