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House, Senate reach agreement on defense bill
House and Senate negotiators reached agreement Tuesday on a $633 billion defense bill that would tighten sanctions on Iran, increase security at ...
Proponents seek end to ban on abortion coverage
Proponents of ending the ban on women in the military using their health insurance to pay for abortions in cases of rape and incest stepped up the ...
Republicans assail Obama on 9/11 attack in Libya
Republicans lashed out at President Barack Obama and senior administration officials over their evolving description of the deadly Sept. 11 attack on ...
Obama: Extremists used video as 'excuse' to attack
President Barack Obama said Thursday that extremists used an anti-Islam video as an excuse to assault U.S. interests overseas, including an attack on ...
Partisan Dems, GOP can only agree defense cuts bad
The only thing a bitterly partisan Congress can agree on as it heads for the exits is that looming defense cuts will have a devastating effect on the ...
Jailed American fights Nicaraguan drug sentence
Jason Puracal made his home in this Pacific coast beach town after a Peace Corps stint, wed a Nicaraguan woman and had a son. He watched the surfing ...