Terror training camps smaller, harder to target
6:30
Under growing pressure from U.S. missile strikes, the al-Qaida terror network is relying more heavily on local insurgent groups along the Pakistan border to house training camps that are growing smaller and more mobile,...
Obama to sign vet jobs order, meet with Netanyahu
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President Barack Obama plans to make the federal government the model employer of America's veterans. Obama is to sign an executive order Monday evening to establish a Council on Veterans Employment and a Veterans...
High court to look at life in prison for juveniles
4:51
The Supreme Court is considering whether sentencing a juvenile to life in prison with no chance of parole is cruel and unusual punishment, particularly if the crime is less serious than homicide. The cases being heard...
Alleged shooter tied to mosque of 9/11 hijackers
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The family of the alleged Fort Hood shooter held his mother's funeral at the same Virginia mosque that two Sept. 11 hijackers attended in 2001, at a time when a radical imam preached there. Whether the Fort Hood...
Obama will meet Netanyahu at White House
4:49
The White House announced Sunday that President Barack Obama would be meeting with Benjamin Netanyahu during the Israeli prime minister's trip to Washington to address Jewish groups, ending days of uncertainty. ...
Obama calls new election law a milestone for Iraq
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President Barack Obama hailed the Iraqi parliament's passage Sunday of a much-delayed election law, declaring it a milestone as the Iraqi people take charge of their future. In a Rose Garden statement, Obama said the...
GOP officials say Dems put agenda ahead of country
12:56
Democrats just don't get the election message from voters and are pushing a liberal, big government agenda at their party's peril, Republican officials said Sunday as they predicted a political price after the...
Casey: Shootings leading to a hard look at Army
10:51
The Army's chief of staff says the Army is taking a hard look at itself to make certain that something like the Fort Hood rampage doesn't happen again. The shootings left 13 dead and 29 wounded. The alleged gunman,...
Senator: Senate will investigate Army shootings
10:19
The chairman of the Senate Homeland Security Committee says he plans to begin a congressional investigation of the shootings at Fort Hood. An Army major, Nidal Malik Hasan (nih-DAHL' mah-LEEK' hah-SAHN'), is suspected...
Casey says war in Afghanistan needs more US troops
9:56
The Army's chief of staff says he believes more troops are needed in Afghanistan. But Gen. George Casey isn't saying exactly how many more should be sent into the war. Casey says more troops would help cut into the...
Army chief: Avoid speculation about Hasan's faith
9:05
The Army chief of staff says it's important for the country not to get caught up in speculation about the Muslim faith of the alleged Fort Hood gunman. Gen. George Casey says he's instructed his commanders to be on the...
High court to look at life in prison for juveniles
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Joe Sullivan was sent away for life for raping an elderly woman and judged incorrigible though he was only 13 at the time of the attack. Terrance Graham, implicated in armed robberies when he was 16 and 17, was given a...
2010 elections: Democratic fears, Republican hopes
6:20
Oh, how the tables have turned. Nervous Democrats are on defense and emboldened Republicans sense opportunity heading into 2010 and the midterm elections. It was just three years ago that the GOP lost the House and...
House Roll Call: How they voted on abortion issue
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The 240-194 roll call Saturday by which the House voted to prohibit federal funding of abortions in a Democratic-written health care bill. A "yes" vote is a vote to prohibit federal funding of abortions. Voting yes...
House Roll Call: Health care
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The 220-215 roll call Saturday by which the House passed a Democratic-written health care bill. A "yes" vote is a vote to pass the bill. Voting yes were 219 Democrats and 1 Republican. Voting no were 39 Democrats and...
Iran, North Korea top Clinton's overseas agenda
12:14
Nuclear impasses with Iran and North Korea are the dominant issues for Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton on her trip to Europe and Asia, which begins with a stopover in Germany to commemorate the 20th...
