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Obama to discuss al Qaeda, drones, Guantanamo Bay in Thursday speech
ReutersATLANTA (Reuters) - President Barack Obama, under fire for security lapses at a U.S. mission in Libya, will in a speech on Thursday lay out his wide-ranging counter-terrorism policy, from the controversial use of drones to efforts to close the U.S....Tags: Politics, Terrorism, Barack Obama, White House, Pakistan
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Florida National Guard in transition phase
Miami HeraldThe Florida National Guard troops were wearing full battle rattle inside their Humvee hunting insurgents in rural Afghanistan when suddenly, from a distance, somebody opened up with small-arms fire, wounding an American soldier. The U.S. troops fired...Tags: Physical Fitness and Exercise, Afghanistan, September 11, 2001 Attacks, Budget Control Act of 2011, Armed Forces
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Jon Stewart's humour a hit with millions of envious Chinese
ReutersBy Jane Lee SHANGHAI, May 20 (Reuters) - Humor may not always translate well, but Jon Stewart is picking up millions of fans in China, where his gloves-off political satire is refreshing for many in a country where such criticism is a rarity - especially...Tags: China, The Daily Show (tv program), Politics, Human Rights, Ai Weiwei
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Jon Stewart's humor a hit with millions of envious Chinese
ReutersSHANGHAI (Reuters) - Humor may not always translate well, but Jon Stewart is picking up millions of fans in China, where his gloves-off political satire is refreshing for many in a country where such criticism is a rarity - especially when directed at...Tags: China, The Daily Show (tv program), Politics, Human Rights, Ai Weiwei
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Hunger strike, Yemeni dilemma could spur Guantanamo closure plans
A 100-day-old hunger strike at the Guantanamo Bay prison for suspected terrorists has agitated international human rights advocates anew, prompting fresh calls worldwide for closure of the detention center that President Obama vowed to shutter more than...
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Guantanamo hunger strike tally hits 102
Miami HeraldU.S. military medical providers counted 102 Guantanamo prisoners as hunger strikers on Thursday, the first increase after three weeks when the number seemed to plateau at 100. Navy medical workers were tube feeding 30 of the hunger strikers, said Army...Tags: American Medical Association, Justice System, September 11, 2001 Attacks, U.S. Department of Defense, Strikes
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Analysis: Once a beacon, Obama under fire over civil liberties
ReutersWASHINGTON (Reuters) - He may have been the first African-American president of the Harvard Law Review and taught constitutional law at the University of Chicago. He may have written a book extolling constitutional values in a democracy. And he may have...Tags: University of Virginia, Politics, Terrorism, Parties and Movements, White House
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U.S. says looking to revive vacant Guantanamo policy job -Holder
ReutersWASHINGTON, May 14 (Reuters) - The U.S. government intends to revive a vacant position coordinating policy for the military prison camp for foreign terrorism suspects at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and is looking at candidates, Attorney General Eric Holder said...Tags: Politics, Barack Obama, National Government, White House, Prisons
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Veterans seeking benefits endure long waits
Reading Eagle, Pa.Greg Massey's mission was top secret, and there was so much at stake. Massey was a Navy photographer ordered to take pictures of nuclear missile sites that Russia had built in Cuba. It was 1962, and the Cuban Missile Crisis loomed. So did the threat...Tags: Politics, Army National Guard, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Veterans Affairs, Eric Shinseki
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Indefinite enemies
Robert KoehlerYou're strapped to a metal table, unable to move. They stick a two-foot plastic tube up your nose, then down the back of your throat into your stomach. They squirt in the liquid protein. You gag, bleed, vomit. It's unbearably painful. The practice of...Tags: The Boston Globe, Politics, Terrorism, Heads of State, Barack Obama
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EDITORIAL: The Thursday wrap
The Pittsburgh Tribune-ReviewFormer Democrat New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson says Republican U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas should not be defined as a Hispanic -- his father was Cuban -- because, well, gee, he opposes the immigration reform measure wending its way through the Washington...Tags: Ted Cruz, National Rifle Association of America, Chris Murphy, Pittsburgh, Bill Richardson
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DVD reviews: 'Jack Reacher,' 'Mama' and 'Safe Haven'
The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review"Jack Reacher" (2012, PG-13, 130 min., $30.99) Filmed in Pittsburgh, "Jack Reacher" didn't enjoy the best run in theaters. The picture, which is heavy on guns, ventured onto the silver screen around the same time as the tragic Sandy Hook Elementary School...Tags: Rosamund Pike, Genres, Sandy Hook Elementary School, Julianne Hough, Kristen Wiig
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