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Obama's CIA nominee on fast track for confirmation

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on March 6th

By RICHARD LARDNERAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - After lagging for weeks, John Brennan's nomination to be CIA director is on the fast track to Senate confirmation after the White House agreed to give lawmakers access to top-secret legal opinions justifying the use of lethal drone strikes

Chavez death brings uncertainty, hope to oil patch

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on March 6th

By JONATHAN FAHEYAP Energy Writer HOUSTON (AP) - Venezuela's oil production is poised to reverse a dramatic decline that has seen exports fall by nearly half during Hugo Chavez's time as president. Following Chavez's death Tuesday, Venezuela, which is a member of OPEC and sits on the

Too much money spent in Iraq for too few results

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on March 6th

By LARA JAKESAP National Security Writer WASHINGTON (AP) - Ten years and $60 billion in American taxpayer funds later, Iraq is still so unstable and broken that even its leaders question whether U.S. efforts to rebuild the war-torn nation were worth the cost. In his final report to Congress,

Coalition will no longer publish attack figures

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on March 5th

By ROBERT BURNSAP National Security Writer WASHINGTON (AP) - The U.S.-led military command in Afghanistan said Tuesday it will no longer publish figures on Taliban attacks, a week after acknowledging that its report of a 7 percent decline in attacks last year was actually no decline at all. A

Coalition will no longer publish attack figures

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on March 5th

Senate panel votes to approve Obama's CIA nominee

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on March 5th

By RICHARD LARDNERAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - The Senate Intelligence Committee voted Tuesday to approve President Barack Obama's pick to lead the CIA after winning a behind-the-scenes battle with the White House over access to a series of top-secret legal opinions that justify the use

Senate committee set to vote on Obama's CIA choice

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on March 5th

By RICHARD LARDNERAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - The Senate Intelligence Committee is scheduled to vote on President Barack Obama's pick to lead the CIA after weeks of wrangling with the White House over access to top-secret information about the use of lethal drone strikes against terror

Obama nominates Wal-Mart's Burwell as budget chief

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on March 4th

By JULIE PACEAP White House Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama has tapped Wal-Mart's Sylvia Mathews Burwell as his next budget chief, thrusting her into the center of Washington's heated partisan budget battles and is filling vacancies at the Energy Department and

Obama nominates Wal-Mart's Burwell as budget chief

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on March 4th

Obama to tap Walmart's Burwell for budget chief

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on March 3rd

By JULIE PACEAP White House Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama on Monday will nominate Walmart's Sylvia Mathews Burwell as his next budget director, a senior administration official said. If confirmed by the Senate, Burwell would take the helm at the Office of Management and