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• War widow sues Fox over film featuring her husband
• Analysis: Election over, U.S. cautiously mulls Syria options
• Mistrust of Syria's Muslim Brotherhood lingers
• Arab League gives hesitant welcome to Syria opposition coalition
• Panetta: Admin deciding on post-2014 troop levels
• Petraeus shocked to hear of emails, associates say
• Afghan killings case testing military system
• Veterans tell their stories in "Portraits of Service" book
• CASUALTY OF WAR
• Timeline of events in Petraeus case
• Shootout throws spotlight on Lebanon's sectarian tinderbox
• Look at how Syria neighbors are drawn into its war
• Deficit cutters look to Pentagon budget
• David Petraeus and America’s Warrior Monks
• Petraeus: the serious, unanswered questions
• Mossad Tried to Kill Saddam With Exploding Book: Report
• U.S. to overtake Saudi as top oil producer: IEA
• Afghans find hope for justice in video testimony
• Charismatic leader chosen to salvage the Syrian revolt
• Turkey needs help to cope with Syrian exodus: Red Cross
• Violence flares in Golan even as Syria's opposition seeks recognition
• News chief steps aside as BBC crisis deepens
• Five Best Monday Columns
• SocGen nears sale of Egypt arm to QNB: sources
• Jericho Project Opens Doors to Kingsbridge Terrace, a New Affordable Residence in the Bronx for Homeless Veterans
• Homes for Our Troops to Present Severely Injured Soldier with Keys to New Parker Home
• Homes for Our Troops to Host Two-Day Build Brigade to Start New Home in Queen Anne for Severely Injured Veteran
• Did the media fall for David Petraeus' hype?
• Oaksterdam University launches the Veterans Freedom Fighter Scholarship Fund as PTSD reaches epidemic proportions
• Syrian jet bombs near Turkish border, 6 dead
• Syrian jet bombs area near Turkish border
• Petraeus Affair: Military Can Prosecute Adulterers
• Cantor Knew of Petraeus Affair in October
• Holly Petraeus Is Beyond 'Furious'
• Marine Fighter Pilot Ed Rush Does It Again, Reaches #1 on Amazon with his New Book "Warrior"
• BBC head says broadcaster must reform or die
• 10 things you need to know today: November 12, 2012

War widow sues Fox over film featuring her husband Posted: 12 Nov 2012 04:22 PM PST A widow of a U.S. Army soldier killed in a blast in Afghanistan has sued Fox Cable Networks and the National Geographic Society over a documentary that showed her husband and family.

Analysis: Election over, U.S. cautiously mulls Syria options Posted: 12 Nov 2012 04:09 PM PST WASHINGTON (Reuters) - With the U.S. election over and Syria's civil war growing bloodier and spreading, the Obama administration is quietly re-examining its options for involvement in the conflict. Whether that will lead to a change in strategy remains unclear. President Barack Obama and his advisers are extremely cautious, current and former officials involved in discussions say. But those who favor greater U.S. involvement - not least Syrian opposition leaders - clearly believe their time has come. ...

Mistrust of Syria's Muslim Brotherhood lingers Posted: 12 Nov 2012 03:38 PM PST DOHA (Reuters) - Syria's Muslim Brotherhood finally swung behind a new opposition unity deal in Qatar, but some Syrians fear it will work in the new entity to replicate the influence it wields in the narrower Syrian National Council. The SNC, dominated by the Qatar-backed Brotherhood, agreed under intense U.S. and Qatari pressure on Sunday to become a minority player in a wider body, the Syrian National Coalition. ...

Arab League gives hesitant welcome to Syria opposition coalition Posted: 12 Nov 2012 03:31 PM PST CAIRO (Reuters) - The Arab League welcomed on Monday the formation of a new Syrian opposition group, but stopped short of giving it full recognition as the representative of the Syrian people. With some Arab states still reluctant to completely abandon Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, Arab League foreign ministers meeting in Cairo were unable to state clearly that the new Syrian National Coalition was the sole legitimate Syrian voice. ...

Panetta: Admin deciding on post-2014 troop levels Posted: 12 Nov 2012 03:08 PM PST Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said Monday the Obama administration is nearing a decision in the next few weeks on how many U.S. troops would remain in Afghanistan — and for what purposes — after the U.S.-led combat mission ends in 2014.

