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Military's 'senior mentors' cashing in
WASHINGTON -- Six months after Marine Lt. Gen. Gary McKissock retired in 2002, he did what many other ex-military leaders do: He joined the board...
USA TODAY, 11/18/09 by Tom Vanden Brook, Ken Dilanian and Ray Locker · More from publication -
Transportation Dept. pushes for federal oversight of transit
WASHINGTON--The Obama administration will propose that the federal government regulate local transit agencies in the wake of an increase in subway...
USA TODAY, 11/16/09 by Ken Dilanian · More from publication -
Problems plague Afghan power projects
WASHINGTON -- Beset by delays and cost overruns, two U.S.-funded power projects in Afghanistan are generating only a fraction of the electricity...
USA TODAY, 11/11/09 by Ken Dilanian · More from publication -
U.S. impeded in democracy efforts for Egypt
WASHINGTON -- More than $180 million in U.S. foreign aid to promote democracy in Egypt over the past four years has produced few measurable...
USA TODAY, 10/29/09 by Ken Dilanian · More from publication -
Report: U.S. deserves refund on embassy
WASHINGTON -- The sprawling U.S. Embassy compound in Baghdad is rife with shoddy construction, and the government should demand a $132 million...
USA TODAY, 10/23/09 by Ken Dilanian · More from publication -
Bid to shift Pakistan aid criticized
WASHINGTON -- Special representative Richard Holbrooke's bid to shift U.S. aid rapidly from American contractors to local Pakistani organizations...
USA TODAY, 10/12/09 by Ken Dilanian · More from publication -
State Dept. rethinks how to deliver aid to Pakistan
WASHINGTON -- The State Department plans to significantly scale back its use of U.S. foreign-aid contractors in Pakistan, saying it wants to funnel...
USA TODAY, 10/02/09 by Ken Dilanian · More from publication -
Poll: 50% oppose U.S. surge in Afghanistan
WASHINGTON -- Half of all Americans, and six in 10 Democrats, oppose sending more troops to Afghanistan, a new USA TODAY/Gallup Poll shows,...
USA TODAY, 09/25/09 by Ken Dilanian · More from publication -
Gadhafi on U.N. ... and on and on and on
UNITED NATIONS -- Several minutes into what would become a disjointed hour-and-a-half talkathon, just after he speculated that swine flu was the...
USA TODAY, 09/24/09 by Ken Dilanian · More from publication -
Obama signals a 'new era'
UNITED NATIONS -- President Obama, who has pursued a diplomatic strategy of seeking common ground with both allies and adversaries, offered a blunt...
USA TODAY, 09/24/09 by Ken Dilanian · More from publication
