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North Korea says peninsula is in 'state of war'
SEOUL — North Korea warned Seoul on Saturday that the Korean Peninsula had entered “a state of war” and threatened to shut down a border factory complex that's the last major symbol of inter-Korean cooperation. The latest statement...
Tags: U.S. Military, Pyongyang (North Korea), South Korea, Military Equipment, Kim Jong Un
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Pentagon struggles with high cost of health care
WASHINGTON (AP) — The loud, insistent calls in Washington to rein in the rising costs of Social Security and Medicare ignore a major and expensive entitlement program — the military's health care system. Despite dire warnings from three...
Tags: Washington, DC, Employees, Health Insurance Cost, Defense, General Motors Corp.
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Kerry in show of unity with Afghanistan's Karzai
KABUL – Secretary of State John Kerry joined Afghan President Hamid Karzai on Monday for a public show of unity, declaring that the two allies “are on the same page” despite weeks of unprecedented friction. Kerry, who has played a...
Tags: Hamid Karzai, U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, Pakistan, Politics, Prisons
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Congress urges tuition assistance be reinstated
Rep. Juan Vargas, D-Chula Vista, joined other members of Congress to urge Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel to immediately reinstate the tuition assistance program that the Army, Marines and Air Force have all suspended. The members of Congress wrote a...Tags: Juan Vargas, U.S. Department of Defense, U.S. Congress
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Can Hagel reshape the Pentagon?
Chuck Hagel, the former Republican senator from Nebraska who survived a stormy confirmation hearing to become the new secretary of defense, had a coming-out party of sorts last week before the National Defense University, the government's graduate...Tags: September 11, 2001 Attacks, Defense, Politics, Wars and Interventions, Joe Biden
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Marine fatally shoots 2 and kills self in Quantico base rampage, officials say
A Marine killed two fellow military staffers at Marine Corps Base Quantico in Virginia, then killed himself in what appeared to be an isolated incident, military officials said on Friday. There was no immediate explanation for the motive of the gunman...
Tags: Shootings, Defense, Unrest, Conflicts and War, U.S. Department of Defense, Physical Fitness and Exercise
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Three dead, including suspect, in Marine base shooting
QUANTICO, Va. (AP) — A Marine who worked at an officer candidates school fatally shot two of his colleagues before killing himself in a barracks dorm room, officials said. The Marine's colleagues were a man and a woman. Military officials did...
Tags: Shootings, Punishment, U.S. Department of Defense, Physical Fitness and Exercise, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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Standing with Rand, nervously
WASHINGTON -- "Stand with Rand," urged placards at the annual Conservative Political Action Conference, where Sen. Rand Paul won last weekend's presidential straw poll, cementing the Kentucky Republican's status as a favorite of the conservative movement....Tags: Illegal Immigrants, Federal Reserve, Same-Sex Marriage, Heritage Foundation, Politics
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On anniversary of Iraq war, legislators petition for Medal of Honor for Marine
L.A. NOWOn the 10th anniversary of the start of U.S.-led operations in Iraq, a bipartisan group of legislators in Washington submitted a resolution calling for the Medal of Honor to be awarded to Marine Sgt. Rafael Peralta of San Diego, killed...... -
Weigh what you hear on the 'news'
With focus now on Lincoln and other celebrated figures in American history, we hear discussions of what they would think, do or say today. Since they can't speak now for themselves, no certain answers are to be found. That doesn't stop discussions,...
Tags: Comedy Central (tv network), Entertainment, Politics, Television Industry, Radio
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Transcript: Rand Paul's filibuster of John Brennan's CIA nomination
Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) delivered a nearly 13-hour filibuster Wednesday of John Brennan’s nomination to lead the CIA. Paul used his time on the floor to question the legality of the White House's policies on drone use, beginning at 11:47 a.m. EST and...
Tags: Nancy Pelosi, Aircraft Hijacking, Military Justice, Crime, Law and Justice, Libyan Civil War (2011)
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Baltimore sailor says he was told not to report rape
After he was raped by a fellow Navy sailor, Brian Lewis wanted justice. What he got, the Baltimore man told a Senate panel Wednesday, was an order to keep quiet. When commanders learned of the attack, Lewis said, he was told not to report it to...
Tags: Rape, Prosecution, Kirsten Gillibrand, Military Justice, Crime, Law and Justice
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