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OVERLAND, Kan., Nov. 20 (UPI) -- Former Attorney General John Ashcroft said Friday trying the alleged mastermind of the 2001 terrorist attacks in a U.S.civilian court risks national security. Ashcroft gave a news conference...
Americans Seek Up to 7,000 Extra NATO Troops for Ramp-Up in Afghanistan By PETER SPIEGEL and STEPHEN FIDLER WASHINGTON -- The Obama administration is in advanced talks with its North Atlantic Treaty Organization allies for a...
Some may warn about detainee danger, but residents see jobs By Peter Slevin and Kari Lydersen Washington Post Staff Writer Saturday, November 21, 2009 CHICAGO -- On the edge of a cornfield 150 miles from Chicago lies a prison,...
A player and team worthy of salute Navy quarterback Ricky Dobbs has amassed 22 touchdowns rushing, 1,549 yards total offense -- and immeasurable respect. (Gail Burton/associated Press) Saturday, November 21, 2009 Navy's Ricky...
The attorney general's Senate testimony this week did nothing to reassure the families of 9/11's victims. By DAVID BEAMER On Wednesday, the Senate Judiciary Committee met to question Attorney General Eric Holder about his...
For some in platoon that lost 3 in on-base attack, anxiety is heightened Nov. 10: FBI officials admitted they knew months ago that Army Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan was e-mailing a radical Muslim cleric overseas. A Morning Meeting...
CAMP ATTERBURY, IND. -- Outside a scruffy, two-story building, armed and flak-jacketed U.S. soldiers stood watch under a sagging Afghan flag. Inside, the provincial governor, a Hamid Karzai look-alike in a striped robe and...
The best from this week's blog Saturday, November 21, 2009 Chaplains urging repeal of 'don't ask' Three former military chaplains announced support for a repeal of the military's "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy regarding gays in...
Bloomberg - Nov. 21 (Bloomberg) -- Higher-income Americans should be taxed to pay for more troops sent to Afghanistan and NATO should provide half of the new soldiers, said Carl Levin, chairman of the Senate Armed Services...
R ick Hillier, one of the powerful figures at the epicentre of the prisoner torture storm, has a revealing quirk. Question what happened in Afghanistan under his command and the former chief of defence staff talks about what...
