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ALPS Corporation Welcomes New President and COO, David Bell
Obama: 'time of war' is done, now time for renewal
Obama in Afghanistan, sees 'light of a new day''
Secret trip trickled out then the trickle stopped
Obama: 'This time of war began in Afghanistan, and this is where it will end'
Obama sees "clear path" to finishing Afghan mission
Obama: US emerging from 'dark cloud of war' as he outlines end of Afghanistan conflict
Obama: US emerging from 'dark cloud of war'
Obama Will Address Americans from Afghanistan at 7:30 ET, Mitt Takes Manhattan, Remembering Newt, Scofflaw Hotel Assignments
In Kabul, Obama highlights foreign policy record
Obama flies to Afghanistan, signs pact with Karzai
Online simulator lets average Joe slay U.S. debt dragon
Desktop Alert Releases Text-To-Speech Screen Reader for PC Notification Alerting
The U.S. Shouldn't Pay a Dime to Protect Afghanistan
Osama bin Laden’s Death Was One More Success for Obama
Obama’s Secret Afghanistan Trip
Forget About Terrorist Rights -- Let's Protect Our Rights for a Change
Full Text of Obama's Speech in Afghanistan
TroopTree.com Connects New Yorkers in Iraq and Afghanistan with Family Back Home
Obama Speech Certain to Frustrate Republicans
Obama in Afghanistan to sign security pact
On bin Laden raid anniversary, Obama makes surprise visit to Afghanistan
Syria's cultural treasures latest uprising victim
Excerpts From Obama's Speech in Afghanistan
Obama's surprise visit to Afghanistan: A guide
Suspicion surrounds Vienna death of Gaddafi oil boss
Obama Winning the War on Foreign Policy
Commentary: Obama's Shameless Political Dance Over bin Laden's Death
Rise of Muslim Brotherhood frays Saudi-Egypt ties
UK plans Olympic security steps to tepid welcome
Iraq April oil exports highest since 1989
US funds may have helped Iraq insurgents: watchdog
Iraq death toll rises in April
Oil under $119 as data worries
Obama Greets Troops in Afghanistan on Bin Laden Anniversary
Obama Greets Troops in Afghanistan on Bin Laden Anniversary
U.S. Efforts to Boost Independent Media, Internet Freedom Having Impact
Carrying the Torch For Silence

ALPS Corporation Welcomes New President and COO, David Bell

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Bell brings extensive insurance experience and philanthropic values to Montana-based lawyers' professional liability insurance company.Missoula, Montana (PRWEB UK) 2 May 2012 Missoula, Montana-based ALPS Corporation is pleased to announce that David Bell will be joining its executive leadership team as President and Chief Operating Officer. Mr. Bell comes to ALPS from Allied World Assurance Company (AWAC), a global insurance company founded in the wake of 9/11 by AIF, Chubb and Goldman Sachs. ...

Obama: 'time of war' is done, now time for renewal

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President Barack Obama said Wednesday a "time of war" was ending in a moment of American renewal, on a secret trip to Afghanistan a year after ordering the death of Osama bin Laden.

Obama in Afghanistan, sees 'light of a new day''

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On a swift, secretive trip to the war zone, President Barack Obama declared Tuesday night that after years of sacrifice the U.S. combat role in Afghanistan is winding down just as it has already ended in Iraq. "We can see the light of a new day on the horizon," he said on the anniversary of Osama bin Laden's death.

Secret trip trickled out then the trickle stopped

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It was the secret that bent but never quite fully broke.

Obama: 'This time of war began in Afghanistan, and this is where it will end'

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After a decade "under the dark cloud of war," President Obama will tell the nation tonight that the U.S. can "see the light of a new day" in Afghanistan. "The Iraq War is over. The number of our troops in harm's way has been cut...

Obama sees "clear path" to finishing Afghan mission

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BAGRAM AIRBASE, Afghanistan (Reuters) - President Barack Obama will assure war-weary Americans on Wednesday that he will keep up a steady drawdown of U.S. troops in Afghanistan and that there is a "clear path to fulfill our mission" after more than a decade of military involvement there. "My fellow Americans, we have traveled through more than a decade under the dark cloud of war," he will say in a televised address to the American people at the end of an unannounced trip to Afghanistan to sign a strategic partnership pact with Kabul. ...

Obama: US emerging from 'dark cloud of war' as he outlines end of Afghanistan conflict

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BAGRAM AIR FIELD, Afghanistan - President Barack Obama says the U.S. is emerging from more than a decade under the "dark cloud of war," with the U.S. combat role in Afghanistan ending and the war in Iraq now over.

