Tag: Associated Press

U.S. Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel, speaks with U.S. troops at the Kandahar air base in Afghanistan, Sunday, Dec. 8, 2013. Hagel spoke with U.S. troops and thanked them for being deployed for the holidays. (AP Photo/Mark Wilson, Pool)

National Security

Chuck Hagel orders airlift for Central African Republic

Washington Examiner · December 9, 2013 5:00 am

This photo taken May 10, 2013 shows Cody Wilson holding what he calls a Liberator pistol that was completely made on a 3-D-printer at his home in Austin, Texas. Congress is extending a ban on plastic firearms that can slip past airport and school metal detectors and X-ray machines, a bittersweet moment for gun control advocates just before the first anniversary of the mass killing at a Connecticut elementary school. (AP Photo/Austin American Statesman, Jay Janner) AUSTIN CHRONICLE OUT, COMMUNITY IMPACT OUT, INTERNET MUST CREDIT PHOTOGRAPHER AND STATESMAN.COM

Congress ready to extend ban on plastic firearms

Associated Press · December 9, 2013 5:00 am

In this April 6, 2010 file photo, Sgt. Troy Bencke, right, points toward Afghan air force engineers as they work on an Mi-17 helicopter inside a hangar in Kabul, Afghanistan. To outfit Afghanistanâs security forces with new helicopters, the Pentagon bypassed U.S. companies and turned instead to Moscow for dozens of Russian Mi-17 rotorcraft at a cost of more than $1 billion. Senior Pentagon officials assured skeptical members of Congress theyâd made the right call, pointing repeatedly to a top-secret 2010 study they said named the Mi-17 as the superior choice. (AP File)

National Security

Accusations dog Russian helicopter deal

Washington Examiner · December 9, 2013 5:00 am

FILE - In this undated file photo made available by Google, hundreds of fans funnel hot air from the computer servers into a cooling unit to be recirculated at a Google data center in Mayes County, Okla. The green lights are the server status LEDs reflecting from the front of the servers. Eight major technology companies, including Google, Facebook and Twitter, have joined forces to call for tighter controls on government surveillance, issuing an open letter Monday, Dec. 9, 2013 to President Barack Obama arguing for reforms in the way the U.S. snoops on people. (AP File)

National Security

Tech giants call for controls on government snooping

Washington Examiner · December 9, 2013 5:00 am

U.S. Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel, right, speaks during a meeting with Afghan military leaders in Kandahar, Afghanistan, Sunday, Dec. 8, 2013. Hagel spoke with U.S. troops and thanked them for being deployed for the holidays. (AP Photo/Mark Wilson, Pool)

National Security

Chuck Hagel warns Pakistan leaders over border protests

Washington Examiner · December 9, 2013 5:00 am

Obama taps former top aide to work on health law

Associated Press · December 9, 2013 12:00 am

Idaho businessman and school board member Anthony Joseph "A.J." Balukoff announces his intention to run as a Democratic candidate for governor, on Tuesday in Boise, Idaho. (AP Photo/The Idaho Statesman, Darin Oswald)

Idaho Democratic candidate listed as Republican in 2008

Associated Press · December 7, 2013 5:00 am

A construction project in West Pensacola, Fla., funded by oil giant BP and other companies involved in the 2010 Gulf Coast Oil Spill, is shown on May 13. (AP Photo/Melissa Nelson)

Energy and Environment

Judge suspends BP spill payments to businesses

Associated Press · December 7, 2013 5:00 am

Former South African Foreign Minister Pik Botha, shown here in May 1996, will appear on "Fox News Sunday." (AP Photo / Sasa Kralj)

Guest lineups for the Sunday news shows

Associated Press · December 7, 2013 5:00 am

Cover Oregon executive director Rocky King, left, confers with Oregon Health Authority chief information officer Carolyn Lawson before appearing at a Joint Interim Committee on Legislative Audits, Information Management and Technology in Salem, Ore., Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2013. The committee had questions about Oregon's troubled health insurance exchange, which still hasn't launched its online enrollment system and severely lags other states in signing people up for health care under the new federal health law.(AP Photo/Don Ryan)

Lawyer: Oregon government overstepped by extending policies

Associated Press · December 7, 2013 5:00 am

Illinois state Sen. Bill Brady, a Republican gubernatorial candidate in 2014, speaks with reporters at the state Capitol in Springfield, Ill., on Tuesday.

Illinois GOP, Dems now face pension vote fallout in 2014

Associated Press · December 7, 2013 5:00 am

Shoppers look for sales at Cherry Creek Mall, in Denver, Co., on Nov. 29. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley)

5 trends beneath the surface in November jobs report

Associated Press · December 7, 2013 5:00 am