Earlier this month, Mark O'Mara, defense attorney to Zimmerman, said that his witness would be given numbers as identities. O'Mara will submitted a list of witness to Judge Debra Nelson, while keeping their names unknown.
President Barrack Obama paid a visit to the hurricane Sandy ravaged regions of Staten Island New York on Thursday. New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, Governor Andrew Cuomo, Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano, and New York Sen. Chuck Schumer joined the president on his visit to area.
Superstorm Sandy drove new claims for jobless benefits to a 1-1/2 year high last week, a sign the deadly storm could hold back economic growth by leaving tens of thousands of people temporarily out of work.
The Secretary of Defense, Leon Panetta told reporters on Wednesday, "No one should leap to any conclusions here, Gen. Allen, who is still in command of some 68,000 U.S. troops in Afghanistan, certainly has my continued confidence to lead our forces and to continue the fight," as reported by CBS News.
