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From campus to the combat zone: Academic's choice to join with Army exacts a heavy price
AP National WriterAfter seven nights sleeping on the ground, and seven days without a hot shower, Master Sgt. Rachael Ridenour was beat. But when the Blackhawk helicopter touched down at Forward Operating Base Salerno, Ridenour and teammate Tom Garcia shouldered their...Tags: Explosions, Public Employees, Armed Forces, Petroleum Industry, Emergency Incidents
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Israeli military intelligence chief: Iran now capable of building nuclear weapons
Associated Press WriterJERUSALEM (AP) — Iran is now capable of producing atomic weapons, Israel's top military intelligence officer said Sunday, sounding the highest-level warning that Israel's arch-enemy has achieved independent nuclear capability. At a Cabinet meeting,...Tags: Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, Judaism, National Government, Nuclear Weapons
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Sudan president threatens to expel more foreigners in 1st trip to Darfur since arrest warrant
Associated Press WriterEL FASHER, Sudan (AP) — Sudan's president threatened to kick out more aid groups and expel diplomats and peacekeepers on Sunday during his first trip to the beleaguered Darfur region after an international court issued an arrest warrant against him....Tags: Contracts, Diplomacy, Prosecution, War Crimes, National Government
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Dick Armey: Limbaugh right - 'Sure'
The Swampby Mark Silva Dick Armey, a former House majority leader when the Republicans ruled the Hill, has added his name to those hoping that President Barack Obama fails. If the president's goal is creating "a nanny state,'' that is. "Sure,''......Tags: Barack Obama, Dick Armey, National Government, Rush Limbaugh, Republican Party
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Obama's not-so-special gift to top Brit
The SwampBritish Prime Minister Gordon Brown and President Barack Obama. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert) by Frank James The British media (all right, two newspapers, the Daily Mail and the Daily Telegraph) are upset on behalf of British Prime Minister Gordon Brown,........Tags: Barack Obama, National Government, Heads of State, United Kingdom, William Howard Taft
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Obama to visit Turkey
The Swampby Mike Dorning and Christi Parsons President Barack Obama is planning a trip to Turkey as part of his administration's ongoing outreach to the Muslim world, a senior administration official said this morning. The trip is meant to continue dialogue......Tags: Barack Obama, NATO, National Government, Heads of State, Turkey
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Obama rescinding stem-cell research ban
The Swampby Mark Silva One of former President George W. Bush's first big acts before the terrorism of 9/11 and the wars that followed - announced in a nationally televised address from his ranch in Texas - was his ban against......Tags: Barack Obama, National Government, Agricultural Research and Technology, Medical Research, George Bush
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Obama ends gray wolf protection
The Swamp(Undated handout photo of a grey wolf from the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service. AP Photo) by Jim Tankersley After reversing President Bush on a pack of environmental rules in its first month, the Obama administration let one of......Tags: Barack Obama, Endangered Species, Colorado, Idaho, Wyoming
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Labor: Job loss not 'abstract,' only sec'y
The Swampby Mark Silva "Labor, for $787 billion, Alex.'' ...The Senate has confirmed President Barack Obama's appointment of a former California congresswoman as Secretary of Labor.... "Who is Hilda Solis?'' (Bingo, or maybe Daily Double: $1.574 trillion -- not...Tags: Barack Obama, Economic Policy, National Government, Unemployment, Insurance
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Obama: Stimulus saving police jobs
The Swampby Christi Parsons COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Just weeks after a class of local police recruits was laid off due to city budget cuts, President Barack Obama flew in to speak at their graduation ceremony today -- and to laud the......Tags: Fires, Barack Obama, Ohio, National Government, Law Enforcement
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Clinton's 'reset' button: 'Overcharge'
The Swampby Mark Silva What's a little humor between Doomsday players? Secretary of State Hillary Clinton went for a little joke today about resetting relations with the Russians, but it turned out the joke was on her. Clinton, presenting Russian Foreign......Tags: Barack Obama, Civil Rights, National Government, United States, NATO
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Obama's 'challenge,' GOP's complaint
The Swampby Mark Silva Unemployment at a 25-year high. The stock market at a 12-year low. Mortgage foreclosures, bank failures and massive layoffs -- 2.6 million jobs lost in the last four months, more than 4 million lost since the start......Tags: Barack Obama, Government Health Care, Foreclosures, National Government, Unemployment
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