DEMPSEY: SYRIAN REBELS WOULDN’T BACK US INTERESTS
By BRADLEY KLAPPER FILE – In this July 18, 2013, file photo, Gen. Martin Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, holds up a photo of a deployed American…
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ISRAEL QUIETLY MAINTAINS TIES WITH EGYPTIAN ARMY
By JOSEF FEDERMAN FILE – In this file photo taken Friday, Aug. 16, 2013, an Egyptian Army soldier takes his position on top of an armored vehicle while guarding an…
CONGRESS SPLIT ON CUTTING OFF AID TO EGYPT
By STEPHEN OHLEMACHER In this photo taken March 10, 2011, Rep. Keith Ellison, D-Minn., the first Muslim elected to Congress, becomes emotional as he testifies before the House Homeland Security…
GOP MODERATES PUSH BACK ON TEA PARTY SPENDING CUTS
By ANDREW TAYLOR FILE – In this Aug. 1, 2013, file photo House Speaker, Republican John Boehner of Ohio, takes questions from reporters at a Capitol Hill news conference as…
EGYPT SAYS DIPLOMACY HAS FAILED TO RESOLVE CRISIS
By AYA BATRAWY A supporter of Egypt’s ousted President Mohammed Morsi holds his posters with Arabic writing which reads ” Yes for legality,” during a protest outside Rabaah al-Adawiya mosque,…
EGYPT’S LEADERSHIP DENOUNCES ‘FOREIGN PRESSURE’
By MAGGIE MICHAEL This image released by the Egyptian Presidency shows interim Vice President Mohamed Elbaradei, left, meets with U.S. Deputy Secretary of State William Burns, center, in Cairo, Egypt,…
OBAMA REASSURES DEMS ON HEALTH CARE, IMMIGRATION
By JOSH LEDERMAN and JIM ABRAMS President Barack Obama waves as he arrives on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, July 31, 2013, to meet with the House Democratic Caucus. There’s…
PENTAGON TO BEAR BRUNT OF UPCOMING BUDGET CUTS
By ANDREW TAYLOR and DONNA CASSATA FILE – In this July 17, 2013, file photo. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel talks with Air Force personnel at Joint Base Charleston near Charleston,…