John Bolton escapes citizen's arrest at Hay Festival — John Bolton, the former US ambassador to the United Nations, has escaped an attempted citizen's arrest as he appeared at the Hay Festival. — George Monbiot is held off by security guards — Security guards blocked the path …
Secret Service supervisor on Obama's security detail sent racist email --Supervisor has since been promoted to a position at the agency's Washington headquarters More racist e-mails have emerged in a Secret Service lawsuit... The lawsuit claims the Secret Service has always had a discriminatory culture -- a claim the agency has consistently denied. Last month an employee found a noose in one of the Secret Service's training centers. Among the 10 e-mails submitted to the court earlier this month in a separate filing were jokes circulated within the agency that referred to: assassination of the Rev. Jesse Jackson... One of the e-mails was sent by a deputy assistant director, who has since been suspended. In addition, one of the supervisors who sent an e-mail was on Sen. Barack Obama's security detail for the past year. The supervisor is no longer on the security detail and has been promoted to a position at the agency's Washington headquarters.
Diplomats eyed for possible forced service in Iraq The State Department has begun to identify diplomats who could be forced to serve in Iraq next year unless enough volunteers come forward to fill about 300 positions, The Associated Press has learned. A department-wide notice issued Tuesday says officials have looked through the files of all foreign service officers who will be applying or "bidding" for new jobs in 2009 and compiled a roster of candidates who are "particularly well-qualified" to work at the American Embassy in Baghdad and in outlying provinces.
Former anti-terror czar Clarke: Staying in Iraq 'helps Al-Qaeda' Maintaining US combat troops in Iraq "helps Al-Qaeda" and Washington should pull them from the ravaged country if it wants to see progress in the war on terror, former US anti-terror czar Richard Clarke said Tuesday
Marines: 500,000 Camp Lejeune residents may have been exposed to tainted water --Money dispute threatens toxic tap water study Continuation of a long-running government study on whether contaminated water harmed babies at Camp Lejeune, N.C., hinges on a half-million-dollar payment that is due Sunday. The money has been in dispute for months by military and federal health officials... The outcome could affect claims by more than 1,000 former residents of the Marine Corps base seeking nearly $10 billion in damages from the government over health problems they blame on exposure to contaminated water at the base through the mid-1980s. The Marines estimate that 500,000 Camp Lejeune residents may have been exposed to the tainted water, including thousands of Vietnam-bound Marines. Federal health investigators estimate the number is higher.
Diplomats eyed for possible forced service in Iraq The State Department has begun to identify diplomats who could be forced to serve in Iraq next year unless enough volunteers come forward to fill about 300 positions, The Associated Press has learned. A department-wide notice issued Tuesday says officials have looked through the files of all foreign service officers who will be applying or "bidding" for new jobs in 2009 and compiled a roster of candidates who are "particularly well-qualified" to work at the American Embassy in Baghdad and in outlying provinces.
Former anti-terror czar Clarke: Staying in Iraq 'helps Al-Qaeda' Maintaining US combat troops in Iraq "helps Al-Qaeda" and Washington should pull them from the ravaged country if it wants to see progress in the war on terror, former US anti-terror czar Richard Clarke said Tuesday
Marines: 500,000 Camp Lejeune residents may have been exposed to tainted water --Money dispute threatens toxic tap water study Continuation of a long-running government study on whether contaminated water harmed babies at Camp Lejeune, N.C., hinges on a half-million-dollar payment that is due Sunday. The money has been in dispute for months by military and federal health officials... The outcome could affect claims by more than 1,000 former residents of the Marine Corps base seeking nearly $10 billion in damages from the government over health problems they blame on exposure to contaminated water at the base through the mid-1980s. The Marines estimate that 500,000 Camp Lejeune residents may have been exposed to the tainted water, including thousands of Vietnam-bound Marines. Federal health investigators estimate the number is higher.
FEMA trying to close its last trailer parks in Louisiana The Federal Emergency Management Agency is trying to close its last six [deadly] trailer parks from Hurricane Katrina by Sunday. Nearly 440 families are still occupying trailers at the six Louisiana group sites, and FEMA estimates that about 380 of them will still be in place Sunday.
Voters in Oklahoma made history by electing a 19-year-old college kid as their mayor.
New York to Back Same-Sex Unions From Elsewhere — ALBANY — Gov. David A. Paterson has directed all state agencies to begin to revise their policies and regulations to recognize same-sex marriages performed in other jurisdictions, like Massachusetts, California and Canada.
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I am so very relieved to learn the story of a planned bombing of Iran is NOT true.
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