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Boom. Boom. Boom. Can you hear it? It’s the drumbeat for war. And it’s beating louder by the day. Boom. Boom. Boom. Eleven United States and one Israeli warships pass through the Suez Canal. Boom. Boom. Boom. Former CIA Chief Michael Hayden says a United States military strike against Iran “seems inexorable” because diplomacy is failing. Boom. Boom. Boom. Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Mike Mullen says the U.S. military has a plan to attack Iran. Boom. Boom. Boom. Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives last week introduced Resolution 1553 which would give Israel the go-ahead to attack Iran....

PRISTINA, Kosovo — A panel of international judges on Friday decided not to extradite a Kosovo terror suspect to the United States on legal grounds and then set him free, a European Union official said. Nicholas Hawton said the U.S. request to extradite 29-year-old ethnic Albanian Bajram Asllani did not demonstrate "well-grounded suspicions" that he plotted terrorist attacks. The panel also ruled Friday there was no valid extradition treaty between the two countries. The extradition request was made on the basis of a 1901 treaty between the US and the former Kingdom of Serbia. In 2008, Kosovo declared independence from...

MIAMI — When Jeb Bush left office four years ago, his public appearances were as scarce as bi-partisan man hugs. He didn't want to upstage his successor in the governor's mansion nor his brother in the White House. Instead, he quietly cashed in by joining corporate boards and an elite speakers bureau, penned policy essays and gave infrequent interviews to conservative media. But in recent months, as the Republican Party of Florida has grappled with a leadership vacuum, Bush's political profile has grown as fast as the national deficit ...