Apr 24

US to release Bush-era detainee photos: rights group<br /> (AFP)<br />

AFP - President Barack Obama’s administration will release photographs showing alleged abuse by US personnel at prisons in Iraq and Afghanistan under ex-president George W. Bush’s watch, a rights group said Thursday.

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Apr 24

It will take Iraq time to put down extremists<br /> (AFP)<br />

AFP - It will take Iraq “considerable” time to finish putting down extremists, General David Petraeus, commander of US forces in the region said Friday.

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Apr 24

Congress to debate role of recruiters in schools<br /> (AP)<br />

AP - Mary Adams doesn’t want her daughter hearing pitches from military recruiters as she completes her high school education.

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Apr 24

Pentagon to release 'hundreds' of detainee photos<br /> (AFP)<br />

AFP - The Pentagon will soon release “hundreds” of photographs showing alleged abuse by US personnel at prisons in Iraq and Afghanistan during the Bush administration, a US official said Friday.

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Apr 24

White House, Senator, against interrogation probe<br /> (AFP)<br />

AFP - The White House and its top US Senate ally poured cold water on hopes of creating an independent commission to probe harsh Bush-era interrogation techniques widely seen as torture.

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Apr 24

US defense budget should help frontline soldiers: Gates<br /> (AFP)<br />

AFP - Pentagon chief Robert Gates on Thursday urged Congress to support his proposed defense budget, warning against wasteful spending that he said would come at the expense of soldiers on the frontline of the Afghan war.

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