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NASA to reassess astronaut screening

August 21, 2021 at 1:51 p.m.

If astronaut Lisa Nowak's life was falling apart, she gave no hint to her colleagues at Johnson Space Center in the days before her arrest in Orlando on attempted murder...

Unexpected allies put end to Cold War

August 21, 2019 at 4:06 p.m.

WASHINGTON -- Among the crush of foreign dignitaries paying final respects to Ronald Reagan at the National Cathedral today will be one man -- recognizable by his intense gaze, easy...

Soldiers surround an Iraqi detainee in this photo obtained by The New Yorker, said to have be taken in December 2003, at the Abu Ghraib prison in Baghdad, Iraq.

Powell says Bush was ‘informed’ of Red Cross concerns

March 29, 2019 at 11:33 a.m.

WASHINGTON - Secretary of State Colin L. Powell said yesterday that he and other top officials kept President Bush "fully informed ... in general terms" about complaints made by the...

U.S. practices at Abu Ghraib barred in ’80s

March 28, 2019 at 10:12 p.m.

WASHINGTON - The abuse of prisoners in Iraq shows a pattern of harsh, coercive U.S. interrogation practices that were supposed to have ended with the Cold War. From the 1960s...

Ill feeling abroad about Bush policies tips over into anti-Americanism

March 29, 2019 at 8:42 p.m.

WASHINGTON - The worldwide spotlight on the abuse and torture of Iraqi prisoners has undercut America's moral authority abroad, particularly in the Arab world, compounding the damage to the country's...

U.S. attempts to limit political damage

March 28, 2019 at 11:05 a.m.

WASHINGTON - With a rare apology to abuse victims in Iraq, top Bush administration officials moved on several fronts yesterday to halt the erosion of American credibility worldwide from mistreatment...

U.S. faces growing Mideast quandary

August 21, 2019 at 4:00 p.m.

WASHINGTON - The deadly truck bombing at the United Nations compound in Baghdad two days ago underscores the continued U.S. inability to pacify Iraq and appears to push President Bush's...

U.S. backs away from vow to punish France over Iraq

August 21, 2019 at 3:58 p.m.

WASHINGTON - Just weeks after the angriest rift with a close ally in decades, the United States is quietly backing away from threats to penalize France for its strenuous efforts...

U.S. feelers hold major implications for region

January 30, 2019 at 11:51 a.m.

Seeking worldwide support to demolish the Osama bin Laden terrorist network, the Bush administration is cautiously feeling out an American nemesis, Iran. If this effort leads anywhere, it would revive...

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