Petraeus shocked to hear of emails, associates say Posted: 12 Nov 2012 02:48 PM PST CIA Director David Petraeus was shocked to learn last summer that his mistress was suspected of sending threatening emails warning another woman to stay away from him, former staff members and friends told The Associated Press Monday.

Afghan killings case testing military system Posted: 12 Nov 2012 02:35 PM PST The U.S. military has been criticized for its spotty record on convicting troops of killing civilians, but a hearing against Army Staff Sgt. Robert Bales involving a massacre in Afghanistan has shown that it isn't like most cases.

Veterans tell their stories in "Portraits of Service" book Posted: 12 Nov 2012 02:32 PM PST (Reuters) - Despite their public displays of support on Veterans Day, most Americans cannot truly appreciate the sacrifices made by the millions of people who have served in the military during war, a former U.S. Marine Corps veteran says. To help educate the public, John Ciecko Jr. and about 70 other veterans from the United States and Europe told their stories in a new book, "Portraits of Service: Looking into the Faces of Veterans," which was released on Sunday. ...

CASUALTY OF WAR Posted: 12 Nov 2012 02:32 PM PST WASHINGTON -- When military officers, foreign correspondents or aid workers go to war, their world suddenly becomes an entirely new one. Nothing that was familiar is so any longer. They find themselves doing things they never before dreamed they would do. That, it strikes me, is most probably the situation former CIA Director David Petraeus found himself in, along with a beautiful Army reservist who was as much an obsessive on running long miles as "her" four-star general. ...

Timeline of events in Petraeus case Posted: 12 Nov 2012 02:25 PM PST The extramarital affair that brought down David Petraeus' celebrated career last week raised many questions. Among them: when exactly the affair began, how the FBI stumbled upon the information and who was told about it. Here's a timeline of events, according to officials involved in the investigation:

Shootout throws spotlight on Lebanon's sectarian tinderbox Posted: 12 Nov 2012 12:01 PM PST SIDON, Lebanon (Reuters) - If the war in Syria does tip its precariously balanced neighbor Lebanon into sectarian conflict, as many fear, this could be the way it starts. A year ago, a few Shi'ite flags in a mostly Sunni Muslim part of the port city of Sidon might not have caused much reaction. But on Sunday, when supporters of the Sunni cleric Ahmad al-Assir tried to tear down religious and political banners put up by Shi'ites to mark their holy day of Ashura this week, they triggered a shootout in which three people were killed. ...

Look at how Syria neighbors are drawn into its war Posted: 12 Nov 2012 10:52 AM PST Syria's neighbors are increasingly being drawn into the country's civil war in a variety of ways, whether militarily or due to an exodus of Syrians fleeing the fighting at home. The spillover has raised concerns that the nearly 20-month-long conflict between Syrian President Bashar Assad's regime and rebels trying to topple him could endanger the entire Middle East.

Deficit cutters look to Pentagon budget Posted: 12 Nov 2012 10:25 AM PST One war is done, another is winding down and the calls to cut the deficit are deafening. The military, a beneficiary of robust budgets for more than a decade, is coming to grips with a new reality — fewer dollars.

David Petraeus and America’s Warrior Monks Posted: 12 Nov 2012 10:22 AM PST On Veterans Day weekend, Washington was all atwitter over the resignation of CIA director David Petraeus for an illicit affair. A retired general who in the past decade was thrown into the breach of two failing wars and stared down murderous insurgencies was ultimately felled by the one adversary he could not outsmart -- temptation.

Petraeus: the serious, unanswered questions Posted: 12 Nov 2012 09:38 AM PST In three days, the saga of CIA Director David Petraeus's extramarital affair has taken more turns than a season's worth of a soap opera. But even if you find yourself gawking at the unseemly melodrama, this bizarre story raises important questions that go beyond the dirty details of the private lives of powerful people.

Mossad Tried to Kill Saddam With Exploding Book: Report Posted: 12 Nov 2012 09:26 AM PST Alleged Failed Hit Revealed in New Documentary

U.S. to overtake Saudi as top oil producer: IEA Posted: 12 Nov 2012 09:18 AM PST LONDON (Reuters) - The United States will overtake Saudi Arabia and Russia as the world's top oil producer by 2017, the West's energy agency said on Monday, predicting Washington will come very close to achieving a previously unthinkable energy self-sufficiency. The forecasts by the International Energy Agency (IEA), which advises large industrialized nations on energy policy, were in sharp contrast to previous IEA reports, which saw Saudi Arabia remaining the top producer until 2035. ...

