President Barack Obama plans to send 30,000 more troops to Afghanistan, the first as early as Christmas, on an accelerated timetable with an endgame in sight, The Associated Press has learned. ...more

December 1, 2009

One of the lessons of Vietnam," said Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., "is if you are going to send American forces into harm's way, you don't do it in a limited way. You don't do it tying hands behind your back ahead of time. You don't ask people to give their lives for something less than the prospect of success." ...more

November 8, 2009

Odyssey Marine Exploration, the Tampa company that recovered sunken treasure worth an estimated $500 million from the Atlantic Ocean in 2007, tried knocking down Spain's claim to the loot in papers filed Monday in U.S. District Court in Tampa. ...more

November 19, 2008

Odyssey Marine Exploration, the Tampa company that recovered sunken treasure worth an estimated $500 million from the Atlantic Ocean in 2007, tried knocking down Spain's claim to the loot in papers filed Monday in U.S. District Court in Tampa. ...more

November 18, 2008

Iraq's Cabinet decided Tuesday to ask the United States for changes to the draft agreement that would keep American troops here three more years, as key Shiite lawmakers warned the deal stands little chance of approval as it stands. ...more

October 22, 2008

Florida Democrats received assurances Wednesday from their leaders in the House that an election-year energy package would not include expansion of oil drilling in the eastern Gulf of Mexico, off the coast of Florida. ...more

September 11, 2008

More people are sure to lay claim to what may be the largest treasure ever recovered from the sea, said Mark Gordon, president of Odyssey Marine Exploration, the company that found the loot more than a year ago. ...more

August 26, 2008

More people are sure to lay claim to what may be the largest treasure ever recovered from the sea, said Mark Gordon, president of Odyssey Marine Exploration, the company that found the loot more than a year ago. ...more

August 25, 2008

Iraq's defense minister promised Sunday to wage a new crackdown northeast of Baghdad in a volatile province where militants have been driven by the influx of U.S. troops to the capital. ...more

December 10, 2007

TAMPA – A major training exercise is under way at the military bombing range outside of Avon Park for troops about to be deployed to U.S. Central Command Operations in Iraq and Afghanistan. ...more

November 5, 2007