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Houston Chronicle. June 19, 2013. FEMA needs to reconsider: The people of West need and deserve all the FEMA help they can get. "You are not forgotten. We may not all live here in Texas but we're neighbors too. We're Americans too," President Obama told the people of West nearly ...

AP News in Brief at 5:58 a.m. EDT<<

Obama steps up military aid to Syrian rebels; specifics on weapons shipments so far undecided WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama's decision to authorize lethal aid to Syrian rebels marks a deepening of U.S. involvement in the two-year civil war. But U.S. officials are still grappling with what type and ...

FILE - In this June 6, 2013 file photo, House Intelligence Committee Chairman Rep. Mike Rogers, R-Mich. speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington. Rogers says those who want to harm the U.S. are already changing their behavior after leaks about classified U.S. surveillance programs, also saying it's part of the damage from disclosures by National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden of two NSA programs that collect millions of telephone records and track Internet activity. He gave no details.  (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin File)

Lawmakers: Terrorists change tactics after leaks

Two senior Republican lawmakers said Thursday that terrorists are already changing their behavior after leaks about classified U.S. data gathering programs, but they offered no details. Rep. Mike Rogers, R-Mich., said it's part of the damage from disclosures by National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden of two NSA programs, which ...

Georgia Weekend Advisory

Editors: Here's a list of Georgia stories expected to move for the weekend of June 15-16. Moving Saturday POLICE-CASH PURSUIT ATLANTA — Alda Gentile was not arrested. She was not charged with a crime. Yet police in Georgia seized $11,530 in cash that Gentile said she had in a car ...

Top U.S. general disputes Benghazi attack story

The nation's highest ranking military officer on Wednesday disputed the story of a top American diplomat who served in Libya, saying no military forces were told to "stand down" after attacks on the U.S. diplomatic mission in Benghazi. "They weren't told to stand down," Army General Martin Dempsey told the ...

Isakson calls for hearing on Atlanta VA hospital

U.S. Sen. Johnny Isakson is calling for a hearing on the Atlanta VA Medical Center after two federal audits earlier this year detailed allegations of mismanagement of mental health programs and poor patient care linked to three deaths. The Georgia Republican said Wednesday he has requested the Senate VA Committee ...

Obama embraces Bush intelligence policies

As the administration of President George W. Bush came to a close, Democrats predicted a much different approach to the War on Terror under President Obama, one that would not allow U.S. intelligence gathering to trample on civil liberties. Instead, the Obama Administration has continued some controversial intelligence gathering techniques ...

A sign stands outside the National Security Administration (NSA) campus in Fort Meade, Md., Thursday, June 6, 2013. The Obama administration on Thursday defended the National Security Agency's need to collect telephone records of U.S. citizens, calling such information "a critical tool in protecting the nation from terrorist threats." (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

What you should know about NSA phone data program

The government knows who you're calling. Every day. Every call. Here's what you need to know about the secret program and how it works: ___ Q: What happened and why is it a big deal? A: The Guardian newspaper published a highly classified April U.S. court order that allows the ...

Senators press for answers on Atlanta VA issues

Georgia's U.S. senators are asking for answers from the head of Veterans Affairs after an audit report outlined troubling problems at the Atlanta VA Medical Center. Sens. Johnny Isakson and Saxby Chambliss wrote to Secretary of Veterans Affairs Eric Shinseki, asking the VA to investigate problems with impatient and contracted ...

FILE – In this March 13, 2013, file photo Chair of the Senate subcommittee on Personnel, Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., right, greets panel members testifying at the hearing on sexual assault in the military on Capitol Hill in Washington. From left are Judge Advocate General of the U.S. Air Force Lt. Gen. Richard Harding, Judge Advocate General of the U.S. Army Lt. Gen. Dana Chipman, acting General Council of the Defense Department Robert Taylor, Judge Advocate General of the U.S. Navy Vice Adm. Nanette DeRenzi, Staff Judge Advocate to the Commandant of the Marine Corps Maj. Gen. Vaughn Ary, and Director of the Sexual Assault Prevention and Response Office Maj. Gen. Gary Patton. Congress is weighing changes to the decades-old military justice system as lawmakers seek to curb the rising number of sexual assaults in the armed services. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)

Senators blast military response to sex assaults

U.S. senators dressed down senior military leaders Tuesday, led by female lawmakers, combat veterans and former prosecutors who insisted that sexual assault in the ranks has cost the services the trust and respect of the American people as well as the nation's men and women in uniform. Summoned to Capitol ...

