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  • Rep. Peter T. King, New York Republican (AP Photo)

    Rep. King: CIA, Pentagon too close to filmmakers

    A House committee chairman charged Wednesday that the CIA and Defense Department jeopardized national security by cooperating too closely with filmmakers producing a movie on the raid that killed Osama bin Laden.

  • President Obama congratulates graduates of the 2012 class of the U.S. Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs on Wednesday. (Associated Press)

    Obama makes case for defense cuts

    President Obama made the case for his proposed defense cuts Wednesday in his commencement speech at the Air Force Academy, calling for a leaner but better-prepared military ready to deal with a range of threats.

  • ** FILE ** Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden is shown in a video released by the Department of Defense on Saturday, May 7, 2011. (AP Photo/Department of Defense)

    Pakistan convicts doctor who helped bin Laden raid

    The Pakistani doctor who helped the CIA find Osama bin Laden has been found guilty of treason by a Pakistani court and has been sentenced to 33 years in prison.

  • Rep. Peter T. King called the Obama administration's collaboration with the makers of a film about Osama bin Laden "potentially dangerous." (Associated Press)

    Hollywood offered access to SEAL

    Obama administration officials offered Hollywood filmmakers access to a member of the top secret Navy SEALs team that killed Osama bin Laden last year, newly released documents show.

  • ** FILE ** Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden is shown in a video released by the Department of Defense on Saturday, May 7, 2011. (AP Photo/Department of Defense)

    Pakistani who helped U.S. find bin Laden is sentenced to prison

    A Pakistani doctor who helped the U.S. track down Osama bin Laden was convicted of high treason Wednesday and sentenced to 33 years in prison, officials said, a verdict that is likely to further strain the country's relationship with Washington.

  • Rep. King: CIA, Pentagon, too close to filmmakers

    A House committee chairman charged Wednesday that the CIA and Defense Department jeopardized national security by cooperating too closely with filmmakers producing a movie on the raid that killed Osama bin Laden.

  • Embassy Row: Two down in south Asia

    Ryan Crocker, who came out of retirement less than a year ago to accept one of the most dangerous U.S. diplomatic assignments, plans to leave his post as ambassador in Afghanistan this summer.

  • Senate panel votes to cut aid for Egypt and Pakistan

    In a fresh warning to Pakistan, a Senate panel approved Tuesday a foreign aid budget for next year that slashes President Obama's request for assistance to Islamabad by more than half and threatens further reductions if it fails to open supply routes to NATO forces in Afghanistan.

  • Larry King says his talk show resumes this summer

    Larry King said Thursday that his talk show will resume this summer on the new digital network Ora.TV, earlier than he or the network had anticipated.

  • Larry King says talk show to resume this summer

    Larry King said Thursday that his talk show will resume this summer on the new digital network Ora.TV, earlier than he or the network had anticipated.

  • FBI Director Robert S. Mueller III told a Senate committee Wednesday that leaks threaten law enforcement operations, put sources' lives at risk and make it harder to recruit them, and damage ties with foreign law-enforcement partners. (Associated Press)

    FBI probes bomb plot leaks

    FBI Director Robert S. Mueller III told a Senate committee Wednesday the bureau is investigating the source of leaks about a plot by al Qaeda terrorists to place a sophisticated explosive device aboard a U.S.-bound airliner.

  • FBI Director Robert Mueller testifies May 16, 2012, on Capitol Hill before the Senate Judiciary Committee. (Associated Press)

    FBI probes bomb plot leaks

    FBI Director Robert S. Mueller III told a Senate committee Wednesday the bureau is investigating the source of leaks about a plot by al Qaeda terrorists to place a sophisticated explosive device aboard a U.S.-bound airliner.

  • Marine Gen. John R. Allen, commander of the International Security Assistance Force and U.S. Forces Afghanistan, introduces President Obama at Bagram Air Field on May 2. As president, Mr. Obama has continued and even built upon strategies he inherited from George W. Bush. (Associated Press)

    Bush policies he reviled are crux of Obama's arsenal

    This month's revival of terrorism trials at Guantanamo Bay underscores President Obama's reliance on counterterrorism tools he inherited from George W. Bush.

  • Rep. Peter T. King, New York Republican (AP Photo)

    Lawmakers: Probe, punish 'bomb' leak

    Congressional lawmakers called Sunday for a criminal investigation over the leak revealing that the so-called "underwear bomber" who boarded a U.S.-bound jet last month was actually a Saudi Arabian intelligence agent who had volunteered for the mission, warning that the leak could seriously damage American credibility.

  • In this film image released by Paramount Pictures, Ben Kingsley portrays Tamir, left, and Sacha Baron Cohen portrays Admiral General Aladeen in a scene from "The Dictator." (AP Photo/Paramount Pictures, Melinda Sue Gordon)

    MOVIE REVIEW: 'The Dictator'

    Finally, a movie for people who think the best way to make fun of Osama bin Laden is with poop jokes. Granted, that's not all "The Dictator" has to offer: There are also jokes about torture, terror, racism and Brooklyn enviro-hipsters, as well as just about every possible sexual and scatological function imaginable — and perhaps a few that aren't.

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