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BioWatch faces congressional hearing this week
WASHINGTON — A decade ago, then-Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge oversaw the start of BioWatch, the nationwide system designed to detect airborne releases of anthrax or other biological weapons. In his 2003 State of the Union address,...
Tags: FBI, Biological and Chemical Weapons, U.S. Army, State of the Union Address, Science
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Obama returns to Berlin, no longer a 'superstar'
WASHINGTON — Five years ago, when Americans had not yet made up their minds on their choice for president, Europe had. More than 200,000 people crowded the streets of Berlin — a favorite backdrop for U.S. politicians reaching for history...
Tags: France, Guantanamo Bay Detention Camp, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Syrian Civil War (2011 - present ), Politics
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John Densmore on court fights with Doors bandmates: 'It wasn't fun'
It was a battle that John Densmore wishes didn't require the beating of his drum, but one that his conscience wouldn’t let him sidestep when he decided to sue his former bandmates in the Doors, keyboardist Ray Manzarek and guitarist Robby Krieger....
Tags: Entertainment, Jim Morrison, Music, Music Industry, The Doors (music group)
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Getting U.S. weapons to Syria rebels will take weeks
WASHINGTON — Delivering weapons and ammunition to beleaguered Syrian rebels will take weeks, White House officials acknowledged Friday as the administration's decision to supply arms set off a debate about how far, and how fast, President Obama's...
Tags: European Union, Rebellions, Susan Rice, National Security, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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Obama strongly defends phone and Internet surveillance
WASHINGTON — From the time he stepped onto the national stage, Barack Obama presented himself as a civil libertarian who would take a different path from that of his predecessor, who authorized surveillance on Americans in the fight against...
Tags: FBI, National Security, September 11, 2001 Attacks, Government, National Government
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Stay calm and let the NSA carry on
After 9/11, there was a widespread expectation of many more terrorist attacks on the United States. So far that hasn't happened. We haven't escaped entirely unscathed (see Boston Marathon, bombing of), but on the whole we have been a lot safer than most...
Tags: The Washington Post, September 11, 2001 Attacks, Unrest, Conflicts and War, National Security Agency, Politics
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National security: Partisan flip-flopping on surveillance
Government surveillance might be able to ignite the common ire of principled foes (e.g. Bernie Sanders and Rand Paul), but when it comes to the rest of the party, political preference seems to matter a great deal. Look no further than the new Washington...
Tags: National Security, Government, National Security Agency, National Government, Politics
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Conservative economists back Jason Furman for key White House post
WASHINGTON -- A group of 11 conservative economists are publicly backing Jason Furman's nomination to head the White House Council of Economic Advisers. "Although we often disagree with the administration’s policies and differ with Jason on a...
Tags: National Economic Council, U.S. Senate, White House, Alan Krueger, American Enterprise Institute
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Obama presidency, born in hope, is boxed in by unrelenting GOP
At dinner a couple of days ago, my friend Janey Ireson said how disappointed she is that Barack Obama has been hemmed in by congressional Republicans and blocked from fulfilling the high expectations of those who supported his rise to the presidency....
Tags: Nobel Prize Awards, Mitch McConnell, Entertainment Events, Politics, Sarah Palin
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Republicans oppose, Democrats support NSA surveillance, poll says
A majority of Americans oppose National Security Agency programs using records gathered from telecom and Internet companies, according to a poll released Wednesday. Fifty-three percent told Gallup they disagree with federal efforts to “compile...
Tags: Parties and Movements, The Washington Post, Unrest, Conflicts and War, National Security Agency, Politics
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McManus: Obama's foreign policy reset
The appointment of Susan Rice as national security advisor sends an important signal about the kind of foreign policy President Obama wants to pursue for the remainder of his second term: activist, assertive, occasionally even pugnacious. With three years...
Tags: International Military Interventions, Bill Clinton, National Security, Susan Rice, Hillary Clinton
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Government is tracking all U.S. phone calls
WASHINGTON — The federal government has amassed a database for at least seven years containing details on virtually every telephone call made within the United States or between this country and telephones abroad, officials said Thursday,...
Tags: FBI, Parties and Movements, The Washington Post, National Security, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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