Date: 2/3/2009 By LARRY MARGASAKAssociated Press Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Eric Holder has won confirmation as the first black attorney general, but he’ll have little time to consider his role in history as he decides which Bush administration counterterrorism policies…
GOP elects first black national party chairman
Date: 1/30/2009 By LIZ SIDOTIAssociated Press Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The Republican Party chose the first black national chairman in its history Friday, just shy of three months after the nation elected a Democrat as the first African-American president. The…
Cuba thaw, good or bad? US fugitives unsure
Date: 1/18/2009 By WILL WEISSERTAssociated Press Writer HAVANA (AP) — William Potts calls himself the “Homesick Hijacker.” U.S. authorities have another name for him: fugitive harbored by an enemy government — one of dozens of Americans hiding in communist Cuba.…
Gen. Tommy Franks: Obama will ‘do the right thing’
Date: 11/12/2008 By ROCHELLE HINESAssociated Press Writer OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) _ Retired U.S. Army Gen. Tommy Franks, who developed and executed the Iraq invasion plan, said President-elect Obama will “do the right thing” when it comes to the war. Franks,…