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Reid says he misspoke with disaster comparison

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on January 7th

By JIM ABRAMSAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said Monday that he misspoke when he suggested in a Senate speech that damage from Superstorm Sandy was worse than that inflicted by Hurricane Katrina in 2005. In a short statement released by his office, the Nevada

Obama's CIA pick chose spycraft over priesthood

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on January 7th

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

$60 inaugural ball tickets sell out ahead of time

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on January 7th

By NEDRA PICKLERThe Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - The low-cost tickets to President Barack Obama's inaugural ball were mistakenly put on sale a day early and are now sold out. Inaugural officials say the limited number of $60 tickets to the Jan. 21 ball that were supposed to go on sale

Fewer gun buyers seen in US mass shooting states

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By EILEEN SULLIVANAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - People who lived in the two states that saw the most deadly U.S. mass shootings in 2012 were less enthusiastic about buying new guns at the end of the year than those in most other states, according to an Associated Press analysis of new FBI data

Obama: Hagel 'leader our troops deserve'

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WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama says Chuck Hagel, his choice as the new secretary of defense, is "the leader that our troops deserve." Obama formally announced his choice of Hagel in the White House East Room on Monday even as critics questioned the pick over issues including Hagel's

Obama: CIA nominee John Brennan is 'tireless', will remain 'relentless' in pursuit of al-Qaida

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WASHINGTON (AP) - Obama: CIA nominee John Brennan is 'tireless', will remain 'relentless' in pursuit of al-Qaida. Copyright 2013 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

Obama chooses Hagel as defense chief, calls him 'the leader our troops deserve'

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WASHINGTON (AP) - Obama chooses Hagel as defense chief, calls him 'the leader our troops deserve' Copyright 2013 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

THE RESET: Obama, GOP drawing battle lines

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on January 7th

By TOM RAUMAssociated Press President Barack Obama is heading toward bruising fights on Capitol Hill on multiple fronts even before second-term Inauguration Day festivities fade. Battle lines are forming in the Senate over his latest national-security team selections and in both chambers over his

Gov't spent $18 billion on immigration enforcement

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By ALICIA A. CALDWELLAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - The Obama administration spent more money on immigration enforcement in the last fiscal year than all other federal law enforcement agencies combined, according to a report on the government's enforcement efforts from a Washington think

Biographical information for John Brennan

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By The Associated Press NAME - John O. Brennan. AGE-BIRTH DATE - 57; Sept. 22, 1955. EDUCATION - Bachelor's degree, political science, Fordham University, 1977; master's degree, government, University of Texas at Austin, 1980. EXPERIENCE - Assistant to the president for homeland security