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Gates to stay as U.S. defense secretary: report

WASHINGTON, Nov. 25, 2008 (Reuters) — President-elect Barack Obama moved closer to assembling his national security team on Tuesday, with sources saying Robert Gates would likely keep his job as defense secretary and retired Marine Gen. James Jones be named national security adviser. ...  > full story

CIA faulted in shooting down of missionary plane

WASHINGTON, Nov. 20, 2008 (Reuters) — The CIA obstructed inquiries into its role in the shooting down of an aircraft carrying a family of U.S. missionaries in Peru in 2001, the agency's inspector general has concluded. ...  > full story

Iraq improving but al Qaeda, Iran still threats: U.S.

UNITED NATIONS, Nov. 14, 2008 (Reuters) — Violence in Iraq has decreased sharply but al Qaeda, Iranian-backed fighters and other militants remain a serious threat, as this week's bomb attacks showed, Washington's U.N. envoy said on Friday. ...  > full story

Qaeda stung by U.S. pressure in Pakistan: CIA chief

WASHINGTON, Nov. 14, 2008 (Reuters) — U.S. pressure on al Qaeda near Pakistan's border with Afghanistan has put the group "off balance," but the region remains the biggest terrorism threat to the United States, the CIA's chief said on Thursday. ...  > full story

U.S. missiles hit Pakistani Taliban, 12 dead

MIRANSHAH, Pakistan, Nov. 14, 2008 (Reuters) — Suspected U.S. drones fired missiles into a Pakistani tribal region on Friday, killing 12 people, including five foreigners, in an area known as a stronghold of Pakistani Taliban commander Baitullah Mehsud. ...  > full story

Former Guantanamo prisoners still struggling

MIAMI, Nov. 12, 2008 (Reuters) — Former Guantanamo prisoners released after years of detention without charge went home to find themselves stigmatized and shunned, viewed either as terrorists or U.S. spies, according to a report released on Wednesday. ...  > full story

Pentagon used secret authority to strike Qaeda: report

WASHINGTON, Nov. 10, 2008 (Reuters) — Since 2004, the Pentagon has used broad, secret authority to carry out about 12 attacks against al Qaeda and other militants in Syria, Pakistan and elsewhere, The New York Times reported on its Web site on Sunday. ...  > full story
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