Obama: US emerging from 'dark cloud of war'

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President Barack Obama says the U.S. is emerging from more than a decade under the "dark cloud of war," with the U.S. combat role in Afghanistan ending and the war in Iraq now over.

Obama Will Address Americans from Afghanistan at 7:30 ET, Mitt Takes Manhattan, Remembering Newt, Scofflaw Hotel Assignments

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Argue this Point – The Bush administration went to some lengths to tie Osama bin Laden to Iraq. The Obama administration has gone to some lengths today to meld the American politics of Osama bin Laden's death in Pakistan to an unpopular war in Afghanistan....

In Kabul, Obama highlights foreign policy record

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President Barack Obama answered political taunts with presidential muscle Tuesday, making a high-profile trip to Afghanistan as Republicans said he's overdoing the celebration of Osama bin Laden's death one year ago.

Obama flies to Afghanistan, signs pact with Karzai

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In a swift and secretive trip to the war zone, President Barack Obama signed an agreement Tuesday night vowing long-term ties with Afghanistan after America's combat forces come home. "There's a light on the horizon," he told U.S. troops on the one-year anniversary of Osama bin Laden's death.

Online simulator lets average Joe slay U.S. debt dragon

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Ditch the Pentagon's F-35 Joint Strike Fighter and cut school breakfasts for poor kids, or raise taxes on the rich. On second thought, scratch those and raise the retirement age. It is your choice in an online debt-reduction simulator that a quarter million Americans already have played. Known as "Stabilize the U.S. Debt," the game created by a bipartisan group of experts, the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget, will never be as much fun as "Mortal Kombat Komplete," but serious gamers likely would find it just as difficult to master. ...

Desktop Alert Releases Text-To-Speech Screen Reader for PC Notification Alerting

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System supports Section 508 Requirements for screen reading of crucial information to all users including visually impaired people. Typed alerting information is read aloud to end-users equipped with computer speakers.Chatham, New Jersey (PRWEB) May 01, 2012 Desktop Alert Inc. today announced it has released a new version of the company's desktop alerting agent. This enhanced technology enables displayed workstation 'pop-ups' to be audibly heard by all message recipients, including the visually impaired. ...

The U.S. Shouldn't Pay a Dime to Protect Afghanistan

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COMMENTARY | President Barack Obama secretly flew to Afghanistan to sign a major cooperative agreement with Afghan President Hamid Karzai governing the role U.S. forces will play in the country after their scheduled departure in 2014. It's interesting he chose to sign the agreement there instead of inviting Karzai to Washington.

Osama bin Laden’s Death Was One More Success for Obama

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COMMENTARY | A year ago, when I first heard Osama bin Laden was dead, I was happy it occurred during Obama's presidency. I wasn't sure it was his success to claim. It could have just been timing.

Obama’s Secret Afghanistan Trip

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For the third time, Obama travels secretively to Afghanistan to meet with U.S. and Afghan officials, this time to ink an agreement ramping down the war. Daniel Stone reports on how the White House pulled it off.

Forget About Terrorist Rights -- Let's Protect Our Rights for a Change

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COMMENTARY | The president's top counter-terrorism adviser defended drone attacks against potentially dangerous terrorist groups as legal. Of course it is, but that's not how the American Civil Liberties Union sees it. The ACLU must feel war needs to be clean and sanitized to pass the muster of public legal acceptance. Well, I've got news for the ACLU: War is dirty and rarely sanitized.

Full Text of Obama's Speech in Afghanistan

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The White House released the full text of President Obama's speech in Afghanistan. Here they are, as prepared for delivery:

TroopTree.com Connects New Yorkers in Iraq and Afghanistan with Family Back Home

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New York National Guard provides Guard members with information on free video messaging service(PRWEB) May 01, 2012 KeepTree.com announced today that it is working with the NY National Guard to provide their military personnel with access to free accounts with TroopTree.com, KeepTree's military label communication service."We're very happy with how awareness for our service continues to build within the military. ...

Obama Speech Certain to Frustrate Republicans

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In going to Afghanistan and addressing the nation about the state of the decade-long war, President Obama did exactly what Republicans long have been urging him to do. But in doing it on the anniversary of the raid that killed Osama bin Laden, he sure didn't do it the way they wanted him to do it; certainly not if it reminded voters of the single greatest accomplishment of his presidency.

