Kulongoski makes surprise visit to troops in Iraq
GRANTS PASS (AP) Gov. Ted Kulongoski has made another surprise trip to Iraq to visit Oregon National Guard troops. Speaking by telephone from Baghdad, where he was attending a barbecue with soldiers, the governor said Tuesday he was making good on ...
 3.8K - Nov. 10, 2009; scored 141.0 N. Korea pushes for talks with U.S.
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) North Korea pressed the United States to accept its demand for direct talks on the communist regime s nuclear program, issuing a veiled threat today that Pyongyang will expand its nuclear arsenal unless Washington agrees. Th...
3.7K - Nov. 2, 2009; scored 183.0 Obama mulls a reduce troop plan
WASHINGTON President Barack Obama is considering a scaled-down version of the war plan advanced by his top Afghanistan commander, Gen. Stanley McChrystal, U.S. officials say. Such a narrowed military mission would increase American forces to accom...
5.7K - Oct. 29, 2009; scored 234.0 Columbia River commerce protected by weakened wall
ASTORIA (AP) It s a mild October morning on the Oregon Coast. Yet, even on a windless day with the ocean glassy smooth, it s a rough ride at the point where the Columbia River smashes into the Pacific Ocean. A 60-ton boat, designed to ferry elite p...
6.7K - Oct. 26, 2009; scored 141.0 NATO considers beefing up support
BRATISLAVA, Slovakia (AP) Top NATO and United Nations officials signaled Friday they may request more international troops to join American forces in Afghanistan as the top U.S. defense official said President Barack Obama is still weeks away from ...
4.7K - Oct. 25, 2009; scored 255.0 NATO considers beefing up support
BRATISLAVA, Slovakia (AP) Top NATO and United Nations officials signaled Friday they may request more international troops to join American forces in Afghanistan as the top U.S. defense official said President Barack Obama is still weeks away from ...
4.7K - Oct. 24, 2009; scored 255.0 Gates: Disputed U.S. airfield should stay on Okinawa
TOKYO (AP) U.S. leaders expect Japan s new government to stick with existing agreements between the two nations, America s top defense official said Tuesday amid debate over whether to shutter a U.S. military air field on Okinawa. Japanese official...
3.9K - Oct. 20, 2009; scored 897.0 President won't commit on troops
WASHINGTON President Barack Obama will not commit more U.S. troops to Afghanistan until he is convinced that the central government can be a credible and effective U.S. partner, a senior White House aide said Sunday. But it was unclear whether Obam...
4.5K - Oct. 19, 2009; scored 141.0 Obama and elder Bush team up in Texas, calling on Americans to do more community service
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) President Barack Obama, who has called on Americans to perform more community service, is joining former President George H.W. Bush in urging citizens to volunteer. Bush on Friday was to host a forum on volunteering at Texas A M ...
1.3K - Oct. 16, 2009; scored 141.0 Words are easy; action has value
When it comes to making tough decisions, action speaks louder than words. Since the revelations of a covert uranium-enrichment facility near the Holy City of Qom, all hell has broken loose. President Barack Obama, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown ...
3.0K - Oct. 14, 2009; scored 141.0 Afghanistan corruption worries McChrystal
WASHINGTON (AP) The top military commander in Afghanistan is asking for up to 80,000 more American troops even as he warns that rampant government corruption there may prevent victory against the Taliban and al-Qaida, according to U.S. officials br...
4.7K - Oct. 14, 2009; scored 183.0 The general's war in Afghanistan
The Pentagon s pre-emptive strike came with the leak of Gen. Stanley McChrystal s confidential review of the Afghan war to Bob Woodward of The Washington Post. McChrystal s painting of the military picture was grim. Failure to gain the initiative and...
4.2K - Oct. 13, 2009; scored 141.0 Pentagon wants behemoth bunker buster ASAP
WASHINGTON The Pentagon is speeding up delivery of a colossal bomb designed to destroy hidden weapons bunkers buried underground. Call it Plan B for dealing with Iran, which recently revealed a long-suspected nuclear site deep inside a mountain nea...
4.6K - Oct. 13, 2009; scored 141.0 Clinton, Gates: Goals steady in Afghanistan
WASHINGTON President Barack Obama s top defense and diplomacy advisers said the United States retains the Afghanistan war goal that he outlined just two months into his presidency to sideline al-Qaida but changing circumstances require a reasse...
5.9K - Oct. 6, 2009; scored 1000.0 AFC: Bengals win another last-minute thriller
The Cincinnati Bengals were involved in yet another nail-biter and it s a trend quarterback Carson Palmer would like to see end soon. The last-minute Bengals needed a 31-yard field goal from Shayne Graham late in overtime to beat the winless Clevel...
4.9K - Oct. 5, 2009; scored 141.0 Top Afghanistan commander meets Obama in Denmark
COPENHAGEN (AP) President Barack Obama summoned his top commander in Afghanistan for a 25-minute meeting aboard Air Force One today as part of his review of a war strategy that has divided the president s national security team. Army Gen. Stanley M...
3.3K - Oct. 2, 2009; scored 183.0 General calls for more troops
WASHINGTON President Barack Obama s top commander in Afghanistan has told him that without more troops the United States could lose the war Obama has described as the nation s foremost military priority. Obama must now decide whether to commit thou...
4.7K - Sep. 21, 2009; scored 567.0 Bin Laden calls Obama 'powerless'
WASHINGTON (AP) In a tape released Sunday by al-Qaida s media wing, terrorist leader Osama bin Laden said President Barack Obama is powerless to stop the war in Afghanistan. SITE Intelli-gence Group, a terrorist-monitoring firm that translated th...
1.9K - Sep. 14, 2009; scored 141.0 Female driver finds the going tough
SPRAKERS, N.Y. Jessica Zemken talks into her cell phone and spells her last name slowly, then gives her credit card number and expiration date without batting an eye. I m getting good at using this credit card, Zemken said. That s not a good sign...
8.3K - Sep. 5, 2009; scored 183.0 NATO airstrike in Afghanistan kills up to 90
KUNDUZ, Afghanistan (AP) A NATO jet blasted two fuel tankers hijacked by the Taliban in northern Afghanistan, setting off a huge fireball Friday that killed up to 90 people, including dozens of civilians, Afghan officials said. The NATO command sai...
6.6K - Sep. 4, 2009; scored 141.0 | 
