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Jessica Chastain's signature 'Zero Dark Thirty' line follows her [Video]
Daniel Day-Lewis may have been "clothed in immense power" in "Lincoln," but when it comes to memorable movie lines from the past year, it would be hard to top Jessica Chastain's forceful explanation of why she happens to be attending a particular CIA...Tags: Gold Standard Incorporated, Daniel Day-Lewis, Movies, Lincoln (movie, 2012), Zero Dark Thirty (movie)
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McManus: A team of rivals on Syria
Last August, then-Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and then-CIA Director David H. Petraeus proposed that the United States change its policy and send weapons and other aid to the rebels fighting the Syrian government. Defense Secretary Leon E....
Tags: Afghanistan, Government, National Government, U.S. Department of State, Joint Chiefs of Staff
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Gen. John Allen turns down NATO post, set to retire
This post has been corrected, as indicated below.WASHINGTON — Gen. John Allen, who was top commander in Afghanistan until Feb. 10, announced Tuesday that he is retiring from the Marine Corps due to his wife’s chronic illness, turning down a White House offer to nominate him to be the supreme...Tags: Afghanistan, Paula Broadwell, FBI, U.S. Military, David Petraeus
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Avoiding the sequester isn't rocket science
Democrats and Republicans in Washington agree: It would be a disaster if the "sequester," with its more than $1 trillion of cuts to defense and domestic spending, takes effect March 1, as scheduled. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta says the reductions to...Tags: George W. Bush, Petroleum Industry, U.S. Congress, Social Security, John Boehner
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You go, military girls -- to the front lines
Annie, get your gun -- and then fall in, soldier! By 2016, it’ll be "officers and gentlemen and gentlewomen." Defense Secretary Leon Panetta will order the military to open combat roles to women, the last barrier to full engagement. That’s...Tags: Sexual Assault, John McCain, Meg Ryan, Abusive Behavior, Joint Chiefs of Staff
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Goldberg: Soldier girl blues
What if, during the presidential campaign, Mitt Romney had accused President Obama of wanting to let servicewomen serve in combat? After all, Obama had hinted as much in 2008. What would Obama's response have been? My hunch is that he would have accused...
Tags: U.S. Department of Defense, Republican Party, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Politics, Mitt Romney
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Will women have to sign up for the (nonexistent) draft?
When Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta announced that he was rescinding restrictions on women in combat, he dropped this provocative comment: “Our nation was built on the premise of the citizen soldier. In our democracy, I believe it is the...
Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, U.S. Department of Defense, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Politics, U.S. Congress
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Women in combat? Old news for lady warriors of the big screen
Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta is lifting the ban on women serving in ground combat units, a landmark decision that will open up some 230,000 military jobs to women. But this is hardly new territory for the ladies of the big screen, where females...
Tags: Aliens (movie), James Cameron, Milla Jovovich, The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (movie), Demi Moore
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In surprise move, General Allen retires from military
Marine Corps Gen. John Allen, the former commander of the U.S.-led coalition in Afghanistan whose nomination to lead NATO was delayed last year while investigators probed his e-mails to a Florida socialite, has retired from the military. The Naval...
Tags: Afghanistan, Paula Broadwell, United States Naval Academy, FBI, U.S. Senate
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Chinese army likely behind cyber attacks, U.S. security firm says
Computer-hackers tied to the Chinese military have stolen massive quantities of data from at least 140 organizations in 20 major industries since 2006, a U.S. computer security firm said in an extensive report released Tuesday. The 74-page report,...
Tags: State of the Union Address, The New York Times, Government, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, National Government
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Little action to stop defense cuts, despite warnings
Defense officials and their allies in Congress have done their best to create a sense of crisis about impending budget cuts, but their warnings have failed to produce any visible result. Instead, partisan divisions have hardened over how to avoid the...Tags: Lockheed Martin Corp., Aerospace Manufacturing, Defense, U.S. Senate, Parties and Movements
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Hagel nomination for Defense secretary hits more roadblocks
WASHINGTON – Efforts to confirm Chuck Hagel as the nation’s new secretary of Defense hit another roadblock Thursday, with Senate leaders saying a vote to move forward with his nomination could be delayed in the face of a “full-scale...
Tags: John McCain, Kelly Ayotte, Washington, DC, Harry Reid, U.S. Senate
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