Shortly after 9/11, George W. Bush secretly signed two executive orders. ...more

October 30, 2009

Weary residents of this sandbagged city came together in churches Sunday, counting their blessings that the Red River finally stopped rising and praying the levees would hold back its wrath. A brief levee break that swamped a school provided a warning of the kind of threat that still hangs over them in the days ahead. ...more

March 29, 2009

Frustrated by repeated dead ends in the search for Osama bin Laden, U.S. and Pakistani officials said they are questioning long-held assumptions about their strategy and are shifting tactics to intensify the use of the lethal Predator drone spy plane in the mountains of western Pakistan. ...more

September 10, 2008

In a grandstanding news conference on May 17, 2006, John Murtha, serving as a congressman from Pennsylvania since 1974, tried and convicted American soldiers before having any evidence. He said that Marines in Haditha "shot 24 Iraqis in cold blood" and claimed "the military tried to cover it up." ...more

July 11, 2008

In a news conference on May 17, 2006, John Murtha tried and convicted American soldiers before having any evidence. ...more

July 11, 2008

The U.S. missile strike that killed a top al-Qaida commander slightly more than a mile from a Pakistani military base shows how entrenched Islamic militants are in the lawless tribal regions, where extremists have launched increasingly bold attacks. ...more

February 2, 2008

A missile from a U.S. Predator drone struck a suspected terrorist safe house in Pakistan and killed a top al-Qaida commander thought responsible for a brazen bomb attack during a visit last year by Vice President Dick Cheney to Afghanistan, a U.S. official said Thursday. ...more

February 1, 2008