In the News: Oct-26

Gates: injured troops face too much bureaucracy - 26 Oct 2009 at 2:18pm - WASHINGTON -- Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Monday that troops injured in combat in Iraq and Afghanistan continue to face too many bureaucratic hurdles.

Report: FBI not reviewing all of its evidence - 26 Oct 2009 at 1:42pm - WASHINGTON -- An inspector general has found the FBI is still not reviewing reams of evidence collected in counterterrorism cases, and still needs more translators.

Kerry: US can't narrow Afghanistan mission - 26 Oct 2009 at 1:14pm - WASHINGTON -- Sen. John Kerry warns that a major U.S. troop pullout could trigger civil war in Afghanistan, adding that a small-scale counterterror campaign is not an alternative to the broader military campaign under way.

3 DEA agents killed in Afghan crash - 26 Oct 2009 at 10:44am - WASHINGTON -- A U.S. official says three Drug Enforcement Administration agents were killed Monday when a U.S. military helicopter went down in the west of Afghanistan.

Thought for the day:
The worst sin toward our fellow creatures is not to hate them, but to be indifferent to them: that's the essence of inhumanity. -George Bernard Shaw (1856 - 1950)