Via Truthout: News in Brief: Delta Charges Returning Soldiers for Baggage, and More ...

Soldiers returning home from Afghanistan said they had to pay Delta Air Lines $2,800 in out-of-pocket fees to check their extra bags; Speaker of the House John Boehner (R-Ohio) has more than doubled the expense account checks he cashes every month; a two-year study by the Senate Foreign Relations Committee's Democratic majority found that the $320 million a month in foreign aid spent in Afghanistan should focus on sustainability, rather than the short-term stabilization programs in regions where the Taliban is the strongest; New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie announced plans to significantly scale back public broadcasting produced in the state by giving New York's WNET-TV control over the New Jersey Network.

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