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Ex-Pentagon chief Gates: Budget must be smarter

Fri, 10 May 2013 16:19:08 -0400

COLUMBIA, South Carolina - There are smart ways to reduce the size of the nation's defense budget without cutting the overall size of the country's forces, former Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Friday.

President Clinton Truman Good Neighbor honoree

Wed, 08 May 2013 22:01:11 -0400

KANSAS CITY, Missouri - Former President Bill Clinton praised Harry S. Truman's ability to help people understand their common humanity in accepting an award Wednesday given to people for their service to the United States in the spirit of the late president.

O'Connor voices regret over Bush v. Gore

Mon, 29 Apr 2013 17:59:21 -0400

WASHINGTON - Retired Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor is suggesting for the first time that the court should have stayed out of the 2000 presidential election dispute between George W. Bush and Al Gore.