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• Congress demands OK on possible Syria strikes
  A Republican lawmaker is rallying support to pressure President Barack Obama into seeking congressional authorization for military strikes against Syria.August 27, 2013
• Obama awards Medal of Honor to Afghan war veteran
  President Barack Obama bestowed the Medal of Honor on Army Staff Sgt. Ty Carter on Monday, saluting the veteran of the war in Afghanistan as "the essence of true heroism."August 26, 2013
• More Syrian chemical weapons use evidence, Kerry says
  Secretary of State John Kerry says chemical weapons were used in Syria and is accusing President Bashar Assad of destroying evidence, and decrying the attack as a "moral obscenity" that should shock the conscience of the world.August 26, 2013
• Talk of strike on Syria moves from 'Will it happen?' to when
  With U.S. officials saying there's little doubt that President Bashar Assad's regime used chemical weapons on the Syrian people last week, and with U.S. Navy ships moving toward that country's coast, it now seems to be a question of "when" not "whether" America will strike military targets inside that nation.August 26, 2013
• Obama: NSA 'accidentally' accessed emails
  His remarks on CNN's "New Day" show Friday came in the wake of new revelations that the electronic spying program scooped up as many as 56,000 emails and other communications annually over three years by Americans not connected to terrorism.August 23, 2013
• Bradley Manning declares 'I am female'
  Bradley Manning plans to live as a woman named Chelsea and wants to begin hormone therapy, the soldier said a day after being sentenced to 35 years in prison on espionage charges.August 22, 2013
• Manning sentenced in WikiLeaks espionage case
  The judge convicted the 25-year-old soldier last month of 20 offenses, including six violations of the Espionage Act. He could have been sentenced to 90 years in prison.August 21, 2013
• New reports of chemical weapons in Syria
  Two Syrian pro-opposition groups are claiming that dozens of people were killed Wednesday in a poisonous gas attack near Damascus that they're blaming on government forces, NPR's Jean Cochran reported.August 21, 2013
• Musharraf, once a US ally in anti-terror war, is indicted in Bhutto killing
  In an unprecedented ruling that tests the military's aura of inviolability, a court indicted former president and army chief Pervez Musharraf Tuesday on murder charges stemming from the 2007 assassination of ex-Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto.August 20, 2013
• Tell us: Should the U.S. cut military aid to Egypt?
  "The U.S. has been unable to do much to reduce the violence in Egypt. President Obama canceled upcoming joint military exercises, and says the administration is looking at other options, perhaps affecting the $1.5 billion in military aid the U.S. provides Egypt each year," reports NPR News. Today's Question: Should the U.S. cut military aid to Egypt?August 19, 2013
• Egypt's Mubarak may be released; 25 police killed
  Former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, who is on retrial for the killings of hundreds of protesters during the 2011 uprising that led to his ouster, could be released from custody later this week, judicial officials said Monday.August 19, 2013
• Obama scraps US military exercises with Egypt
  President Barack Obama on Thursday canceled joint U.S.-Egypt military exercises, saying America's traditional cooperation with Egypt "cannot continue as usual" while violence and instability deepen in the strategically important nation.August 15, 2013
• Manning apologizes at sentencing; gender issues aired
  Pfc. Bradley Manning took the stand Wednesday at his sentencing hearing in the WikiLeaks case and apologized for hurting his country, pleading with a military judge for a chance to go to college and become a productive citizen.August 15, 2013
• Egypt's conflict enters new phase after hundreds killed
  Egypt faced new uncertainty Thursday, the day after security forces drove out Mohammed Morsi's supporters from two sprawling encampments where they had been camped out for six weeks demanding the Islamist president's reinstatement. The move left hundreds of protesters dead.August 15, 2013
• The journalists who risk their lives to cover wars
  Two more, at least, were killed Wednesday. Is the work worth the danger?The Daily Circuit, August 14, 2013

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