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ANALYSIS: Pakistani Intelligence Links to Islamic Extremists Run Deep

By Malik Siraj Akbar

May 12, 2011

What the bin Laden raid means for U.S.-Pakistan intelligence relations

JIEDDO: The Manhattan Project that bombed

By Peter Cary and Nancy Youssef

March 27, 2011

The Pentagon’s main effort to counter improvised explosive devices has spent $17 billion, but the results have been disappointing by almost

Tally of interests on climate bill tops a thousand

By Marianne Lavelle

August 10, 2009

More than 460 new businesses and interest groups jumped into lobbying Congress on global warming in the weeks before the House neared its hi

What’s the cost of fixing BP’s image?

By Aaron Mehta

September 1, 2010

BP tripled its spending on corporate advertising after its devastating crude oil leak in the Gulf of Mexico in April, paying more than $93.4

Haphazard firefighting might have sunk BP oil rig

By Aaron Mehta and John Solomon

July 28, 2010

The Coast Guard has gathered evidence it failed to follow its own firefighting policy during the Deepwater Horizon disaster and is investiga

Coast Guard fleet slowed by mechanical woes during BP, Haiti rescues

By Aaron Mehta and John Solomon

June 10, 2010

In the wee-morning hours after the Deepwater Horizon exploded, a Coast Guard rescue helicopter being dispatched to pluck oil rig survivors f

Training exercises showed gaps in government preparedness before BP oil spill

By John Solomon and Aaron Mehta

May 11, 2010

Over the last eight years, the U.S. government has conducted four major drills to prepare for a massive oil spill, the results of which fore

Excerpts from this story referencing "Commander":

"… Security, especially involving the process for naming a National Incident Commander (NIC) to take charge of the crisis;a slow or inaccurate flow of informatio …"

"… test the concept of a unified response coordinated by a National Incident Commander (NIC), Coast Guard officials said.Though the training was fresh in the min …"

"… Spill of National Significance and 11 days to announce a National Incident Commander. By that time, tens of thousands of barrels of crude had leaked into the G …"

"… decision-making across all levels of government under a National Incident Commander (NIC), a concept that was refined after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist atta …"