Proud in uniform: Academy graduates gay cadets
23.05.2012, 21:05:53
Eight months after a repeal of the military's "don't ask , don't tell" policy, the U.S. Air Force Academy today graduated its first group of openly gay cadets. |
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Hillary Clinton: U.S. hacked al-Qaida sites
24.05.2012, 02:05:00
In a rare glimpse into cyber warfare tactics, a top U.S. official has explicitly acknowledged that the U.S. government hacked into websites run by Al Qaeda's affiliate in Yemen, changing advertisements that boasted about killing Americans into advertisements that underscored the deaths of Muslim civilians... |
'Pro-choice' Americans at record low, poll finds
23.05.2012, 23:35:35
The percent of Americans who identify as "pro-choice" regarding legalized abortion is at a new low of 41 percent, according to a newly released Gallup poll. The figure is one percent lower than the previous all-time low registered by Gallup, which was in May 2009.... |
Obama: I'm not an overspender
23.05.2012, 23:46:58
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. -- At a fundraiser for his re-election campaign in Denver tonight, President Obama set out to upend conventional Republican wisdom that his administration has been defined by excessive government spending. "I'm running to pay down our debt in a way that's balanced... |
Senate grills Secret Service on 'pattern of misconduct'
23.05.2012, 18:18:04
Mark Sullivan, director of the U.S. Secret Service, defended his agency on Wednesday against accusations it has displayed a "pattern of misconduct" during a Senate hearing prompted by a recent scandal involving agent solicitation of prostitutes in Colombia. This is "not a systemic problem," Sullivan told members of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee. [...] |
HP laying off 27,000 workers in restructuring
23.05.2012, 20:22:50
Hewlett-Packard says it's laying off 27,000 workers, 8 percent of its work force, as it restructures the business. |
States looking to new tolls to pay for highways
24.05.2012, 03:12:59
Driving onto an Interstate highway? Crossing a bridge on the way into work? Taking a tunnel under a river or bay? Get ready to pay. |
Colin Powell has 'no problem' with gay marriage
23.05.2012, 20:49:26
Two weeks after President Barack Obama declared his support for gay marriage, former Secretary of State Colin Powell told CNN's Wolf Blitzer on Wednesday that he has "no problem with it." Powell, who is doing a series of television interviews to promote a new book, endorsed Obama in the 2008 election but hasn't said who [...] |
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