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The White House has clearly determined that it cannot succeed in bringing security and stability to Afghanistan, says Jeremi Suri. The United States will leave as quickly as it can, providing vague and limited assurances of support for the country.

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Hours before the official announcement that President Barack Obama had landed in Kabul, Afghanistan for a surprise visit, the media -- both social and electronic -- were already buzzing with reports about the trip.

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President Barack Obama arrives in Richmond this weekend for his first official campaign visit to the battleground state of Virginia, a hyped rally that is mobilizing both Republican and Democratic ground troops for the general election.

Defendant was found to have consented to a search of his car after the stop was based on knowledge of a warrant. He was at least twice told he could refuse consent. And “[h]e did not interview with the Pretrial Services Officer so the amount of his education is not available; he appears intelligent enough making a practice of not consenting to a search or refusing to speak to the Pretrial Services Officer; there was no problem with his language ability.” United States v. Capps, 2012 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 60054 (E.D. Mo. February 24, 2012).*

Defendant was found to have consented. Even if he hadn’t, the drugs would inevitably have been found by an inventory search on impoundment because the officers already knew that the LPN didn’t belong with the car. United States v. Capps, 2012 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 60055 (E.D. Mo. April 30, 2012).*

Defendant’s statutory argument that a city could not impose its city speed limit on unimproved land near the border is rejected. Peck v. State, 2012 Ida. App. LEXIS 31 (April 30, 2012).*

Defendant was detained for Miranda and Fourth Amendment purposes when he was found nearly dying in the desert and Border Patrol EMT’s questioned him. United States v. Vasquez-Corrales, 2012 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 59818 (D. Ariz. April 5, 2012).*

Second frisk by another officer was still reasonable because the first was “was hardly comprehensive,” and defendant’s actions strongly indicated he was hiding something. United States v. Roach, 2012 U.S. App. LEXIS 8768 (4th Cir. April 30, 2012):

Roach's conduct during the stop only heightened the officers' suspicion that he possessed a weapon. Roach was seen contorting his body, sitting "upright" and "half off the [front passenger's] seat." J.A. 74-75. While in that strange posture, he repeatedly thrust both hands behind him toward his pants and waistband area, all the while watching Officer Burnem, who was at the time preoccupied with the driver. Roach persisted in these movements, moreover, even after Officer Kruger opened the back door of the car and ordered Roach to put his hands up. Those movements, consistent with concealing or retrieving a weapon, would have led a reasonably prudent officer to fear for his or her safety. See United States v. Hamlin, 319 F.3d 666, 671-672 (4th Cir. 2003) (defendant's "repeated attempts to reach toward his groin area gave [the officer] reason to believe that [the defendant] was armed and dangerous"). Meanwhile, the driver's odd behavior upon being stopped — namely, exiting the vehicle rapidly while leaving the car door ajar — reinforced the officers' apprehension.

Given these circumstances, Roach appears to concede that Officer Kruger had sufficient justification to perform an initial Terry frisk for the presence of weapons. See Brief of Appellant at 13 ("Officer Kruger may have developed a reasonable suspicion to search Roach"). Roach argues, however, that any authority to frisk him under Terry vanished as soon as Officer Kruger's patdown uncovered no weapon. In Roach's view, any subsequent patdown was unlawful because Officer Kruger's failure to detect a weapon on him allayed any reasonable suspicion.

The perception of danger, however, did not dissipate with Officer Kruger's frisk. As an initial matter, Roach impeded Officer Kruger's patdown by defying his instructions. He repeatedly brought his hands and elbows down to his waistband area, sought to remain close to the car, and resisted spreading his feet apart. Those movements indicated that Roach was concerned about something Officer Kruger might find. Indeed, Officer Kruger testified that he was compelled to handcuff Roach during the frisk because Roach's movements caused him to be concerned "for officer safety." J.A. 82.

Michael Takiff says that despite a cool relationship in the past, the president needs the former president's help in his reelection campaign

As Secretary of State Hillary Clinton flew to China on Tuesday, President Barack Obama was tight-lipped about the whereabouts of escaped Chinese activist Chen Guangcheng and his potential impact on the discussions to be held this week in Beijing.

CNN's Dana Bash gets exclusive reaction from GOP Sen. John McCain about President Obama's surprise trip to Afghanistan.

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The wife of a former top aide to former presidential candidate John Edwards defended Tuesday her husband's motivations for writing a tell-all book about him.

On the first anniversary of bin Laden's death, President Obama travels to Afghanistan to advance a 2014 withdrawal plan.