The USS George Washington will join military drills off the Korean peninsula. The U.S. says the drills were planned before North Korea’s attack that killed four people.

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U.S. sends ships to Korean peninsula

Start your drills: The government will lift its moratorium on deepwater oil drilling in the Gulf of Mexico “very soon”-probably this week, according to White House spokesman Robert Gibbs. New rules will be in place when the ban is lifted, including a…

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Drilling Ban to Be Lifted This Week