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Obama warns of risks over budget cut uncertainty
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama on Monday said looming automatic spending cuts are already affecting the economy, while a top administration official warned that the nation's borders would be less secure if billions of dollars are yanked...Tags: Budgets and Budgeting, Head Start, Job Layoffs, Ray LaHood, U.S. Congress
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Pentagon struggles with high cost of health care
WASHINGTON (AP) — The loud, insistent calls in Washington to rein in the rising costs of Social Security and Medicare ignore a major and expensive entitlement program — the military's health care system. Despite dire warnings from three...
Tags: Employees, Chuck Hagel, Congressional Budget Office, Budgets and Budgeting, Career and Workplace
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Senate ends Hagel filibuster, nomination moves closer to vote
WASHINGTON – Chuck Hagel moved a step closer to confirmation as Defense secretary after the Senate voted Tuesday afternoon 71-27 to end a GOP-led filibuster of his controversial nomination. A final vote is expected to take place at 1:30 p.m. PST....
Tags: Central Intelligence Agency, John Brennan, Lindsey O. Graham, Chuck Hagel, Iraq War (2003-2011)
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White House details budget fallout amid blame game
WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House has detailed the potential fallout in each state from budget cuts set to take effect at week's end, while congressional Republicans and Democrats keep up the sniping over who's to blame. Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-...Tags: Children's Health, Budgets and Budgeting, Head Start, Ray LaHood, U.S. Congress
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All condemn pending budget cuts, spread blame
The Associated PressThe White House and Republicans kept up the unrelenting mudslinging Sunday over who’s to blame for roundly condemned budget cuts set to take effect at week’s end, with the administration detailing the potential fallout in each state and...Tags: Budgets and Budgeting, Head Start, Ray LaHood, John McCain, U.S. Congress
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Thoughts from Dr. Joe: This is no job for women
Last January some of my La Caņada female friends wanted my opinion on Defense Secretary Leon Panetta's proposal to lift the ban on women in combat, particularly in the infantry, the most physically demanding branch of the military. “Dr. Joe, isn'... -
Are women winning the world but losing their feminine souls?
I’m worried that women may very well have won — or are about to win — the Battle of the Sexes but may have lost the War of the Genders. (These are the things I worry about at 2 a.m. after my third dinner of the day, hopped up on sugars...Tags: Minority Groups, U.S. Department of Defense, Mixed Martial Arts, Feminism, Ultimate Fighting Championship
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On anniversary of Iraq war, legislators petition for Medal of Honor for Marine
L.A. NOWOn the 10th anniversary of the start of U.S.-led operations in Iraq, a bipartisan group of legislators in Washington submitted a resolution calling for the Medal of Honor to be awarded to Marine Sgt. Rafael Peralta of San Diego, killed...... -
The shame of military rape
Every American knows the feeling of pride in the U.S. military. Most have never felt ashamed of it. But a new documentary is guaranteed to induce that awful feeling. Nominated for an Oscar, "The Invisible War" features a procession of women who...
Tags: U.S. Military, Injuries and Wounds, Crime, Law and Justice, Abusive Behavior
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Too much money spent in Iraq for too few results
WASHINGTON (AP) — Ten years and $60 billion in American taxpayer funds later, Iraq is still so unstable and broken that even its leaders question whether U.S. efforts to rebuild the war-torn nation were worth the cost. In his final report to...
Tags: U.S. Military, Chuck Hagel, U.S. Department of State, George W. Bush, U.S. Congress
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Federal budget is "March Madness"
Contributing ColumnistCongressional leaders have not passed a federal budget in four years and have continued to kick the can down the road with continuing resolutions rather than solve America’s spending and debt problems. If major corporations operated in that manner,...Tags: U.S. Military, Military Equipment, Budgets and Budgeting, Ray LaHood, Economy, Business and Finance
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Congressman renews efforts for Medal of Honor for fallen Marine
L.A. NOWRep. Duncan Hunter (R-Alpine) is renewing his efforts to have the Medal of Honor awarded to a Marine from San Diego killed in combat in Iraq. In 2008, then-Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates ruled the actions of Sgt. Rafael Peralta......
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Feb 26, 2013
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Mar 23, 2013
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Mar 19, 2013
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Mar 6, 2013
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Mar 6, 2013
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