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Pentagon: US Navy will Remain in Persian Gulf
Channel 2 NewsThe Pentagon says U.S. warships will continue to sail in the Persian Gulf despite an Iranian warning to stay away. Pentagon press secretary George Little issued a written statement Tuesday saying that the U.S. Navy presence in the Gulf is in compliance...Tags: Aircraft Carriers, Petroleum Industry, U.S. Navy, Washington, DC, Iran
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Pentagon Cuts Could Impact Alaska
Channel 2 NewsA plan by the Obama administration to refocus and shrink the U.S. military presence around the globe could have a significant impact on Alaska. The Pentagon says Asia is now its primary focus -- especially unstable North Korea, where new leader Kim...Tags: Mark Begich, Lisa Murkowski, U.S. Military, Kim Jong Un, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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Army Charges 8 Soldiers for Pvt. Chen Death
Channel 2 NewsThe U.S. Army has charged eight American soldiers in connection in the death of a Fort Wainwright Stryker soldier who authorities say apparently shot himself in Afghanistan after being assaulted and taunted with racial insults by his comrades. Pvt. Danny...Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, Murder, Armed Forces, Prosecution, Facebook
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Fallout of fear
Chicago Tribune reporterHalf a century ago, the unthinkable became all too thinkable as the Soviet Union and the United States engaged in a game of chicken, played with nuclear bombs. On Oct. 22, 1962, President John F. Kennedy went on television to announce that the Soviet...Tags: Science and Technology, John F. Kennedy, Bridgeport (Chicago, Illinois), Chicago City Council, Russia
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AP sources: Panetta opens combat roles to women
WASHINGTON (AP) — Senior defense officials say Pentagon chief Leon Panetta is removing the military's ban on women serving in combat, opening hundreds of thousands of front-line positions and potentially elite commando jobs after more than a...
Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, Washington, DC, Joint Chiefs of Staff, Defense
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Newly cleared, Gen. Allen to command NATO
WASHINGTON — The White House will go ahead with nominating Marine Gen. John Allen to be top U.S. commander in Europe, following an investigation by the Pentagon inspector general that found his emails with a Florida woman were not improper....
Tags: John Allen, Central Intelligence Agency, Police Investigations, Washington, DC, Paula Broadwell
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Defense Worries A Microcosm Of CT Economy
The Hartford CourantThere's good news and bad news for Connecticut in the Pentagon's spending strategy for the next several years, and that reflects what's happening in the state's economy overall. The bad news is that defense spending in the state will decline by about 10...Tags: Bob Ross, Connecticut Technology Council, U.S. Congress, Connecticut Economic Development, Consumer Confidence
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Fred Kaplan's 'The Insurgents' takes on Petraeus and policy
-------------------- The Insurgents David Petraeus and the Plot to Change the American Way of War Fred Kaplan Simon & Schuster: 400 pp, $28 -------------------- Everyone knows — or thinks they know — about the influence exerted by the...Tags: Rebellions, Hamid Karzai, Wars and Interventions, Central Intelligence Agency, West Point
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Pentagon planning to ferry more French troops, gear to Mali
WASHINGTON -- After a weeklong delay while the Obama administration debated whether to assist French forces fighting in Mali, the Pentagon is planning to begin ferrying additional French troops and equipment to the West African nation in coming days...
Tags: U.S. Air Force, Western Africa, Armed Forces, Al-Qaeda, Washington, DC
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Why Connecticut's Jobs Machine Is Sputtering
The Hartford CourantAs the year draws to a close, Connecticut, more than most states, remains hostage to the fiscal cliff talks in Washington D.C. But even without that bit of Yuletide feuding, the jobs picture here is grimmer than just about anyplace as the nation as a...Tags: Unemployment, United Technologies Corporation, Dannel P. Malloy , Local Government, Fairfield (Fairfield, Connecticut)
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Black Hawk helicopter flies itself over mountain range in test
In the blue skies above the Diablo Range, just east of San Jose, a Black Hawk helicopter flew a two-hour test mission controlled entirely by a computer -- without a pilot’s hand. There were pilots aboard the aircraft, but all maneuvers during...
Tags: Mountains, Science and Technology, Military Equipment, Armed Forces, U.S. Army
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Assad's last stand
Syria's 20-month-long civil war appears to be approaching a tipping point as fighting around Damascus intensifies amid signs that President Bashar Assad's grip on power may be weakening. As the final phase in the long conflict apparently draws nearer, the...
Tags: Rebellions, Saudi Arabia, Bashar Assad, Wars and Interventions, U.S. Military
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