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Intelligence agencies faulted for Libya fallout

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on January 1st

By LARRY MARGASAKAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - A Senate report has found that the White House did not make major changes in the talking points that administration officials used after the attack on U.S. diplomatic facilities in Benghazi, Libya. Some Republicans had questioned whether the

Report details changes in Benghazi explanations

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 31st

By LARRY MARGASAKAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - The FBI, CIA and other intelligence agencies - but not the White House - made major changes in talking points that led to the Obama administration's confusing explanations of the attack on U.S. diplomatic facilities in Benghazi, Libya, a

Report details changes in Benghazi explanations

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 31st

Experts: Trained police needed for school security

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 28th

By LARRY MARGASAKAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - The student's attack began with a shotgun blast through the windows of a California high school. Rich Agundez, the El Cajon policeman assigned to the school, felt his mind shift into overdrive. People yelled at him amid the chaos but he didn

Unwavering NRA opposes any new gun restrictions

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 23rd

By KEVIN FREKINGAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - An unwavering National Rifle Association said Sunday that new gun regulations would not make children safer and that a White House task force on gun violence may try to undermine the Second Amendment. The organization blasted "a media machine" that

Ranchers split over US border security plan

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 23rd

By ELLIOT SPAGATAssociated Press NOGALES, Ariz. (AP) - When Dan Bell drives through his 35,000-acre cattle ranch, he speaks of the hurdles that the Border Patrol faces in his rolling green hills of oak and mesquite trees - the hours it takes to drive to some places, the wilderness areas that are

Obama set January deadline for gun proposals

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 19th

By JULIE PACEAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Spurred by a horrific elementary school shooting, President Barack Obama tasked his administration Wednesday with creating concrete proposals to reduce gun violence that has plagued the country. "This time, the words need to lead to action," said

Obama set January deadline for gun proposals

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 19th

Hearing on voting rights turns partisan

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 19th

By LARRY MARGASAKAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Senate Democrats and Republicans sparred Wednesday over whether voter ID laws, attempts to purge voter rolls and restricted early voting were legitimate efforts to stop fraud or mainly Republican strategies to hold down Democratic votes. Sen. Bill

Hearing on voting rights turns partisan

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 19th