The top US commander in
Iraq acknowledged that the Army was stretched but insisted forces here were capable of accomplishing their mission and any recommendation to reduce troops further would be dictated by the situation on the battlefield.
Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld acknowledged in a document made public that information spread by the
Pentagon to influence foreign peoples and enemies increasingly seeps back home and is "consumed by our domestic audience."
In the last week, traffic to Dingledine's Free Haven Project, where free software to anonymize Web sessions is available, has skyrocketed to an average of a quarter million visits a day in the last few days.
And San Diego-based Anonymizer.com,
At the first congressional hearing on revamping the rules, lobbyists argued against proposals to ban privately financed trips for House and Senate members and their aides, saying travel helps them make good policy decisions in an era of globalization
[Election year alert] Republicans John McCain and Tom Coburn say they're putting their colleagues on notice: They will challenge special projects that senators insert into spending bills until the practice stops.
US and Mexican authorities said they had unearthed a massive, 0.62 mile long tunnel dug under their border by drug traffickers, with 2 tons of marijuana inside. Lined with concrete, equipped with ventilation and lights, is cut 85 feet deep
Sen. John Kerry will attempt a filibuster to block the nomination of Judge Samuel Alito to the Supreme Court.
"Judge Alito's confirmation would be an ideological coup on the Supreme Court," Kerry said in a written statement explainin
That's the only way to get to the bottom of a raging scandal that started with an obscure 2004 Republican primary election in the Ahwatukee Foothills and is now entangling 6 prominent Republican officials.
Interim Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said that the Jewish state would not negotiate with a Palestinian government that includes Hamas, set to form the new cabinet after winning a legislative election.
The first draft discussion document for the next version of the GNU General Public License has only just been released, but some businesses are already expressing concern about its digital rights management provisions. DRM "is a malicious featur
In a message to the Linux Kernel Mailing List on Jan. 25,
Linus Torvalds made it plain that the
Linux operating system is going to stay under General Public License 2 and not migrate to GPL 3.
Producing a gallon of ethanol gas from corn requires 95 percent less petroleum than producing a gallon from fossil fuels. "It is better to use various inputs to grow corn and make ethanol and use that in your cars than it is to use the gasoline
Airlines and the U.S government have the right to keep passengers from boarding planes if they refuse to show personal identification, a U.S. appeals court ruled. John Gilmore, co-founder of the Electronic Frontier Foundation, an online civil liberti
As you scream for your favorite sports team, special brain cells kick in to protect your auditory system from the sound of your own voice. These cells dampen your auditory neurons' ability to detect incoming sounds. The moment you shut up, the in
President Bush, who has faced heat from conservative Republicans over high budget deficits, pledged to take a tougher stance toward Congress over spending, including vetoing bills if necessary.
Astronomers last year spotted a star leaving the Milky Way Galaxy. Later one or two more were detected. And today, researchers announced the discovery of yet two more outbound stars.
A joint U.S. Air Force and DARPA project is moving speedily along— intended to fly to Mach 20, plus some. A Falcon Hypersonic Test Vehicle-1 (HTV-1) is now on the books for a less than one-hour flight in September 2007.
General Motors Corp. posted a fourth-quarter net loss of $4.8 billion on Thursday, a sea of red ink deeper than the most pessimistic Wall Street estimate, as costs for layoffs and plant closures soared.
Google will be called to task in Washington next month following a controversial decision by the internet search engine to launch a China-based version of its website that will censor results to avoid angering the country’s Communist government.
Cingular Wireless has managed to get a patent on the concept of using emoticon on mobile phones. The aim of the patent is to enable the displaying of MSN style graphics on handsets, they also managed to patent the delivery of text based emoticon - so
A letter from the Pentagon to Secretary of State, Jan Brewer, has resulted in the introduction of HB 2148. However, the bills provisions exceeds the request by the Department of Defense only to provide voting priviledges for troops deployed before a
Proposed Arizona Revised Statute - 16-410
A. THE SECRETARY OF STATE MAY ISSUE A DECLARATION POSTPONING THE DATE OF AN ELECTION,... ON ISSUANCE OF THE DECLARATION, THE AFFECTED ELECTION IS POSTPONED.
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Although I am a Libertarian and not a Republican -- and fight with those who are more conservative than I would like -- I do pause for a few minutes to reflect on a man born 95 years ago this Feb. 6 whom I believe to be the greatest president of the
NEW DELHI - A landmark nuclear deal between India and the United States will "die" in Washington if New Delhi supports Iran at the upcoming meeting of the U.N. atomic watchdog agency, the U.S. ambassador said Wednesday.
So it was sort of a surprise when Bush, upon finding out about Khans proliferation of nuclear technology, let Pakistan off with a slap on the wrist. But it was all an act. In fact, it was actually a cover-up designed to shield Cheney because he
What transpired was what the retired Army colonel most feared: He and his daughter were among a mass of protesters arrested, handcuffed and detained for as long as 36 hours, an ordeal that included hours confined on a bus and many more hours on floor
Soldiers prosecuted in the abuse or even deaths of detainees rarely have paid a heavy price, an indication of the difficulties the U.S. military has had sorting out right from wrong during the war on terrorism. Charged with murder in an Iraqi general
Former UN chief weapons inspector Hans Blix, who turned out to be right about Iraq not having unconventional weapons, says the US should offer Iran a range of inducements to keep it from developing nuclear weapons.