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WASHINGTON – New York City and Washington — the two cities hit hardest by the Sept. 11, 2001 terror attacks — are still not completely ready to respond to another major disaster, according to a Homeland Security Department report issued Friday. The security analysis also found that 10 months after …

Prologue | Translation | Analysis Prologue: Did Saddam Hussein’s inner circle and the Taliban rulers in Afghanistan actively court each other in hopes of forging an anti-American alliance in the region? Ray Robison, a former member of the CIA-directed Iraq Survey Group (ISG), examined efforts by Saddam Hussein to build …

NEW YORK – Many people think that creating a will or trust is unnecessary because their surviving spouse will automatically inherit everything. But this is true in only some states, and only if the assets were acquired during the marriage and were not gifts to or inheritances of one spouse. …