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WASHINGTON – Embattled White House adviser Karl Rove vowed Friday to make the war on terrorism a central campaign issue in November. He also said Democratic senators looked “mean-spirited and small-minded” in questioning Supreme Court nominee Samuel Alito. “Republicans have a post-9/11 view of the world. And Democrats have a …

GUANTANAMO BAY NAVAL BASE, Cuba – A U.S. military commission began a pretrial hearing Wednesday for a Yemeni man who was Usama bin Laden’s bodyguard and is charged with conspiracy. U.S. prosecutors allege Ali Hamza Ahmad Sulayman al Bahlul made a videotape on bin Laden’s orders to glorify Al Qaeda‘s …

WASHINGTON – America has embraced Alan Greenspan with irrational exuberance. The slight, aging economist with the supersize glasses and claymation facial expressions has inspired a symphonic overture, a country music paean and a red-hot gallery exhibition of “Alan as Art.” Queen Elizabeth awarded him honorary knighthood. “Our contemporary Greek oracle,” …