Key details of Democrats' health overhaul bill
11:56
The House health care bill passed Saturday would: _Require most Americans to purchase health insurance or pay a fine. _Expand health care coverage to 36 million more people over the next decade. _Require employers...
House passes resolution honoring Fort Hood victims
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The House has passed a resolution honoring the victims of the attack at Fort Hood, Texas. House members passed the resolution 428-0 late Saturday, just minutes after passing the Democrats' health care overhaul bill. ...
House kills Republican health overhaul bill
10:43
The House has used a near party line vote to reject a Republican health overhaul bill. Shortly before beginning its vote on a Democratic plan, the chamber voted 258-176 against a GOP version that would have lowered...
Obama to attend memorial for Fort Hood victims
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President Barack Obama will attend a memorial service Tuesday honoring victims of the Ford Hood shootings, an attack he described as "all the more heartbreaking and all the more despicable" because it occurred on the...
Obama prods House to pass health care bill
8:59
President Barack Obama says now is the time for Congress to "answer the call of history" and approve legislation revamping the country's health care system. After meeting for nearly an hour with House Democrats, Obama...
Shortage of military therapists creates strain
7:48
Amputations. Combat stress. Divorce. Suicide. For troubled service members, military therapists are at their sides. But with the U.S. fighting two wars, an acute shortage of trained personnel has left these therapists...
Obama arrival in Tokyo delayed by a day
6:56
President Barack Obama is attending a memorial service at Fort Hood on Tuesday and now won't get to his planned first stop in Asia next week until one day later than expected. The president was to leave Washington on...
Obama statement on health care legislation
2:16
Text of President Barack Obama's remarks Saturday at the White House on health care legislation: Good afternoon, everybody. I just want to say a few words about the landmark vote that the House of Representatives is...
Rep. Dingell takes gavel as House debates health
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Democrats gave the gavel Saturday to the longest-serving House member ever as the chamber began debating legislation overhauling the country's health care system. Rep. John Dingell, D-Mich., was given the honor of...
Health bill clears first hurdle in House
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President Barack Obama's health care initiative has cleared its first big hurdle in the House, with lawmakers voting to advance the debate. The House voted 242-192 in favor of a must-pass procedural measure setting the...
House opens debate on historic health bill
9:17
The House has opened debate on President Barack Obama's landmark health care overhaul that would extend insurance to tens of millions of Americans and enact dramatic changes to the country's medical system. In the...
Obama to speak to House Dems as health vote nears
5:01
President Barack Obama is heading to Capitol Hill for talks with House Democrats as they scramble to find enough votes to pass landmark legislation to overhaul the nation's health care system. The president will speak...
Details emerge about Fort Hood suspect's history
3:35
He was by turns caring and contentious, a man quick to say "I am blessed" in casual greeting yet one who seemed to stew in discontent that he could not always keep to himself. Army psychiatrist Nidal Malik Hasan,...
AP Sources: Rampage gun purchased legally
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A 5.7-millimeter pistol used in the Fort Hood shooting was purchased legally by suspect Nidal Hasan at a Texas gun shop, law enforcement officials said Friday. Army Col. John Rossi, deputy commander at Fort Hood,...
Revolutionary War hero becomes honorary US citizen
9:48
Finally, Gen. Casimir Pulaski became an American citizen on Friday, 230 years after the Polish nobleman died fighting for the as yet-unborn United States. President Barack Obama signed a joint resolution of the Senate...
Lawmakers' briefing causes confusion on wounded
7:21
A pair of military briefings to members of Congress about the Fort Hood rampage resulted in confusion and conflicting information late Friday on the number of wounded. Two congressmen and a senator said they had been...
Obama says don't jump to conclusions on shooting
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President Barack Obama said Friday the entire nation is grieving for those slain at Fort Hood, and he urged people not to jump to conclusions while law enforcement officers investigate the shootings. Obama met Friday...
