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FACT CHECK: A one-sided story on trade, defense

By BRADLEY KLAPPER and CALVIN WOODWARDAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Mitt Romney solely blamed President Barack Obama on Monday for potential defense cuts that Republicans in Congress worked out with the White House and Democrats and left the misimpression that Obama has ignored free trade

NKorea says South, US are within its missile range

By HYUNG-JIN KIMAssociated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - North Korea on Tuesday warned that the U.S. mainland is within range of its missiles and said that Washington's recent agreement to let Seoul possess missiles capable of hitting all of the North shows the allies are plotting to

Panetta, Allen to reassure NATO on insider attacks

By LOLITA C. BALDORAssociated Press BRUSSELS (AP) - The killings of more than 130 U.S. and allied forces by Afghan troops or those dressed like them is not deterring NATO countries from the war in Afghanistan, two senior U.S. defense officials said Tuesday. As NATO defense ministers gather this

Veteran AP Georgia newsman Dick Pettys dies at 66

ATLANTA (AP) - Dick Pettys, a longtime political reporter for The Associated Press who was a fixture at the Georgia state capitol for more than three decades, died Monday. He was 66. Pettys died Monday evening after having a massive heart attack at the home where he had retired in Clarksville,