U.S. President Barack Obama’s pick to head the Central Intelligence Agency, General David Petraeus, is a prominent wartime commander who has led the way for U.S. troops in both Iraq and Afghanistan. The 58-year-old assumed command of U.S. and NATO forces in Afghanistan in July of last year, after overseeing a wider region encompassing Afghanistan, […]
General Petraeus, A Prominent Wartime Commander
Posted June 30th, 2011 at 11:05 am (UTC-5)
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Gates Honored on Final Day as Defense Chief
Posted June 30th, 2011 at 10:55 am (UTC-5)
U.S. President Barack Obama has awarded retiring Defense Secretary Robert Gates the Presidential Medal of Freedom. President Obama presented the medal to Gates at an armed forces farewell tribute Thursday, Gates’ last day as defense chief. Mr. Obama called Gates one of the nation’s finest public servants and one of the best defense secretaries in […]
US Senate to Cut Recess Short for Budget Talks
Posted June 30th, 2011 at 10:45 am (UTC-5)
U.S. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid says the Senate is canceling a holiday recess next week, as lawmakers consider whether to raise the U.S. debt ceiling or face possible default on the nation’s loans. Reid said Thursday lawmakers will take a holiday July 4 for Independence Day, and return to work Tuesday, rather than taking […]
US Jobless Claims Edge Downward
Posted June 30th, 2011 at 9:10 am (UTC-5)
The number of people signing up for unemployment aid declined slightly last week across the United States. Thursday’s report from the Labor Department says the number of initial jobless claims fell by 1,000 to a nationwide total of 428,000. While that is a slight improvement, the figures are still above the level seen when the […]
Gates Set to Retire as US Defense Chief
Posted June 30th, 2011 at 5:50 am (UTC-5)
U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates is retiring Thursday after leading the Pentagon for more than four years during key parts of the country’s wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. He took office in late-2006 under then-president George W. Bush, replacing former defense secretary Donald Rumsfeld, and oversaw a troop surge in Iraq that analysts say helped […]
US Governor Pardons Irishman Hanged in 1845
Posted June 30th, 2011 at 12:35 am (UTC-5)
The governor of the U.S. state of Rhode Island has pardoned an Irish immigrant who was hanged more than 150 years ago following what is believed to be a tainted a murder trial. Governor Lincoln Chafee signed the order Wednesday pardoning John Gordon, who was convicted of killing the brother of a U.S. senator and […]
US Governor Pardons Irishman Hanged in 1845
Posted June 29th, 2011 at 11:25 pm (UTC-5)
The governor of the U.S. state of Rhode Island has pardoned an Irish immigrant who was hanged more than 150 years ago following what is believed to be a tainted a murder trial. Governor Lincoln Chafee signed the order Wednesday pardoning John Gordon, who was convicted of killing the brother of a U.S. senator and […]
US Appeals Court Upholds Obama’s Health Care Law
Posted June 29th, 2011 at 10:10 pm (UTC-5)
A U.S. federal appeals court has upheld President Barack Obama’s health care reform law, which has faced a series of legal challenges since it passed last year. The court in Ohio ruled 2 to 1 Wednesday THAT a provision in the law mandating that Americans buy health insurance by 2014 or pay a penalty is […]
US Official Lays Out New Counterterrorism Strategy
Posted June 29th, 2011 at 8:50 pm (UTC-5)
The Obama administration has laid out a new national counterterrorism strategy, saying its focus is the destruction of al-Qaida and its affiliates in Yemen, Pakistan, Somalia and elsewhere. The administration’s top counterterrorism adviser, John Brennan, discussed the plan in a speech in Washington Wednesday. The former CIA officer said the United States and partners including […]
US Official Lays Out New Counterterrorism Strategy
Posted June 29th, 2011 at 4:15 pm (UTC-5)
The Obama administration has laid out a new national counterterrorism strategy, saying al-Qaida is severely weakened due to increased pressure on the organization. The administration’s top counterterrorism adviser, John Brennan, made the comment Wednesday. He said the United States and its partners, including Pakistan and Yemen, have strangled al-Qaida’s finances and decimated its leadership ranks, […]
