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Obama in political box over closing Guantanamo (AP)

May 21, 2009

AP - President Barack Obama finds himself in a political box — at home and abroad — on closing the Guantanamo Bay prison, and he has prepared a major address on national security in hopes of working out of the tight spot.

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Obama seeks to grab control of Guantanamo debate (AFP)

AFP - US President Barack Obama aims to grab back the initiative in a riotous debate unleashed by his order to shut Guantanamo Bay, under political fire from critics and allies alike.


Russia: Arms control and missile shield linked (AP)

AP - Russia's foreign minister warned Wednesday that Moscow will demand that U.S. plans for a missile defense system be on the table during nuclear arms control talks.


Credit reform means new era for college students (AP)

AP - It's an end of an era for the thousands of college students who rely on MasterCard or Visa to get them through tight times.


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U.N. doubts major Hezbollah rearming in south Lebanon (Reuters)

Reuters - It is highly unlikely that Lebanese Hezbollah militants have more weapons now in southern Lebanon than they did at the time of their 2006 war with Israel, the head of U.N. peacekeeping said Wednesday.


Mark Felt, Watergate's `Deep Throat,' dies at 95 (AP)

AP - W. Mark Felt, the former FBI second-in-command who revealed himself as "Deep Throat" 30 years after he tipped off reporters to the Watergate scandal that toppled a president, has died. He was 95.


FBI files show long hunt for Jack Anderson sources (AP)

AP - In caustic comments on internal FBI memos, legendary bureau director J. Edgar Hoover referred to prominent columnist Jack Anderson with undisguised contempt, calling him "a jackal" as agents combed his articles for errors and hints about possible sou