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Obama nominates Brennan for CIA chief, Hagel for Defense secretary
WASHINGTON -- President Obama tapped two controversial figures to lead his national security team Monday, and warned that any delays caused by a confirmation fight would put the safety of the country at risk. When it comes to national security, Obama...
Tags: Republican Party, Chuck Hagel, John Kerry, Central Intelligence Agency, Susan Rice
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As Another Base-Closing Threat Looms, Groton is Ready
The Hartford CourantThe Pentagon is likely to seek another round of base closings in Obama's upcoming budget proposal and this time, unlike last year, it won't go away easily. That's the assessment from Bob Ross, director of the state's Office of Military Affairs -- who'...Tags: Joe Courtney, M. Jodi Rell, Bob Ross, Groton, Leon Panetta
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Statehood for District of Columbia could get another look
WASHINGTON -- Hail to the 51st state. Statehood for the District of Columbia is a long way off, but retiring Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.) has introduced the New Columbia Admissions Act to put the issue on the front burner on Capitol Hill. "It is...
Tags: Republican Party, Joe Lieberman, Politics, Barbara Boxer, Washington, DC
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Obama to nominate John Kerry to be next secretary of state
WASHINGTON – President Obama will nominate John F. Kerry, the five-term senator from Massachusetts, to replace Hillary Rodham Clinton as secretary of state, White House sources confirmed, choosing a longtime political ally who shares much of his...Tags: John McCain, Howard Lawrence Berman, Republican Party, Politics, Barack Obama
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Congress' defense budget and more funding for Enterprise planning
House and Senate military budget writers have agreed on a $633 billion defense authorization bill that in some cases goes beyond Pentagon suggested spending levels for programs. Perhaps most significantly to Hampton Roads (and southeastern Connecticut),...Tags: Defense, Newport News Shipbuilding, Shipbuilding, Hampton Roads, Groton
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Where do our tax dollars go? Mostly to the military
Republicans say they will not cooperate on raising the debt limit in mid-February unless Democrats agree to cut spending by an equivalent amount ("Trouble ahead," Jan. 2). What these trillions of tax dollars are allocated for is instructive. The...Tags: Annapolis, Republican Party, Democratic Party, Military Equipment
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The Hagel litmus test
First, critics went after U.N. Ambassador Susan Rice and unfairly short-circuited her candidacy to be secretary of State. Now, a similar campaign is being waged against former Sen. Chuck Hagel (R-Neb.), who reportedly is President Obama's choice to be...Tags: Religion and Belief, Lobbying, Israel, Politics, The New York Times
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PREP PLUS: Changes ahead for Central football
In fall 2013, the Eastern South Dakota Conference football teams will move to an eight-game season schedule. The ESD squads will still play two non-conference opponents and six conference matchups. The ESD will grow to nine teams next fall with the...
Tags: Sports, South Dakota High School Activities Association, High School Sports, Football, Foot Locker Incorporated
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Pentagon to send missiles, 400 troops to Turkey
INCIRLIK AIR BASE, Turkey (AP) — The U.S. will send two batteries of Patriot missiles and 400 troops to Turkey as part of a NATO force meant to protect Turkish territory from potential Syrian missile attack, the Pentagon said Friday. Defense...
Tags: NATO, Netherlands, Physical Fitness and Exercise, Politics, Missile Systems
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Construction is complete on behemoth airship; first flight planned
A massive cargo-carrying airship has taken shape inside one of the 17-story wooden blimp hangars at the former military base in Tustin. According to aircraft maker Worldwide Aeros Corp., construction is complete on a 36,000-pound blimp-like aircraft...
Tags: Air Transportation Industry, Military Equipment
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Military families worried by US fiscal cliff cuts
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Emerging from more than a decade at war, military families are confronting a new worry at home: the prospect that a deal between Congress and the White House over federal spending cuts could chip away at military health...
Tags: Health Insurance Cost, Fiscal Cliff, Politics, Barack Obama, Leon Panetta
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John Boehner takes Republican Party over cliff
Well, what do you know? We didn't go over the fiscal cliff, after all. In the end, the country was spared. Only the Republican Party was destroyed. Or, at least, severely damaged. Thanks to John Boehner. Commentators quickly ran out of words to describe...
Tags: Public Finance, Republican Party, Fiscal Cliff, Politics, John Boehner
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