COMMENTARY: CAN 44 SUBTRACT 43 FROM THE EQUATION?

c.2013 New York Times News Service DALLAS — Do we dare to hope that the Bush administration is finally at an end? After four years of bending the Constitution, the constitutional law professor now in the White House is trying to unloose the Gordian knot of W.’s martial and moral ...

President Barack Obama reacts to a CODEPINK founder Medea Benjamin as she shouts at him from the back of the auditorium as he talked about national security, Thursday, May 23, 2013, at the National Defense University at Fort McNair in Washington. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Obama lifts ban on Guantanamo transfers to Yemen

President Barack Obama is lifting his self-imposed ban on transferring Guantanamo Bay detainees to Yemen, where a leadership upheaval has improved the country's security but not eliminated a terrorist organization trying to recruit jihadists. Lifting the ban is a step toward Obama's goal of closing the Navy-run prison in Cuba ...

FILE - In this Dec. 31, 2012, file photo, House Intelligence Committee Chairman Mike Rogers, R-Mich., pauses to speak with reporters at the Capitol as Senate and House leaders rush to assemble a last-ditch agreement to head off the automatic tax hikes and spending cuts set to take effect Jan. 1, in Washington. Rogers has pulled off a somewhat rare feat in a bitterly divided Congress: He’s created a working, productive relationship with Democrats in overseeing the nation’s many spy agencies. The question now is whether Rogers sticks around in the House or fulfills GOP hopes and runs for the U.S. Senate seat from Michigan. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Will Senate bid lure Rogers from his House seat?

Republican Rep. Mike Rogers has pulled off a rare feat in a bitterly divided Congress — a working, productive relationship with Democrats in overseeing the nation's 16 spy agencies. The question now is whether the chairman of the House Intelligence Committee sticks around the House or fulfills GOP hopes and ...

Collision course on FAA sequester cuts

Republicans and Democrats traded charges on Monday over sequester cuts to air traffic controllers at the FAA, as after weeks of political skirmishes over automatic budget cuts, this fight over air travel threatened to quickly develop into a full blown political storm. "Why is President Obama unnecessarily delaying your flight?" ...

Questions after the Boston Marathon bombings

The political aftermath of the Boston Marathon bombings is just beginning, as both parties wait to see how it may impact a number of different issues, ranging from the conduct of anti-terrorism work by the U.S. Government to immigration, gun laws and more. In the wake of terrorist attacks, it ...

Looking for clues on Boston bombings

Official Washington, D.C. had no immediate answers on Tuesday for who or what group might have been behind the bombings at the finish line of the Boston Marathon, as lawmakers refused to speculate on those responsible, while President Obama again vowed to track down the culprits. "This was a heinous ...

More change in the U.S. Senate

Another seat in the U.S. Senate will be in play in the 2014 mid-term elections, as Sen. Tim Johnson (D-SD) will reportedly announce on Tuesday that he is not running for re-election, presenting Republicans with a prime opportunity to pick up a seat in the Senate, and giving Democrats one ...

Drone questions spur over 12 hour Senate filibuster

Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) surprised the Senate on Wednesday with the longest filibuster in over twenty years, using almost 13 hours of time on the Senate floor to demand more information and answers from the Obama Administration on whether drones could be used against Americans - on U.S. soil - ...

Pentagon pleads with Congress to block cuts

Sometimes when the Congress is engaged in a tough legislative battle, we say the House is "jamming" the Senate to accept a certain bill or vice versa, basically trying jam something down the other guy's throat. Today at a Senate hearing, it almost seemed like it was the Pentagon trying ...

Sen Saxby Chambliss to retire

Sen. Saxby Chambliss (R-GA) announced today that he will not run for re-election in 2014, becoming the second Senator to announce retirement plans for the next mid-term election. Chambliss faced an almost certain challenge from a more conservative Republican candidate, and his decision seems certain to produce a wide-open GOP ...

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