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Secret Service Probes Breach of White House Security (Bloomberg)

Fri, 27 Nov 2009 19:14:40 +0000

Bloomberg - Nov. 27 (Bloomberg) -- The Secret Service is reviewing whether criminal charges may be warranted for a Washington- area couple who got past security to crash a state dinner at the White House, a spokesman for the agency said.

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Secret Service Probing How Couple Breached White House Security (Bloomberg)

Fri, 27 Nov 2009 16:31:50 +0000

Bloomberg - Nov. 27 (Bloomberg) -- The Secret Service is reviewing whether a criminal investigation is warranted into how a Washington-area couple got past security to crash a state dinner at the White House, a spokesman for the agency said.

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Georgian FM urges Western security guarantees (AP)

Thu, 26 Nov 2009 13:41:14 +0000

AP - Georgia is very worried about the possible sale of French warships to Russia and intends to press the issue of security guarantees in France, the country's foreign minister said Thursday.

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Couple slips though security to crash state dinner (AP)

Thu, 26 Nov 2009 02:00:46 +0000

AP - The Secret Service says it's looking into its own security procedures after determining that two people crashed Tuesday night's state dinner at the White House.

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AU: Donors slow in paying up for Somalia security (AP)

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 19:08:29 +0000

AP - The African Union's Somalia envoy said Wednesday donors have released only 30 percent of funds they pledged months ago toward bolstering Somalia's security, frustrating efforts to turnaround the lawless country.

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Obama wants to 'finish' Afghan job

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 19:15:00 +0000

From NBC's Athena Jones After weeks of high-level meetings to review his administration's strategy in Afghanistan, President Obama said he would announce his troop decision soon and declared his intention to finish a job that began more than eight years ago. The main goal in the region remains the same: to destroy and dismantle al Qaeda and prevent the group and its extremist allies from operating effectively. After Thanksgiving -- and likely as soon as Dec. 1 -- the president plans to explain the rationale behind his decision to send what it expected to be thousands more troops to Afghanistan. "After eight years, some of those years in which we did not have I think either the resources or the strategy to get the job done, it is my intention to finish the job," Obama said today at a joint news conference with India Prime Minister Manmohan Singh . "And I feel very confident that when the American people hear a clear rationale for what we're doing there and how we intend to achieve our ...

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Philippines political massacre

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 17:18:00 +0000

From NBC's Domenico MontanaroYou thought politics in this country were rough. Take note, per AP, of what's happening in the Philippines: Two southern provinces were placed under emergency rule Tuesday as Filipino security forces unearthed more bodies from one of the worst incidents of election violence in the nation's history, pushing the death toll to 46. Police and soldiers found 22 bodies in a hillside mass grave Tuesday, adding to the 24 bullet-riddled bodies recovered near the scene of Monday's...( read more )

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Obama on US-India relationship

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 16:43:00 +0000

From NBC's Domenico Montanaro President Obama welcomed India's Prime Minister Singh to the White House this morning. He stressed the importance of the U.S.'s relationship with India, mentioning briefly climate change and only alluding to its regional significance as it relates to Pakistan in particular. Pakistan and India are main rivals, clashing often over the disputed Kashmir region. India also wants more done by the Pakistanis to hold accountable those responsible for the deadly Mumbai bombings....( read more )

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Obama, national security team finalize Afghanistan troop plan (McClatchy Newspapers)

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 03:35:00 +0000

McClatchy Newspapers - WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama met Monday evening with his national security team to finalize a plan to dispatch some 34,000 additional U.S. troops over the next year to what he's called "a war of necessity" in Afghanistan, U.S. officials told McClatchy.

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Obama calls security meeting on Afghanistan (AP)

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 18:58:03 +0000

AP - President Barack Obama called his war council together Monday as he moves toward a decision on whether to add more U.S. forces in Afghanistan.

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Clinton to miss 2nd OSCE ministerial in a row: Greece

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 16:54:44 +0000

ATHENS (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will not attend an Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) foreign ministers' meeting in early December in Athens, a Greek Foreign Ministry spokesman said.

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Govt wants speedy screening at more airports (AP)

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 22:43:36 +0000

AP - The Homeland Security Department wants to expand speedy screening of preapproved, low-risk air travelers arriving in the United States to most international airports in the country.

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Gov't rewarding firms checking immigrant status (AP)

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 16:52:03 +0000

AP - The Homeland Security Department will give a "seal of approval" to businesses volunteering to use an electronic program to check workers' immigration status.

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Ft. Hood hearing tomorrow

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 19:46:00 +0000

From NBC's Amna Nawaz Sens. Joe Lieberman (I-CT) and Susan Collins (R-ME) confirmed in a press conference today, that their Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee investigation into the shootings at Fort Hood will continue, beginning with a hearing tomorrow. Lieberman said he supports the military and Justice Department investigations into the shootings, and looks forward to the result of John Brennan's report on intelligence sharing to President Obama , but "that does not mean the rest of us can just sit back and watch." The Fort Hood shooting, he said, he believes was a terrorist attack, "the most destructive terrorist attack on America since 9/11." He said Congress has a constitutional responsibility to oversee the operations of the Executive Branch, and that the committee's investigation would focus on answering two questions: ...( read more )

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GOP Reps bash Dem security, health care

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 17:01:00 +0000

From NBC's Wendy Jones Four members of the House GOP Conference, engaged in a little Democrat-bashing this morning, criticizing President Obama's antiterrorism strategy and "Speaker Pelosi's" health care plan. Minority Leader John Boehner (OH) criticized the Obama administration for not detailing an over-arching strategy to "fight terrorists and keep America safe." Said Boehner, "I spent last week travelling...and if there's one thing I heard out there it's that the Democrats in Washington are totally out of step" with America. He went on to criticize the Administration for its plan to bring Kahlid Sheik Mohammed to New York: "To come to the US is one issue...to be given the rights of US citizens is just awful." He urged collegues to bring Rep. Pete Hoekstra (R-MI)'s "Keep Terrorists out of America" legislation to the floor. The bill urges Congress to oppose transferring or releasing prisoners at the Guantanamo Bay detention facility to the United States. ...( read ...

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Security threats inside and out for 9/11 trial (AP)

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 23:02:51 +0000

AP - Hot sauce and a comb were all an al-Qaida suspect in New York needed to nearly kill one of his guards nine years ago. The bloody episode suggests that security worries in bringing Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and other 9/11 suspects to trial here could be just as big inside the courthouse as outside.

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