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WikiLeaks: Breach has exposed unredacted US cables
By News on Aug 31, 2011
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LONDON (AP) -- Anti-secrecy group WikiLeaks said Thursday that its massive archive of unredacted U.S. State Department cables had been exposed in a security breach which it blamed on its one-time partner, Britain's Guardian newspaper....Obama bows to Boehner; jobs speech will be Sept. 8
By News on Aug 31, 2011
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WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama has acceded to House Speaker John Boehner's wishes to deliver an address on jobs and the economy to a joint session of Congress on Sept. 8. The president had requested Sept. 7 for the long-anticipated speech....WH: No specific terror threat targeting 9/11 date
By News on Aug 31, 2011
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WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama's homeland security and counterterrorism adviser says there's no specific or credible threat targeting the 10-year anniversary of 9/11. But he says there are concerns that al-Qaida or a terror-minded individual will see the anniversary as an opportunity to attack....Obama, Boehner spar on timing of big jobs speech
By News on Aug 31, 2011
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WASHINGTON (AP) -- In a sudden political shoving match, President Barack Obama asked Congress to convene an extraordinary joint session next Wednesday to hear his much-anticipated proposals to put jobless Americans back to work but House Speaker John Boehner balked and told the president he ought to wait and speak a day later....Security intensifying as 9/11 anniversary nears
By News on Aug 31, 2011
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WASHINGTON (AP) -- Security is intensifying at airports, train stations, nuclear plants and major sporting arenas as the nation prepares for the 10-year anniversary of the 9/11 attacks - a date al-Qaida has cited as a potential opportunity to strike again....