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Texas Rep. Paul spoke with supporter in New Hampshire last night after placing second in the 2012 primary, behind former governor Mitt Romney. Read the full text of Paul's speech here, where he claimed victory for the cause of liberty and said his campaign was nipping at [Romney's] heels.

Texas Congressman Ron Paul has pulled in a big chunk of the votes in both states where Republicans have voted on potential nominees.

Mitt Romney is poised for a big win at the New Hampshire 2012 primary. But if he takes the Republican nomination from Ron Paul, Paul's supporters won't be toeing the party line. Numerous voters and supporters are planning on writing in Paul's name on the ballot in November if he fails to secure the GOP nomination.

It is unclear who the target for this attack might have been and no group has yet claimed responsibility for it.

Amir Mirzai Hekmati, an American of Iranian descent, “confessed” to espionage before the court in Teheran.

The split goes all the way back to the death of the Prophet Muhammad in the year 632 and it had to do with succession.

An American man, who was arrested last month with charges of working for the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), has been sentenced to death by an Iranian court.

When U.S. Army Cpl. Jesse Thorsen delivered a speech at Ron Paul's caucus night rally in Iowa on Tuesday, he never expected to become a pseudo-symbol. By the time he finished speaking, the 28-year-old would come to embody a breed of supporter seemingly unique to the Ron Paul universe: The War-Weary Veteran.

Army officials finally conceded that Private Danny Chen, a 19-year-old Chinese American, was subject to repeated cases of abuse by fellow service members.

Travel and tourism are among the world’s leading economic forces and each journey we take makes a statement about our priorities and commitment to change.

President Barack Obama revealed that the United States will be sending more troops to the Asia-Pacific, a move that China was quick to criticize on Friday.

U.S. Army Cpl. Jesse Thorsen took the stage at Ron Paul's caucus night rally in Iowa on Tuesday with a few things on his mind. By the time he finished speaking, the 28-year-old would come to embody a breed of supporter seemingly unique to the Ron Paul universe: The War-Weary Veteran.

Anonymous, the leaderless hacktivist collective, has targeted New York's top officials, companies and organizations as part of one of its latest operations.

After more than four months in captivity, the Pakistani Taliban on Thursday released 17 teenage boys after they mistakenly crossed the Afghan border in September, according to a senior Pakistani government official.

President Barack Obama unveiled a defense strategy on Thursday that calls for greater U.S. military presence in Asia and envisions cutting troops in Europe as the Pentagon seeks to reduce spending by nearly half a trillion dollars after a decade of war.

The Obama administration will unveil a more realistic vision for the military Thursday, with plans to cut tens of thousands of ground troops and invest more in air and sea power at a time of fiscal restraint, officials familiar with the plans said Wednesday.

Incidents like the firebombing attacks that swept through Queens this past weekend are sadly all-too-familiar for many members of the city's minority religious communities, which have been plagued by periodic flare-ups of violence and vitriol ever since Sept. 11, 2001.

Rick Santorum surprised voters Tuesday by nearly winning the Iowa Caucus, the first indication in the 2012 Election as to which candidate may win the Republican nomination. Santorum was only eight votes shy of Mitt Romney, the GOP frontrunner, and the Caucus has been deemed an essential tie between the two leading candidates. Here are the thirteen top political, social and economic issues and Santorum's position on the issues.

Ron Paul’s 2012 campaign is the only hope of ending the political theater of Democrats vs Republicans.

The United States is debating whether to transfer Mohammed Fazl, a senior Taliban official suspected of various human rights violations, into Afghan custody, in an effort to improve relations with the country

Lt. Col. Karl Trenker, a U.S. Marine veteran shot several times by a Craigslist buyer on Dec. 21, had to uses his fingers to plug his bullet wounds. Trenker said he knew he got shot, but what he didn't know was how many times.