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Libyan witnesses recount organized Benghazi attack

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 27th

By MAGGIE MICHAEL and PAUL SCHEMMAssociated Press TRIPOLI, Libya (AP) - It began around nightfall on Sept. 11 with around 150 bearded gunmen, some wearing the Afghan-style tunics favored by Islamic militants, sealing off the streets leading to the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi. They set up

Navy replaces admiral leading Mideast strike group

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 27th

By ROBERT BURNSAP National Security Writer WASHINGTON (AP) - The U.S. Navy said Saturday it is replacing the admiral in command of an aircraft carrier strike group in the Middle East, pending the outcome of an internal investigation into undisclosed allegations of inappropriate judgment. Rear

Marines, police prep for mock zombie invasion

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 27th

By JULIE WATSONAssociated Press SAN DIEGO (AP) - Move over vampires, goblins and haunted houses, this kind of Halloween terror aims to shake up even the toughest warriors: An untold number of so-called zombies are coming to a counterterrorism summit attended by hundreds of Marines, Navy special

Obama gets storm update before campaigning in NH

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 27th

WASHINGTON (AP) - The White House says President Barack Obama had a conference call Saturday to discuss Hurricane Sandy with the Homeland Security secretary, the head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, the director of the National Hurricane Center and his homeland security adviser. Obama

Tips on preparing for East Coast superstorm

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 27th

By The Associated Press The Federal Emergency Management Agency offers tips on how to prepare for Hurricane Sandy and other tropical storms. Sandy is expected to be especially disastrous when it merges with a winter storm system, bringing powerful winds, rain, snow and storm surge along the

Young activists wary of delayed deportation policy

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 27th

By KATE BRUMBACKAssociated Press ATLANTA (AP) - Viridiana Martinez has been on the front lines in the debate over immigration reform, organizing protests and getting arrested in acts of civil disobedience. But when the president announced a policy allowing young people like her to temporarily

Young millennials _ fiscal conservatives?

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 27th

By MARTHA IRVINEAP National Writer CHICAGO (AP) - This generation of young Americans has been called many things, from civic-minded to "entitled." But fiscally conservative? That's a new one, and it just might have an impact on the presidential election. Listen to Caroline Winsett, a senior

Young millennials _ fiscal conservatives?

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 27th

Navy replaces admiral leading Mideast strike group

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 27th

By ROBERT BURNSAP National Security Writer WASHINGTON (AP) - The Navy said Saturday it is replacing the admiral in command of an aircraft carrier strike group in the Middle East, pending the outcome of an internal investigation into undisclosed allegations of inappropriate judgment. Rear Adm.

New Afghan war phase, with no decisive end seen

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 27th

By ROBERT BURNSAP National Security Writer KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - A new chapter of the Afghanistan war is opening with a slimmed-down Western force doing more advising than fighting, a resilient Taliban showing little interest in peace talks, and Americans tempted to pull the plug on a