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Rudy Less Than Thrilled to Be $9.11 Candidate

Calls suggested donation amount ‘unfortunate’

Sep 25, 07 3:05 PM CDT
(Newser) - A spokeswoman for presidential hopeful Rudy Giuliani is calling an appeal from private fundraisers for $9.11 donations “an unfortunate choice.” During tomorrow’s national house party night, top GOP rainmaker Abraham Sofaer will host an event aiming to net that telltale amount from attendees, the AP reports. More »

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Rudy Giuliani • State Department • Ronald Reagan • Hoover Institution • Abraham Sofaer • Election 2008

Blackwater
Prior Shootings Show Pattern, Iraqis Say

Accuse security firm of brutality, lawlessness

Sep 21, 07 4:02 PM CDT
(Newser) - In the ongoing controversy over Blackwater USA's role in Iraq, the Los Angeles Times details several earlier incidents in which civilians were killed by the private security firm used to guard American diplomats. One of the men wounded Sunday, when 11 Iraqis were killed at a busy Baghdad intersection, reports... More »

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Iraq • State Department • Blackwater • killings • Interior Ministry

US Reinstates Blackwater in Iraq

Despite government opposition, State Department returns company to streets

Sep 21, 07 1:08 PM CDT
(Newser) - American convoys began emerging from the Green Zone again today, protected by Blackwater USA  guards, just four days after an Iraqi ban on the private security firm halted all such travel. Iraqis remain outraged over the deaths of 11 civilians in a Blackwater shooting incident Sunday, but a Maliki aide... More »

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Iraq • Green Zone • Nouri al-Maliki • State Department • Blackwater

Blackwater Played by Its Own Rules

State Dept exempted security firm from Iraqi and US military oversight

Sep 20, 07 9:54 AM CDT
(Newser) - Blackwater, the private security firm involved in the shooting of 10 civilians in Baghdad Sunday, has operated outside US military regulations governing other security contractors in Iraq, the Washington Post reports. Deployed and protected by the State Department, they were exempted from oversight by the Iraqi Interior Ministry, and not... More »

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Iraq • Baghdad • security • State Department • Blackwater

After Attack, Iraq Bans US Security Firm

Baghdad blames civilian deaths on Blackwater, threatens prosecution

Sep 17, 07 11:45 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Iraqi government has revoked an American security contractor's license to do business in the country and is weighing criminal charges against employees who allegedly opened fire on civilians yesterday, the AP reports. Blackwater USA personnel were escorting a State Department convoy through Baghdad when they opened fire, killing eight... More »

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Baghdad • State Department • Blackwater • Iraq violence • security firms

US Will Screen Charity Workers for Terror Ties

To keep funding AID funding, groups will
get background checks

Aug 23, 07 9:09 AM CDT
(Newser) - A new Bush administration plan will require personnel of some charities and NGOs to register with the government to ensure they are not associated with terrorists. The Washington Post reports that organizations that receive funding from the Agency for International Development will have to provide the phone numbers and e-mail... More »

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Bush administration • terrorism • State Department • background check • charity • registration • Partner Vetting System

US Envoy Visits Libya; Rice
May Be Next

Rice would be first secretary of state to visit since 1953

Aug 22, 07 9:36 AM CDT
(Newser) - A leading State Department official has arrived in Libya, laying the groundwork for a probable visit by Condoleezza Rice later in the year. The envoy, David Welch, will discuss improvements to US-Libyan relations and compensation for victims of the 1988 Lockerbie bombing, the BBC reports. Since 2003, when the Gaddafi... More »

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Condoleezza Rice • State Department • Libya • Tripoli • Moammar Gadhafi • David Welch • Lockerbie

Pro-Democracy Campaign Falters

Second-term initiative stalls, battered from within and without

Aug 20, 07 6:34 PM CDT
(Newser) - President Bush has announced his intention to end "tyranny in our world," but promoting democracy is proving as unpopular among Republicans as Democrats. His plans have met internal opposition, even from Dick Cheney, but a more formidable roadblock is the plan's close association with the unpopular chief executive,... More »

