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At Arlington, Obama pays tribute to veterans

Obama spoke after a wreath-laying ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknowns that was also attended by first lady Michelle Obama, Vice President Biden and his wife, senior government officials and top military brass. Under a light drizzle, the president ...

From WILLIAM BRANIGIN, The Washington Post,  11 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Michelle Obama,  Eric Shinseki,  Arlington National Cemetery,  White House,  Taliban

Iran accuses 3 detained Americans of espionage

FILE - This undated file photo, released by freethehikers.org, Aug. 20, 2009, shows Americans Shane Bauer, left, and Sarah Shourd. Iranian state news agency IRNA said Monday, Nov. 9, 2009 that Iran has charged Bauer, Shourd and Josh Fattal with ...

From WILLIAM BRANIGIN, The Washington Post,  9 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Sarah Emily Shourd,  Shane Bauer,  Hillary Rodham Clinton,  Joshua Felix Fattal,  Central Intelligence Agency

Families, soldiers mourn comrades; share stories of survival

Matthew Cooke, a 30-year-old father of two who served two tours in Iraq, was waiting for a blood test at Fort Hood's Soldier Readiness Processing Center in preparation for another deployment when gunfire erupted Thursday, catching the roughly 300 ...

From WILLIAM BRANIGIN, The Washington Post,  6 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Barack Obama,  The Pentagon,  Nidal Malik Hasan,  Twitter Inc,  White House

Iran sees clashes on anniversary,

As pro-government demonstrators ritually chanted "Death to America!" outside the former U.S. Embassy, opposition protesters used the occasion to vent their anger over a disputed presidential election in June and the harsh crackdown on subsequent ...

From THOMAS ERDBRINK AND WILLIAM BRANIGIN, The Washington Post,  4 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Barack Obama,  Mahmoud Ahmadinejad,  Mehdi Karroubi

Iran denies allegations of tensions with Israel at conference

TEHRAN -- Representatives of Iran and Israel attended an international conference on nuclear disarmament last month in Egypt , but Iranian officials Thursday denied news reports that the two archenemies engaged in direct dialogue at the meeting amid ...

From THOMAS ERDBRINK AND WILLIAM BRANIGIN, The Washington Post,  22 Oct 2009

Related Topics: International Atomic Energy Agency,  Shlomo Ben-Ami,  Mahmoud Ahmadinejad,  Mohamed ElBaradei

Senate Finance Committee Debates Public Option

The Senate Finance Committee took up the politically volatile issue of a government-run "public option" in health insurance Tuesday as it considered a massive bill to overhaul the nation's health care system. Two Democrats on the committee -- ...

From WILLIAM BRANIGIN, The Washington Post,  29 Sep 2009

Related Topics: John D. Rockefeller IV,  U.S. Democratic Party,  Charles E. Schumer,  U.S. Republican Party,  Max Baucus

Afghan Immigrant Charged With Conspiracy to Use 'Weapons of Mass Destruction'

Defense attorney Ron Kuby, center, addresses the media outside U.S. District Court in Brooklyn, New York, Thursday, Sept. 24, 2009, regarding his client Ahmad Wais Afzali, a New York City imam allegedly connected with terrorist suspect Najibullah Zazi. ...

From WILLIAM BRANIGIN, The Washington Post,  24 Sep 2009

Related Topics: Federal Bureau of Investigation,  Najibullah Zazi,  Ronald L Kuby,  U.S. Department of Justice,  Al-Qaeda

Baucus Proposes 10-Year, $856 Billion Bill

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From WILLIAM BRANIGIN AND LORI MONTGOMERY, The Washington Post,  16 Sep 2009

Related Topics: U.S. Senate,  U.S. Republican Party,  U.S. Democratic Party,  Max Baucus,  Barack Obama

Pentagon Officials Defend Afghanistan Strategy

Pentagon leaders acknowledged Thursday that time is not on America's side in the war in Afghanistan, but they rejected the idea of pulling out U.S. troops and said the resources needed to reverse gains by the radical Islamic Taliban movement are just ...

From WILLIAM BRANIGIN, The Washington Post,  3 Sep 2009

Related Topics: Robert Gates,  Barack Obama,  The Pentagon,  NATO,  Al-Qaeda

U.S. General Calls for New Strategy Against Taliban

Lal Mohammad, 40, whose nose and ears were cut off by the Taliban on the Afghan presidential and provincial council election day, is seen in a hospital in Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, Aug. 31, 2009. Taliban cut off Lal Mohammad's nose and ears after ...

From WILLIAM BRANIGIN, The Washington Post,  31 Aug 2009

Related Topics: NATO,  Hamid Karzai,  The Pentagon,  Barack Obama,  Robert Gates

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