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Romney: The US must help Syrian rebels oust Assad

By KASIE HUNT and STEVE PEOPLESAssociated Press LEXINGTON, Va. (AP) - Mitt Romney declared on Monday the U.S. must join other nations in helping arm Syrian rebels to oust Syrian President Bashar Assad, casting President Barack Obama's efforts as weak and part of a broader lack of leadership

Afghan war enters 12th year

By AMIR SHAH and DEB RIECHMANNAssociated Press KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - Nobody wants a repeat of the bloody ethnic fighting that followed the Soviet exit from Afghanistan in the 1990s - least of all 32-year-old Wahidullah who was crippled by a bullet that pierced his spine during the civil war

Navy commissions destroyer named after NY SEAL

NEW YORK (AP) - In a ceremony that was more joyful than solemn, the U.S. Navy on Saturday commissioned the USS Michael Murphy, a sleek new warship named for a Navy SEAL who died in Afghanistan at age 29. Cannons boomed, dignitaries spoke of heroism, and nearly 300 sailors charged up a ramp while a

Extradited terrorism suspects appear in US courts

By JOHN CHRISTOFFERSEN and LARRY NEUMEISTERAssociated Press NEW YORK (AP) - A partially blind extremist Egyptian-born preacher charged in multiple terrorism plots entered a U.S. court for the first time Saturday without the use of his arms, complaining that prosthetic hooks he uses were taken