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India's unusual tough stand on the arrest of its diplomat Devyani Khobragade has forced the US to initiate an "inter-agency review" to look into the lapses that happened in the high-profile case that triggered an uproar in India and strained bilateral ties. The US departments involved in the review include the National Security Council of the White House, the State Department and the Justice Department. "An inter-agency review is going on right now to look into the lapses that happened in the case," sources.In a tacit acknowledgement of the fact that there was a "judgemental error" in handling this case,...

On July 20, 2004 GySgt Michael J. Clark USMC, an EOD technician attached to the 1st Marine Div , serving in al Anbar Prov. Iraq , stepped up to a suspicious vehicle that had been left by an Iraq that had left it while running off shooting. GySgt. Clark was on his second tour in Iraq , having been in on the first assault wave that slugged it’s way up the right flank drive of the invasion in April 2003 , ending up in Baghdad. On this day he saw that there were some suspicious elements to the left vehicle...