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The Defense Department today officially released for the first time video images of American Airlines Flight 77 slamming into the Pentagon on Sept. 11, 2001.
One videotape shows a faint image of the hijacked jet -- commandeered by five terrorists -- crashing into the southwest side of the U.S. military headquarters, then a clear image of a fireball, followed by large clouds of black smoke. The 9:37 a.m. attack killed 184 people, including 125 inside the Pentagon.
Some video of the crash previously had been leaked and publicly circulated. Still shots from the videos also have appeared in the news media. But this is the first time the federal government has officially released these videos, which were recorded by security cameras in the Pentagon parking lots.
Two videos were released today in response to a Freedom of Information Act request and a lawsuit by Judicial Watch, a Wash...Write Comment (0 Comments) |
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On Bush's ideas for immigration overhaul:
"We are a nation of laws, and we must enforce our laws. We are also a nation of immigrants, and we must uphold that tradition, which has strengthened our country in so many ways. These are not contradictory goals. America can be a lawful society and a welcoming society at the same time. We will fix the problems created by illegal immigration, and we will deliver a system that is secure, orderly, and fair."
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On border security:
"Since I became president, we have increased funding for border security by 66 percent and expanded the Border Patrol from about 9,000 to 12,000 agents. ... We have apprehended and sent home about 6 million people entering America illegally.
"Despite this progress, we do not yet have full control of the border, and I am determined to change that. Tonight I am calling on Congress to provide funding fo...Write Comment (0 Comments) |
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President Bush tried to ease the worries of his Mexican counterpart yesterday as he prepared for a nationally televised address tonight unveiling a plan to send thousands of National Guard troops to help seal the nation's southern border against illegal immigrants.
Mexican President Vicente Fox called to express concern over the prospect of militarization of the border, and Bush reassured him that it would be only a temporary measure to bolster overwhelmed Border Patrol agents, the White House said. "The president made clear that the United States considers Mexico a friend and that what is being considered is not militarization of the border but support of Border Patrol capabilities on a temporary basis by National Guard personnel," said White House spokeswoman Maria Tamburri.
Yet the idea has further stirred an already volatile debate about immigration on both sides of the bor...Write Comment (0 Comments) |
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A majority of Americans initially support a controversial National Security Agency program to collect information on telephone calls made in the United States in an effort to identify and investigate potential terrorist threats, according to a Washington Post-ABC News poll.
The new survey found that 63 percent of Americans said they found the NSA program to be an acceptable way to investigate terrorism, including 44 percent who strongly endorsed the effort. Another 35 percent said the program was unacceptable, which included 24 percent who strongly objected to it. A slightly larger majority--66 percent--said they would not be bothered if NSA collected records of personal calls they had made, the poll found.
Underlying those views is the belief that the need to investigate terrorism outweighs privacy concerns. According to the poll, 65 percent of those interviewed said it was more ...Write Comment (0 Comments) |
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Gen. Michael V. Hayden isn't the first active-duty military officer tapped to lead the CIA -- he is in fact the fifth -- but many intelligence experts and officers have bemoaned the idea of a general leading the agency at a time when the Pentagon is expanding its ability to engage in global spying and man-hunting, traditional realms of the CIA.
Despite such qualms, intelligence specialists say Hayden's appointment may turn out to be a clever move by intelligence czar John D. Negroponte to help him assert authority over Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld and his burgeoning intelligence bureaucracy. Negroponte, who by law oversees all 16 U.S. intelligence agencies, has expressed frustration that he has not made more progress in managing the agencies under the Defense Department's jurisdiction. Negroponte was mindful of the issue yesterday as Hayden was officially nominated. "To t...Write Comment (0 Comments) |
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The White House formally confirmed this morning that the President will name Gen. Michael V. Hayden as C.I.A. director, defending the choice against heavy criticism from Republicans as well as Democrats.
Stephen Hadley, the National Security Advisor, said on NBC's Today Show and on ABC's "Good Morning America," that Hayden is a "change agent," the "best person" for the job, "the right man at the right time." Responding to concerns about having a military officer in the key civilian intelligence job, Hadley said that "the military background is in many ways a plus. . . . But make no mistake," Hadley said, "when he steps in, he will not be reporting to Don Rumsfeld."
Hayden is a four-star Air Force general, a former director of the National Security Agency and currently deputy director of national intelligence serving under director John Negroponte in the new office cr...Write Comment (0 Comments) |
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CIA Director Porter Goss is resigning, President Bush said Friday.
Goss, a former congressman, had directed the spy agency since September 2004.
Treasury Secretary John Snow had been rumored as a candidate to leave, but sources told CNBC before the announcement that Snow was not leaving. Bush’s new chief of staff, Joshua Bolten, has made several changes since taking over last month.
Recently, longtime Bush adviser and confidant Karl Rove had the policy-making portion of his portfolio taken away so he could focus on the midterm elections and White House press secretary Scott McClellan announced his resignation. McClellan has been replaced by Fox News commentator Tony Snow.
Replacing McClellan with Snow gave the White House an experienced television personality, who at times had been critical of the president, as the public face of the White House.
McClellan’s last briefing...Write Comment (0 Comments) |
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Police labor union officials asked acting Chief Christopher McGaffin this afternoon to allow a Capitol Police officer to complete his investigation into an early-morning car crash involving Rep. Patrick Kennedy (D-R.I.), son of Sen. Ted Kennedy.
ROLL CALL reports: According to a letter sent by Officer Greg Baird, acting chairman of the USCP FOP, the wreck took place at approximately 2:45 a.m. Thursday when Kennedy's car, operating with its running lights turned off, narrowly missed colliding with a Capitol Police cruiser and smashed into a security barricade at First and C streets Southeast.
