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  • ** FILE ** In this May 4, 2009, file photo, Tamerlan Tsarnaev, left, fights Lamar Fenner of Chicago, in the 201 weight class, during the 2009 Golden Gloves National Boxing Tournament at the Salt Palace, Monday, May 4, 2009. Tsarnaev was identified as a suspect in the Boston Marathon bombings. (AP Photo/The Salt Lake Tribune, Rick Egan)

    CIA recommended Tamerlan Tsarnaev to terror list 19 months ago

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  • Israeli soldiers conduct a military exercise Sept. 19, 2012, in the Israeli-controlled part of the Golan Heights that was captured from neighboring Syria in the 1967 war. It was the military's largest snap drill in years as tensions with Iran over its nuclear program rise and civil war in neighboring Syria rages. (Associated Press)

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  • Sen. Joseph I. Lieberman (left), Connecticut independent, takes his seat as FBI Associate Deputy Director Kevin Perkins (center) and National Counterterrorism Center Director Matthew Olsen arrive to testify on homeland threats and agency responses in front of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington on Wednesday, Sept. 19, 2012. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

    Libya killings said to be 'terrorist attack'

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  • Leiter

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  • Inside Politics

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  • Obama chooses new counterterror chief

    President Barack Obama's choice for his next counterterrorism chief is Matthew Olsen, a former prosecutor with extensive experience in intelligence matters for the federal government, the White House announced Friday.

  • ** FILE ** National Counterterrorism Center Director Michael Leiter testifies in January 2010 on Capitol Hill before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee hearing on intelligence reform. (Associated Press)

    Top counterterrorism chief stepping down

    The director of the nation's top counterterrorism agency is stepping down after a nearly four-year tenure that spanned the reorganization of the National Counterterrorism Center in the wake of the failed 2009 Christmas Day attempted airline bombing to the successful raid in Pakistan that killed Osama bin Laden.

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    Inside the Beltway

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  • **FILE** President Obama (Associated Press)

    Obama administration ramping up war on terror

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Former Delaware Republican Senate candidate Christine O'Donnell will keynote a Northern Virginia Tea Party banquet on Tuesday.

    Inside the Beltway

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