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White House Seeks to Change International Food Aid

WASHINGTON — An Obama administration plan to change the way the United States distributes its international food aid has touched off an intense lobbying campaign by a coalition of shipping companies, ... Read more

Iraq War’s 10th Anniversary Is Barely Noted in Washington

WASHINGTON — A decade after the night that American bombs first rained down on Baghdad, the president joked about wearing a green tie for a belated St. Patrick’s Day celebration. Congress noisily ... Read more

News Analysis: Iraq War Offers Lessons for Syria and Iran

WASHINGTON – Stephen J. Hadley, who played a central role in the decision a decade ago to go to war in Iraq, recently described the cascade of misjudgments and inaccurate assumptions inside the Bush White ... Read more

Iraq War’s 10th Anniversary Is Barely Noted in Washington

WASHINGTON — A decade after the night that American bombs first rained down on Baghdad, the president joked about wearing a green tie for a belated St. Patrick’s Day celebration. Congress noisily ... Read more

Report Finds Political Tension in Voting Agency

WASHINGTON — The Justice Department’s independent inspector general on Tuesday portrayed its voting rights section as torn by “deep ideological polarization” and “the harassment and ... Read more

National Briefing | Health: Renewal of AIDS Program Backed

The 10-year-old program to fight global AIDS started by the Bush administration is doing a good job and should be funded again after it expires this year, a panel of medical experts recommended Wednesday. ... Read more

News Analysis: Obama’s Turn in Bush’s Bind With Defense Policies

WASHINGTON — If President Obama tuned in to the past week’s bracing debate on Capitol Hill about terrorism, executive power, secrecy and due process, he might have recognized the arguments his ... Read more