Topic: Arleigh A. Burke Chair

Iran announced Saturday that Iranian naval ships are en route to America's maritime borders to protest against the U.S. naval presence in the Persian Gulf.

Suddenly the European Union finds itself in "the thick of it" as it ponders what to do next after U.S. President Barack Obama decided for Western alliance that chosen rebel groups in Syria will be armed to topple Bashar Assad.

It is a minor miracle that no federal office building or Washington think tank has ever collapsed under the weight of unread transition studies. Presidents-elect simply don't have the time to read the flood of material they are sent, transition teams often spend more time job-seeking than transitioning, and once new administrations actually pick their team at the Cabinet level, Cabinet members tend to conduct their own transition effort.

Iraqi security forces will not be able to replace U.S. ones in key missions until early 2006, a new report announced Wednesday said.

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Terrorist experts believe a terrorist attack using anthrax is possible -- at least 10 countries have experimented with it as a potential biological weapon, thou