Afghans find hope for justice in video testimony Posted: 12 Nov 2012 09:09 AM PST Through a video monitor in a military courtroom near Seattle, Staff Sgt. Robert Bales saw young Afghan girls smile beneath bright head coverings before they described the bloodbath he's accused of committing.

Charismatic leader chosen to salvage the Syrian revolt Posted: 12 Nov 2012 08:38 AM PST AMMAN (Reuters) - A month after pro-democracy protests erupted in Syria, Sheikh Mouaz Alkhatib gave an electrifying speech to a crowd in Damascus mourning Sunni demonstrators shot dead by President Bashar al-Assad's Alawite security forces. Ordinary Alawites, said the man chosen on Sunday to unite the country's fractured opposition, were not to blame for Syria's ills -- a message Western leaders hope he can relay to what is now an increasingly radical Sunni-led armed revolt. ...

Turkey needs help to cope with Syrian exodus: Red Cross Posted: 12 Nov 2012 08:02 AM PST GENEVA (Reuters) - Turkey needs millions of dollars in foreign aid to cope with a still-growing surge of Syrians fleeing their country's prolonged civil war, the world's largest disaster relief network said on Monday. More than 110,000 refugees have already registered in Turkey since the uprising against Syria's president Bashar al-Assad began in March last year. ...

Violence flares in Golan even as Syria's opposition seeks recognition Posted: 12 Nov 2012 07:43 AM PST DOHA (Reuters) - Syria's new opposition leadership, painfully forged under Arab and Western pressure, set out on Monday to gather recognition and wider backing for the struggle to take over the country from President Bashar al-Assad. Violence flared again on the Turkish border and the line separating Syria from the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights, underscoring how the conflict is spilling into the region. Reformist Damascus cleric Mouaz Alkhatib flew to Cairo to seek the Arab League's blessing for the new assembly that unanimously elected him as its leader the day before. ...

News chief steps aside as BBC crisis deepens Posted: 12 Nov 2012 07:39 AM PST LONDON (Reuters) - The head of news at the British Broadcasting Corporation stepped aside on Monday after a program falsely accusing a former senior politician of child abuse sparked one of the worst crises in the publicly-funded broadcaster's 90-year history. The BBC has been rocked by two news programs, one that falsely accused the politician which was broadcast this month, and another which alleged child sex abuse by a former star presenter, the late Jimmy Savile, but which was not aired. ...

Five Best Monday Columns Posted: 12 Nov 2012 06:58 AM PST Maureen Dowd in The New York Times on Romney's white male base Maureen Dowd pulls no punches in her latest column, telling readers what she really thinks of Mitt Romney's most loyal voters: white guys. "Romney and Tea Party loonies dismissed half the country as chattel and moochers who did not belong in their 'traditional' America," she writes. ...

SocGen nears sale of Egypt arm to QNB: sources Posted: 12 Nov 2012 06:38 AM PST DUBAI/PARIS (Reuters) - Societe Generale is nearing the sale of its majority stake in an Egyptian bank to Qatar National Bank (QNB), sources familiar with the matter said, in a move to help shore up the French lender's capital base. QNB, part-owned by Qatar's sovereign wealth fund, will also make a mandatory offer to minority shareholders for the remaining 23 percent of Egypt's National Societe Generale Bank (NSGB), the sources said. The two deals will value all of NSGB at about $2.6 billion, three sources told Reuters, speaking on condition of anonymity as the matter is not public. ...

Jericho Project Opens Doors to Kingsbridge Terrace, a New Affordable Residence in the Bronx for Homeless Veterans Posted: 12 Nov 2012 06:02 AM PST Ribbon-cutting ceremony unveils Kingsbridge Terrace Veterans Residence, a green supportive housing project by OCV Architects.Bronx, New York (PRWEB) November 12, 2012 On November 8, 2012, green supportive housing at Kingsbridge Terrace Veterans Residence (Kingsbridge Terrace) was officially opened with a ribbon cutting and recognition ceremony. ...

Homes for Our Troops to Present Severely Injured Soldier with Keys to New Parker Home Posted: 12 Nov 2012 06:00 AM PST Building Partner Milender White Construction worked with HFOT to build specially adapted home for Army Corporal Nick OrchowskiPARKER, Colo., Nov. 12, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Homes for Our Troops (www.homesforourtroops.org), a national non-profit organization dedicated to building specially adapted homes for severely injured veterans, will present keys Saturday, November 17 to Army Corporal Nick Orchowski. ...

