Secret Service director revises account of his role in leak case
The director of the Secret Service has contradicted statements he made to a top government investigator examining his agency’s disclosure of unflattering information about a congressman, saying he now recalls more about the matter, according to two government officials briefed on the probe. “not credible” and “not indicative”
At least 16 killed at Afghan hospital after U.S. air strike
KABUL (Reuters) - An airstrike hit a hospital run by Medecins Sans Frontieres in the Afghan city of Kunduz on Saturday, killing at least 16 people in what the U.S. military called possible "collateral damage" in the battle to oust Taliban insurgents.
Possible US airstrike in Afghanistan kills at least 19 at Doctors Without Borders hospital
Twelve local staff members of Doctors Without Borders and at least seven patients, three of them children, were killed after an explosion near their hospital in the northern Afghan city of Kunduz that may have been caused by a mistaken U.S. airstrike.
Where are the left-wing loons now? They wailed like banshees anytime the Iraqis claimed an innocent was injured when we had a REAL PRESIDENT IN OFFICE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
TAKE IT TO THE BANK!!!!! Later, Bill Koski
October 03, 2015, 04:31 PM
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This is old school America. This is what built the greatest nation the world has ever seen.
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October 04, 2015, 10:50 AM
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(CNN)—Russia is intensifying its airstrikes in Syria, which it says have "considerably reduced" the combat potential of militants.
The Russian air force began strikes in Syria on Wednesday. In the past 24 hours, it has carried out 20 flights targeting 10 ISIS positions in Idlib province, the Russian Defense Ministry announced in a statement Sunday. Russia intensifying Syria airstrikes
NATO says Russian ground troops in Syria, Turkey's airspace violated again
Washington (CNN)—Russian involvement in the 4½-year-old Syrian civil war seems to be escalating, with NATO's secretary general confirming Tuesday a second incursion by Russian planes into Turkish airspace and saying Russian ground troops were in Syria as well. It's unacceptable
U.S. officials conclude Iran deal violates federal law
Some senior U.S. officials involved in the implementation of the Iran nuclear deal have privately concluded that a key sanctions relief provision – a concession to Iran that will open the doors to tens of billions of dollars in U.S.-backed commerce with the Islamic regime – conflicts with existing federal statutes and cannot be implemented without violating those laws, EXCLUSIVE: Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action
Russia steps up air strikes against Assad opponents in Syria
Russia said on Saturday it had stepped up its bombing campaign against Islamic State militants in Syria, while local observers said several of the air strikes had hit areas in western Syria where the hardline group has little presence.
Russia, a top ally of President Bashar al-Assad, started bombing in Syria on Sept. 30 saying it was targeting Islamic State and other opposition groups, a campaign that has drawn Moscow deeper into Syria's more than four-year-old conflict. 64 sorties hitting 55 targets
The Senate voted early Friday morning to approve a two-year budget deal that would increase spending limits and avert a damaging default, essentially ending the budgetary battles that have defined President Obama’s relationship with Congress in recent years. Senate approves two-year bipartisan budget agreement
Obama Releasing Nearly 6,600 Federal Inmates Starting this Weekend
The Obama administration is set to follow through with plans to give early release to nearly 6,600 federal criminals starting this weekend, reports say.
Marking the largest release of federal prisoners in history, thousands of inmates are being released all across the country. In Illinois, for instance, 260 are scheduled to be released.
Obama Bans Hiring Bias Against Ex-Cons Seeking Federal Jobs
On Monday, President Obama is announcing a new order to reduce potential discrimination against former convicts in the hiring process for federal government employees.
Deploying Special Forces To Syria Is Not 'Boots On The Ground'
WASHINGTON, Nov 2 (Reuters) - President Barack Obama said on Monday the planned deployment of dozens of U.S. special forces to Syria to advise opposition forces fighting Islamic State did not break his promise not to put "boots on the ground" in the Syrian conflict.
"Keep in mind that we have run special ops already and really this is just an extension of what we are continuing to do," Obama said in an interview on "NBC Nightly News" in his first public comments on the deployment since it was announced on Friday. Obama:
A member of the Egyptian team investigating the deadly crash of a Russian passenger jet in the Sinai Peninsula was quoted on Sunday as saying that he and his colleagues are "90 percent sure" the plane was brought down by a bomb.
Reuters, which reported the unnamed team member's comments, said he had asked not to be named due to "sensitivities." '90 percent sure'
