http://www.mail.com/people/3058-kimberly-dozier.html Mail.com - the best personalized free web-based Email en en http://sec-s.uicdn.com/mail.com/2.20/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/people/3058-kimberly-dozier.html http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1761806-official-syria-fires-scud-missiles-rebels.html KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Syrian government forces have fired Scud missiles at insurgents in recent days, escalating the 2-year-old conflict against rebels seeking to overthrow the regime, U.S. officials said Wednesday. Speaking on condition of anonymity, two officials said forces of President Bashar Assad have fired the missiles from the Damascus area in... Thu, 13 Dec 2012 05:24:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1761806-official-syria-fires-scud-missiles-rebels.html 2012-12-13T05:24:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1755626-report-asian-economies-will-surpass-us-europe.html WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States could see its standing as a superpower eroded and Asian economies will outstrip those of North America and Europe combined by 2030, according to the best guess of the U.S. intelligence community in its latest forecast. "The spectacular rise of Asian economies is dramatically altering ... U.S. influence," said Christophe... Mon, 10 Dec 2012 16:59:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1755626-report-asian-economies-will-surpass-us-europe.html 2012-12-10T16:59:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1751696-chemical-weapons-risk-syrian-missiles-shells.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Growing fear that civil war in Syria could unleash the world's first use of chemical weapons in nearly three decades is based on two grim scenarios — neither considered likely but both carrying risks of civilian massacre and a major escalation of violence. The first is that President Bashar Assad, in a last-ditch effort to save his regim... Fri, 07 Dec 2012 20:51:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1751696-chemical-weapons-risk-syrian-missiles-shells.html 2012-12-07T20:51:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1747608-with-war-shifting-us-russia-talk-syrias-future.html DUBLIN (AP) — Diplomatic efforts to end Syria's civil war moved forward Thursday with U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton joining Russia's foreign minister and the U.N. peace envoy to the Arab country for extraordinary three-way talks that suggested Washington and Moscow might finally unite behind a strategy as the Assad regime weakens. In Wash... Thu, 06 Dec 2012 20:39:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1747608-with-war-shifting-us-russia-talk-syrias-future.html 2012-12-06T20:39:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1741586-fighting-surges-syrian-capital-damascus.html BEIRUT (AP) — Syria's civil war is closing in on President Bashar Assad's seat of power in Damascus with clashes between government forces and rebels flaring around the city Tuesday, raising fears the capital will become the next major battlefield in the 20-month-old conflict. Numerous reports emerged of at least a dozen people killed near the ancient cit... Tue, 04 Dec 2012 19:06:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1741586-fighting-surges-syrian-capital-damascus.html 2012-12-04T19:06:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1739124-us-weighing-military-options-syria-uses-wmd.html WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House and its allies are weighing military options to secure Syria's chemical and biological weapons, after U.S. intelligence reports show the Syrian regime may be readying those weapons and may be desperate enough to use them, U.S. officials said Monday. President Barack Obama, in a speech at the National Defense University on... Tue, 04 Dec 2012 01:34:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1739124-us-weighing-military-options-syria-uses-wmd.html 2012-12-04T01:34:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1739016-un-pulling-staff-syria-violence-capital.html BEIRUT (AP) — Fighting between rebels and government forces raged near the Syrian capital Damascus on Monday, forcing an inbound commercial jet to turn back while the U.N. said it was withdrawing staff because of deteriorating security conditions. Lebanese security officials said Jihad Makdissi, a polished Foreign Ministry spokesman known for defending th... Tue, 04 Dec 2012 01:16:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1739016-un-pulling-staff-syria-violence-capital.html 2012-12-04T01:16:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1735174-obama-defense-pick-sooner-than-expected.html WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama could name his next defense secretary in December, far sooner than expected and perhaps in a high-powered package announcement with his choice for secretary of state, several senior administration officials tell The Associated Press. The personnel moves, coupled with Obama's coming choice for a new leader of the Ce... Fri, 30 Nov 2012 21:38:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1735174-obama-defense-pick-sooner-than-expected.html 2012-11-30T21:38:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1730100-study-us-jails-handle-guantanamo-detainees.html WASHINGTON (AP) — The controversial detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, could be closed and the 166 detainees being held there could be absorbed safely by U.S. prisons, a government report says. Many of the detainees are accused of plotting terrorist acts against the United States. "This report demonstrates that if the political will exists, we co... Thu, 29 Nov 2012 00:10:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1730100-study-us-jails-handle-guantanamo-detainees.html 2012-11-29T00:10:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1710836-petraeus-biographer-to-regret-affair.