Classmate: Hasan said terror fight a war on Islam
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A classmate of the Fort Hood shooting suspect says Maj. Nidal Hasan was an outspoken opponent of the U.S. war on terror and called it a "war against Islam." Dr. Val Finnell was a classmate of Hasan's at the Uniformed...
Obama visits wounded US soldiers at Walter Reed
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President Barack Obama spent nearly two hours visiting wounded U.S. soldiers Friday afternoon. The president met with 19 soldiers being treated at Walter Reed Army Medical Center, as well as the families of three...
USDA says it wants to resolve Indian farmer claim
5:51
The Obama administration intends to seek resolution to a lawsuit filed by American Indian farmers who alleged discrimination in the granting of federal agricultural loans over three decades. The lawsuit, filed in 1999,...
Suspect's cousin talks to FBI, mortified by attack
5:36
The cousin of the suspected Fort Hood shooter says family members have met with the FBI and answered all their questions. Nader Hasan of northern Virginia says his family will continue to cooperate with law...
House votes to strengthen chem plant security
5:16
The House approved legislation Friday aimed at making chemical and water treatment facilities less vulnerable to terrorist attack. The three-part legislation would give federal agencies greater power to require...
Frank takes dig at colleague in health care debate
5:10
Democratic Rep. Barney Frank took a dig Friday at the Republican lawmaker who organized a protest by conservatives against health care legislation. Frank, a Massachusetts liberal, told an audience: "Some of the people...
Hillary Clinton to represent US at Berlin Wall
4:19
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton will lead a U.S. delegation to Germany for next week's 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, the White House said Friday. The White House announced a delegation to...
US urges Honduran unity government
2:53
The State Department is expressing disappointment that Honduras has failed to form a unity government. State Department spokesman Ian Kelly told reporters Friday that "it is urgent that this government be created...
Military observes moment of silence at Fort Hood
2:38
Military, friends and families have observed a moment of silence at Fort Hood, Texas and other U.S. military bases as a show of respect for the victims of the shooting rampage. Secretary of Defense Robert Gates had...
Former NASA official sentenced to probation
12:41
A former top NASA official was sentenced Friday to three years probation, six months of electronic monitoring and a $2,500 fine for steering contract money to a private client. Courtney Stadd, of Bethesda, Md., was...
Family calls suspects actions deplorable
10:59
The family of the suspected Fort Hood shooter says "the actions of their cousin are despicable and deplorable." Kim Fuller, a spokeswoman for Nidal Malik Hasan's family says relatives in Northern Virginia are reaching...
Worldwide sting turns up millions in smuggled cash
9:15
A crackdown in more than 80 countries turned up $3.5 million hidden in carry-on and checked bags as people smuggled illicit money across international borders. The more than 70 cash seizures are likely the proceeds of...
Ft. Hood Gen: Gunman went on 'measured' shooting
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The base commander at Fort Hood says survivors of the shooting rampage have told him that the Army psychiatrist suspected in the violence carried out his gunfire in "a very calm and measured approach." Lt. Gen. Robert...
Obama to sign extension of jobless benefits
5:17
President Barack Obama is set to sign a bill extending jobless benefits 20 weeks and prolonging the $8,000 homebuyer tax credit. The law is also aimed at spurring job creation by giving an additional tax cut to...
Obama delays Capitol Hill pitch on health care
10:27
President Barack Obama is pushing back a trip to Capitol Hill aimed at discussing the proposed health care overhaul with lawmakers. Obama had planned to head to the Capitol on Friday. Now the White House schedule shows...
Congressman: 2 soldiers released from custody
10:12
The office of a Texas congressman says two soldiers who were taken into custody following a deadly rampage at Fort Hood have been released. A spokesman for Rep. John Carter says Fort Hood officials informed Carter's...
Southern Dems cast wary eye at election results
10:00
Southern Democrats who watched the trouncing of their party's gubernatorial nominee in Virginia this week are starting to worry that a rising anti-Democratic tide in the South may reverse their hard-fought gains from...