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erance toward gay marriage with many Republican voters in their 20s, 30s and 40s calling for acceptance.
• Taken together, the issues offer an early test for a Republican Party looking for a White House winner after back-to-back Democratic victories and seeking to transform itself amid rapidly changing public opinion toward acceptance on these and other cultural matters.
• Republican strategists say both topics serve as gateway issues for many voters. If the party's tone on immigration or gay marriage sounds too intolerant, they say, it could prevent voters from listening on other issues.
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Taliban hit NATO supply compound in Kabul, kill 6 in latest high-profile attack in Afghanistan
• KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) -- Taliban suicide attackers blew up a truck bomb early Tuesday at the gates of a NATO supply company's compound in Kabul and sprayed gunfire at security personnel, killing four guards and two civilians, Afghan officials said.
• The morning attack was the latest in a series targeting high-profile locations in the Afghan capital. The attacks have made clear the Taliban have no intention of ending the violence, even as they say they are willing to enter peace negotiations.
• Tuesday's attack started before dawn, when a suicide bomber drove a small truck to the outer gate of the logistics center used to supply NATO troops and detonated it. The explosion made a massive crater in the ground and damaged a guard tower, said Kabul provincial police chief Mohammad Ayuob Salangi.
• Two truck drivers waiting nearby to enter the compound were also killed in the blast, along with the bomber.
• Three gunmen then stormed into the breach and battled with security guards for more than an hour before being killed. Four Nepalese security guards were also killed, Salangi said.
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Officials in the Florida Keys stop debating sea level rise, start adjusting infrastructure
• KEY WEST, Fla. (AP) -- Hurricane storm surge can inundate the narrow, low-lying Florida Keys, but that is far from the only water worry for officials.
• A tidal gauge operating since before the Civil War has documented a sea level rise of 9 inches in the last century, and officials expect that to double over the next (Continued on page 29)
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