The United States has decided to reverse a recent decision to change the national classification of islands at the center of a territorial dispute between Japan and South Korea, a U.S. official said Wednesday.
President Bush approved an order Wednesday that rewrites the rules governing spying by U.S. intelligence agencies, both in the United States and abroad, and strengthens the authority of the national intelligence director, according to a U.S. official and government documents.
Growing ballistic missile threats from rogue states and concerns about ballooning costs were behind the Navy's recent decision to end a new destroyer fleet after just two ships, a senior service official said Thursday.