Obama in Afghanistan to sign security pact

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President Barack Obama slipped into Afghanistan Tuesday night on an unannounced visit on the anniversary of the killing of 9/11 mastermind Osama bin Laden. Obama is signing an agreement cementing a U.S. commitment to the nation after the long and unpopular war comes to an end.

On bin Laden raid anniversary, Obama makes surprise visit to Afghanistan

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President Barack Obama on Tuesday paid a surprise visit to Afghanistan, touching down in the war-torn country one year to the day after al-Qaida chief Osama bin Laden died at the hands of elite American troops in neighboring Pakistan.Obama plans to make a televised address to the nation at 7:30 p.m. ET from Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan.Journalists traveling with the president reported that he and Afghan President Hamid Karzai would sign an agreement laying out the United States' role after combat forces leave in 2014. ...

Syria's cultural treasures latest uprising victim

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On its towering hilltop perch, the Krak des Chevaliers, one of the world's best preserved Crusader castles, held off a siege by the Muslim warrior Saladin nearly 900 years ago. It was lauded by Lawrence of Arabia for its beauty and has been one of the crown jewels of Syria's tourism.

Excerpts From Obama's Speech in Afghanistan

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The White House released excerpts from President Obama's speech in Afghanistan. Here they are, as prepared for delivery:

Obama's surprise visit to Afghanistan: A guide

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Obama secretly flies to Kabul to sign a partnership deal with Karzai and give a nationally televised speech. How did he keep the trip under wraps?

Suspicion surrounds Vienna death of Gaddafi oil boss

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VIENNA/LONDON (Reuters) - The mysterious drowning of Muammar Gaddafi's former oil boss in Vienna has shaken friends and colleagues, who say they suspect enemies may have hunted down and killed the man who knew more than anyone else about the Libyan dictator's billions. The body of Shokri Ghanem, who served for a time as Gaddafi's prime minister and ran the Libyan oil industry for years, was found floating in the Danube River on Sunday morning a few hundred meters from his home, fully clothed. ...

Obama Winning the War on Foreign Policy

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COMMENTARY | Welcome to the twilight zone, a place where Democrats accuse Republicans of being weak on foreign policy.

Commentary: Obama's Shameless Political Dance Over bin Laden's Death

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COMMENTARY | Was there success in getting Osama bin Laden? Absolutely. But congratulations should remain where they belong -- with the troops. Maybe I'm biased (being the wife of an Iraq war vet) but I don't think so.

Rise of Muslim Brotherhood frays Saudi-Egypt ties

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LONDON (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia frets that Egypt, its strongest Arab ally and a major recipient of Saudi funding, is falling under what it sees as the baleful influence of the Muslim Brotherhood. Riyadh recalled its ambassador from Cairo at the weekend in a spat that underlines the misgivings of the robed princes who rule the world's top oil exporter and who have watched Egypt's revolution and its often chaotic aftermath with alarm. They fear that political uncertainty in Egypt, which votes in a presidential election this month, may undermine a decades-old strategic bond between the two pro-U. ...

UK plans Olympic security steps to tepid welcome

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LONDON (Reuters) - As Britain gears up for a big Olympic security exercise between May 2 and 9, Londoners are casting a cool eye at the multiple measures deemed necessary to protect the hundreds of thousands of people expected to visit Olympic venues. While many are resigned to tougher security as just one more inconvenience in a city handicapped by overcrowded, ageing infrastructure, some have bristled, especially at a proposal to put surface-to-air missiles on civilian buildings. ...

Iraq April oil exports highest since 1989

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Iraq's crude exports in April were the highest monthly figure in more than 20 years, oil ministry spokesman Assem Jihad said on Tuesday.

US funds may have helped Iraq insurgents: watchdog

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Some US commanders believe funds available for relief and reconstruction during the country's war in Iraq may have ended up benefiting insurgents, a report released by a US watchdog said.

Iraq death toll rises in April

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The number of Iraqis killed in April increased from the previous month, but stayed near its lowest level since the 2003 US-led invasion, according to official figures released on Tuesday.

Oil under $119 as data worries

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LONDON (Reuters) - Oil eased on Tuesday to trade under $119 a barrel due to worries that a sluggish economic recovery in Western economies together with below-expectations Chinese manufacturing data, could depress demand for fuel. Brent crude futures slipped 57 cents to $118.90 a barrel by 1326 GMT (8:26 a.m. EDT). U.S. crude futures eased 18 cents to $104.69. China's factory sector grew at a slightly higher rate in April from the previous month, a sign the economy of the world's number 2 oil consumer may have bottomed out in the first quarter. ...