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Panetta: Don't jump to conclusions about Allen

Panetta: Don't jump to conclusions about Allen
By ROBERT BURNSAP National Security Writer PERTH, Australia (AP) - Defense Secretary Leon Panetta cautioned Wednesday against reaching early conclusions about the veracity of allegations against the top U.S. commander in Afghanistan, Gen. John Allen, who is under investigation for what Pentagon

Panetta: Don't jump to conclusions about Allen

Panetta: Don't jump to conclusions about Allen
By ROBERT BURNSAP National Security Writer PERTH, Australia (AP) - Defense Secretary Leon Panetta cautioned Wednesday against reaching early conclusions about the veracity of allegations against the top U.S. commander in Afghanistan, Gen. John Allen, who is under investigation for what Pentagon

Panetta: Don't jump to conclusions about Allen

Panetta: Don't jump to conclusions about Allen
By ROBERT BURNSAP National Security Writer PERTH, Australia (AP) - Defense Secretary Leon Panetta cautioned Wednesday against reaching early conclusions about the veracity of allegations against the top U.S. commander in Afghanistan, Gen. John Allen, who is under investigation for what Pentagon

Panetta: Don't jump to conclusions about Allen

Panetta: Don't jump to conclusions about Allen
By ROBERT BURNSAP National Security Writer PERTH, Australia (AP) - Defense Secretary Leon Panetta cautioned Wednesday against reaching early conclusions about the veracity of allegations against the top U.S. commander in Afghanistan, Gen. John Allen, who is under investigation for what Pentagon

US panel urges more oversight of China investment

US panel urges more oversight of China investment
By MATTHEW PENNINGTONAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - A congressional advisory panel on Wednesday urged tighter screening of investment by Chinese state-owned companies in the U.S., saying they present unfair competition to American firms. That's the primary recommendation of an annual

US panel urges more oversight of China investment

US panel urges more oversight of China investment
By MATTHEW PENNINGTONAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - A congressional advisory panel on Wednesday urged tighter screening of investment by Chinese state-owned companies in the U.S., saying they present unfair competition to American firms. That's the primary recommendation of an annual

Jury finds against Chicago in police beating trial

Jury finds against Chicago in police beating trial
By DON BABWIN and MICHAEL TARMAssociated Press CHICAGO (AP) - Chicago police adhere to a code of silence protecting fellow officers, a federal jury ruled Tuesday in a lawsuit filed by a female bartender whose videotaped beating by a drunken off-duty officer went viral online. The civil trial in

Shaping a security team, Obama's challenge deepens

Shaping a security team, Obama's challenge deepens
By BEN FELLERAP White House Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) - Barely a week after winning re-election, President Barack Obama suddenly confronts a deepening challenge in assembling a new national security team, his task complicated by a scandal that has cost him a CIA chief and raised doubts

Fla. socialite at center of general's sex scandal

Fla. socialite at center of general's sex scandal
By MATT SEDENSKY and TAMARA LUSHAssociated Press TAMPA, Fla. (AP) - If you were to diagram the increasingly tangled sex scandal involving former CIA Director David Petraeus, nearly all lines would lead back to one person: Jill Kelley, a 37-year-old Tampa socialite who hosted parties for the

Fla. socialite at center of generals' sex scandal

Fla. socialite at center of generals' sex scandal
By TAMARA LUSHAssociated Press TAMPA, Fla. (AP) - A Florida socialite at the center of a sex scandal surrounding former CIA Director David Petraeus is now part of an investigation into the top U.S. commander in Afghanistan over thousands of alleged "inappropriate communications" between the two