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US Army soldiers bow their heads in prayer during ceremonies at the Fallen Soldier Memorial on November 10. Countless commanders in the US Army have prepared battalions for war since the terrorist attacks of September 11, but none of them had do it after losing soldiers in a shooting spree on a home base.(AFP/Paul J. Richards)

Pentagon: Fort Hood review due Jan. 15

AP - 1 hour, 10 minutes ago

WASHINGTON - The Pentagon says its review of personnel, health and other policies in light of the Fort Hood massacre will be completed by January 15th.

  • FILE - In a Monday, July 21, 2008 file photo, Blackwater Worldwide's headquarters is seen in Moyock, N.C. Former top executives at Blackwater Worldwide say the U.S. security contractor sent about $1 million to its Iraq office with the intention of paying off officials in the country who were angry about the fatal shootings of 17 civilians by Blackwater employees, The New York Times reported Tuesday, Nov.10, 2009. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome, File)
    US to drop shooting case against Blackwater guard AP - Sat Nov 21, 9:18 AM ET

    WASHINGTON - The Justice Department intends to drop manslaughter and weapons charges against one of the Blackwater Worldwide security guards involved in a deadly 2007 Baghdad shooting, prosecutors said in court documents Friday.

  • file - This Oct. 2008 file photo by Muhammad ud-Deen shows Imam Anwar al-Awlaki in Yemen. The imam, who communicated with the Fort Hood shooting suspect Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan, said he did not pressure Hasan to harm Americans, The Washington Post reported Monday, Nov 16, 2009. (AP Photo/Muhammad ud-Deen, File) MANDATORY CREDIT NO SALES
    Levin: May be more troubling e-mails from Hasan AP - Sat Nov 21, 4:35 AM ET

    WASHINGTON - There may be additional e-mails that could have tipped off law enforcement or military officials to the Fort Hood shooter before he went on his deadly rampage, the chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee said Friday.

  • Couple pleads guilty in Cuban spying case AP - Fri Nov 20, 6:30 PM ET

    WASHINGTON - A retired State Department worker and his wife accused of a decades-long plot to spy for Cuba pleaded guilty Friday in a deal that will leave him behind bars for the rest of his life but gives her a chance at freedom in six years.

  • AP - Fri Nov 20, 4:32 PM ET

    WASHINGTON - US says it will drop manslaughter case against former Blackwater guard in 2007 Iraq shooting.

  • FEC fines Fieger firm over campaign donations AP - Thu Nov 19, 6:41 PM ET

    WASHINGTON - A Michigan law firm has agreed to pay a $131,000 fine to resolve an investigation into donations to former Sen. John Edwards' 2004 presidential campaign.

  • US charges firms defrauded deaf phone fund AP - Thu Nov 19, 4:39 PM ET

    WASHINGTON - Federal prosecutors have charged more than two dozen people with scheming to steal millions from a telephone program for the deaf.

  • FAA: Computers couldn't talk to each other AP - Thu Nov 19, 1:43 PM ET

    WASHINGTON - Federal officials say flights were delayed across the country when a piece of communications equipment in Salt Lake City failed.

  • Graphic shows most mentioned theme is Sarah Palin’s memoir
    Go 'Rogue' in brief: Alaska, campaign, family, oil AP - Thu Nov 19, 10:04 AM ET

    WASHINGTON - Not a speed reader? Want to get through Sarah Palin's new book in a flash?

  • Giuliani against trying Mohammed in civilian court AP - Thu Nov 19, 9:48 AM ET

    WASHINGTON - Former Mayor Rudy Giuliani said Thursday that trying self-professed Sept. 11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed in a federal civilian court in New York is unwise and unnecessary.

  • Afghan President Hamid Karzai, front left, walks with Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari, front right, at the presidential palace in Kabul, Afghanistan, Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2009. Zardari arrived in Afghanistan to attend Thursday's inauguration of Afghan President Hamid Karzai. (AP Photo/Musadeq Sadeq, Pool)
    Afghan official said to take bribe for copper deal AP - Wed Nov 18, 11:06 PM ET

    WASHINGTON - A senior Afghan official allegedly took a $20 million bribe to steer a copper mining project to a Chinese company, a glaring example of the claims of corruption clouding the Obama administration's deliberations over expanding the U.S. commitment in Afghanistan.

  • Detective says chief ordered mass arrests AP - Wed Nov 18, 5:33 PM ET

    WASHINGTON - A police detective alleges that former Washington Police Chief Charles Ramsey, despite past denials, ordered mass arrests of hundreds of demonstrators who were protesting annual meetings of the World Bank and International Monetary Fund in 2002.