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TEHRAN, Iran – Iran will launch two more research rockets into space before putting its first domestically built satellite into orbit, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Monday, claiming the first rocket launch earlier this month was a success. The hard-line president, speaking at a rally marking the 29th anniversary of the …

WASHINGTON – The chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee said Tuesday the loading of nuclear-tipped missiles on a B-52 bomber at a U.S. air base last August was an unprecedented and significant security failure. “This event is really a wake-up call,” Sen. Carl Levin, D-Mich., told Air Force officers …

WASHINGTON – President Bush, before the swearing in of the nation’s agriculture secretary, warned Wednesday that he would veto any farm bill that would raise taxes or did not include reforms of some farm programs. Bush spoke at the Agriculture Department with former North Dakota Gov. Ed Schafer, who is …