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An agency-by-agency guide to Obama's 2014 budget

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on April 10th

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama has proposed a $3.8 trillion budget for fiscal 2014 that aims to slash the deficit by a net $600 billion over 10 years, raise taxes and trim popular benefit programs, including Social Security and Medicare. The White House claims deficit reductions of $1.8

US general: Taliban likely to be long-term threat

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on April 8th

By ROBERT BURNSAP National Security Writer BAGRAM AIR FIELD, Afghanistan (AP) - The United States accepts that a diminished but resilient Taliban is likely to remain a military threat in some parts of Afghanistan long after U.S. troops complete their combat mission next year, the top U.S. military

US general: Taliban likely to be long-term threat

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on April 8th

US general: Taliban likely to be long-term threat

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on April 7th

Hillary Clinton headlines NY women's conference

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on April 5th

By JOCELYN NOVECK and KEN THOMASAssociated Press NEW YORK (AP) - Hillary Rodham Clinton, in a rousing speech Friday about improving the future of women across the globe, gave no hint of plans for her own future. But that didn't mean everyone in the audience wasn't thinking about it. "Of

Poll: Pakistani youth disenchanted with democracy

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on April 3rd

By SEBASTIAN ABBOTAssociated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) - A larger number of young Pakistanis believe the country should be governed by Islamic law or military rule rather than democracy, according to a survey released Wednesday, weeks before historic national elections. Pakistan is scheduled to hold

UN adopts treaty to regulate global arms trade

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on April 2nd

By EDITH M. LEDERERAssociated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) - The U.N. General Assembly overwhelmingly approved the first international treaty regulating the multibillion-dollar global arms trade Tuesday, after a more than decade-long campaign to keep weapons from falling into the hands of terrorists,

Navy IDs SEAL killed in Ariz. parachuting accident

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on March 30th

TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) - Brett D. Shadle always had wanted to be a member of the Navy's most elite special forces unit. A year after enlisting, he made it happen and went on to become a highly decorated member of the Navy's famed SEAL Team 6. U.S. military officials confirmed Saturday that

Egypt: Divers caught while cutting Internet cable

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on March 27th

CAIRO (AP) - Egypt's naval forces captured three scuba divers who were trying to cut an undersea Internet cable in the Mediterranean on Wednesday, a military spokesman said. Telecommunications executives meanwhile blamed a weeklong Internet slowdown on damage caused to another cable by a ship.

Business as usual for Menendez amid investigations

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on March 26th

By DONNA CASSATAAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Beyond the investigations, it's business as usual for Democratic Sen. Bob Menendez. The new Senate Foreign Relations Committee chairman presides over hearings on North Korea and counterterrorism, travels to Afghanistan and Pakistan and meets