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A former confidant of Representative Matt Gaetz, Republican of Florida, admitted in court papers on Friday to an array of federal crimes — including sex trafficking of a minor — and agreed to cooperate with the Justice Department’s investigations, handing prosecutors a potential key witness as they decide whether to charge Mr. Gaetz. Joel Greenberg, who was a tax collector in the Orlando area until he was indicted last year, did not implicate Mr. Gaetz by name in papers filed by prosecutors in Federal District Court in Orlando. But Mr. Greenberg admitted that he and unidentified others had paid a...

CAMP VICTORY, Kuwait - Most troops wanting to share their thoughts about life in the war zone call home on an international cell phone, if they can round one up, or they manage an e-mail, and in extreme cases, even write a letter. When Staff Sgt. Larry Reliford wants to share his joys and sorrows from the distance of Kuwait, he walks across the tent to talk about the day with Mrs. Reliford. Spc. Chandra Reliford, an Army operations clerk, is assigned to the same combat unit as Staff Sgt. Reliford, an infantry squad sergeant turned combat support trucker. It's...