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Defense Secretary Robert Gates told Congress on Thursday that the surge force of 30,000 going to Afghanistan will grow to at least 33,000 when support troops are included.
The Obama administration will spend at least $3.5 billion to push local officials around the country to close failing schools and reopen them with new teachers and principals.
Military impostors, beware: A new Web site designed to root out fraudulent veterans and fakers in fatigues has been launched.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Saddam Hussein was telling the truth, this time. The United States just didn’t believe him.
2009 12 04Gibbs 'No Doubt' Troops Stretched Thin Posted on Advocate.com trueNews390pxtruefalse1200AMfalsefalseBy Kerry EleveldKerry EleveldPLEASE DO NOT USE THIS FIELD FOR NOW. White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs said Wednesday that he did not know the status of a review
SPANISH FORK, Utah (AP) — The popular Utah cave where a 26-year-old medical student died earlier in the week will be closed permanently and his body will not be removed, state and county officials said Friday.
WEST HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Consumer activist and Connecticut native Ralph Nader said Friday he is “absorbing” the reaction he’s receiving about a possible bid for the U.S. Senate, saying he wants to first gauge the level of grassroots support before making a decision.
Last week's show was a recap via mostly previously unseen scenes, so recall that when we last had a new episode, Shambles's plot to depose...
President Barack Obama’s current support among Republicans and Democrats is similar to former President Bill Clinton’s at this time in his presidency and slightly less polarized than former President George W. Bush’s at this time.
Dec. 4 (Bloomberg) -- House Democrats will propose more than doubling taxes on money managers at private-equity and venture capital firms to pay for the renewal of 45 tax breaks due to expire soon, a Democratic aide said.
Dec. 4 (Bloomberg) -- The U.S. and Russia pledged to continue cooperating on weapons control after failing to reach a new agreement to replace the 1991 Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty, which expires tomorrow.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Florida banking regulators on Friday shut down Commerce Bank of Southwest Florida, marking the 124th U.S. bank to succumb this year to the struggling economy and rising loan defaults.
After all is said and done, chucking a sitting head of state for war crimes into The Hague is akin to regime change. If we're going down that route, we might as well start with Switzerland.
Former Vice President Richard B. Cheney in a recent interview with Politico labeled President Barack Obama's drawn-out process of deciding on a troop surge for...
Skeptical Minnesota lawmakers weigh in on Obama plan By Derek Wallbank | Wednesday, Dec. 2, 2009 President Obama's plan to for more U.S. troops in Afghanistan is dividing Minnesota's congressional delegation, though not along party lines.
President Hamid Karzai put a brave face Thursday on President Barack Obama’s decision to start pulling out troops in mid-2011, telling The Associated Press in his first public response that it will push Afghans to take control of their own destiny.
by Claire Luchette According to Noam Chomsky, all U.S. leaders are schizophrenic. Chomsky, Professor Emeritus of Linguistics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, came to Columbia on Thursday to discuss hypocrisy and "schizophrenia" in American foreign policy from the early settlers to George W. Bush. Chomsky, often considered one of the fathers of modern linguistics, is also well known ...
Dec. 4 (Bloomberg) -- Sheila Bair has no intention of giving up the fight. The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. chief, a Republican, will not seek reappointment once her term ends in 18 months.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Amputations. Combat stress. Divorce. Suicide. For troubled service members, military therapists are at their sides.
Highly anticipated immigration negotiations between Cuba and the United States in Havana have been pushed back from this month to February at the communist island's request because of scheduling concerns, a State Department official said Friday.
Dec. 4 (Bloomberg) -- Robert Rodriguez ignores most rules of the mutual-fund industry, an approach that’s helped him beat all rival managers over the past 25 years.
