Three dozen current and former players were being sought, people familiar with an inquiry said, raising the prospect that baseball will be thrown into turmoil.
Nicolas Sarkozy, the possible next president of France, has done as much, if not more, than any other French official to improve the status of minorities.
Brig. Gen. Perry Wiggins, the new deputy director for operations for the Joint Chiefs of Staff, told Pentagon reporters that Sunni insurgents continue to target Iraqi leaders but that the "surge" of U.S. troops in Iraq is making progress – though, he added, "it's often not flashy."
Brig. Gen. Perry Wiggins, the new deputy director for operations for the Joint Chiefs of Staff, told Pentagon reporters that Sunni insurgents continue to target Iraqi leaders but that the "surge" of U.S. troops in Iraq is making progress – though, he added, "it's often not flashy."
AP - The Transportation Security Administration has lost a computer hard drive containing Social Security numbers, bank data and payroll information for about 100,000 employees.
AP - U.S.-led forces on Friday arrested suspected Shiite militants accused of smuggling powerful bomb components from Iran, and clashes between Shiite factions broke out in two major cities. The U.S. announced the deaths of five American soldiers — three of them in bombings.
AP - In a survey of U.S. troops in combat in Iraq, less than half of Marines and a little more than half of Army soldiers said they would report a member of their unit for killing or wounding an innocent civilian.
Richard Perle said Friday that former CIA Director George Tenet is attempting to "shift blame" for his failure to anticipate the September 11, 2001, attacks and recognize the threat terrorists posed to the United States.
The latest Pentagon survey assessing the mental health of troops in Iraq found one-third of soldiers and Marines in high levels of combat report anxiety, depression and acute stress. The survey also dealt with battlefield ethics and found about the same percentage of soldiers and Marines thought torture should be allowed to save the life of a comrade.
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