07/10/11 The US is holding back some military aid to Pakistan, President Barack Obama's chief of staff confirmed, after a report said $US800m was being withheld.
07/10/11 WASHINGTON, July 10 (UPI) -- U.S. financial security aid to Pakistan is being scaled back amid growing distrust and Islamabad's defiance of U.S. policy, The New York Times said Sunday.
07/10/11 The birth of South Sudan is an important first step toward peace for a troubled region, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Sunday, calling for renewed talks to cement the tenuous truce.
07/10/11 From one war front to another Sunday, Pentagon chief Leon Panetta hopped from a U.S. outpost in Afghanistan's southern desert to Baghdad, where he sought to encourage Iraqi leaders to decide soon whether they want a residual American military force beyond year's end...
07/10/11 JUBA/KHARTOUM (Reuters) - North and South Sudanese awoke in separate nations Sunday, relieved at the ease of the split but no closer to solving rows over borders, oil sharing and other issues that may yet spark conflict.
07/02/11 A call from a friend alerted Clinton cook Doris Leidholm to an error in her recipe for the coconut dream bars which appeared in the June 17 Forum column.
06/30/11 FREMANTLE has sprung a surprise at the selection table by dropping ruck-forward Kepler Bradley from the team to host Gold Coast at Patersons Stadium on Saturday.
06/29/11 Prepared in the first week of January 2011; submitted to His Excellency President John Evans Atta-Mills on May 12th.
06/29/11 Last time a rep was elected directly to White House was in 1880, but Bachmann has modern advantages Poll: Bachmann Gains With N.H. GOP OPINION: What Bachmann Learned From Palin
06/27/11 Inslee will face off against Washington Attorney General Rob McKenna, who announced his candidacy for the Republican nomination June 8. Rep. Jay Inslee (D-WA), officially announced his campaign for governor Monday at a press conference in Seattle.
06/23/11 During her June 22 visit to Jamaica, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton announced progress on existing programs and new initiatives between the United States and the Caribbean as part of the Energy and Climate Partnership of the Americas (ECPA) and U.S.-Brazil Biofuels Cooperation.
06/23/11 The following is the text of a joint statement by U.S. Department of State Secretary Hillary Rodham Clinton and U.S. Department of the Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner on Iran sanctions.
06/23/11 Top military commanders told members of Congress on Thursday that President Barack Obama's scheduled withdrawal of 33,000 "surge" troops from Afghanistan by next summer is more "aggressive" than the Pentagon initially proposed. ...
06/23/11 The United States said it was ready to provide hardware to modernize the military of the Philippines, which vowed to "stand up to any aggressive action" amid rising tension at sea with China.
06/23/11 WASHINGTON, June 23, 2011 (AFP) - The Philippines said Thursday it hoped to lease naval equipment from the United States, calling for a "reset" in the two nations' alliance in the face of rising friction at sea with China.
06/23/11 The Macomb County Board of Commissioners and the Macomb County Orchard Trail Commission recently reached a settlement with International Transmission Co., or ITC, over access to power lines running along parts of the trail.
06/22/11 A time to bring family and friends together and just enjoy being a New Baltimorian. It really is a small town still, thank goodness. Make it a time to share its glories and the wonderment of living on our beautiful Anchor Bay. There is so much to appreciate when looking out over the water at the sunrise or sunset. Watch the water as it changes color depending on the wind and the sun's reflection ...
06/14/11 DR. MBAGA: Good afternoon all. Thank you everybody for coming at our health center. I'm very much happy to welcome Secretary Madam Hillary Clinton and the USAID delegate to our health center. You are warmly welcome, feel at home, feel at (inaudible) here at Buguruni. (Laughter, Cheering, and Applause.) Madam, I hope you are enjoying very well your tour in Tanzania, especially in Buguruni Health ...
06/14/11 As the debate over how to create jobs rages in Washington, we should all remember the story of George McGovern. The South Dakota Senator was one of the more liberal politicians of the 20th century, but had an epiphany late in life.
06/14/11 WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate Armed Services Committee enthusiastically backed Leon Panetta as the next Pentagon chief on Tuesday, agreeing in a unanimous vote to send his nomination to the full Senate for consideration. | 
