High court to rule on deportation issue (AP)
AP – The Supreme Court has agreed to consider whether immigrants convicted of repeat, minor drug possession crimes should be subject to deportation.
Tenn. Rep. Gordon won’t seek re-election next year (AP)
AP – Rep. Bart Gordon, a 13-term congressman from Tennessee, announced Monday he will not seek re-election next year, the latest Democrat in a string of retirements.
Bart Gordon To Retire (CQPolitics.com)
CQPolitics.com – Adding to what has become a steady drip of Democratic retirements in recent weeks, Rep.
Court won’t hear appeal from ex-Gitmo prisoners (AP)
AP – The Supreme Court has refused to take up an appeal from former Guantanamo Bay detainees who say they were tortured and denied religious rights.
Developing Countries Say ‘No Money, No Deal’ in Climate Talks (Bloomberg)
Bloomberg – Dec. 14 (Bloomberg) — Four days before 110 world leaders fly to Copenhagen to complete a deal to curb global warming, negotiators are far apart on aid to poorer countries and how to verify nations fulfill their pledges to reduce greenhouse gases.
In Afghanistan, Marines live a tough camp life (McClatchy Newspapers)
McClatchy Newspapers – FOB HASSANABAD, Afghanistan — The young Marines at this outpost could be on a camping trip to Hell.
AP sources: FBI questions students, eyes charges (AP)
AP – FBI agents have questioned some of the young Americans arrested in Pakistan as U.S. investigators gather evidence that could lead to a conspiracy charge against them, an American official and another person familiar with the case said Friday.
AP source: Drone attack kills al-Qaida member (AP)
AP – A U.S. government official says a top al-Qaida operative has been killed in a drone attack in western Pakistan.