McChrystal, Eikenberry have differed on strategy
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A look at the differences expressed by the U.S. top commander and top U.S. diplomat in Afghanistan during the Obama administration's three-month review of strategy for the war: _U.S. Afghanistan Ambassador Karl...
Obama talks jobs creation
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President Barack Obama focuses Tuesday on getting Americans back to work and the possibility of using leftover bank bailout money to help do it. Obama was expected to address the subject in a speech on the economy at...
Feds ask for power to oversee rail transit safety
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The Obama administration wants Congress to give the federal government power to oversee the safety of subways, light rail and other urban train systems. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood is slated to testify Tuesday...
Obama spokesman: 'Silly' not to allow Va. flagpole
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White House press secretary Robert Gibbs said Monday that it is "silly" to think that a 90-year-old Medal of Honor winner is being asked to remove a flagpole from his front yard. Retired Army Col. Van T. Barfoot, a...
House panel to consider subpoenaing Salahis
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The couple who crashed President Barack Obama's first state dinner may be subpoenaed to appear before a House committee looking into the security breach. The Homeland Security Committee plans to vote Wednesday on...
Shoals still in path of Wall Street regulations
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Sweeping regulations to tame Wall Street and protect consumers in dealings with lenders are on the verge of passing the House but their fate is hardly sealed. Crucial pieces are still flashpoints, fiercely opposed by...
Chicago terrorism suspect charged in Mumbai attack
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A Chicago man conducted extensive surveillance on potential targets in the Indian city of Mumbai before the terrorist attacks there in November 2008 that left 166 people dead, federal authorities charged Monday. ...
Georgia congressman has hepatitis C
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Rep. Hank Johnson, D-Ga., has revealed that he has hepatitis C, a serious liver disease that can lead to fatal complications such as cancer or liver failure. In recent months, the 55-year-old Johnson has appeared thin...
Famous Miranda rights warning could get rewrite
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The Supreme Court on Monday seemed headed toward telling police they must explicitly advise criminal suspects that their lawyer can be present during any interrogation. The arguments in front of the justices were the...
Comparison of Democratic health care bills
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A comparison of the health care bills before Congress: ___ The Senate Democratic bill (Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act): WHO'S COVERED: About 94 percent of legal residents under age 65 _ compared with 83...
Secret Service report details 91 security breaches
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An internal Secret Service document reveals that last month's gate crashing incident at a White House state dinner was one of 91 security breaches since 1980. The 2003 report was used for training purposes, and helped...
ACORN prober finds no illegal pattern on videos
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An internal investigation of the community-organizing group ACORN concluded there was no criminal conduct by employees caught on videos offering advice on how to hide assets and falsify lending documents. The report,...
Health care issues: Illegal immigrants covered?
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A look at key issues in the health care debate: THE ISSUE: Will illegal immigrants be eligible for taxpayer-supported health coverage under the proposed health care reforms? THE POLITICS: This perennially...
WH: Obama favors legislation on global warming
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A White House spokesman says President Barack Obama still prefers legislation on climate change and that Monday's EPA declaration on greenhouse gas dangers was done in response to a court-ordered timetable. Robert...
Court to decide sentencing modification case
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The Supreme Court will decide whether judges have to follow strict sentencing guidelines at sentence modification hearings. The court on Monday agreed to hear an appeal from inmate Percy Dillion. He was sentenced to...
Court to decide if college group must allow gays
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The Supreme Court said Monday it will decide whether a California law school violated the constitutional rights of a Christian group by denying it recognition as an official campus organization because it excludes gays...
Drunken driving death rates decline in 40 states
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Drunken driving fatality rates have fallen in 40 states and the District of Columbia, an encouraging sign that crackdowns are improving highway safety. The Transportation Department said Monday that 11,773 people were...
Pentagon orders 16,000 troops to start surge
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The first wave of President Barack Obama's new Afghanistan surge will add about 16,000 U.S. troops who got their orders over the past few days, the Pentagon announced Monday. About 1,500 Marines from Camp Lejeune in...
Administration pushes swine flu vaccines in ads
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Pushing Americans to receive swine flu vaccinations, the Obama administration on Monday released a new slate of television and radio ads to counter an illness that already has infected millions. The public service...
Obama welcomes Turkish PM to White House
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President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden will meet with Turkey's Prime Minister, Recep Tayyip Erdogan (REH'-jehp TY'-ihp UR'-doh-wahn), at the White House this morning. In the afternoon, Obama and Biden will...
Senate to confront abortion in health care debate
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Buoyed by a presidential pep talk and intense rounds of negotiations, Senate Democrats hope to move closer to embracing a major health care bill this week by tackling the nettlesome issue of abortion. Anti-abortion...
Shoals still in path of Wall Street regulations
3:05
Sweeping regulations to tame Wall Street and protect consumers in dealings with lenders are on the verge of passing the House but their fate is hardly sealed. Crucial pieces are still flashpoints, fiercely opposed by...
US applauds Iraq plans for parliamentary elections
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The White House is applauding Iraqi lawmakers' vote Sunday to hold parliament elections early next year, a step that the U.S. hopes will ease the eventual withdrawal of American troops. In a statement issued Sunday...
PROMISES, PROMISES: A closed meeting on openness
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It's hardly the image of transparency the Obama administration wants to project: A workshop on government openness is closed to the public. The event Monday for federal employees is a fitting symbol of President Barack...
Gates: 2-4 years of big Afghan role for US troops
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Defense Secretary Robert Gates says Americans should expect a significant U.S. military presence in Afghanistan for two years to four years more. Just as in Iraq, the U.S. eventually will turn over provinces to local...
