US Central Bank Launches New Economic Stimulus
The U.S. central bank launched new measures Thursday to try to stimulate the weak U.S. economy, even as it predicted that the country's economic fortunes would improve over the next two years.
Murkowski: We Need to Act Soon on Nuclear Waste Issue
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today made the following opening statement during a Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee hearing on S. 3469, the Nuclear Waste Administration Act of 2012:
Author Broke Promise to Country, Panetta Says
WASHINGTON, Sept. 11, 2012 – Military personnel who take part in sensitive operations like the one that took out Osama bin Laden must stand by the promises they made to the United States, Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta said during an interview broadcast on “CBS This Morning†today.
Americans Mark 9/11 Anniversary
Thousands of people have gathered in New York, Washington and Pennsylvania to mark the 11th anniversary of the September 11 al-Qaida terrorist attacks that killed nearly 3,000 people in the United States.