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| Joint Chiefs head: War strategy refines US focus WASHINGTON (AP) -- The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff says President Barack Obama's new surge-and-endgame strategy in Afghanistan will help military forces find a better focus for their mission.... hosted.ap.org |
Debt Downgrade Deals Blow to Greece Standard & Poor's downgraded Greece and warned more cuts could come, saying the nation's planned measures to reduce its high fiscal deficit were unlikely to lead to a sustainable reduction in the public debt burden. online.wsj.com |
Singapore Economy Contracts Singapore's economy contracted at a sharper-than-expected rate in the fourth quarter due to a pullback in manufacturing output. online.wsj.com |
IG: FBI circumvented law to get phone records WASHINGTON (AP) -- The FBI used a variety of informal methods, from requests by e-mail to Post-it notes, that circumvented the law to obtain thousands of phone call records for terrorism investigations, the Justice Department's inspector general said in a report Wednesday.... hosted.ap.org |
Lawmakers Hunt for Ways to Rekindle Hiring Washington has been looking for ways to promote job growth while balancing economic policy and concerns about the deficit. feeds.nytimes.com |