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WASHINGTON – A Somali citizen captured in April was interrogated aboard a U.S. warship for two months and is now in New York to face terrorism charges. The case against Ahmed Abdulkadir Warsame shows the Obama administration is sticking by its plan to use civilian courts to prosecute terrorists, a strategy that was successful...
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NEW YORK – America’s cities are beginning to grapple with a fact of life: People are getting old, fast, and they’re doing it in communities designed for the sprightly. To envision how this silver tsunami will challenge a youth-oriented society, just consider that seniors soon will outnumber schoolchildren in hip, fast-paced New York City....
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Mitt Romney and Michele Bachmann may represent competing visions of the direction of the Republican Party, but both their presidential campaigns are relying on legal advice from partners at Patton Boggs, the Washington power law firm that pioneered innovative fundraising strategies for 2008 GOP White House hopefuls that left advocates for reducing the role...
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KABUL—The U.S. and its allies are within reach of defeating Al Qaeda after killing Osama bin Laden and gaining new insights about the terrorist group’s other leading figures, new U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said Saturday. The former CIA director offered an upbeat assessment about the prospects for ending Al Qaeda’s threat as he...
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WASHINGTON – An independent U.S. agency is denying claims that a former co-chairman, Rep. Alcee Hastings, made sexual advances toward a staff member and sought to retaliate when she refused. In a court filing Saturday, the Helsinki Commission disputed the sexual harassment allegations by Winsome Packer, the commission’s staff representative in Vienna from 2008-2010...
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WASHINGTON – The United States on Saturday recognized the Republic of South Sudan, the world’s newest nation, as a sovereign and independent state. President Barack Obama said in a statement that, “This historic achievement is a tribute, above all, to the generations of southern Sudanese who struggled for this day.” South Sudan became independent...
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WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama appealed to Democrats and Republicans to “make some political sacrifices” and take advantage of an extraordinary opportunity to tackle the government’s budget crisis. Obama said in his weekly radio and Internet address Saturday that it will take a “balanced approach” that mixes limits on domestic programs and the Pentagon,...
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WASHINGTON – The Obama administration’s furious efforts to relaunch stalled Israeli-Palestinian peace talks this summer are going nowhere, and a looming U.N. confrontation could further set back prospects for a negotiated settlement any time soon. Despite attempts to get the parties back to the table based on parameters that President Barack Obama outlined in...
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KABUL, Afghanistan – The U.S. and its allies are within reach of defeating al-Qaida after killing Osama bin Laden and gaining new insights about the terrorist group’s other leading figures, new U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said Saturday. The former CIA director offered an upbeat assessment about the prospects for ending al-Qaida’s threat as...
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WASHINGTON – A debt-busting deal on the scale that President Barack Obama and House Speaker John Boehner are seeking all but guarantees that people on Medicare would feel at least some of the pain. Low-income people on Medicaid wouldn’t escape totally, either. If a deal ultimately leads to overhauling taxes, workers and their families...
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