AP – A federal judge said he would approve a 25-year sentence agreed to as part of a plea deal with Wesam al-Delaema, who videotaped himself and others showing off roadside bombs they said they would use to kill Americans.
Archive | April, 2009
Judge says he will approve 25 years for insurgent (AP)
Posted on 16 April 2009.
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Obama campaign still funds operations (Politico)
Posted on 16 April 2009.
Politico – Obama for America spends nearly $9.5 million in the first three months of this year.
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Obama campaign still funds operations (Politico)
Posted on 16 April 2009.
Politico – If you glanced at the expense side of the report filed Wednesday night by President Obama’s campaign committee, you might be excused for thinking there was a presidential election afoot.
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Holder praises JAGs for work with terror suspects (AP)
Posted on 16 April 2009.
AP – Attorney General Eric Holder praised military lawyers for representing terror detainees at the risk of their own careers and warned that government officials must rely on the rule of law even when they act in secrecy for reasons of national security.
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NYT: NSA intercepts exceed limits set by Congress
Posted on 16 April 2009.
The National Security Agency has recently intercepted e-mail messages and phone calls of Americans on a scale that went beyond the broad legal limits established by Congress, officials say.
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Obama faces tough crowd in Latin America
Posted on 16 April 2009.
Add this tough chore to Barack Obama’s journey to Latin America: convincing leaders from half the globe that the behemoth power to the north is a humble, eager partner.
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Obama plug-in car goal may be short-circuited
Posted on 16 April 2009.
President Barack Obama’s campaign pledge to put 1 million plug-in hybrid cars on the road by 2015 is fraught with difficulties — including the price of gas.
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Anti-tax ‘tea parties’ vent anger across U.S.
Posted on 16 April 2009.
Protesters staged “tea parties” across the nation Wednesday, while President Barack Obama vowed “a simpler tax code that rewards work and the pursuit of the American dream.”
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Obamas made $2.7 million last year
Posted on 16 April 2009.
President Barack Obama and his wife Michelle, millionaires from his best-selling books, made $2.7 million last year and paid just under one-third of their adjusted income in federal taxes.
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Charlie Daniel, Knoxville News Sentinel
Posted on 16 April 2009.
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