LITTLE ROCK — QUOTE OF THE DAY
“Rick, I think, he’s got a real problem. In every race, Romney
is going to pick up delegates. It’s getting
close to the point where he’s got to take
a hard look at it.”
Former Sen. Bob Dole,
on whether Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum should consider dropping out of the race Article, 1AN.Y.’s King expects
thanks for spying
NEW YORK - Rep. Peter King of New York says New Jersey’s governor should show more gratitude toward the New York City Police Department for its counterterrorism work.
King told Fox Business Network on Wednesday that Gov. Chris Christie, a fellow Republican, is letting emotions get in the way of preventing attacks.
Christie has criticized the New York police for doing surveillance of Muslim communities in New Jersey without notifying local police or the FBI.
“I think, in this case, Gov.
Christie was letting his personal feelings get in the way of protecting us against terrorism,” King told Fox host Don Imus. “He should be welcoming New York City and anyone else who wants to come in or out of his state, work with them and cooperate with them because terrorists go back and forth across city and state lines all the time.”
Christie responded Wednesday by accusing King of trying to attract publicity.
“Congressman King, he should really just keep quiet,” Christie told reporters. “He should worry about running for election. I think this is probably part of it because whenever he mentions my name he gets himself on TV.”Search for remains in N. Korea halted
WASHINGTON - The United States said Wednesday that it is suspending efforts to recover remains of thousands of fallen servicemen in North Korea.
The U.S. was resuming the hunt for remains missing from the 1950-53 Korean War that had been on hold since 2005, the only form of cooperation between the two militaries.
But North Korea announced plans last week to launch a satellite into space by rocket, a step the U.S. says would violate a U.N. ban.
That knocked back recent progress in negotiations on the North’s nuclear program and has jeopardized a Feb.
29 agreement in which the U.S. was to provide food aid in exchange for a nuclear freeze.
34 take hard line
on guerrilla Kony
WASHINGTON - A bipartisan group of 34 senators introduced a resolution Wednesday condemning Joseph Kony and his guerrilla group for a 26-year campaign of terror in central Africa that has been marked by child abductions and widespread killings.
The measure backs the effort of Uganda, Congo, the Central African Republic and the newest country, South Sudan, to stop Kony and his Lord’s Resistance Army.
The legislation also signals support for the U.S. effort to help regional forces pursue commanders of the militia group. In October, President Barack Obama sent about 100 U.S. troops, mostly Army Special Forces, to central Africa as advisers to regional forces.
Decrying “unconscionable crimes against humanity,” Sen. Chris Coons said Kony “represents the worst of mankind, and he and his commanders must be held accountable for their war crimes.”
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