President Obama today ended three months of fact finding, consultations and consideration, formally announcing his decision to send another 30,000 U.S. troops to Afghanistan, bringing the total there to about 100,000.
Obama presented his plan at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, N.Y., addressing an audience made up largely of cadets, some of whom have [...]
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Plan for Afghanistan hopeful, costly and iffy
Trying 9-11 suspects in New York makes sense
Attorney General Eric Holder announced today that Khalid Shaikh Mohammed and four other alleged conspirators behind the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks on New York and Washington, D.C. will be tried in federal court in New York City.
Holder said prosecutors will seek the death penalty for all the defendants.
Good decisions, both, and it’s high time they [...]