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Iraq • Dick Cheney • Lebanon • democracy • State Department • Ukraine • foreign policy • Kyrgyzstan • George W. Bush

Russia Relaunches
Cold War
Patrols

Pointed message
to US from Putin

Aug 18, 07 8:06 AM CDT
(Newser) - In a resumption of some of the tension reminiscent of the Cold War and a message to the US, Russian President Vladimir Putin has relaunched long-range Russian bomber patrols after a 15-year hiatus. Fourteen bombers took off yesterday just days after Russian jets buzzed the skies off Guam and began... More »

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Russia • Vladimir Putin • State Department • North Pole • Cold War • Guam • bomber patrol • Sean McCormack

UK Asks US to Release Gitmo Suspects

Brown wants 5 Britons freed from US custody in change of policy

Aug 7, 07 4:14 PM CDT
(Newser) - The United Kingdom wants the US to let go of five British residents detained at the terrorist detention camp at Guantanamo Bay. Green PM Gordon Brown made the official request, hinting that he may be distancing himself from the Bush administration and carving a more independent terror policy than Tony... More »

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Bush administration • Tony Blair • terrorism • United Kingdom • State Department • Gordon Brown • Guantanamo Bay • prisoners • terrorist • foreign policy • Britain

US Loses 30% of Iraq Weapons

That's 110,000 AK-47s, 80,000 pistols

Aug 6, 07 11:47 AM CDT
(Newser) - Nearly a third of US weapons doled out to Iraqi security forces over the past three years are unaccounted for, a GAO report says, and insiders are worried they've fallen into the hands of insurgents. The weapons that the Pentagon can no longer track include 110,000 AK-47 assault rifles... More »

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Iraq • Pentagon • insurgents • State Department • weapon • AK 47

Terrorist Attacks Spiked in '06

Attacks rise 25% percent, driven by

Apr 30, 07 10:16 PM CDT
(Newser) - Terrorist attacks rose 25 percent in 2006, with much of the rise attributable to Iraq, according to a State Department report released today. Terrorism claimed over 20,000 lives in 2006—two-thirds of those in Iraq—up sharply from 2005, raising doubts about the short-term success of the continued War... More »

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Iraq • Afghanistan • War on Terror • terrorism • Sudan • State Department • weapon • chemical weapons • terrorist • Iraq war

Call Girl Ring Sucks in State Dep't Honcho

Deputy secretary of state resigns after ABC ties him to D.C. Madam

Apr 28, 07 2:49 PM CDT
(Newser) - A deputy secretary of state resigned late yesterday afternoon, one day after an as-yet-unaired interview with ABC News tied him to the alleged "D.C. Madam." Randall Tobias, who ran the country's foreign aid program, says he received massages, not sex, from Deborah Jean Palfrey's high-end escort service,... More »

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Randall Tobias • State Department • DC Madam • Deborah Jean Palfrey • escort

DNA Tests Surprise Immigrants

Thousands of tests of family members
fail to turn up matches

Apr 10, 07 8:55 AM CDT
(Newser) - Thousands of new citizens asked to take DNA tests in order to verify the immigration status of relatives back home are discovering unwelcome surprises about their families, the New York Times reports. The State Department recommends the tests to confirm family ties in countries where record-keeping is poor. But an... More »

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immigration • State Department • DNA • family

Bickering Among Agencies Undermines  Iraq Rebuilding

State fights Commerce over how to win peace

Mar 11, 07 10:22 AM CDT
(Newser) - Squabbles among agencies in the Bush administration have wasted countless hours and undermined initiatives to stabilize Iraq, the Post reports. The White House wants the whole cabinet involved, but State shuns other departments' initiatives. One battle between State and Commerce, over a proposal to end food rations, became so bitter... More »

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Iraq • Bush administration • Condoleezza Rice • State Department • Department of Commerce

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