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• US investigates: Attacks coordinated to mark 9/11?
  The Obama administration, roiled by the first killing of a U.S. ambassador in more than 30 years, is investigating whether the assault on the U.S. consulate in Libya was a planned terrorist strike to mark the anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks and not a spontaneous mob enraged over an anti-Islam YouTube video.September 12, 2012
• The dangers of serving in an unstable country
  In the wake of the attack that killed four Americans at a U.S. Consulate in eastern Libya, we'll speak with a former ambassador about the dangers of serving in an unstable country.The Daily Circuit, September 12, 2012
• Ellison decries protest violence in Libya
  Minnesota U.S. Rep. Keith Ellison says he is disturbed by attacks on U.S. diplomatic missions in Libya and Egypt and that violence is not justified by Muslim anger over a film that ridiculed the Prophet Muhammad.September 12, 2012
• Muslim anger over perceived insults to faith
  Muslim anger over perceived Western insults to Islam has exploded several times, most recently in Tuesday's attacks against U.S. diplomatic posts in the Middle East in which U.S. ambassador to Libya Chris Stevens and three other Americans were killed.September 12, 2012
• Obama, Clinton condemn Libya attacks
  Statements by President Barack Obama and Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton on Tuesday's attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya, as released Wednesday by the White House.September 12, 2012
• US ambassador, 3 staffers, killed in Libya attack
  The U.S. ambassador to Libya and three American members of his staff were killed in the attack on the U.S. consulate in the eastern city of Benghazi by protesters angry over a film that ridiculed Islam's Prophet Muhammad, Libyan officials said Wednesday.September 12, 2012
• Libya: 1 American dead, 1 wounded at mission
  A Libyan security official says one American consulate employee has been shot dead and another wounded in the hand during an attack at the U.S. consulate in the eastern city of Bengazi.September 11, 2012
• Pausing anew to remember Sept. 11
  Americans paused again Tuesday to mark the 11th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks with familiar ceremony, but also a sense that it's time to move forward after a decade of remembrance.September 11, 2012
• 9/11 anniversary pre-empts politics
  President Barack Obama has scheduled a moment of silence at the White House and a trip to the Pentagon, the target of one of four planes al-Qaida hijacked 11 years ago.September 11, 2012
• Brian Castner on 'The Long Walk' to disarm IEDs
  In "The Long Walk," Brian Castner tells the story of his three tours of duty in the Middle East, spending his days disarming improvised explosive devices and collecting those that had already detonated.The Daily Circuit, September 10, 2012
• War-weary US appears numb to troop deaths
  Each week at war has a certain sameness for those not fighting it, yet every week brings distinct pain and sorrow to the families who learn that their son or daughter, brother or sister, father or mother was killed or wounded.September 10, 2012
• Surprising new medicine to heal wounded warriors
  Scientists are growing ears, bone and skin in the lab, and doctors are planning more face transplants and other extreme plastic surgeries. Around the country, the most advanced medical tools that exist are now being deployed to help America's newest veterans and wounded troops.September 10, 2012
• St. Cloud soldier killed in 1950 is buried
  The remains of a soldier killed more than 60 years ago during the Korean War have finally been buried in his hometown of St. Cloud.September 9, 2012
• Terror takes back seat; Americans safer now
  As Americans debate whether they are better off now than they were four years ago, there is another question with a somewhat easier answer: Are you safer now than you were when President Barack Obama took office?September 9, 2012
• Americans tune out drumbeat of troop deaths
  Nation is weary of a faraway conflict whose hallmark is its grinding inconclusiveness.September 8, 2012

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