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Obama honors sacrifice made by nation's veterans

By STACY A. ANDERSONAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama paid tribute at a Veterans Day ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery to "the heroes over the generations who have served this country of ours with distinction." He said the wreath he laid earlier at Tomb of the

Congress wants answers on Petraeus affair

By ADAM GOLDMAN and ANNE FLAHERTY and KIMBERLY DOZIERAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Members of Congress said Sunday they want to know more details about the FBI investigation that revealed an extramarital affair between ex-CIA Director David Petraeus and his biographer, questioning when the

Across US, Veterans Day commemorations under way

By JESSICA GRESKO and KEVIN McGILLAssociated Press Saturday marked the first of what will be three days of Veterans Day commemorations across the United States. The holiday falls on a Sunday, and the federal observance is on Monday. It's the first such day honoring the men and women who

Petraeus' biographer a military reservist, scholar

WASHINGTON (AP) - Paula Broadwell first met fellow West Point graduate David Petraeus in the spring of 2006, when she was a graduate student at Harvard's Kennedy School of Government. He was a lieutenant general working on a counterinsurgency manual that would be tested during his command in