In apparent retaliation over the burning of religious books at a disposal site at Bagram base, two American soldiers were shot and killed and four others were wounded when an Afghan soldier turned his weapon on them and opened fire today.
Ashton Carter, the man who was appointed as Deputy Secretary of Defense in October makes his first trip to Afghanistan.
The 43 country operation, two- month operation, led by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's Homeland Security Investigations-led National Intellectual Property Rights Coordination Center and the World Customs Organization came to a close with 150,000 confiscated items.
In a broad overhaul of the corporate tax rate, President Obama has announced a plan to reduce the Corporate tax rate to 28% while eliminating many of the loopholes and other breaks for corporations.