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U.S. government use of surrogates is routine, though CIA outsourcing has declined. In the wake of reports citing Blackwater, ex-officials note some needs for contracting.

Nikolai Gogol (1809-1852) was a Ukrainian who wrote stories and plays in the Russian language. Gogol was influenced by his observations of society and his own heritage.

The United States produced the first woman to achieve the rank of three-star general in the U.S. Army. General Kennedy has paved a path of courage and conviction.

Following the failed invasion of Cuba, the CIA prepares a special audit of the mistakes that were made. Its content was held secret for 36 years.

A naval adventurer who saw service from New Orleans to the Yalu River and back over the last half of the 19th Century.

Brief biography of Russian novelist, playwright, and short-story writer Nikolai Gogol, famous for masterpiece epic Dead Souls, a satirical long short-story fiction.

According to a new report, proper monitoring of registered sex offender, Phillip Garrido could have resulted in kidnapped Jaycee Dugard being rescued sooner.

In 2005, Roxana Silvia Ciopei applied for a Social Security Card and was issued one in the wrong name. For more than four years, she has fought to get a new card.

The Social Security Administration (SSA) claims that it is the "face of the government." For one poor Romanian student, the 'face' displayed is one of broken promises.

The second part of 'Russian Dramatic Greats' focuses on the dramatic works of Nikolai Gogol and on his innovative contributions to19th century Russian theatre.

The mission of the Social Security Administration (SSA) is to serve the public. For a poor Romanian student, that service also has included incompetence and tax problems.

Jubilation on the streets of Colombo. President Mahinda Rajapaksa talks of a "home grown solution," encourages the Tamil diaspora to come back and help in nation-building

The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) is missing dozens of historical documents and items, and no one knows where they are or how they disappeared.

Hospitals brace themselves for more financial troubles as Medicare's Recovery Audit Contractors (RACs) begin nationwide claims audits in fall 2009 and calendar year 2010.

Baron von Steuben trained soldiers at Valley Forge during the American Revolution and enacted important regulations for the training and maintaining of the American Army.

The German officer took George Washington's disparate fighters and molded them into a disciplined army that would go on to win the Revolutionary War.

Mortgage fraud in America led to the recent crisis in the financial lending industry that was caused by misrepresentation and outright lies about income and employment.

US presidential candidates are arguing about the destruction caused by the North American Free Trade Agreement. Make it fair or get rid of it, is their claim.

A 2004 report by the CIA's Inspector General (IG) on interrogation techniques carried out by the US's foremost intelligence agency has renewed the debate on torture.

The veteran troops of the 25th Infantry found themselves in a battle they could not win in 1906.

Brief biography of French scientist André-Marie Ampère who laid the foundation of electromagnetism, he called electrodynamics.

CASA volunteers are making a difference in the lives of foster children. How the program got its start and why it is so effective in the lives of the children it touches.

The National Commission on Surface Transportation Infrastructure Financing has called for a federal gas tax increase of greater than 50%, claiming a 2009 fund shortfall.

Medicare fraud steals billions of dollars a year from taxpayers. This article will explain how to identify Medicare fraud and how to protect against false claims.

In 2007, the ACLU and other groups pushed against censorship of religious books in American prisons; but, does religious censorship still linger today?

In 1914, Europe was a powder keg waiting for a spark to ignite it. The spark was the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria-Hungary by Black Hand terrorists

Ex-FEMA director Michael Brown & the Army Corp of Engineers fell to widespread criticism & governmental investigation after the costliest natural disaster in US history.