The White House on Tuesday announced the expected appointment of Frank Sanchez of Tampa as undersecretary of commerce for international trade. ...more

April 15, 2009

SARASOTA COUNTY - Beneath cloudless skies, a group of about 50 people gathered Friday morning at the still very new Sarasota National Cemetery on State Road 72 to mark the first 11 interments of area veterans and three of their spouses. ...more

January 10, 2009

The Army needs to add at least 30,000 active-duty soldiers to its ranks to ful- fill its responsibilities around the world without becoming stretched dangerously thin, senior Army officials warn. ...more

December 26, 2008

Billionaire businessman and noted philanthropist Ross Perot paid a visit Wednesday afternoon to patients, their families and the medical staff at the James A. Haley Veterans' Hospital. ...more

December 4, 2008

Wounded soldiers and Veterans Affairs officials gathered at Tampa's VA hospital Friday to see the latest addition to its unit for men and women with traumatic injuries from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. The building has apartments for injured troops who no longer need to be hospitalized but aren't ready to live on their own. ...more

October 19, 2008

Wounded troops and Veterans Administration officials gathered at Tampa's VA hospital today to see the latest addition to its unit for men and women with traumatic injuries from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. ...more

October 17, 2008

On his first day as the new CEO of Wachovia Corp., Robert Steel saw the stock tumble to a 17-year low and faced questions about his ability to rescue the nation's fourth-largest bank from its own missteps and the roiling credit market. ...more

July 11, 2008

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti - Parliament on Thursday rejected the nomination of one of President Rene Preval's advisers as the next prime minister of Haiti, which has now gone two months with its No. 2 political post empty. ...more

June 13, 2008

Israel's prime minister on Sunday gave his military a "free hand" to attack Gaza militants after a rocket slammed into a house in this town where the visiting U.N. humanitarian chief had just called for an end to the daily salvos. ...more

February 18, 2008

The eight-month closure of Gaza has created "grim and miserable" conditions that deprive Palestinians of their basic dignity, the U.N.'s humanitarian chief said Friday. ...more

February 16, 2008