“The driver exited the vehicle and he was observed to be staggering,” Baird’s letter states. Officers approached the driver, who “declared to them he was a Congressman and was late to a vote. The House had adjourned nearly three hours before this incident. It was Congressman Patrick J. Kenned...Write Comment (0 Comments) |
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Nothing lasts forever -- except, just maybe, the cost of mailing a letter.
After increasing rates 13 times in 32 years, the U.S. Postal Service proposed a way yesterday for consumers to lock in the price of a first-class stamp, which officials want to raise by 3 cents, to 42 cents, next year. Postal officials pitched the idea of creating a "forever stamp" that would be good for sending first-class mail no matter how much -- or how often -- the cost of a postage stamp goes up. The announcement came on the same day that the Postal Service said it would seek to raise the price of a first-class stamp for the second consecutive year.
The forever stamp, which would cost the same as a first-class stamp, would provide a hedge against future postal rate increases and end the search for 2- or 3-cent stamps that usually follows a price increase. The stamps could pose unusual challenges for...Write Comment (0 Comments) |
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Through rallies and boycotts of schools and businesses across the nation yesterday, illegal immigrants and their supporters sought to present a case to the American people that they are vital to the country's economy and should not be subject to deportation.
Demonstrators opposed to strict immigration proposals in Congress staged huge marches in Chicago and Los Angeles, curtailed operations at at least one major port, shut down construction sites in the District, forced the closing of crossings at the Mexican border and halted work at meat-processing plants in the Midwest. Although the protests caught the nation's attention, the economic impact was mixed, as many immigrants heeded the call of some leaders not to jeopardize their jobs, and businesses adopted strategies to cope with absent employees. More than 300,000 demonstrators marched in Chicago, and another 300,000 took to the ...Write Comment (0 Comments) |
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A jury awarded $1.7 million Friday to a woman who was spanked in front of her colleagues in what her employer called a camaraderie-building exercise.
The jury of six men and six women found Janet Orlando, 53, was subjected to sexual harassment and sexual battery when she was paddled on the rear end two years ago at Alarm One Inc., a home security company in Fresno. The jury said Orlando did not suffer from sexual assault, as she had alleged.
Jurors awarded Orlando $10,000 for economic loss, $40,000 for future medical costs and $450,000 for emotional distress, pain and suffering. They awarded her an additional $1.2 million in punitive damages.
Orlando's lawyer, Nicholas (Butch) Wagner, did not immediately return calls for comment.
K. Poncho Baker, a lawyer for Alarm One, said it was excessive.
"I think the jury was so upset at Alarm One that they went overboard," Baker s...Write Comment (0 Comments) |
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The owners of a US mine where 12 men died in an accident in January have dismissed allegations that the miners' emergency oxygen bags were faulty.
The sole survivor of the accident at Sago in West Virginia, Randal McCloy, said that at least four of the air packs had malfunctioned.
But the International Coal Group said the packs had been checked regularly.
The firm pointed to tests carried out by the US mine safety authority, which suggested the devices were working.
The Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA), which analysed air packs recovered after the accident, said "those that were activated would have functioned properly".
An MSHA spokesman added that the agency was looking into whether the miners had been properly trained to use them. The International Coal Group, for its part, said the air packs were "all within the manufacturer suggested life", and were...Write Comment (0 Comments) |
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Police fired a bullet directly into one of the chambers of a gun wielded by an angry man as they shot him to death in a confrontation at a bus stop, authorities said.
The man never fired his gun, but the fluke police shot showed he was aiming it, said Deputy Police Chief Clark S. Kimerer.
“Physically, I believe, it is impossible to conclude anything other than the fact that the suspect was pointing a weapon directly at the officers,” Kimerer said.
Police said the 18-year-old man became belligerent after a fight with his girlfriend on Tuesday and raised his gun at officers responding to a call from a concerned storekeeper. Authorities said they ordered the man to put his gun down, but he refused.
Officers fired a total of about four shots from their .40-caliber Glock handguns, authorities said. One of their bullets entered one of the chambers of the man’s .38-caliber revolver,...Write Comment (0 Comments) |
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President Bush on Wednesday named conservative commentator Tony Snow as White House press secretary, putting a new face on a troubled administration.
Snow, a Fox news pundit and former speechwriter in the White House under Bush's father, replaced Scott McClellan who resigned in a personnel shuffle intended to re-energize the Bush White House and lift the president's record-low approval ratings. "My job is to make decisions and his job is to help explain those decisions to the press corps and the American people," Bush said, with Snow and McClellan at his side in the White House briefing room.
Snow will replace Scott McClellan, who is stepping down in a White House personnel shuffle intended to re-energize Bush's presidency, bring in new faces and lift the president's record-low approval ratings. McClellan had served as Bush's chief spokesman _ the most prominent public fi...Write Comment (0 Comments) |
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Texans don't like to be messed with, especially in this rugged South Texas county not far from some of the state's major independence battlefields.
So, it was only a matter of time before Bee County Judge Jimmy Martinez said someone had to stand up to tackle a national epidemic striking at the heart — and pockets — of local residents: Rising gas prices.
This week, Bee County became the first in the state, possibly the country, to pass a resolution asking motorists to boycott fuel pumps beginning Monday.
County elected officials said they would ask others in the state to follow suit.
"Hey, the American people are tired," Martinez said. "What we did is we simply took action instead of complaining.
"We're offering our residents a beacon of hope."
The resolution adopted Monday echoed the nation's anxiety over skyrocketing fuel prices that have now topped $3 in some...Write Comment (0 Comments) |
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