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  • Current, former officials back secret surveillance

    06/17/13 03:31 AM

    WASHINGTON (AP) — Top officials from the Obama and Bush administrations say the government's newly exposed secret surveillance programs have been essential to disrupting terrorist plots and have not infringed on Americans' civil liberties. The current and former officials are justifying the...

  • Dual gov't? US operates in sunshine and in shadow

    06/17/13 03:22 AM

    WASHINGTON (AP) — It's as if the United States has two governments, one open and one very much not. President Barack Obama leads both, trying not to butt heads with himself. Since becoming president, Obama has churned out an impressive stream of directives flowing from his promise to deliver...

  • Obama takes economic, foreign policy agenda to UK

    06/16/13 11:16 PM

    WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is taking a security, foreign policy and economic agenda to Northern Ireland for a meeting with heads of the leading industrial nations. He's looking for consensus on Syria while pushing for common ground on trade, economic growth and tax policies....

  • Glasnost on the Potomac under Obama? Not quite

    06/16/13 06:15 PM

    WASHINGTON (AP) — It's as if the United States has two governments, one open and one very much not. President Barack Obama leads both, trying not to butt heads with himself. Since becoming president, Obama has churned out an impressive stream of directives flowing from his promise to deliver...

  • AP sources: Obama picks high-powered lawyer to be new Guantanamo closure envoy at State Dept.

    06/16/13 05:15 PM

    WASHINGTON (AP) — AP sources: Obama picks high-powered lawyer to be new Guantanamo closure envoy at State Dept.

  • Iraq no-fly zone viewed as symbol for one in Syria

    06/16/13 04:22 PM

    WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration, trying to avoid getting drawn deeper into Syria's civil war, has pointed to the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq in 2003 as a symbol of what can go wrong when America's military wades into Middle East conflicts. But experts say the White House is looking...

  • Graham: Without immigration, GOP to fail in 2016

    06/16/13 02:35 PM

    WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans are "in a demographic death spiral" and will fail in their effort to win the presidency if the party blocks an immigration overhaul, a leading GOP senator said Sunday. Sen. Lindsey Graham, the South Carolina Republican who helped write a bipartisan immigration...

  • Report: Assaults increase on rangers, park police

    06/16/13 01:31 PM

    WASHINGTON (AP) — Park rangers, wildlife refuge workers and U.S. Park Police experienced more assaults and threats from visitors last year than in 2011, according to a group that represents federal resource workers. A total of 591 incidents were reported by six land and water agencies in...

  • US wants 'credible negotiations' with North Korea

    06/16/13 12:30 PM

    WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration said Sunday it was receptive to North Korea's proposal for high-level talks, but wants "credible negotiations" that will lead to a nuclear-free North. "Those talks have to be real. They have to be based on them living up to their obligations, to...

  • Cheney says his health 'nothing short of miracle'

    06/16/13 12:30 PM

    WASHINGTON (AP) — Former Vice President Dick Cheney says his health is "nothing short of a miracle." The heart transplant recipient says he now wakes up each morning "with a smile on my face, thankful for the gift of another day I never expected to see." Cheney tells "Fox News Sunday" that...


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