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Date: Apr 2, 2009 11:50 AM
Subject: news articles for 4/2
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Iraqi government assumes responsibility for all Sons of Iraq and resolves delays in salary payments
BAGHDAD – The Sons of Iraq – local security volunteers credited with helping reduce violent attacks and terrorist influence across the country – marked two major milestones Wednesday: Coalition forces completed the final transfer of Sons of Iraq members to Iraqi control, and the Government of Iraq secured the funds to pay back wages to Sons of Iraq in four provinces.
Basra Offensive Was ‘Turning Point’ for Iraq, General Says
WASHINGTON, April 1, 2009 – Last spring’s Iraqi-planned and Iraqi-led military campaign that successfully subdued insurgents in and around Iraq’s southern city of Basra was a turning point in the conflict, a senior U.S. officer posted in Iraq said today.
US air strike kills 20 militants in Afghanistan
KABUL (AFP) — A military air strike killed 20 militants in Afghanistan's southern Helmand province following ground clashes between rebels and troops, a spokesman for the US-led force said on Thursday.
Face of Defense: Soldier Cooks His Way to Culinary Big Leagues
FORT BRAGG, N.C., April 2, 2009 – Army Sgt. Orlando Serna has a bone to pick with anyone who thinks cooking is nothing more than throwing a few ingredients together in a pot.
Geithner On Ousting CEOs, Reviving Economy
Days after GM's CEO Rick Wagoner was forced out by the Obama administration, Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner left open the possibility that such moves could happen again.
'Stimulus' tab: $12.8 trillion and climbing
WASHINGTON – The federal government and the Federal Reserve have committed $12.8 trillion in spending so far to bailouts and "stimulus" packages – an amount nearly equal to the value of everything produced in the U.S. in 2008.
PROMISES, PROMISES: Obama tax pledge up in smoke
WASHINGTON (AP) - One of President Barack Obama's campaign pledges on taxes went up in puffs of smoke Wednesday. The largest increase in tobacco taxes took effect despite Obama's promise not to raise taxes of any kind on families earning under $250,000 or individuals under $200,000.
House, Senate poised to adopt pared-back budget
WASHINGTON – Democrats controlling the House and Senate are on track to give President Barack Obama a key victory today by adopting slightly pared-back versions of his $3.6 trillion budget.
Obama's Budget Resurrects 'Death Tax'
For those dying to take advantage of next year's zero percent federal "death tax," they may want to kill those plans. President Obama's budget keeps the estate tax at its 2009 level, which means the government gets 45 percent of a dead person's estate valued over $3.5 million dollars or $7 million for a couple.
G20 summit: European demands threaten to wreck deal
France and Germany delivered a late threat to derail Gordon Brown’s efforts to secure a global recovery deal last night by demanding new concessions from the United States on financial regulation.
Applying for jobless benefits? Here, pee in a cup
(CNN) -- If Craig Blair gets his way, anyone filing for unemployment or food stamps must show that they are drug-free.
He's a state lawmaker in West Virginia who has introduced a bill to require random drug testing for benefits and lays out his case on a Web site called notwithmytaxdollars.com.
North Korea is fueling rocket, U.S. military says
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- North Korea has begun fueling its long-range rocket, according to a senior U.S. military official. The fueling signals that the country could be in the final stages of what North Korea has said will be the launch of a satellite into space as early as this weekend, the senior U.S. military official said Wednesday.
Mexico's Fox wants European Union here
The former president of Mexico told a Texas audience he envisions a European Union-like plan working well across North America, and he would like the "integration" process to speed up.
Here is today's break from all the serious stuff.
Woman to 911: Help! I'm locked inside my car
A 911 dispatcher had to tell a woman how to unlock her car on Sunday. A woman called Kissimmee police to say she was locked inside her car at the Walgreen's on John Young Parkway near Poinciana.
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