Mar 12th, 2008 · New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer has announced that he is resigning. Spitzer will step down on Monday and hand over the reigns of power to Lt. Governor David Paterson. Spitzer had been under intense pressure to resign after federal law enforcement alleged that he had paid large sums of cash to a high-class call girl agency.
Keywords: agency · federal · law · Lt · enforcement · Spitzer · Eliot Spitzer · York Gov · Paterson · Governor David Paterson
Mar 12th, 2008 · New York governor Eliot Spitzer announced today that he will resign. His lieutenant governor, Dave Paterson, will take over on Monday. Paterson will be the first African American -- and blind -- governor of the state.
Keywords: York · African American · Gov · governors · Lt · Lieutenant · dave · Eliot Spitzer · Paterson · Dave Paterson
Feb 12th, 2008 · Lt. Col. John Nagl, an expert on counter-insurgency, is retiring from the Army and moving to Washington, D.C., to work for a new think tank. He says winning a war against an insurgency is possible -- but it takes an unconventional war strategy.
Keywords: Washington · D.C · insurgents · Cole · army · retired · Strategy · tank · expert · Insurgency · Lt · John Nagl
Jan 16th, 2008 · Oceanside Police Department in San Diego, Calif., had a memorial service this week for Stryker, a police dog killed in the line of duty after a dramatic chase on New Year's Eve. Police Lt. Fred Armijo says the memorial service drew K-9 officers from all over the San Diego area.
Keywords: officer · services · Calif · Memories · San Diego · Lt · New Year · companion · stryker · Oceanside Police Department · Fred Armijo
Dec 12th, 2007 · British Prime Minister Gordon Brown announced Wednesday that the southern Iraq city of Basra will be handed over to Iraqi authority this weekend. British Army spokesman Lt. Col.Nick Goulding discusses the preparations and prospects of the handover, given a recent spike in violence.
Keywords: Violence · Iraq · city · military · Lt · authority · British Army · Basra · handover · ColNick Goulding
Nov 19th, 2007 · Rescue workers in southwestern Bangladesh are searching for survivors of Cyclone Sidr. At least 3,113 people are known dead and more than 1,000 are missing, said Lt. Col. Main Ullah Chowdhury, an army spokesman.
Keywords: Cole · army · Survivors · workers · Lt · southwestern · Bangladesh · Cyclone Sidr · Sidr · Ullah Chowdhury
Sep 24th, 2007 · In 2001, Lt. Katherine Flynn Nolan returned to Normandy for the first time since World War II and immediately began having flashbacks. The veteran nurse and her youngest son, who treated troops for combat stress in Afghanistan, recount their shared experiences, decades apart.
Keywords: Afghanistan · 2001 · veterans · World War II · Lt · Normandy · Flashback · recount · Katherine Flynn Nolan
Sep 21st, 2007 · World War II veterans are saluted with memorials and ceremonies. Lt. Kate Nolan, a combat nurse with the 53rd Field Hospital, gets France's Legion of Honor. Infantryman Vernon Tott's name is inscribed at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum for liberating a slave labor camp in Ahlem, Germany
Keywords: France · Memories · slave · Germany · liberals · veterans · World War II · Lt · WWII · Ceremonies · salutes · inscribed
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