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• McCain bill allows veterans to move anywhere to avail health care

  John McCain proposed a bill on Wednesday to widen veterans' choice program, allowing them to go anywhere for care. McCain's suggested bill would eliminate the ongoing limitation that experts can move out of the VA structure if they wait 30 days or reside over 40 miles away from a VA facility.

• California shooter was not fully investigated before U.S. visa was issued

  U.S. authorities in Pakistan could have sought - but did not - a full background security investigation of San Bernardino shooter Tashfeen Malik before granting her a visa to enter the United States in 2014, according to a U.S. official familiar with the matter.

• U.S. soldier Bergdahl may face life sentence in court-martial over desertion

  U.S. Army Sergeant Bowe Bergdahl, who walked away from his post in Afghanistan and became a Taliban prisoner for five years, will face court-martial with a potential life sentence, the Army said on Monday.

• McCain calls on Pentagon to clarify South China Sea patrol

  The chairman of the influential U.S. Senate Armed Services committee has called on the Pentagon to clarify publicly the legal intent of a U.S. patrol last month within 12 nautical miles of an island China has built in the South China Sea.

• Under pressure from the right, House Speaker Boehner quits

  U.S. House of Representatives Speaker John Boehner will leave Congress at the end of October after struggling with repeated rebellions by conservatives during a tumultuous five-year reign as the chamber's top Republican.

• Some Guantanamo inmates would go to U.S. under new plan: Obama aide

  A plan being drafted for closing the Guantanamo military jail will call for the transfer to U.S. prisons of possibly dozens of inmates deemed too dangerous to release, President Barack Obama’s counter terrorism adviser said, setting up a fight with congressional opponents.

• Trump tops CNN poll of 2016 Republicans, says he leads 'movement'

  Real estate magnate Donald Trump moved to the top of the 2016 Republican presidential field in a CNN poll released on Sunday, edging out rival Jeb Bush and gaining support from Republicans in the last month despite a series of controversial statements.

• White House says it is drafting plan to close Guantanamo

  The White House said on Wednesday it was in the final stage of drafting a plan for closing the Guantanamo prison for foreign terrorism suspects, racing against time to resolve one of President Barack Obama's most intractable problems.

• Here's one White House hopeful who wants to get big money out of politics

  U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham has an unusual message for a potential Republican presidential candidate: He wants to stem the flow of unregulated money in politics.

• Iran's Khamenei says could accept fair nuclear compromise

  Iran's supreme leader said on Sunday he could accept a compromise in nuclear talks and gave his strongest defense yet of President Hassan Rouhani's decision to negotiate with the West, a policy opposed by powerful hardliners at home.

• John McCain calls protesters 'scum,' tells them to 'shut up'

  U.S. Senator John McCain had a blunt message for demonstrators chanting for the arrest of Henry Kissinger at a Senate Armed Forces Committee hearing on Thursday: "Get out of here, you low-life-scum."

• Potential Republican presidential candidates compete for support in Iowa

  Potential Republican presidential candidates for 2016 jockeyed for support from conservatives in the early voting state of Iowa on Saturday, and some raised doubts about the prospects for party front runners Mitt Romney and Jeb Bush.

• U.S. prosecutors recommend criminal charges against Petraeus - N.Y. Times

  The FBI and Justice Department prosecutors have recommended bringing criminal charges against former CIA chief David Petraeus for improperly providing classified information to a female Army Reserve officer with whom he was having an affair, the New York Times reported on Friday.

• McCain blocks Obama's pick as No.2 diplomat over Iraq policy

  U.S. Senator John McCain said on Thursday he is blocking President Barack Obama's nomination of Anthony Blinken as the country's number two diplomat, citing sharp disagreement with the nominee's past statements on Iraq.

• Hagel, under pressure, resigns as U.S. defense secretary

  U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel resigned on Monday, leaving under pressure as President Barack Obama faces critical national security challenges, including fighting Islamic State in Iraq and Syria and revising plans to exit Afghanistan.

• Courting Vietnam, U.S. prepares to ease arms embargo

  Nearly 40 years after the United States helicoptered its last soldiers out of Vietnam in an ignominious retreat, Washington is moving closer to lifting an arms embargo on its former enemy, with initial sales likely to help Hanoi deal with growing naval challenges from China.

• Obama faces bipartisan criticism over his foreign policy

  President Barack Obama faced criticism over his foreign policy from both Democratic and Republican lawmakers on Sunday as he wrestled with crises in Iraq, Syria, Libya and Ukraine.

• Obama faces bipartisan criticism over his foreign policy

  President Barack Obama faced criticism over his foreign policy from both Democratic and Republican lawmakers on Sunday as he wrestled with crises in Iraq, Syria, Libya and Ukraine.