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WASHINGTON – A runoff vote is very likely between incumbent Afghan President Hamid Karzai and his closest challenger in the country’s highly contested election, Karzai’s ambassador to the United States said Thursday. Said Tayeb Jawad predicted the runoff would follow an announcement expected within days by the U.N.-backed electoral commission …

HAYWARD, Calif. – Northern California investigators probing two old kidnapping cases say some of the bone fragments found on the property of a man charged in a separate abduction are likely from animals. Hayward police Lt. Chris Orrey said Thursday that preliminary test results from some fragments collected on Phillip …

This is a rush transcript of “Special Report With Bret Baier” from June 19, 2009. This copy may not be in its final form and may be updated. (BEGIN VIDEO CLIP) ROBERT GATES, U.S. DEFENSE SECRETARY: The ground based interceptors are clearly in a position to take action. So without …