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Sequestration would mean massive loss of jobs at depot
waynesboro@herald-mail.comLetterkenny Army Depot stands to be one of the biggest losers if the federal sequestration cuts take place as scheduled in one week. According to the U.S. Department of Defense, the depot would absorb spending reductions of more than $449 million....Tags: Robert P. Casey, Jr., Barack Obama, Richard L. Alloway, II, Franklin County (Pennsylvania), Government Health Care
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DOD: Budget cuts could have big impact on Letterkenny Depot
The Department of Defense said it would have to cut $154.9 million from its civilian payroll in Pennsylvania — including Letterkenny Army Depot — if automatic spending cuts take effect next month. The military faces $500 billion in budget...
Tags: Franklin County (Pennsylvania), Government Debt, Scranton, Leon Panetta
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Obama promises swift reaction to N. Korean nuke test
Associated PressPresident Barack Obama reacted sharply to North Korea's nuclear test Tuesday, promising swift international action to bring the rogue communist regime in line. The detonation came hours before the president's State of the Union address, where he was...Tags: Barack Obama, Russia, Nuclear Policy, International Military Interventions, China
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W.Va. air show won't include open house at Air Guard facility
matthew.umstead@herald-mail.comThe open house planned as part of the Thunder Over the Blue Ridge Air Show in May will not be held due to Defense Department budget cuts and “fiscal uncertainty,” organizers said Tuesday. With the change, the air show on May 11 and 12 now...Tags: U.S. Army, U.S. Air Force, Government Debt
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Local veterans plan events to mark 60th anniversary of end of Korean War
dan.dearth@herald-mail.comLocal Korean War veterans plan to mark the 60th anniversary of that conflict’s end with a number of events, including the dedication of a granite memorial in Hagerstown. John Koontz, 80, and Jim Mobley, 84, who are members of Antietam Chapter No....Tags: Roxbury, International Military Interventions, Hagerstown (Washington, Maryland), Wars and Interventions, Human Interest
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Group seeks World War II veterans to tell their stories
dan.dearth@herald-mail.comThe Potomac Highlands World War II Roundtable is seeking veterans who want to tell their stories of serving in the military as part of a preservation project sponsored by the Friends of the National World War II Memorial in Washington, D.C. Potomac...Tags: World War II (1939-1945), American Legion, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Human Interest
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Obama, Afghan leader agree to speed military transition
Associated PressPresident Barack Obama and Afghan President Hamid Karzai said Friday they have agreed to speed up slightly the schedule for moving Afghanistan's security forces into the lead across the country, with U.S. troops shifting fully to a support role. The...Tags: NATO, Barack Obama, International Military Interventions, Politics, Pakistan
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Retired Gen. Schwarzkopf, U.S. commander in Desert Storm, dies
Associated PressTruth is, retired Gen. H. Norman Schwarzkopf didn’t care much for his popular “Stormin’ Norman” nickname. The seemingly no-nonsense Desert Storm commander’s reputed temper with aides and subordinates supposedly earned him...Tags: Politics, West Point, Tampa, Nature Conservancy, Wars and Interventions
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William B. Bundick, 79
William “Bill” Bryan Bundick of Clear Spring, Md., passed away Dec. 28, 2012, at the age of 79, in Winchester, Va. Bill was preceded in death by his grandparents, Oscar and Lillie Barnes; his mother, Theodosia Barnes Truitt; his father,...
Tags: Shriners, Entertainment, Wallops Island (Accomack, Virginia), Washington, DC, Cumberland (Allegany, Maryland)
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Chambersburg Community Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Service set for Jan. 20
The annual Chambersburg Community Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Service will be Sunday, Jan. 20, at 3 p.m. at St. Paul United Methodist Church at 750 Norland Ave. in Chambersburg. The service, which celebrates the ongoing spiritual impact of King&...Tags: Panama, Colleges and Universities, Martin Luther King Jr., Human Interest
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Cliff averted, it's on to the next fiscal crisis
Associated PressOnward to the next fiscal crisis. Actually, several of them, potentially. The New Year’s Day deal averting the “fiscal cliff” lays the groundwork for more combustible struggles in Washington over taxes, spending and debt in the next...Tags: Democratic Party, Barack Obama, Government Health Care, Politics, John Boehner
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2012: A year of remembering the past, and celebrating individual, group achievements
Big Slackwater Oct. 13 — Images of the old Chesapeake & Ohio Canal, which had faded with time, were resurrected in 2012. The 2.7-mile section of the towpath known as Big Slackwater was closed after flooding in 1996 and it deteriorated into a...
Tags: Wars and Interventions, Antietam National Battlefield, Korean War (1950-1953), Awards and Prizes, Armed Conflicts
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