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Fort Hood: Army Gains with Muslim Soldiers May Be Lost

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 16:25:00 EST

Less than 1% of America's 1.4 million troops are Muslim -- and that number is the military's best guess, since just 4,000 troops have declared their faith in service records

Will Congress Pass Radical Bank Reform by Year-End?

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 16:25:00 EST

What reform could dramatically remake America and become law by Christmas? Not health care

Hasan Fort Hood Shooting: 'Secondary Trauma' to Blame?

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 16:25:00 EST

As an Army psychiatrist treating soldiers returning from Iraq and Afghanistan, Major Nidal Malik Hasan had a front-row seat on the brutal toll of war

California's Plan to Keep the Water Running

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 16:25:00 EST

The long struggle to write a legislation to rebuild and renovate a crucial waterway is over. But will it be enough to keep California growing?

Catholics Burke, O'Malley Split Over Pro-Choice Politics

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 16:25:00 EST

A pair of prelates face off over pro-choice politicians in an unusually public dispute that threatens to split American Catholics

Parenting Classes Teach Families How to Stay Engaged

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 16:25:00 EST

Increasingly, cities are investing in programs that teach parents how to help their children at home

Overseas Turf War Between the CIA and DNI Continues

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 16:25:00 EST

Who gets to name the chief U.S. intelligence officer in U.S. missions abroad? The dispute is still roiling

Fort Hood Hero: Who Is Kimberly Munley?

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 16:25:00 EST

Sgt. Kimberly Munley, 34, a civilian Department of Defense police officer at the base, is credited with stopping the firing rampage of U.S. Army Major Nidal Hasan at the Soldier Readiness Center within a few minutes after he launched his attack

Is Obama Delay on Troops Hurting Afghanistan War Effort?

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 16:25:00 EST

While advocates of "surging" more U.S. troops in Afghanistan warn against any delay, others fear a headlong rush into a quagmire

Was Stress a Factor in Major Hasan's Fort Hood Attack?

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 16:25:00 EST

While no one knows what set off Major Hasan's Fort Hood shooting, revolving-door deployments have made the site one of the Army's most stressed-out posts

Zelaya-Micheletti Honduras Deal Risks Trouble for Obama

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 16:25:00 EST

As rival claimants on the presidency remain at odds over what they've  agreed, the U.S. risks being seen in the region as having accepted a coup

Brief History: Ticker-Tape Parades

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 16:25:00 EST

The Yankees will celebrate their 27th World Series title with a stroll through the Canyon of Heroes, home of New York City's storied ticker-tape parades

Polarized News? The Media's Moderate Bias

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 16:25:00 EST

Right and left wing get all the attention. But centrist media bias is just as real, and more common

Bio: Former NYC Police Commissioner Bernard Kerik

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 16:25:00 EST