ANKARA (Reuters) – The United States tried on Tuesday to ease Turkey’s concerns instability in Iraq was threatening its security, pledging continued support for Ankara’s fight against the rebel Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK). Juan Carlos…
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D.C. probes special-ed school Rock Creek Academy
Prince William County supervisors want to pursue litigation against the Department of Homeland Security and are asking Congress to investigate how the agency has handled the illegal immigrants turned over by county law enforcement officials.…
Reading the 2012 budget like a map to government employment
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Stanley Snadowsky, Founder of Greenwich Village Nightclub, Dies at 70
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He Built a Stairway to Bond Heaven
Current defense spending cannot be defended until it is understood. Job satisfaction ratings from the 2006 Federal Human Capital Survey, announced by the Office of Personnel Management. Why some people struggle more than others to…
Got milk? What kind?
IRAQ A fierce blaze at a hotel without fire escapes sent some desperate guests plunging to their deaths in a northern Iraqi oil boomtown, killing 28 people. Real Madrid and Borussia Dortmund became the first…
Tips for military families moving to D.C.
TOKYO – Japanese officials took a series of early steps Friday to bring the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant under control, but a week into the crisis, it was becoming apparent that they were confronting…
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