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Day by the Bay

12 hours ago ago from USC Trojans

Another ideal day in the Bay Area is coming to a close, with the Golden Gate Bridge and the San Francisco Bay being lit up by an orange sunset. Friday is supposed to be 59 and sunny, but the forecast for game day on Saturday is calling for a 40 percent chance of rain and temperatures in the 50s.

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The Clock Ticks Slowest at Gitmo: Why It’s Taking so Long to Close the Prison

19 hours ago ago from ProPublica: Articles and Investigations

by Dafna Linzer , ProPublica - As we have reported throughout the year, the Obama administration has been serially hampered in its efforts to shutter the prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. It underestimated the time needed to close the facility and was unprepared for Congressional opposition. Finding countries to adopt detainees has proven difficult, and only this month did the administration locate a prison to move detainees into once ...

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Gates proposes $2 billion in funds to aid unstable countries

23 hours ago ago from Washington Post - Politics

Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates has proposed a major overhaul of the way the Pentagon and State Department do nation-building, seeking to end friction between the bureaucracies by putting them jointly in charge of three huge new funds aimed at stabilizing strife-ridden countries. This Story The proposal is aimed at addressing problems that have dogged the U.S. effort in Iraq and Afghanistan -- particularly, disputes ...

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