The State Department said it had received indications that chlorine gas was used in an attack in Syria this month, which the US is investigating with the assistance of the UN and the OPCW. A court ordered the Justice Department to release parts of a classified document that provided justification for the killing of al Qaeda ideologue Anwar al Awlaki. The US has agreed to give up its supervision of domain names on the Internet. Obama administration officials are considering leaving a residual US military force in Afghanistan of fewer than 5,000 troops, less than half the minimum recommended by General Joe Dunford, the head of US and NATO forces in Afghanistan.