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Paula Broadwell is telling friends she is devastated by the fallout from her extramarital affair with retired Gen. David Petraeus, which led to his resignation as head of the CIA. A person close to Broadwell said Sunday she deeply regrets the damage that's been done to her family and everyone else's, and she is trying to repair that and ... Mon, 19 Nov 2012 14:05:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1710836-petraeus-biographer-to-regret-affair.html 2012-11-19T14:05:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1709296-congress-to-investigate-benghazi-talking-points.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Lawmakers want to know who had a hand in creating the Obama administration's now-discredited "talking points" about the Sept. 11 attack on a U.S. diplomatic post in Benghazi, Libya, and why a final draft omitted the CIA's early conclusion that terrorists were involved. The answers could explain why President Barack Obama and top aides, i... Mon, 19 Nov 2012 07:54:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1709296-congress-to-investigate-benghazi-talking-points.html 2012-11-19T07:54:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1705976-women-petraeus-scandal-visited-white-house.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Their close ties to the military community giving them unusual access to top generals, Paula Broadwell and Jill Kelley even visited the White House on separate and apparently unrelated occasions before a sex scandal brought down former CIA Director David Petraeus. Neither woman met with President Barack Obama during their visits, a White... Sat, 17 Nov 2012 07:35:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1705976-women-petraeus-scandal-visited-white-house.html 2012-11-17T07:35:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1706534-petraeus-cia-blamed-terrorists-libya-attack.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Testifying out of sight, ex-CIA Director David Petraeus told Congress Friday that classified intelligence showed the deadly raid on the U.S. Consulate in Libya was a terrorist attack but the administration withheld the suspected role of al-Qaida affiliates to avoid tipping them off. The recently resigned spy chief explained that referenc... Sat, 17 Nov 2012 00:54:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1706534-petraeus-cia-blamed-terrorists-libya-attack.html 2012-11-17T00:54:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1704906-apologetic-petraeus-expresses-regret-affair.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Ex-CIA Director David Petraeus, who was whisked clandestinely into private meetings with Congress on Friday to avoid reporters, expressed regret anew in an appearance that marked his first official business since he resigned in disgrace over an extramarital affair. In ways befitting a spy, the former four-star general was sneaked into a ... Fri, 16 Nov 2012 22:53:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1704906-apologetic-petraeus-expresses-regret-affair.html 2012-11-16T22:53:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1701912-questions-sex-scandal-top-officials-testify.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Top national security officials trudged to Capitol Hill on Thursday to grapple with fallout from the David Petraeus sex scandal as Defense Secretary Leon Panetta asked service chiefs to review ethics training for military officers. He said he was unaware of any other top brass who could turn out to be ensnared in the debacle. One person ... Thu, 15 Nov 2012 22:44:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1701912-questions-sex-scandal-top-officials-testify.html 2012-11-15T22:44:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1699078-obama-responds-warily-to-sex-scandal-fbi-probe.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Responding warily to his administration's sudden sex scandal, President Barack Obama said Wednesday he's seen no evidence that national security was damaged by the revelations that ended his CIA director's career and imperil that of his Afghan war commander. But the president said he is reserving judgment about how the FBI has handled th... Thu, 15 Nov 2012 01:39:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1699078-obama-responds-warily-to-sex-scandal-fbi-probe.html 2012-11-15T01:39:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1701466-petraeus-to-testify-congress-libya-friday.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Former CIA Director David Petraeus will testify before the House Intelligence committee Friday on events that led to the death of the U.S. ambassador and three other Americans in an attack on the U.S. Consulate at Benghazi, Libya, on Sept. 11. Spokesmen for the committee say the hearing will be closed to the public. Petraeus resigned fro... Wed, 14 Nov 2012 23:55:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1701466-petraeus-to-testify-congress-libya-friday.html 2012-11-14T23:55:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/1697744-fla-socialite-center-generals-sex-scandal.html TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — When news vans camped outside her stately home, a Florida socialite tied to the Gen. David Petraeus sex scandal fell back on her informal credentials as a social ambassador for Tampa society and top military brass: She asked police for diplomatic protection. In the phone call to authorities, Jill Kelley, a party hostess and unofficial s... Wed, 14 Nov 2012 15:06:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/1697744-fla-socialite-center-generals-sex-scandal.html 2012-11-14T15:06:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1698294-cast-characters-petraeus-sex-scandal.html WASHINGTON (AP) — One day CIA Director David Petraeus was sending out signals he'd like to stay on for President Barack Obama's second term. The next he was hurrying to the White House to