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Central Command, which oversees military operations in the Middle East and Central Asia. Associated Press writers Lolita C. Baldor and Adam Goldman in Washington contributed to this report.

But backers say they hope to lay the groundwork for the future with hearings like the one held yesterday before the House Ways and Means Committee. Democratic Rep. Jim McDermott ...

Associated Press Writer= WASHINGTON (AP) — Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan criticized a campaign finance ruling in a case she argued for the Obama administration and considers abortion rights to ...

WASHINGTON - A government official says Director of National Intelligence Dennis Blair is resigning. The official ... nation's intelligence agencies was marked by turf battles with CIA Director Leon Panetta ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Nearly 1 million General Electric coffee makers sold at Walmart ... The Consumer Product Safety Commission, which announced the recall today, said Walmart has received 83 complaints ...

WASHINGTON — U.S. officials refused Thursday to call North Korea's torpedoing of a South Korean warship an act of war or state-sponsored terror, warning that an overreaction could cause the ...

BCS head rips Congress WASHINGTON — BCS executive director Bill Hancock responded to a letter from ... interest, I believe that decisions about college football should be made by university ...

WASHINGTON (AP) - The nation's top military officer says U.S. forces in and around South Korea have not been placed on a higher level of alert since the sinking of ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Europe's debt crisis poses a "potentially serious" risk to the U.S. economic recovery because it threatens global credit markets and large American banks, a top Federal Reserve ...

LEESBURG, Va. (AP) - Washington Redskins coach Mike Shanahan is taking a "wait and see" approach to reports that receiver Santana Moss is linked to a Canadian doctor charged with ...