Gay rights legislation gains bipartisan support
By DONNA CASSATA FILE – In this Oct. 12, 2013 file photo, Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine speaks to reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington. Proponents of a bill that would…
United States military
Fort Hood gunman ‘will never be a martyr’
By MICHAEL GRACZYK and NOMAAN MERCHANT FILE – This undated file photo provided by the Bell County Sheriff’s Department shows Maj. Nidal Hasan. The Army psychiatrist sentenced to death for…
Kerry to Mideast, Europe on damage control mission
By MATTHEW LEE Secretary of State John Kerry speaks in Statuary Hall on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Oct. 30, 2013, during a ceremony to dedicate a bust of Winston…
Iraqi PM: US aid needed to battle al-Qaida
By LARA JAKES Iraq’s Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, center, walks with the House Foreign Affairs Committee ranking Democrat Rep. Eliot Engel, D-N.Y., right, and the committee’s chairman Rep. Ed Royce,…
FOR SKELTON, US MILITARY WAS HIS MISSION
By DAVID A. LIEB FILE – In this Nov. 16, 2010 file photo, Rep. Ike Skelton, D-Mo., who lost his seat earlier that month, poses for a photograph in front…
OBAMA, PAKISTANI VOW COOPERATION AS TENSIONS EASE
By JULIE PACE President Barack Obama shakes hands with Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif at the conclusion of their meeting in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington,…
FRANCE JOINS LIST OF ALLIES ANGRY OVER NSA SPYING
By DEB RIECHMANN and KIMBERLY DOZIER U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry waves to the media as he arrives at the U.S. embassy for a meeting with the Arab League…
US QUIETLY RELEASING $1.6B IN PAKISTAN ASSISTANCE
By BRADLEY KLAPPER FILE – In this Aug. 26, 2013, file photo Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif pauses during a joint press conference in Islamabad, Pakistan, with Afghan President Hamid…