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Agencies failures before 9 11 cataloged
A congressional probe found CIA failures to act on hijacker intelligence FBI lapses in tracking al Qaeda in the United States and NSA intercepts not circulated. Even with these gaps no evidence showed the attacks could have been prevented. A declassified 900 page report cited no smoking gun.
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Curt Anderson
Associated Press
Washington
CIA
FBI
al-Qaida
United States
National Security Agency
House
Senate
New York
Pennsylvania
Richard Shelby
Alabama
NBC
NSA
Bob Graham
D-Fla
CBS
Aging agency opens up as seniors seek more aid
East Central Kansas Area Agency on Aging, known as a “best kept secret,” faces rising demand across Franklin, Anderson, Coffey, Miami, Linn and Osage counties. Referrals have increased from 15 to 26 in a two week window, with seniors needing daily tasks, personal care, respite care and transportation. The Medicaid assisted living funding freeze created a waiting list and reduced options, while staff emphasize the agency as a clearinghouse for help and an empowerment path to independence.
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East Central Kansas
Eckaaa
Rugg
Iraqi insurgents kill three soldiers in northern Iraq
Three American soldiers from the 101st Airborne Division were killed when their convoy near Qayyarah was hit by gunfire and rocket propelled grenades. The attack marks a second fatal strike against the division in two days following the deaths of Saddam Hussein's sons Odai and Qusai. It was unclear if attackers were killed or wounded.
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Baghdad
Iraq
Washington
Saddam Hussein
Qdai
Qusai
V Corps
Spe
Nicole Thompson
101St Airborne Division
Qayyarah
Mosul
Odai
Qusai Hussein
Iraq War Update Shows Rising U.S. Casualties and Deadly Encounters
Latest notices raise U S deaths in action to 158 since the March 20 start of the war, surpassing the Gulf War toll. Odai and Qusai Saddam remain top figures on the most wanted list as guerrilla clashes persist at roughly 12 daily confrontations with U S forces. Defense Secretary Rumsfeld vows to release photos of the brothers to prove their deaths, with timing not specified.
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Mosul
U.S
Odai
Qusai
Defense
H. Donald Rumsfeld
United States
Brownback touts Dole and Iraq news in Kansas teleconference
Senator Sam Brownback praised the Dole Institute grand opening at the University of Kansas and hailed Saddam Hussein’s sons killed in Mosul as a turning point for Iraq. He predicted progress toward democracy and noted federal rollout of expanded child tax credit checks for 251,000 Kansas taxpayers.
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Sam Brownback
Dole
U.S
Mosul
Iraq
Brownback
Saddam
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