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| Since the attempted bombing of a U.S. airliner on Christmas Day, former Homeland Security secretary Michael Chertoff has given dozens of media interviews touting the need for the federal government to buy more full-body scanners for airports.
By Kimberly Kindy
The Obama administration is readying sanctions against discrete elements of the Iranian government, including those involved in the deadly crackdown on Iranian protesters, marking a shift to a more aggressive U.S. posture toward the Islamic republic, U.S. officials said.
By Glenn Kessler
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Active al-Qaida threat closes US Embassy in Yemen (By ANNE GEARAN, Jan. 3, 2010 8:21 a.m.)
US official: Extremists seek new ways to attack US (Jan. 3, 2010 7:36 a.m.)
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