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There goes Iraq -- again, or: Depart in haste, repent at leisure
Paul GreenbergThis week's news from Iraq isn't good, though when has it ever been? Well, maybe at those exceptional times when Washington was paying close attention and American troops were being given the support and leeway to do their job right. Indeed,...Tags: Hillary Clinton, Unrest, Conflicts and War, George W. Bush, Culture, Barack Obama
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Anonymous note threat at Pasadena High prompts extra security
Police are beefing up security at Pasadena High School on Thursday and Friday in response to an anonymous note threatening violence on the campus, school and public safety officials said. The note did not specify who might commit violence and the writer...Tags: Safety of Citizens, Government, Central Intelligence Agency, Politics, Health and Safety at School
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DWP workers tops in city with total pay averaging nearly $100,000
Employees at the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power earned average total pay of nearly $100,000 in 2011 -- more than 50% higher than the average total pay of all other city employees, a Times analysis of payroll data found. That pay is also about...Tags: Unions, Local Elections, Career and Workplace, Central Intelligence Agency
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David Petraeus, former CIA chief and military leader, joins USC
David H. Petraeus, the former four-star U.S. Army general who resigned as head of the Central Intelligence Agency last year after confessing to an extramarital affair, will teach part-time at USC and help mentor students who are veterans, officials are...
Tags: Iraq, Colleges and Universities, Princeton University, U.S. Army, Central Intelligence Agency
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Generals with Fort Bragg ties taking leadership in world's hot spots
The Fayetteville Observer, N.C.Since the bloody bombings at the Boston Marathon, America's attention has been focused on terror at home. The two brothers believed to have carried out that attack had been living in the United States for about a decade, officials have said. But...Tags: Armed Forces, Joseph Kony, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Stanley A. McChrystal, U.S. Department of State
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'Terms and Conditions' tackles online privacy
Cullen Hoback doesn't know what Mark Zuckerberg thinks of his documentary "Terms and Conditions May Apply." But he's already made the Facebook leader smile once. Toward the end of the documentary, which screens Friday and May 2 at the Newport Beach Film...
Tags: Arts and Culture, Festive Events, Mark Zuckerberg, Entertainment, Central Intelligence Agency
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David Petraeus to teach at CUNY school in New York
David Petraeus, the former four-star general who was forced out as head of the Central Intelligence Agency because he had an affair with his biographer, has accepted a post as a visiting professor in New York. In a statement released Tuesday, Macaulay...Tags: Colleges and Universities, Immigration, Princeton University, Central Intelligence Agency, Politics
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Step toward possible military intervention in Syria
WASHINGTON — The Pentagon is sending about 200 troops to Jordan, the vanguard of a potential U.S. military force of 20,000 or more that could be deployed if the Obama administration decides to intervene in Syria to secure chemical weapons arsenals...
Tags: Armed Forces, Hillary Clinton, Turkey, Syrian Civil War (2011 - present ), White House
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Postmodern prudes
Victor Davis HansonMore than 500 people were murdered in Chicago last year. Yet Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel still found time to berate the fast food franchise Chick-fil-A for not sharing "Chicago values" -- apparently because its founder does not approve of gay marriage....Tags: Birth Control, Same-Sex Marriage, Religion and Belief, Entertainment Events, Judges
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Petraeus apologizes for affair, but was it enough?
Is retired Gen. David H. Petraeus planning a comeback? He seemed to suggest so in a speech at USC Tuesday night. In the highly anticipated talk, Petraeus apologized for engaging in an extramarital affair that made international headlines. The scandal...
Tags: Adultery, Defense of Marriage Act, Central Intelligence Agency, Paula Broadwell
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Iraq a convenient scapegoat
Victor Davis HansonBring up Iraq -- and expect to end up in an argument. Conservatives are no different from liberals in rehashing the unpopular war, which has become a sort of whipping boy for all our subsequent problems. The Wall Street Journal columnist Peggy Noonan...Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, Victor Davis Hanson, George W. Bush, Ronald Reagan, Politics
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Petraeus offers apology for scandal during speech at USC
Signaling a desire to return to public life, retired Gen. David H. Petraeus offered an apology Tuesday for the scandal that led to his resignation as director of the CIA and brought an illustrious career to an abrupt end. Petraeus has kept a low...
Tags: NATO, U.S. Army, Central Intelligence Agency, Paula Broadwell, Christopher Stevens
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