Expectations are high that Obama will nominate a woman. Though female jurisprudence is not much different from that of male judges, women tend to be more pro-women's rights and to tilt more toward plaintiffs in sex-discrimination cases.
President Obama’s aides say he is seeking a tougher U.S. response than after North Korea’s 2006 nuclear test, but much will depend on the actions of Russia and China.
Since 2004, military personnel killed in Iraq or Afghanistan have been given CT scans, and since 2001, they have had autopsies. In previous wars, this was rare.
AP - The U.N. Security Council swiftly condemned North Korea's nuclear test on Monday as "a clear violation" of a 2006 resolution and said it will start work immediately on another one that could result in new sanctions against the reclusive nation.
AP - North Korea's nuclear test makes it no likelier that the regime will actually launch a nuclear attack, but it adds a scary dimension to another threat: the defiant North as a facilitator of the atomic ambitions of others, potentially even terrorists.
AP - A 13-year-old cancer patient and his mother, who fled Minnesota last week to avoid court-ordered chemotherapy for him, returned voluntarily Monday, and the boy was examined by a doctor.
Colin Powell has stirred up the Republican Party's public internal debate, asserting it's losing because it doesn't appeal to moderates like him. Radio host Rush Limbaugh said Powell should quit the party. Former Vice President Dick Cheney said he thought he already had. But Powell may be emerging as a voice of GOP moderates.
North Korea's second nuclear bomb test reverberated around the world, with the U.N. Security Council condemning it as a "clear violation" of international law and even its closest ally criticizing the exercise. China said North Korea "disregarded the opposition of the international community." North Korea agreed in 2008 to scrap its weapons program, but the deal faltered on verification and disclosure issues.
Fifteen years after his death, and after his family fought a very long bureaucratic battle with the government, Enrique Valdez's name was added to the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
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