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• Secret files lift lid on Thatcher-Reagan Falklands contacts
• SOFT ISSUES NEED ATTENTION AS A NEW YEAR BEGINS
• Husband charged in killing of Wisconsin officer
• Iraq war veteran charged with killing his Wisconsin cop wife
• Timeline: America's long stumble toward the "fiscal cliff"
• Iraq Sunni rallies gather steam
• America’s Sweethearts the Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders Spend the Holidays with Troops in the Middle East on Their 75th USO Tour
• Iraq militia issues threat against Turkish interests
• Husband arrested in slaying of Wisconsin officer
• In 2013, possibilities for stability from Somalia to South China Sea
• Matthews raises profile during campaign
• Cop's Husband Arrested in Her Death
• Chris Matthews now the broadcaster that conservatives love to hate
• Syrian conflict threatens to fracture Iraq
• Chuck Hagel: Why his candidacy for Defense post is losing altitude
• Husband of slain Wis. cop arrested in her death
• Wooden Pens from Woodcraft Turn-a-Thon On Their Way to American Service Personnel
• Chuck Hagel Broke Party Lines on Iraq. Is He Now Being Punished?
• 5 Key National-Security Issues for 2013
• Veterans Denounce Neoconservative 'Swiftboating' of Chuck Hagel

Secret files lift lid on Thatcher-Reagan Falklands contacts Posted: 27 Dec 2012 04:51 PM PST LONDON (Reuters) - Former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher wrote an emotional letter to U.S. President Ronald Reagan during the 1982 Falklands War calling him the "only person" who could understand her position, formerly secret documents showed on Friday. Newly declassified files from 1982 lift the lid on contacts between the two leaders over the crisis and reveal the extent of the pressure Thatcher felt she was under when Argentina invaded the remote South Atlantic archipelago to reclaim what it said was its sovereign territory, triggering a 10-week war. ...

SOFT ISSUES NEED ATTENTION AS A NEW YEAR BEGINS Posted: 27 Dec 2012 03:31 PM PST WASHINGTON -- A new year is once again upon us. It comes, as they all do, with the soul of unbeatable determination. It's love at first sight, and then disappointment as reality sinks in. This year, the view over the cliff is harsh and unrelenting, waiting for us to jump.Yet while we are talking almost exclusively about the "hard" issues ahead of us -- economic breakdown here, currency rate-fixing in Europe, and guns mowing down our children -- our serious issues aren't necessarily the hard ones. ...

Husband charged in killing of Wisconsin officer Posted: 27 Dec 2012 03:08 PM PST MILWAUKEE (AP) — An Iraq war veteran told detectives that he stalked his wife for several days while she was patrolling the streets of the Milwaukee suburb where she was a police officer, then ambushed her in the early hours of Christmas Eve and killed her, according to prosecutors.

Iraq war veteran charged with killing his Wisconsin cop wife Posted: 27 Dec 2012 02:37 PM PST MILWAUKEE (Reuters) - A decorated U.S. Iraq War veteran was charged on Thursday with gunning down his wife, a Wisconsin police officer, in a parking lot as she was on patrol duty the day before Christmas. Benjamin Sebena, 30, who faces one count of first-degree intentional homicide, is accused of shooting his wife, Jennifer, 30, five times outside a fire station in the Milwaukee suburb of Wauwatosa early Monday. Benjamin Sebena "laid in wait" for his wife for several hours and when she left the building, he shot her, according to the criminal complaint. ...

Timeline: America's long stumble toward the "fiscal cliff" Posted: 27 Dec 2012 01:31 PM PST WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The long, bumpy road to America's "fiscal cliff" on December 31 has been traveled over many years by Congress and a series of U.S. presidents, including Democrat Barack Obama. Some of the steps taken along the way had good intentions; some had no intention other than to put off hard decisions, while ideological divisions on fiscal policy steadily hardened. On Thursday, Congress seemed to be headed toward another crucial deadline unable again to do much more than muddle through. And even that might be overly optimistic. ...

Iraq Sunni rallies gather steam Posted: 27 Dec 2012 11:24 AM PST RAMADI, Iraq (Reuters) - Thousands of protesters from Iraq's Sunni Muslim minority kept up a week-old blockade on a key highway on Thursday and readied mass rallies for Friday to demand concessions from Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki. Protests flared last week after troops loyal to Maliki, who is from the Shi'ite majority, detained bodyguards of his finance minister, a Sunni. Many Sunnis, whose community dominated Iraq until the fall of Saddam Hussein, accuse Maliki of refusing to share power and of favoring Shi'ite, non-Arab neighbor Iran. A year after U.S. ...

