Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates has asked Congress for the authority to shift more than $1 billion in Pentagon spending to increase the ability to provide surveillance to battlefield troops.
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PARIS (Reuters) – U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama dropped a plan to visit wounded U.S. troops in Germany on Friday amid concerns the stop would be viewed as a political event.
PARIS (Reuters) – U.S. presidential candidate Barack Obama said on Friday Iran should not wait for the next administration to halt its uranium enrichment program.
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The agency that audits Pentagon contracts said on Friday it had asked for an investigation into allegations that its supervisors pressured employees to alter audits in favor of contractors.
ASPEN, Colo. (Reuters) – U.S. Republican presidential candidate John McCain urged China on Friday to address human rights concerns and free Tibetan prisoners after he met with the Dalai Lama in Colorado.
My fellow Americans the time for hoping that the corporate politicians of our time will listen to us is over. They care less for our words than we care for our outrageous taxes which do not go to fund education, healthcare, veterans funds or anything except the war. A war which was entered upon compulsion and anger at the tragedy of 9/11.
Taxes. Ok, Senator, we’ve planted two questions for you with Andrea Mitchell, one on the economic downturn, which doesn’t actually exist, and one about your economic policy. How will you respond?