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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: Republican Party, Al-Qaeda, U.S. Congress, U.S. House Committee on Armed Services, Politics
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Letterkenny furlough reduced to 11 days
roxann.miller@herald-mail.comEmployees at Letterkenny Army Depot are facing fewer furlough days than originally expected — workers are looking at 11 days without pay rather than 14. The 11 days are down from the 14 that the Pentagon advised would be needed, and only half of...Tags: Personal Finance, Employees, Unemployment, Layoffs and Downsizing, Career and Workplace
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Rebecca Reath Bigelow, 95
Rebecca Reath Bigelow, 95, of Keedysville, Md., passed away Monday, April 29, 2013, at Fahrney-Keedy Home and Village in Boonsboro, Md. Reath, as she was known by all, was born Nov. 9, 1917, in Patoka, Ill., to Augusta and Ezra John Painter. Her...Tags: Philippines, Coca-Cola Co., Radio Industry, Religion and Belief, U.S. Navy
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Howard K. Daniels, 97
Howard Kenneth Daniels, 97, went to be with the Lord on Friday, May 10, 2013. Born May 4, 1916, in Shenandoah Junction, W.Va., he was the son of the late John Hendricks Daniels and Lula Mae McKee Daniels. Ken was a graduate of Shepherdstown High School,...
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South Korean president thanks Korean War veterans
dan.dearth@herald-mail.comThe president of South Korea thanked a group of local Korean War veterans for helping set the cornerstone of a 60-year partnership between her country and the United States during a dinner Tuesday in Washington, D.C. Les Bishop, commander of Antietam...Tags: International Military Interventions, Veterans Affairs, Park Geun-hye, Wars and Interventions, United Nations
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Obama: U.S. military action an option if Syria used chemical weapons
Associated PressPresident Barack Obama strongly suggested Tuesday he'd consider military action against Syria if it can be confirmed that President Bashar Assad's government used chemical weapons in the two-year-old civil war. At a White House news conference, the...Tags: Boston Marathon Bombing (2013), Republican Party, Tamerlan Tsarnaev, U.S. Congress, U.S. Department of Homeland Security
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Tri-State-area lawmakers answer questions about sequester and its impact
The massive federal budget cuts commonly referred to as the sequester will be felt nationwide and will lead to furloughs at places such as Letterkenny Army Depot in Chambersburg, Pa., while the 167th Airlift Wing in Martinsburg, W.Va., is facing layoffs,...
Tags: Government Debt, Benjamin L. Cardin, Federal Aviation Administration, Public Employees, U.S. Congress
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Letterkenny Army Depot earns ninth Shingo medallion for excellence in manufacturing
waynesboro@herald-mail.comLetterkenny Army Depot on Thursday celebrated receiving its ninth Shingo medallion for excellence in manufacturing at a time when federal budget cuts are forcing operational changes. “Letterkenny will continue to raise the bar for itself,...Tags: Government Debt, U.S. Army, Nobel Prize Awards, Layoffs and Downsizing, Entertainment Events
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W.Va. science camps face threatening budget cuts
Starbase is in danger. It sounds like something from science fiction, but it’s serious. The science, technology, engineering and math camp, administered by the U.S. Department of Defense on 76 military bases nationwide, is facing threats to...
Tags: Science, Education, Elementary Schools, Teaching and Learning, Engineering
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Marine kills two colleagues at Va. base, then takes own life
Associated PressA 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 not release a motive or...Tags: FBI, Shootings, Armed Conflicts, Physical Fitness and Exercise, Politics
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House passes stopgap spending bill, avoiding government shutdown
Associated PressThe House has passed a huge stopgap spending bill to keep the government open through the end of September, sidestepping any threat of a government shutdown. The bipartisan 318-109 vote sends the measure to President Barack Obama to be signed into law....Tags: Barack Obama
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Seven Marines from N.C. unit killed in mortar explosion at Nev. depot
Associated PressA 60mm mortar explosion killed seven Marines and injured a half-dozen more during a training exercise in the Nevada desert, prompting the Pentagon to immediately halt the use of the weapon worldwide until an investigation can determine its safety, a...Tags: Credit and Debt, Physical Fitness and Exercise, Explosions, U.S. Army, Camp Lejeune (military base)
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