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The federal government will buy the nearly empty Thomson Correctional Center, where it hopes to put up to 100 detainees. President Obama has directed the federal government to buy a nearly empty state prison in rural Illinois to house up to 100 detainees held at the U.S. detention center at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, officials said late Monday.
So the news came down the other day. It was a fait accompli.
U.S. Rep. Alan Grayson is again making headlines, saying that former Vice President Dick Cheney should shut up while using a crude acronym.
Students will be taught more than math and reading next semester.
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What's Your Reaction? Representative Rush D. Holt, a New Jersey Democrat who is chairman of the House Select Intelligence Oversight Panel, said in an interview that "the use of contractors in intelligence and paramilitary operations is a scandal waiting to be examined."
If we prepare for climate change by building a clean-power economy, but climate change turns out to be a hoax, what would be the result? We would be stronger, more innovative and more energy independent.
Former Vice President Dick Cheney is slamming the Obama administration for planning to hold the trials of Khalid Sheik Mohammed and other accused terrorists in federal court in New York City, saying they will give aid and comfort to the enemy.
Dick Cheney has ratcheted up his criticism of President Obama again, calling the decision to try 9/11 mastermind Khalid Shaikh Mohammed in New York a "huge mistake.".
Republicans who criticize President Barack Obama for change. Half say there is too much radical change, and the other half claim nothing has changed. You can't have it both ways.
A Marine from Waterbury dies from wounds received while fighting in Afghanistan.
There's no excuse for serious climatologists not adhering to the highest scientific standards at all times, writes columnist Thomas L. Friedman. That said, the evidence that our planet has been on a broad warming trend outside the normal variation patterns has been documented by a variety of independent research centers.
I enjoyed reading your “D-Day hero” (Dec. 9) story about John Tobin, who served with the Army Rangers 5 th Division in Germany during World War II and will be awarded a medal from France. Your headline was right. There’s a hero for us all to look up to. The likes of Tiger Woods? Please.
Former Vice President Dick Cheney Continues to Blast President Obama's War Strategy and Anti-Terrorism Strategy
One of the great challenges of our nation has been and will be to reconcile the racial tension of our past. The historical ramifications of...
Former Vice President Dick Cheney says trying suspected Sept. 11 terrorist Khalid Sheikh Mohammed (HAH'-leed shayk moh-HAH'-med) in New York City will make him "as important or more important than Osama bin Laden."
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