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Chuck Hagel Confirmation Delayed By Partisan Feud
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Only four Republicans voted in Hagel's favor.
Read more...Series Of Car Bombs Kill Iraqi Market-Goers
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Dozens are killed and more than a hundred injured in Baghdad.
Read more...Suspected Navy Seal Murderer Had PTSD
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Hospital records show Routh had been in a mental hospital multiple times.
Read more...Vice President Biden's European Trip Update
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Vice President Biden will travel to three countries in Europe. (Center for Neighborhood Technology/Creative Commons)
While in Europe, the vice president will speak with multiple leaders on a variety of subjects.
Read more...Mass Grave Uncovered In Syria With 71 Bodies
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Bashar al-Assad (Creative Commons/James_Gordon_Los Angeles)
71 young men were killed execution-style in the Syrian city of Aleppo.
Read more...Sources: Obama To Announce Picks For Pentagon, CIA Positions
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The president could round out his national security team on Monday, according to White House sources.
Read more...Retired Gen. Norman Schwarzkopf Dies At 78
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The general led a U.N. coalition to drive Saddam Hussein's forces out of Kuwait in 1991.
Read more...U.S. To Become World's Top Oil Producer In Five Years
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A study predicts a dramatic reversal of the current trend for oil production.
Read more...Obama Commemorates Veterans Day
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President Barack Obama visited Arlington National Cemetery Sunday to honor Veterans Day.
Read more...Obama's Foreign Policy: Responsibility, Not Recklessness
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His nuanced approach is preferable to another war-mongering Republican's.
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