Terror

Obama's CIA pick chose spycraft over priesthood

By LARA JAKESAP National Security Writer WASHINGTON (AP) - John Brennan was headed for the priesthood when, while sitting idly on a bus as a student at Fordham University in the 1970s, he stumbled on a recruiting ad for the CIA. Now, after years of poring through intelligence, trekking with Mideast

Obama taps Hagel for Pentagon, Brennan for CIA

By JULIE PACEAP White House Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama on Monday will nominate Chuck Hagel as his next defense secretary and counterterrorism adviser John Brennan to lead the Central Intelligence Agency, two potentially controversial picks for his second-term national

Pakistan says 1 dead in border clash with India

By REBECCA SANTANAAssociated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) - Pakistan and India traded accusations Sunday of violating the cease-fire in the disputed northern region of Kashmir, with Islamabad accusing Indian troops of a cross-border raid that killed one of its soldiers and India charging that Pakistani

Obama signs $633B defense bill

By MATTHEW DALYAssociated Press HONOLULU (AP) - President Barack Obama signed a $633 billion defense bill for next year despite serious concerns about the limits Congress imposed on his handling of terror suspects and lawmakers' unwillingness to back the cost-saving retirement of aging ships