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Washington eyes compromise at Copenhagen talks

AFP - 47 minutes ago

The United States called Wednesday for a compromise at next month's global climate talks in Copenhagen and urged Asian countries including China to do their part in forging a deal.

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FBI Fights Claims It Dropped the Ball on Hasan
Time Magazine - 54 minutes ago
Claims that contact betwen Maj. Nidal Hassan and a radical cleric in Yemen ought to have triggered alarms are overblown, according to officials familiar with the case
KBR hit by Iraq, Afghan waste disposal lawsuits
AFP via Yahoo! News - 2 hours 6 minutes ago
Dozens of US military personnel have filed 34 lawsuits against KBR accusing the defense contractor of incinerating and releasing into the atmosphere toxic waste in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Fort Hood suspect asked military to give Muslims an out
CNN - Wed Nov 11, 2:32 am ET
President Obama is heading to Fort Hood Army Post for Tuesday's memorial service, to remember the victims of last week's shooting that left 13 dead, 12 of them U.S. soldiers.
Official: Fort Hood suspect asked military to give Muslims an out
CNN - Wed Nov 11, 2:32 am ET
The suspect in last week's deadly shooting spree at Fort Hood urged in 2007 that Muslims in the U.S. Army be allowed to claim conscientious objector status when it comes to fighting other Muslims in war, a defense official said Tuesday.
Top Obama Advisers Favor Adding Troops in Afghanistan
International Herald Tribune - Wed Nov 11, 12:18 am ET
The president’s national security team is coalescing around a proposal to send 30,000 or more additional troops to Afghanistan, officials say.
Today in History - Nov. 11
AP via Yahoo! News - Wed Nov 11, 12:00 am ET
Today is Wednesday, Nov. 11, the 315th day of 2009. There are 50 days left in the year. This is Veterans Day in the U.S., Remembrance Day in Canada.
Collins Doesn't March With Fellow Republicans on Afghanistan
CQPolitics.com via Yahoo! News - Tue Nov 10, 11:23 pm ET
Ten of 11 Republicans on the Senate Armed Services Committee are trying to step up the political pressure on President Obama to make a decision about the war in Afghanistan.
Obama Mourns Victims of Fort Hood Shootings
New York Times - Tue Nov 10, 10:27 pm ET
President Obama spoke at a public service and met privately with the families of those killed in the attack.
Just what we need: A FEMA for Afghanistan
Washington Post - Tue Nov 10, 9:57 pm ET
Now that the U.S. military presence in Iraq looks to be winding down, the office of the Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction (SIGIR), set up to oversee the $50 billion reconstruction effort, is also due to be phasing out. But that doesn't necessarily mean the SIGIR himself, Stuart W....
Obama Wants Afghans and Pakistanis to Commit to War Plan, Officials Say
New York Times - Tue Nov 10, 9:18 pm ET
The president’s national security team is coalescing around a proposal to send 30,000 or more additional American troops to Afghanistan, officials say.
Live Q& A with Chertoff
USA Today - Tue Nov 10, 9:15 pm ET
Live Q&A with Chertoff
Oshkosh Corporation Ready to Welcome Defense Secretary Gates
WBAY Green Bay - Tue Nov 10, 11:28 pm ET
This week's visit comes as the company continues to excel at production of a vehicle designed specifically for use in Afghanistan.
Obama Pushes Japan as Both Sides Work on Base Dispute
Bloomberg via Yahoo! News - Tue Nov 10, 8:30 pm ET
Nov. 11 (Bloomberg) -- President Barack Obama says he expects Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama to honor an agreement on American troops in Japan as the two countries work to keep the issue from overshadowing this week’s summit.
McCain questions Pentagon tanker competition rules
Reuters via Yahoo! News - Tue Nov 10, 8:28 pm ET
U.S. Senator John McCain, whose investigation helped derail an earlier $23.5 billion Air Force plan to lease and buy 100 Boeing Co tankers, has raised serious concerns about the Pentagon's latest attempt to replace its aging fleet of KC-135 refueling aircraft.
Pro-Con | Is the recession truly over? Yes
The Kansas City Star - Tue Nov 10, 11:16 pm ET
Officially, the Great Recession is over, at least for the United States. The economy recorded 3.5 percent annual growth for the third quarter of 2009. Fortunately, the administration of then-President George W. Bush recognized the severity of the crisis and provided emergency financing for U.S. banks teetering on the brink of insolvency. Those efforts were followed up by the stimulus measures ...
EU Summit to Choose President; Van Rompuy Is Favorite (Update1)
Bloomberg - 28 minutes ago
Nov. 11 (Bloomberg) -- The European Union will hold a summit on Nov. 19 to choose its first president and foreign minister, with Belgian Prime Minister Herman Van Rompuy and ex- Italian leader Massimo D’Alema tipped as possible candidates.
Obama's Fort Hood Speech and Television Culture
Time Magazine - Tue Nov 10, 6:24 pm ET
Televised speeches now come larded in so much analysis, before and after, that it becomes almost impossible to connect with them in a genuine, visceral way
Column: No time to ease up in Afghanistan
USA Today - Wed Nov 11, 12:16 am ET
No time to ease up in Afghanistan A ‘counterterrorism-lite’ approach is based on three critical fallacies. By Michael Chertoff In September, a Colorado-based Afghan immigrant was arrested and charged with plotting a terrorist attack in the USA. According to the...
Text of Obama's remarks at the Fort Hood ceremony
AP via Yahoo! News - Tue Nov 10, 5:33 pm ET
Text of President Barack Obama's remarks Tuesday during a memorial service at Fort Hood, Texas, as transcribed by the White House:
Obama as mourner-in-chief at Fort Hood memorial
AFP via Yahoo! News - Tue Nov 10, 5:30 pm ET
At stricken Fort Hood, President Barack Obama Tuesday shouldered the role of America's national healer, as a country rose above its deep divisions in a moment of shared mourning.