National security

Obama makes history with Myanmar, Cambodia visits

By JULIE PACEAssociated Press PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) - On a history-making trip, President Barack Obama on Monday paid the first visit by an American leader to Myanmar and Cambodia, two Asian countries with troubled histories, one on the mend and the other still a cause of

Afghan president: US violating detainee pact

By RAHIM FAIEZAssociated Press KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - Afghanistan's president accused U.S. forces of capturing and holding Afghans in violation of an agreement to turn over that responsibility to his forces, complicating a new round of security talks between the two countries. Hamid Karzai

In unusual CIA case, FBI detoured from usual path

By RICHARD LARDNERAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - The way the FBI responded to Jill Kelley's complaint about receiving harassing emails, which ultimately unraveled or scarred the careers of ex-CIA Director David Petraeus and Marine Gen. John Allen, is the exception, not the rule. The FBI

Congress to investigate Benghazi 'talking points'

By ANNE FLAHERTYAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Lawmakers said Sunday they want to know who had a hand in creating the Obama administration's now-discredited "talking points" about the Sept. 11 attack on a U.S. diplomatic post in Benghazi, Libya, and why a final draft omitted the CIA