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...police officers you will form the first line of defense,” Carter said. “Never lose sight of the reasons why, and for whom, you have sworn an oath. You have the opportunity to make a difference in the lives of countless individuals...
...publicist. His first movie opens nationwide today. He’s sworn to secrecy, forbidden by his nine-month contract from divulging any plotlines in the widely publicized release...
...whose men had set up roadblocks and were shaking down travelers. Several militiamen were killed in the air raid, including Zadran's eldest son. Zadran had been considered an ally, but after his son's death, he's joined what appears to be a growing list of America's sworn enemies...
...World War II and all but one of them required by law to balance their budgets, nearly every Governor is facing unpleasant choices this year. And in an upending of conventional politics, it's the Republicans who are leading the way to higher taxes. Within two days of being sworn in last month as Georgia's first G.O.P. Governor since Reconstruction, Sonny Perdue proposed one of the state's biggest tax hikes ever. Though he backed off when legislators balked, other Republican Governors are forging ahead. Connecticut's John Rowland, elected as a tax cutter in 1994, began his third...
...incident comes three months after two gunmen opened fire on a group of U.S. Marines conducting war games on a Kuwaiti island, killing one Marine and badly injuring another. Kuwait's interior minister later said one of the two extremists, who were killed when the Marines returned fire, had sworn allegiance to Osama bin Laden. Kuwait is a critical element of U.S. plans for a possible invasion of Iraq. The oil-rich emirate is likely to be the main springboard for any land invasion. More than 15,000 U.S. troops are already stationed here, training in the bleak desert south...