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Published 1/15/2009 at Yahoo! News: Politics News
AP - The CIA has hampered al-Qaida's free reign in the tribal region of western Pakistan, and Iran appears to be nearing a decision on whether to build a nuclear warhead, departing CIA chief Michael Hayden said Thursday.
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