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U.S. Must Have Checks On Drone Killings
The Hartford CourantJohn Brennan, newly confirmed director of the CIA, assured Americans in a speech last year on targeted killing that there is "absolutely nothing casual" about the process of targeted killing, including that of American citizens. He included in this the...Tags: John Brennan, Al-Qaeda, Politics, Government, U.S. Senate Select Committee on Intelligence
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Transcript: Rand Paul's filibuster of John Brennan's CIA nomination
Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) delivered a nearly 13-hour filibuster Wednesday of John Brennan’s nomination to lead the CIA. Paul used his time on the floor to question the legality of the White House's policies on drone use, beginning at 11:47 a.m. EST and...
Tags: Armed Forces, September 11, 2001 Attacks, Abdullah ibn Abdulaziz al Saud, Stranger Than Fiction, Government
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From the Right: Take courage, fellow Americans
It is no surprise that our country is deeply divided. We are constantly bombarded with political rhetoric from the right, the left, and everywhere in between. It seems the political class can agree on nothing from complex world issues to the simpler...
Tags: September 11, 2001 Attacks, Gun Control, Politics, Interior Policy, U.S. Congress
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Rand Paul's filibuster worked
Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul got a lot of attention Wednesday for mounting an honest-to-God filibuster of President Barack Obama's nominee for CIA director, John Brennan. The nation's political class marveled at his real-life Mr. Smith act, the funny stuff his...Tags: U.S. Department of Defense, Military Justice, John Brennan, Laws, Ron Paul
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Keehn Landis
Keehn Landis died quietly at his home on Sunday, Feb. 24, 2013. Keehn was born on June 17, 1922, and grew up in Glencoe, Ill. He enlisted in the Air Force right after the Japanese invasion of Pearl Harbor. As he waited to be called up, he was able to...
Tags: Princeton University, Northwestern University, Glencoe, Colleges and Universities
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Colonial Players 'Trying,' and succeeding, in study of history and relationships
Colonial Players offers a gem in historical and dramatic substance in its current production of Joanna McClelland Glass' "Trying," continuing through March 2 in Annapolis. This two-person "memory play" is set in 1967 and finds Judge Francis Biddle, 81,...
Tags: Labor Legislation, Career and Workplace, Groton, Justice System, Arts and Culture
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WWII POW Carried No Hostility Toward Japanese Captors
The Hartford CourantBaselio Zorzanello was a quiet hero of World War II, one of thousands of American troops who survived months in prisoner of war camps during World War II. Like many veterans, he spoke of his experiences rarely and briefly. He dwelt mostly on the few...Tags: Frederick (Frederick, Maryland), Prisoners and Detainees, Bars and Clubs, World War II (1939-1945), Groton
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George Aratani dies at 95; L.A. philanthropist who funded Japanese American causes
George Aratani, a Los Angeles businessman who donated millions of dollars to Japanese American causes, and with his wife endowed the nation’s first academic chair to study the World War II internment of people of Japanese descent and their efforts...
Tags: Armed Forces, Electronics, Stanford University, Pneumonia, U.S. Army
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Around Town: An incredible Boddy of work
By all accounts, Elias Manchester Boddy was a self-made man. Boddy's early years were difficult. Born in a log cabin in Washington, gassed in Europe in World War I, Boddy worked his way through college with a variety of odd jobs, ranging from janitor...Tags: Newspaper and Magazine, World War I (1914-1918), FBI
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Philippines travel: Courage and legacy
BALANGA, Philippines — The school day at Balanga Elementary on the Bataan Peninsula was winding down, and children poured from the classrooms into the stifling afternoon heat. Behind their classrooms, they played around the statutes of grim-...
Tags: Armed Forces, U.S. Army, International Travel, Japan, Sculpture
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World War II internment site considered for historical status
L.A. NOWFormer site of internment camp considered for historical status...
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