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Radical Syrian Rebels Are About To Blur The Border With Iraq
Following Monday's capture of Syria's largest dam and Tuesday's capture of a key regime airfield, Syrian rebels have surrounded the strategic eastern city of Deir al-Zor, Reuters reports.Seizing the...
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Why Homegrown Terrorists Go Abroad Instead Of Staying In The West
Anwar al-Aulaqi had plenty of opportunities to wage war on the United States.The alleged Al-Qaeda leader (who was killed in a 2011 drone strike) was born in New Mexico and went to college at Colorado...
View ArticleThings Got Personal At The Senate's Hagel Hearing When Ted Cruz Was Scolded...
In what became an increasingly personal Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on Chuck Hagel this afternoon, Sen. Bill Nelson (D-Fla.) called out Republican Ted Cruz for his "over the line" attacks...
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Obama Just Delivered His Big State Of The Union Speech To Congress
President Barack Obama just wrapped up his address to the joint session of Congress — the annual State of the Union address.Check our liveblog for a full recap of the speech.Please follow Politics on...
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FBI Hid Microphones At Guantánamo, But No One Listened, Prison Commander...
GUANTANAMO BAY NAVY BASE, Cuba -- The Army officer in charge of the prison for war on terror captives testified Wednesday that he was unaware that the FBI had hidden microphones inside his compound...
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Nature Of North Korea Nuclear Test Still A Mystery Without Radioactive Signature
Urgent efforts to find out the type of device detonated in North Korea's latest nuclear test appeared to be getting nowhere Thursday, with South Korean experts unable to detect any radioactive...
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Businessweek's Huge Cover Story On Chinese Hacking Led To Their Own...
In next week's Businessweek cover story, investigative reporters Dune Lawrence and Michael Riley take a deep dive on Chinese hackers, coming up with some fascinating details.It's a big story given the...
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US And South Korean Military Send A Clear Message To Pyongyang
North Korea's recent nuclear test incurred the standard international handwringing that follows most of what Pyongyang pulls off in that corner of the world. But once international leaders stepped from...
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'Prisoner X' May Have Planned To Expose Mossad Use Of Australian Passports
When the Australian Broadcasting Company published an investigative story about an Australian citizen and Israeli spy who died while being secretly detained in Israel, Prime Minister Benjamin...
View ArticleJon Stewart: Facebook Privacy And Drone Strikes Have Something In Common
Obama briefly touched on the legal framework for drone strikes during the State of the Union: "We have kept Congress fully informed of our efforts."Jon Stewart: "Actually, I think, no."Stewart then...
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An Astounding Number Of Pakistanis Disapprove Of The United States
Pakistanis approve of U.S. leadership at a dizzying low of 4 percent, according to a new poll from Gallup released Thursday.The percent of Pakistanis with a negative opinion of the U.S. leaderships now...
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Here's What Really Happened In The Final Moments Before Jeff Haney's Fatal...
Captain Jeff Haney was one of the Air Force's best pilots; so when he crashed his F-22 Raptor into the Alaskan countryside in November 2010 it was difficult to believe he was at fault.At least it was...
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Novelist Who Finds Obama 'Elegant' Can't Understand How He Could Lead Such A...
In the most recent issue of The New Yorker, photographer and writer Teju Cole describes President Barack Obama as "an elegant and literate man with a cosmopolitan sense of the world" who is "in the...
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The Absurdity Of The War On Terror Is Becoming Clear
As France realizes the difficulty of a "short" campaign in Mali, one can't ignore the pattern of impotence and unintended consequences at the heart of the war on terror.In the days following French...
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Mexican Drug Kingpin Named Chicago's First Public Enemy No. 1 Since Al Capone
On Thursday the Chicago Crime Commission designatedSinaloa drug cartel kingpin Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman as Public Enemy No. 1.Guzman became the first to hold the classification since gangster Al...
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Harry Reid And The White House Blast Republicans For Their 'Unprecedented...
UPDATE (4:59): Senate Republicans blocked the nomination of Chuck Hagel for Secretary of Defense on Thursday, something Majority Leader Harry Reid called "unprecedented."The Senate's vote to send...
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Soviet Russia Had The Most Intense Propaganda Posters
Propaganda hit a fevered pitch in the years following the end of World War II with the help of radio and television.In the U.S. there was a lot of red scare and nuclear holocaust propaganda — how could...
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American Appears To Be Fighting Alongside The Syrian Rebels
Two unconfirmed amateur videos posted to YouTube appear to show an American fighting alongside rebel forces in Syria against Bashar al-Assad.The first, posted by Abu Adam Hourani on Jan. 15, identifies...
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Jon Stewart Grilled Susan Rice Over The Obama Administration's 'Odd' Handling...
Daily Show host Jon Stewart challenged U.N. Ambassador Susan Rice on Thursday, asking her about the mixed messages from the Obama administration about the Sept. 11 terrorist attack in Benghazi, Libya....
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Here's What Life Is Like On The Country's Most Dangerous And Depressing...
The Wind River Indian Reservation is not an easy place to get to.Thirty-five-hundred square miles of prairie and mountains in western Wyoming, the reservation is home to bitter ancestral enemies: the...
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