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Obama defends drone strikes, signs new guidelines for their use
Associated PressPresident Barack Obama on Thursday defended America's controversial drone attacks as legal, effective and a necessary linchpin in an evolving U.S. counterterrorism policy. But he acknowledged the targeted strikes are no "cure-all" and said he is haunted...Tags: Military Equipment, Eric Holder, U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary, Barack Obama, U.S. Congress
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Furlough days reduced for Letterkenny workers
roxann.miller@herald-mail.comWorkers at Letterkenny Army Depot will see a 22-day work furlough that was expected to begin this week as part of the federal budget sequester reduced by eight days, according to a depot spokeswoman. The United States Department of Defense has reduced...Tags: Chuck Hagel, Layoffs and Downsizing, Employees, Unemployment, U.S. Congress
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Letters to the Editor - March 20
Those opposed to stadium project should go to polls To the editor: The front page of The Herald-Mail certainly had some interesting news on a recent morning. Contrary to statements by the Suns part-owner, Mr. Dahbura, who said several months ago that...Tags: Primaries, Elections, Robert Byrd, Politics, Cumberland (Allegany, Maryland)
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Daily Press Feedback for June 17: Fear of bridges and tunnels, standard camouflage, traffic snarls
Fear of bridges, tunnels A front-page story in Sunday's Daily Press profiled people who have gephyrophobia, a fear of bridges and tunnels. Can you relate? •Erica Linde: Yes! I am extremely fearful of bridges. I don't know why either. I hate them!...Tags: Hampton Roads Bridge-Tunnel, Annapolis
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55K 'high-3' retirees due back pay might never see it
Last November an independent audit of the Military Retirement Fund uncovered a "significant deficiency" in the way the Defense Finance and Accounting Service (DFAS) has been calculating retired pay for about 15 percent of 370,000 retirees who are under...Tags: Finance, Accounting and Auditing, Congressional Budget Office, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Defense
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F-22 program produces few planes, soaring costs
When the U.S. sought to assure Asian allies that it would defend them against potential aggression by North Korea this spring, the Pentagon deployed its top-of-the-line jet fighter, the F-22 Raptor. But only two of the jets were sent screaming through...Tags: Armed Forces, Science and Technology, Military Equipment, Defense, New Products
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Rep. Rob Wittman-led panel may ask for clarity on camouflage
Before 2002, American combat forces fielded two patterns of camouflage. In succeeding years, the U.S. has introduced two more camouflage uniforms with a desert motif, another two considered must-wear for woodland and three with a universal pattern,...
Tags: Armed Forces, Military Equipment, Iraq, Tammy Duckworth, Politics
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Forbes, Wittman, receive Navy's top civilian honor
Two congressmen from Hampton Roads who chair panels on the House Armed Services Committee have received the Navy's Distinguished Public Servant Award, the highest civilian honor the service can bestow. Reps. Randy Forbes, R-Chesapeake, and Rep. Rob...Tags: Armed Forces, United States Naval Academy, Hampton Roads
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Base closing round hits another roadblock
The Obama administration's push to close additional military bases continues to face tough sledding in Congress. This week, a Senate Armed Services panel rejected a proposed Base Realignment and Closure commission for 2015, better known as BRAC. A...Tags: Armed Forces, Martinsville (Martinsville, Virginia), Military Equipment, Kelly Ayotte, Colleges and Universities
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House Armed Services won't put squeeze on personnel
By Tom Philpott The House Armed Services Committee has ignored warnings from the Joint Chiefs, the secretary of defense and, this week, from the most influential defense think tanks in Washington by approving a fiscal 2014 defense authorization bill that...Tags: Armed Forces, Jim Cooper, Susan Davis, TRICARE, Jackie Speier
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Our Voice: Noem fights good fight against sex assualts in military
The U.S. military is a culture unto itself, with its own set of rules and conduct. While the vast, vast majority in the service behave as proud and honorable heroes, the plague of sexual assaults in the armed forces is a disturbing trend. Rep....Tags: Armed Forces, Human Rights, Sex Crimes, U.S. Military, Kristi Noem
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Attorney: End abuse on sleep apnea claims
In 2001, the year U.S. forces invaded Afghanistan, 983 veterans began to draw disability compensation from the Department of Veterans Affairs for sleep apnea, a disorder linked to obesity and characterized by pauses in breathing during sleep that can...Tags: Sleep Apnea, Veterans Affairs, Overweight, Jeff Miller (Florida Politician), Obesity
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