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Congress speaks with a loud, muddled voice on Syria
WASHINGTON — Sen. Dianne Feinstein made headlines recently by demanding a forceful U.S. response to Syria's use of chemical weapons against its population. Less noticed was that the California Democrat wasn't urging deeper military involvement...
Tags: Bob Corker, Rebellions, Bob Menendez, U.S. Congress, Parties and Movements
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What did we learn from Iraq?
Ten years have passed since the United States invaded Iraq, a decision that almost everyone now ranks as one of the worst foreign policy blunders of our time. Why "almost"? Former President George W. Bush and his top aides still maintain that the invasion...
Tags: Wars and Interventions, U.S. Congress, Federal Reserve, Central Intelligence Agency, Doyle McManus
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The truth about torture
If there were any remaining doubts that what the CIA did to captured terrorist suspects in the aftermath of the 9/11 attacks was torture, a report last week by an independent investigative panel should put them to rest. According to the report by the...Tags: September 11, 2001 Attacks, Lawyers, Central Intelligence Agency, Crime, Law and Justice, Eric Holder
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McManus: Obama plays for time to avoid 'red line'
Barack Obama really, really does not want to get tangled up in Syria. For almost a year, Obama's secretaries of State — first Hillary Rodham Clinton, now John Kerry — have pressed the president for more aid to the insurgents who are fighting...Tags: Wars and Interventions, Rebellions, John Kerry, U.S. Congress, Dianne Feinstein
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U.S. lawmakers call for action on Syria's chemical weapons
WASHINGTON -- U.S. lawmakers quickly called for action after the White House informed members of Congress on Thursday that American intelligence agencies now believe the Syrian government has used chemical weapons against rebels trying to topple President...
Tags: Chuck Hagel, Wars and Interventions, U.S. Congress, John McCain, Weaponry
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Lawmakers ask who knew what about bomb suspect
BOSTON (AP) — Lawmakers are asking tough questions about how the government tracked suspected Boston Marathon bomber Tamerlan Tsarnaev when he traveled to Russia last year, renewing criticism from after the Sept. 11 attacks that failure to share...
Tags: Sports, Joe Biden, Crime, Law and Justice, Tamerlan Tsarnaev, Shootings
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As Boston buries its dead, more evidence gathered
BOSTON (AP) — The Boston area held funerals for two more of its dead Tuesday — including an 8-year-old boy — as evidence mounted that the older Tsarnaev brother had embraced a radical, anti-American strain of Islam and was the driving...
Tags: Sports, Crime, Law and Justice, Tamerlan Tsarnaev, Separation of Church and State, Law Enforcement
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Boston marks week from Marathon bombs with silence
BOSTON (AP) — Seven days after the Boston Marathon bombings, the city planned to mark the traumatic week with mournful silence and a return to its bustling commute. Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick has asked residents to observe a moment of...
Tags: Sports, Bombings, Lawyers, Crime, Law and Justice, Tamerlan Tsarnaev
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Boston Marathon bombing suspect is charged
BOSTON (AP) — Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev was charged in his hospital room Monday with using a weapon of mass destruction to kill — a crime that carries a possible death sentence. Tsarnaev, 19, was accused by federal...
Tags: Sports, Boston Marathon Bombing (2013), Lu Lingzi, Crime, Law and Justice, Jay Carney
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Police: Bombing suspects planned more attacks
BOSTON (AP) — As churches paused to mourn the dead and console the survivors of the Boston Marathon bombing Sunday, the city's police commissioner said the two suspects had such a large cache of weapons that they were probably planning other...
Tags: Sports, Crime, Law and Justice, Tamerlan Tsarnaev, Shootings, Deval Patrick
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In Boston bombing, Muslims hold their breath
Shereef Elnahal is a native of Virginia, a graduate of Harvard Medical School and a first-year internal medicine resident who helped triage explosion victims with ruptured eardrums and major limb injuries on Monday at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in...
Tags: Sports, Health and Medical Professionals, Internists, Al-Qaeda, Islam
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