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Obama and Romney: Where they stand on the issues

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 10th

By CALVIN WOODWARDAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - A look at where Democratic President Barack Obama and Republican presidential rival Mitt Romney stand on a selection of issues: OBAMA: Abortion and birth control: Supports access to abortion. Health care law requires contraceptives to be

Obama and Romney: Where they stand on the issues

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 10th

By CALVIN WOODWARDAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - A look at where Democratic President Barack Obama and Republican presidential rival Mitt Romney stand on a selection of issues: ABORTION and BIRTH CONTROL: Obama: Supports access to abortion. Health care law requires contraceptives to be

GOP senator defends W.Va. Dem vs TV attack ad

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 9th

By Associated Press CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) - A Republican U.S. senator is defending West Virginia Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin from a GOP colleague's attack ad. Manchin is the target of a political action committee's television ad blasting him for voting against legislation to cut aid to

In Ohio, Mandel's Senate bid faces Dems' scrutiny

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 9th

By DONNA CASSATAAssociated Press CHILLICOTHE, Ohio (AP) - Josh Mandel, the Republican nominee for the U.S. Senate, declines to take a stand on the 2009 bailout of the auto industry and reserves judgment on vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan's plans for Medicare. "I have not come out in

Panetta, Allen to reassure NATO on insider attacks

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 9th

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

Afghan war enters 12th year

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 7th

By AMIR SHAH and DEB RIECHMANNAssociated Press KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - Nobody wants a repeat of the bloody ethnic fighting that followed the Soviet exit from Afghanistan in the 1990s - least of all 32-year-old Wahidullah who was crippled by a bullet that pierced his spine during the civil war

US embassy warns about travel in Islamabad

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 7th

WASHINGTON (AP) - Americans in Islamabad, Pakistan are being warned to stay away from government buildings and several major hotels in the city because of the threat of terrorism. The U.S. Embassy in Islamabad on Sunday cited a general threat alert from the Ministry Interior of the government of

1 dead, 11 arrested in anti-terror sweep in France

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 6th

By LORI HINNANTAssociated Press PARIS (AP) - Police carried out raids across France on Saturday after DNA on a grenade that exploded last month at a kosher grocery store led them to a suspected jihadist cell of young Frenchmen recently converted to Islam. The man whose DNA was identified, named

US: Haqqani tie to Afghan insider attacks possible

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 6th

By ROBERT BURNSAP National Security Writer KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - The Haqqani insurgent network, based in Pakistan and with ties to al-Qaida, is suspected of being a driving force behind a significant number of the "insider" attacks by Afghan forces that have killed or wounded more than 130

Panetta says Karzai should thank allied forces

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 6th

By LOLITA C. BALDORAssociated Press LIMA, Peru (AP) - Defense Secretary Leon Panetta lashed back at Afghan President Hamid Karzai Friday, saying the Afghan leader should say thank you now and then to the allied forces who are fighting and dying there, rather than criticizing them. Panetta was