WASHINGTON, Dec. 2, 2008 (Reuters) — The top U.S. military officer traveled to India and Pakistan on Tuesday as part of Washington's diplomatic efforts to ease tensions over last week's deadly attacks by militants in Mumbai, officials said. ... > full story
WASHINGTON, Dec. 2, 2008 (Reuters) — U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates, who will stay on under Barack Obama, said on Tuesday he supported the president-elect's Iraq policy but declined to back his proposed timetable for the withdrawal of U.S. forces. ... > full story
WASHINGTON, Dec. 2, 2008 (Reuters) — Spurred by massive cost overruns and chronic schedule delays, the Pentagon's chief weapons buyer approved on Tuesday the first major changes in the Defense Department's acquisition policies in five years. ... > full story
WASHINGTON, Dec. 2, 2008 (Reuters) — A group based in Pakistan may have been responsible for the attacks by militants in India's financial hub of Mumbai that killed 183 people, a senior State Department official said on Tuesday. ... > full story
WASHINGTON, Dec. 2, 2008 (Reuters) — President-elect Barack Obama is expected to nominate New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson to head the Commerce Department, a senior Democratic source said on Tuesday. ... > full story
HOUSTON, Dec. 2, 2008 (Reuters) — Barbara Bush, mother of President George W. Bush, was released from a Houston hospital on Tuesday after having surgery for a perforated ulcer. ... > full story
WASHINGTON, Dec. 2, 2008 (Reuters) — The U.S. Federal Communications Commission is likely to consider a plan this month to auction public airwaves with a mandate that the winning bidder set aside some for free Internet nationwide, a proposal staunchly opposed by the cell phone industry. ... > full story
WASHINGTON, Dec. 2, 2008 (Reuters) — President-elect Barack Obama will hold a news conference at 1140 EST/1640 GMT on Wednesday, his fifth since he began naming nominees for his cabinet. ... > full story
WASHINGTON, Dec. 2, 2008 (Reuters) — The Pentagon has seen no signs that Pakistan is preparing to shift troops out of its tribal region near the Afghanistan border due to rising tensions with India, a U.S. defense official said on Tuesday. ... > full story
MANAGUA, Dec. 2, 2008 (Reuters) — Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega, angry because the United States is rethinking an aid program, pressed Washington on Monday for billions of dollars in war reparations dating back to a 1980s civil war. ... > full story
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Rhee's Battles Land Her Time Magazine Cover Dec. 2, 2008 (ABC 7 Washington (WJLA)) — D.C. Schools Chancellor Michelle Rhee is being featured on the cover of Time magazine for her approach to reforming urban school systems. . Rhee is ...
IT Decision Makers Say Election Will Impact Industry Dec. 2, 2008 (Information Week) — IT decision makers are split on which presidential candidate is most likely to help the technology industry, and 40% agree that the next person in ...
69% across state voted in election Dec. 2, 2008 (Green Bay Press-Gazette, Wisconsin) — Sixty-nine percent of Wisconsin's voting-age population cast ballots in last month's election.. . That's the official tally released Monday ...
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