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Biden Apologizes for Forcing Obama's Hand on Gay Marriage
CNNWASHINGTON -- Vice President Joe Biden has apologized to President Barack Obama for putting him in a tough position that led to Obama's announcement that he now supports same-sex marriage, senior administration officials said Thursday. Obama said in an...Tags: Democratic Party, Polls, Politics, Barney Frank, Tony Perkins
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3 Secret Service Agents Refuse Polygraph in Prostitution Scandal
CNNWASHINGTON, DC -- Three of the 12 Secret Service agents involved in the Colombia prostitution scandal refused to cooperate with authorities and submit to a polygraph test, according to House Homeland Security Committee Chairman Peter King, R-New York....Tags: Charles Grassley, Democratic Party, National Security, Travel, Hotel and Accommodation Industry
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Karzai Condemns Photos of U.S. Troops with Insurgents' Bodies
CNNKABUL, Afghanistan -- Afghan President Hamid Karzaion Thursday condemned photos of U.S. soldiers posing with bodies of suspected insurgents as he called for "an accelerated and full transition of security responsibilities to Afghan forces." Karzai, who...Tags: Facebook, Mental Health, Bombings, Unrest, Conflicts and War, George Wright
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Ousted Secret Service Agent Posted Pics of Sarah Palin on Facebook
CNNWASHINGTON -- As officials warn of more Secret Service resignations as soon as Friday stemming from a prostitute scandal in Colombia, one of the former agents allegedly involved joked on Facebook that he checked out former vice presidential candidate...Tags: National Security, Hotel and Accommodation Industry, Politics, Sarah Palin, National Government
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Iran Claims It Recovered Data From Captured Drone
KTLA NewsTEHRAN (CNN) -- Iran declared Sunday it has "cracked the codes" of the intelligence gathering system of a U.S. spy drone it captured last year for violating its airspace, the nation's semiofficial media reported. Tehran bragged about seizing the unmanned...Tags: Military Equipment, Central Intelligence Agency, Tehran (Iran), Iran, Politics
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Marine Dismissed for Criticizing President Obama on Facebook
KTLA NewsCAMP PENDLETON -- A Marine who used his Facebook page to criticize President Barack Obama has been discharged, a Marine Corps spokesman said Wednesday. Sgt. Gary Stein was given an "other-than-honorable" discharge, said Capt. Brian Block, a spokesman for...Tags: Social Media, Facebook, U.S. Marine Corps, Elections, Media Industry
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Taliban: Blast at NATO Base Was Retaliation for Quran Burning
CNNKabul, Afghanistan -- Afghan President Hamid Karzai condemned a suicide bombing Monday at a military airfield, the latest incident in a spike in violence following the burning of Qurans by NATO troops last week. At least nine people were killed and 12...Tags: Bombings, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Politics, Religion and Belief, Pakistan
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U.S. Soldier Dies Saving Life of Afghan Girl
KTLA NewsPROVIDENCE, RI -- After the news of a U.S. soldier charged with murdering Afghan civilians, mostly women and children, the story of Spc. Dennis Weichel of the Rhode Island National Guard bears telling. The official Pentagon news release says he died...Tags: Lincoln Chafee, U.S. Army
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Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, 4 Others Charged in 9/11 Attack
CNNWASHINGTON, DC -- The United States on Wednesday announced charges against Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the accused mastermind of the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, and four others accused of involvement in the plot. "If convicted, the five accused...Tags: Trials, September 11, 2001 Attacks, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Lawyers, Criminal Laws
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NCIS: Marines in Urination Video "Reluctant" to Talk to Investigators
KTLA NewsWASHINGTON, D.C. -- Investigators have now interviewed all 4 Marines identified in a video that shows them apparently urinating on the bodies of dead Taliban fighters in Afghanistan. At least 2 of the men are being described as "uncooperative," by the...Tags: Council on American-Islamic Relations, U.S. Marine Corps, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Camp Lejeune (military base), Politics
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FBI Foils Suicide Bomb Plot on U.S. Capitol
CNNWASHINGTON -- U.S. Capitol Police and the FBI on Friday arrested a Moroccan man who was planning a suicide attack on the Capitol, authorities said. The suspect, identified as Amine Khalifi, arrived at a federal courthouse in Alexandria, Virginia, where...Tags: Suicide, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Politics, Police, Police Investigations
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Navy Names Combat Ship After Gabrielle Giffords
Los Angeles TimesWASHINGTON, DC -- Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus announced Friday that the next Independence variant littoral combat ship will be named after Gabrielle Giffords, the former Arizona congresswoman who survived being shot in the head last January when a...Tags: Gabrielle Giffords, White House, U.S. Department of Defense, Los Angeles Times
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