offer his resignation and remorse over an extramarital affair. In rapid succession, other characters have emerged in North Carolina, Florida and Afghanistan with story lines that resemble t... Wed, 14 Nov 2012 12:57:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1698294-cast-characters-petraeus-sex-scandal.html 2012-11-14T12:57:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1696648-scandal-widens-us-generals-emails-flirtatious.html WASHINGTON (AP) — The sex scandal that felled CIA Director David Petraeus widened Tuesday to ensnare the top U.S. commander in Afghanistan, Gen. John Allen, in a suddenly public drama involving a Tampa socialite, a jealous rival, a twin sister in a messy custody dispute and flirty emails. The improbable story — by turns tragic and silly — could have major... Wed, 14 Nov 2012 02:13:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1696648-scandal-widens-us-generals-emails-flirtatious.html 2012-11-14T02:13:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1694206-petraeus-to-shocked-girlfriends-emails.html TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — CIA Director David Petraeus was shocked to learn last summer that his mistress was suspected of sending threatening emails warning another woman to stay away from him, former staff members and friends told The Associated Press Monday. Petraeus told these associates his relationship with the second woman, Tampa socialite Jill Kelley, was... Tue, 13 Nov 2012 05:35:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1694206-petraeus-to-shocked-girlfriends-emails.html 2012-11-13T05:35:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1692866-congress-wants-answers-petraeus-affair.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Members of Congress said Sunday they want to know more details about the FBI investigation that revealed an extramarital affair between ex-CIA Director David Petraeus and his biographer, questioning when the retired general popped up in the FBI inquiry, whether national security was compromised and why they weren't told sooner. "We recei... Mon, 12 Nov 2012 01:57:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1692866-congress-wants-answers-petraeus-affair.html 2012-11-12T01:57:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1691552-official-emails-paramour-led-to-fbi-probe.html WASHINGTON (AP) — The scandal that brought down CIA Director David Petraeus started with harassing emails sent by his biographer and paramour, Paula Broadwell, to another woman, and eventually led the FBI to discover the affair, U.S. officials told The Associated Press on Saturday. Petraeus quit Friday after acknowledging an extramarital relationship. The... Sun, 11 Nov 2012 04:23:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1691552-official-emails-paramour-led-to-fbi-probe.html 2012-11-11T04:23:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1690428-cia-director-david-petraeus-quits-affair.html WASHINGTON (AP) — David Petraeus, the retired four-star general renowned for taking charge of the military campaigns in Iraq and then Afghanistan, abruptly resigned Friday as director of the CIA, admitting to an extramarital affair. The affair was discovered during an FBI investigation, according to officials briefed on the developments. They spoke on con... Sat, 10 Nov 2012 02:43:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1690428-cia-director-david-petraeus-quits-affair.html 2012-11-10T02:43:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1690664-pentagon-moves-to-silence-seals-missions.html WASHINGTON (AP) — The military is cracking down on special operations troops who share knowledge of their secret missions for profit, punishing seven Navy SEALs, including one involved in the mission to get Osama bin Laden, who moonlighted as advisers on a combat video game. Current and former SEALs, including the author of a tell-all book on the bin Lade... Fri, 09 Nov 2012 20:40:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1690664-pentagon-moves-to-silence-seals-missions.html 2012-11-09T20:40:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1686384-obama-faces-familiar-world-problems-2nd-term.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Now that his re-election is secured, President Barack Obama has a freer hand to deal with a world of familiar problems in fresh ways, from toughening America's approach to Iran and Syria while potentially engaging other repressive countries such as Cuba and North Korea and refocusing on moribund Middle East peace efforts. The first tweak... Thu, 08 Nov 2012 12:11:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1686384-obama-faces-familiar-world-problems-2nd-term.html 2012-11-08T12:11:00Z http://www.mail.com/sports/hockey/1659690-admin-rejects-claim-libya-attack.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Obama administration officials defended their response to the September attack on the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, Libya, amid new claims that the White House failed to send help quickly enough as militants overran the mission. The U.S. ambassador and three other Americans died in the hourslong battle. Fox News reported that security offi... Sat, 27 Oct 2012 01:08:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/hockey/1659690-admin-rejects-claim-libya-attack.html 2012-10-27T01:08:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1652896-white-house-told-libyan-attack-claim-sept-11.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Two hours after the U.S. Consulate came under attack in Benghazi, Libya, the White House was told that a militant group was claiming responsibility for the violence that killed the U.S. ambassador and three other Americans. A State Department email sent to intelligence officials and the White House situation room said the Islamist group ... Wed, 24 Oct 2012 22:13:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1652896-white-house-told-libyan-attack-claim-sept-11.html 2012-10-24T22:13:00Z