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Panel debates the political future of the former VP candidate who is back in the spotlight with her new book
Fresh from Afghanistan, Rep. Hunter urges President Obama to commit sufficient resources to fight
Former Marine resigns from Afghan post in protest of war; says U.S. occupation is spurring violence in a civil war and is not defeating Al Qaeda
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Obama Draws Fire for Bow to Japanese Emperor
| FOXNews.com| Politics
… obsequent President, and the Emperor of Japan." But the paper wrote that the "thou need not bow" standard in State Department protocol has been constant since the country's founding. Even "Miss Manners," while perhaps not the guiding …
Story|11/16/2009
Burma's Opposition Leader Suu Kyi Calls for Meeting With Junta Chief
AP| World
… of simply applying sanctions. Earlier this month, U.S. Assistant Secretary of State Kurt Campbell and another State Department official made the highest-level visit to Burma in 14 years. At a meeting with Asian leaders last week in Singapore …
Story|11/16/2009
Philippine President Signs Anti-Torture Law
AP| World
… criticism from international rights groups, the U.S. State Department , and a U.N. investigator on extrajudicial killings ..... rights issue during her talk with Arroyo and the State Department has pointed out areas it believes could be improved …
Story|11/13/2009
Obama's Afghan Adviser Questions Troop Increase- President Speaks to Troops in Alaska
| FOXNews.com| Politics
… alternative deployment of 30,000 more troops. State Department Press Secretary Ian Kelly said Thursday that Eikenberry ..... Afghan government. Aaron David Miller, a former State Department adviser now attached to the Woodrow Wilson International …
Story|11/13/2009
Tenn. State Trooper Suspended Over White Pride E-Mail
AP| U.S.
… officer shoots a black gang member ... you call him a racist." It also includes a list of racist epithets. The state Department of Safety says Gobbell sent the e-mail to himself so he could print a copy. He did not realize he had also sent …
Story|11/13/2009
This week on Fox News Sunday: (11/15/09) « FOX News Sunday
| FOXNews.com| FOX News Sunday
… Bill Kristol – Weekly Standard & Fox News Mara Liasson – National Public Radio & Fox News Liz Cheney – Former State Department Official Juan Williams - National Public Radio & Fox News And we speak with a man who leads his team, working nonstop …
Blogs|11/13/2009
Playing Russian Roulette In Afghanistan
| , FOXNews.com| Opinion
… Hoh, a former U.S. Marine captain, resigned from his post as Senior Civilian Representative for the U.S. State Department in Zabol Province. In his letter of resignation, he argued that "we are mortgaging our nation's economy on a …
Story|11/12/2009
Envoy Questioning More Troops in Afghanistan Was Military Hawk Under Bush
| FOXNews.com| Politics
… alternative deployment of 30,000 more troops. State Department Press Secretary Ian Kelly said Thursday that Eikenberry ..... Afghan government. Aaron David Miller, a former State Department adviser now attached to the Woodrow Wilson International …
Story|11/12/2009
Afghan Future Threatened by Ex-Warlords in Gov't
AP| World
… Taliban prisoners in sealed cargo containers and suffocated them to death before burying them en masse, according to a State Department report. Dostum denies involvement in the deaths. The U.S. and its allies pressured Karzai into firing Fahim …
Story|11/12/2009
Death Penalty Weighed in Murder of TV Anchor
AP| U.S.
… anyone to give them to. "Oh, Lord Jesus, how I wish it were me and not Anne," Cannady said. A lawyer for the state Department of Human Services read from agency documents that revealed a troubled youth for Vance. One of Vance's aunts also …
Story|11/12/2009
