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January 31, 2012, 3:32 pm
By
Jeremy Herb
Some of the photographs taken after terrorist Osama bin
Laden was killed could be released under a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit, The
Atlantic Wire reported. Dan Metcalfe, a former director of the Justice Department's
Office of Information and Privacy, told the wire that the government’s
response to the lawsuit from Judicial Watch — which asked for all photos and
videos from the Pakistan raid — suggests some images might have to be released because
it wouldn’t cause “core” harm to national security.
“If you look closely at one small segment of the
government's brief, it in effect concedes that there are reasonably segregable,
nonexempt portions of the records that are legally required to be
disclosed," Metcalfe said.
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January 31, 2012, 2:46 pm
By
Jordy Yager
The annual hearing on worldwide threats to the United States suggested Iran is now clearly seen as the leading threat.
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January 31, 2012, 1:17 pm
By
Jeremy Herb
A retired general with a history of making statements
against Islam was canceled as a speaker at a West Point Military Academy
prayer breakfast next month after protests from Muslim advocates and a liberal
veterans group. Lt. Gen. William G. Boykin, who in 2003 compared the
War on Terror to a religious struggle against “Satan,” said he was withdrawing
as a speaker from the prayer breakfast on Feb. 8, according to a statement
released by West Point. “Retired Lt. Gen. William Boykin has decided to withdraw speaking at West
Point’s National Prayer Breakfast on Feb. 8,” the statement said. “In
fulfilling its commitment to the community, the U.S. Military Academy will
feature another speaker for the event.”
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January 31, 2012, 11:54 am
By
Jeremy Herb
The president said the drones are kept on a "very tight leash" and only target active terrorists.
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January 30, 2012, 8:51 pm
By
Jeremy Herb
Lawmakers from both parties are signaling they will do everything in their power to stop base closures.
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January 30, 2012, 6:21 pm
By
Jeremy Herb
NATO’s secretary general said the end of 2014 remains the goal despite France withdrawing its troops earlier.
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January 30, 2012, 5:17 pm
By
Jeremy Herb and Amie Parnes
The White House won't be rushing to make a decision on
Iran's nuclear program, the White House press secretary said.
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January 30, 2012, 2:55 pm
By
Alicia M. Cohn
The Homeland Security secretary pledged Wednesday to show that “security and efficiency are not mutually exclusive.”
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January 30, 2012, 12:39 pm
By
Jeremy Herb
The Pentagon secretly submitted a request to Congress
this month to upgrade its 30,000-pound bunker buster.
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January 30, 2012, 12:21 pm
By
Rachel Leven
The parents of certain deceased veterans will soon be allowed to be buried in national cemeteries.
The Department of Veterans Affairs will allow "biological or legally adoptive parents" to be interred "if the deceased veteran is a hostile casualty or dies from a training-related injury," states the Federal Register's final rule, to be published Tuesday.
"[R]ecognizing the unique burden on the surviving parents of fallen service members, the act provides burial eligibility to those parents whose unmarried veteran son or daughter dies due to combat or training-related injuries," the pre-published final rule says.
The action implements part of the Veterans Benefits Act of 2010 that was "enacted" on Oct. 13, 2010. The department also clarifies that "by limiting the circumstances under which a parent is eligible for burial," the act will ensure that "gravesites [will] not be taken from those who have earned the right to burial in a national cemetery by serving their country."
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