America’s Sweethearts the Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders Spend the Holidays with Troops in the Middle East on Their 75th USO Tour Posted: 27 Dec 2012 10:02 AM PST The Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders Continue More Than 30-year History of Supporting our Men and Women in UniformArlington, VA (PRWEB) December 27, 2012 True to their long history of supporting troops and military families the Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders (DCC) recently set out on their 75th USO/Armed Forces Entertainment tour and are busy spreading holiday cheer to troops in the Middle East. ...

Iraq militia issues threat against Turkish interests Posted: 27 Dec 2012 09:56 AM PST BAGHDAD (Reuters) - An Iraqi militia on Thursday issued a threat against Turkish interests in Iraq, responding to what it described as Turkey's "blatant interference" in the country's internal affairs. Relations between Turkey and Iraq have been deteriorating over the past year, with the two countries trading accusations of inciting sectarian tensions, and summoning each other's ambassadors in tit-for-tat maneuvers. Ankara has angered Baghdad by cultivating close ties with Iraq's autonomous Kurdish region, which has defied the central government by signing contracts with foreign oil firms. ...

Husband arrested in slaying of Wisconsin officer Posted: 27 Dec 2012 09:35 AM PST MILWAUKEE (AP) — Authorities arrested the husband of a slain suburban Milwaukee police officer who was shot dead on Christmas Eve while out on patrol.

In 2013, possibilities for stability from Somalia to South China Sea Posted: 27 Dec 2012 09:30 AM PST The international news of any year is a disparate affair, a global chronicle of courage, calamity, and close calls. The interconnectedness of events is not always clear.

Matthews raises profile during campaign Posted: 27 Dec 2012 08:47 AM PST NEW YORK (AP) — To his boss, Chris Matthews has become a statesman. His critics probably have other words.

Cop's Husband Arrested in Her Death Posted: 27 Dec 2012 08:21 AM PST Officer's Husband Was Decorated Marine With Two Tours in Iraq

Chris Matthews now the broadcaster that conservatives love to hate Posted: 27 Dec 2012 08:10 AM PST NEW YORK, N.Y. - To his boss, Chris Matthews has become a statesman. His critics probably have other words.

Syrian conflict threatens to fracture Iraq Posted: 27 Dec 2012 08:05 AM PST In September, as the Iraqi government reached one of its lowest points in relations with Turkey in years, Ankara welcomed Iraqi Kurdistan's President Massoud Barzani as a guest of honor at a convention hosted by the ruling Justice and Development Party.

Chuck Hagel: Why his candidacy for Defense post is losing altitude Posted: 27 Dec 2012 07:52 AM PST President Obama's potential nomination of Chuck Hagel, a former two-term Republican senator from Nebraska, to be his next secretary of Defense is now being dubbed "flailing" before it was even confirmed.

Husband of slain Wis. cop arrested in her death Posted: 27 Dec 2012 07:06 AM PST MILWAUKEE (AP) — The husband of a police officer who was fatally shot on Christmas Eve while patrolling in suburban Milwaukee has been arrested in connection with her death, authorities said Thursday.

Wooden Pens from Woodcraft Turn-a-Thon On Their Way to American Service Personnel Posted: 27 Dec 2012 07:02 AM PST Handcrafted wooden pens will soon be in the hands of American Service personnel – thank-you gifts for their sacrifice and service to their country from volunteer woodturners in a program sponsored by Woodcraft.Parkersburg, W. VA. (PRWEB) December 27, 2012 More than 10,000 American service personnel on active duty and in rehabilitation facilities will be receiving handmade wooden pens, thanks to Woodcraft retail customers and employees. ...

Chuck Hagel Broke Party Lines on Iraq. Is He Now Being Punished? Posted: 27 Dec 2012 06:53 AM PST In his Pulitzer-winning book Profiles in Courage, which told the stories of eight U.S. senators who defied their parties and public opinion to stand up for what they believed was right, John F. Kennedy wrote: "A man does what he must--in spite of personal consequences, in spite of obstacles and dangers and pressures--and that is the basis of all human morality."

5 Key National-Security Issues for 2013 Posted: 27 Dec 2012 04:07 AM PST It has been a turbulent year, with violence continuing in Syria, heated debates over the defense-budget topline, and the terrorist attack in Benghazi, Libya. National Journal looks at five key national-security issues that the U.S. will wrangle next year.

Veterans Denounce Neoconservative 'Swiftboating' of Chuck Hagel Posted: 27 Dec 2012 12:00 AM PST If Chuck Hagel is nominated by President Obama to serve as Secretary of Defense, there will be at least three compelling arguments in his favor. He served with distinction in the military and would — like Secretary of State nominee John Kerry — bring a veteran's perspective to his post. He has adopted and articulated a sane perspective on the grave foreign policy blunders whose consequences still haunt the nation, including the Iraq and Vietnam wars. And as we have learned ever since his nomination was first floated, he has made all the right (and right-wing) enemies.

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