Voice of America
A U.S. newspaper says the nation’s two highest-ranking intelligence officials expect to be replaced when President-elect Barack Obama takes office in January.
The Washington Post quotes senior intelligence officials as saying Mike McConnell, the director of national intelligence, and CIA Director Michael Hayden are opposed by a number of influential congressional Democrats.
The Post says […]

By Linda D. Kozaryn
American Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, Nov. 11, 2008 – On his last Veterans Day as commander in chief, President Bush paid tribute to all those who have worn the uniform of the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps and Coast Guard during a speech at the USS Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum […]

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WASHINGTON – Americans for Tax Reform (ATR) said the missing policy details for President-elect Barack Obama’s agenda “is the opposite of transparency” and the organization has posted the data to its site
“This is the opposite of transparency and we would ask that Obama restore the deleted portion of the site,” said Grover Norquist, […]

HarpBlaster.com News Wire
ATLANTA, Nov. 11, 2008 — A Congressman from Georgia is raising a “red” flag about Barack Obama’s plan to create a civilian force to help the military with security on the home front.
“We cannot continue to rely on our military in order to achieve the national security objectives we’ve set. We’ve got to […]

Voice of America
An American newspaper says the U.S. military has conducted nearly a dozen secret raids against al-Qaida and other terrorist groups in Syria, Pakistan and other countries since 2004.
The New York Times cites anonymous U.S. senior officials in its report Monday saying the raids were authorized by a classified order given by then-Defense Secretary […]

By Jim Garamone
American Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, Nov. 10, 2008 – Since Anbar province returned to Iraqi control, Iraqi security forces are taking more responsibility and U.S. Marines in western Iraq are increasingly performing an overwatch role, the deputy commander of Multinational Force West said today.
Marine Corps Maj. Gen. Martin Post, briefing Pentagon correspondents by satellite […]

By Gerry J. Gilmore
American Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, Nov. 10, 2008 – America will never waver in its task of defeating radical Islamic terrorism, Vice President Richard B. Cheney told a gathering of Virginia Military Institute cadets and alumni during his Nov. 8 visit to the military college in Lexington, Va.
“In the great struggle of the […]

HarpBlaster.com wire reports
WASHINGTON, Nov. 10, 2008 — President George Bush and President-elect Barack Obama held their first formal meeting at the White House today.
“I would say the president and the president-elect have both set a tone of cooperation, one of a spirit of partnership to be able to move forward,” White House Spokeswoman Dana Perino […]

HarpBlaster.com News Wire
FAYETTEVILLE, N.C., Nov. 10, 2008 — A North Carolina elementary is in hot water over an allegation that she questioned a student who said she supported Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., for president.
Diatha Harris is a math teacher at Cumberland County Schools in Fayetteville. She called the war in Iraq a senseless war.
The school […]

HarpBlaster.com News Wire
WASHINGTON, Nov. 10, 2008 — Barack Obama, who heads the fictional Office of the President-Elect, has tempered language that requires — or urges — young people to volunteer.
“Obama will call on citizens of all ages to serve America, by developing a plan to require 50 hours of community service in middle school and […]