Homes for Our Troops to Host Two-Day Build Brigade to Start New Home in Queen Anne for Severely Injured Veteran Posted: 12 Nov 2012 06:00 AM PST QUEEN ANNE, Md., Nov. 12, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Homes for Our Troops (www.homesforourtroops.org), a national non-profit organization dedicated to building specially adapted homes for severely injured veterans, will hold a two-day Build Brigade in Queen Anne, MD on November 16-17, to begin construction of a home for Marine Sergeant Christopher Santiago.The Build Brigade begins with a ceremony Friday, November 16 at 8:30 a.m. Following the opening event, the first wall will be put in place, signifying the official start of construction. ...

Did the media fall for David Petraeus' hype? Posted: 12 Nov 2012 05:45 AM PST As the media digests the fallout from Petraeus' sex scandal, it's scrutinizing the role it played in canonizing him as an American hero-saintDavid Petraeus, who shocked the country by resigning as head of the CIA over an extramarital affair, is doubtlessly his generation's most famous general. In 2007, he presided over the surge in Iraq, a country then engulfed by spiraling bloodshed and chaos. In 2010, he stepped in to lead the war effort in Afghanistan after Gen. Stanley McChrystal was fired for making some impolitic statements about the Obama administration to Rolling Stone. ...

Oaksterdam University launches the Veterans Freedom Fighter Scholarship Fund as PTSD reaches epidemic proportions Posted: 12 Nov 2012 05:02 AM PST US Military Marijuana Policy Dishonorably Discharges Soldiers and Denies Vital Benefits to Veterans.Oakland, California (PRWEB) November 12, 2012 Marijuana possession of less than an ounce may result in dishonorable discharge, forfeiture of all pay, and confinement for 2 years. All branches of the military take a zero tolerance approach to marijuana and vigorously prosecute offenders. If a soldier tests positive, they are likely to face significant punishment, including a court-martial or other administrative action that is likely to result in the termination of their career. ...

Syrian jet bombs near Turkish border, 6 dead Posted: 12 Nov 2012 04:40 AM PST A Syrian fighter jet bombed a rebel-held area near the Turkish border on Monday, killing at least six people and wounding a dozen others, an official said. One rocket-propelled grenade landed in Turkey,

Syrian jet bombs area near Turkish border Posted: 12 Nov 2012 03:34 AM PST A Syrian fighter jet on Monday bombed a rebel-held area near the Turkish border, killing at least six people and wounding a dozen others, while a rocket propelled grenade landed in Turkey, officials and witnesses said.

Petraeus Affair: Military Can Prosecute Adulterers Posted: 12 Nov 2012 02:38 AM PST Legal Code Cites Conduct of a 'Nature to Bring Discredit Upon the Armed Forces'

Cantor Knew of Petraeus Affair in October Posted: 12 Nov 2012 02:38 AM PST Former Spokesman Says Holly Petraeus Is Beyond 'Furious'

Holly Petraeus Is Beyond 'Furious' Posted: 12 Nov 2012 02:38 AM PST Former Spokesman Says David Petraeus 'Deeply Hurt the Family'

Marine Fighter Pilot Ed Rush Does It Again, Reaches #1 on Amazon with his New Book "Warrior" Posted: 12 Nov 2012 02:36 AM PST Ed Rush, authored the book "Warrior: How to Fight for Your Faith, Family, Finances, and Future" and subsequently reached a #1 Best Seller on Amazon for Kindle, then he did it again 7 days later as he reached a #1 on paperback. ...

BBC head says broadcaster must reform or die Posted: 12 Nov 2012 12:40 AM PST LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's BBC could be doomed unless it makes radical changes, the head of its governing trust said, after its director general quit to take the blame for the airing of false child sex abuse allegations against a former politician. BBC Trust chairman Chris Patten said on Sunday confidence had to be restored if the publicly funded corporation was to withstand pressure from rivals, especially Rupert Murdoch's media empire, which would try to take advantage of the turmoil. ...

10 things you need to know today: November 12, 2012 Posted: 12 Nov 2012 12:30 AM PST Lawmakers demand a Petraeus inquiry, Obama plans a public appeal for a debt deal, and more in our roundup of the stories that are making news and driving opinion

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