Jones: Bin Laden still spends time in Afghanistan
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National security adviser James Jones said Sunday that al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden still spends some time inside Afghanistan. Most recent U.S. estimates have placed bin Laden inside Pakistan. But Jones, a retired...
McCain troubled by Afghan pullout target date
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Sen. John McCain says President Barack Obama's announcement that U.S. troops will begin to leave Afghanistan in July 2011 sends the wrong message to the Taliban and has confused countries in the region. The Arizona...
Clinton hasn't looked into Knox case in Italy
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Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton says she hasn't yet looked into the case of the American college student in Italy who was found guilty of murdering her British roommate. Amanda Knox of Seattle has been...
Obama security adviser: Picture not good on Iran
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President Barack Obama's national security adviser says the door remains open for Iran to work with other countries on its nuclear program. But James Jones also says the "picture is not a good one." Jones says the...
Obama aide: July 2011 Afghan pullout not `a cliff'
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President Barack Obama's national security adviser says the July 2011 date for the beginning of a U.S. troop withdrawal in Afghanistan is "not a cliff." Instead, James Jones calls it "a guide slope." Jones says...
Gates: Pakistan now putting pressure on Taliban
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Pakistan has acknowledged a growing threat from within its borders and is changing its attitude toward fighting terrorists, U.S. officials say. "The Taliban in Pakistan have been attacking Pakistani civilians,...
Gates rejects transition date emboldens Taliban
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Defense Secretary Robert Gates rejects any suggestion that setting a transition date for withdrawing U.S. forces in Afghanistan will embolden the Taliban. Gates tells CBS' "Face The Nation" that the Taliban read the...
Clinton says Pakistanis now see a growing threat
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Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton says Pakistanis have experienced a change in attitudes about fighting terrorism as they see a growing threat to their own nation. Clinton tells CBS' "Face the Nation" that...
Gates: US in Afghanistan 2 to 4 more years
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Defense Secretary Robert Gates says Americans should expect a significant U.S. military presence in Afghanistan for another two to four years. Appearing Sunday on NBC's "Meet the Press," Gates says the initial U.S....
Clinton: Important to capture or kill bin Laden
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Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton says it's important to capture or kill Osama bin Laden and other leaders of al-Qaida. Clinton made the comments aired Sunday on NBC's "Meet the Press." A high priority was...
Defense secretary sees progress in Afghanistan
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Defense Secretary Robert Gates says he is seeing signs of progress in the war in Afghanistan days after President Barack Obama announced a planned surge of 30,000 additional troops. Appearing on ABC's "This Week,"...
Clinton doubts Taliban will give up violence
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Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is expressing strong doubts that Taliban leaders will change the path of violence they are now following. The secretary of state said she is highly skeptical that Taliban leaders...
Gay House members say gay-friendly bills are near
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Two of Congress's three openly gay members said Saturday that the U.S. House is poised to pass bills to provide health coverage for the same-sex partners of gay federal workers and to protect all gay and transgender...
Gates: Afghan relationship will begin to change
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Defense Secretary Robert Gates says the United States' relationship with Afghanistan is going to begin changing in July 2011. Gates made the comments in an interview to be aired Sunday on CBS' "Face the Nation. When...
Gates: No good intel on Osama bin Laden in years
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Defense Secretary Robert Gates says the United States has not had good intelligence on the whereabouts of terrorist Osama bin Laden in years. Gates made the comment in an interview to be aired Sunday on ABC's "This...
Lawmakers get little reaction to Obama's war plan
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The switchboards and e-mail inboxes of members of Congress are not seeing much of a surge from President Barack Obama's plan to send more U.S. troops into Afghanistan. Health care and Wall Street bailouts? Those issues...
CAPITAL CULTURE: When folks swarmed People's House
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The folks who sneaked into the president's state dinner are part of a long tradition of people showing up as they please at the People's House. It's just that the tradition vanished ages ago. Americans staked their...
At war, honored for peace: Obama's tricky moment
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He's the Nobel Peace Prize winner who just ordered 30,000 more troops to war. He's the laureate who says he doesn't deserve the award. He's not quite 11 months on the job and already in the company of Mother Teresa and...
Obama administration seeks to kill Gitmo lawsuit
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A 2008 Supreme Court ruling giving Guantanamo Bay prisoners the right to challenge their indefinite detention does not apply in the case of two detainees who committed suicide, the Obama administration says in newly...
'Not a step is heard ... The President sleeps'
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The residence floor of the White House was heavy with sleep and "quiet as death." Through open windows the listener could hear the splash of a fountain, a distant barking dog. In an office on the second floor a...
Timeline of White House access and security
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A glance at changing public access and security at the White House through history: ___ 1790s _ People wander with impunity through the construction site while the Executive Mansion is being built. Eventually, a pass...
Obama plans to talk health care with Dem senators
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President Barack Obama plans to go to Capitol Hill on Sunday to rally Democratic senators at a crucial time in the health care debate. Obama plans to speak at the caucus meeting, scheduled for 2 p.m., as senators work...
Pawlenty, other aspirants travel for foreign cred
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Gov. Tim Pawlenty can't see Russia from his house. Neither could former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, of course, but her suggestion that Russia's proximity to her home state made for foreign policy chops was spoofed...
Lawmakers get little reaction to Obama's war plan
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The switchboards and e-mail inboxes of members of Congress are not seeing much of a surge from President Barack Obama's plan to send more U.S. troops into Afghanistan. Health care and Wall Street bailouts? Those issues...
Lawmakers rally to sailors' aid in court martial
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Lawmakers are seeking a reprieve for three Navy SEALs facing court-martial because one allegedly punched a suspect after arresting him for an ambush killing of U.S. contractors in Iraq. Rather than accept a reprimand,...