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North Korea vows to expand nuclear arsenal, signaling end of talks
SEOUL — Escalating the stakes of a standoff with Washington and its allies, North Korea is signaling that it will abandon two decades of negotiations to constrain its nuclear program and will close the door on any deal over its atomic weapons and...Tags: Beijing (China), Nuclear Weapons, Pyongyang (North Korea), Unrest, Conflicts and War, Kim Jong Il
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North Korea vows to restart shuttered nuclear facilities
SEOUL -- North Korea announced Tuesday that it would restart nuclear facilities that were closed as part of a 2007 international disarmament agreement. The move comes at the urging of the communist state's leader, Kim Jong Un, for the country to build...Tags: Seoul (South Korea), Kim Jong Un, Nuclear Weapons, U.S. Department of Defense, Japan
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North Korea vows to restart nuclear facilities
North Korea vowed Tuesday to restart all mothballed facilities at its main Yongbyon nuclear complex, adding to tensions already raised by near daily warlike threats against the United States and South Korea. The reactor was shut down in 2007 as part...Tags: Nuclear Weapons, North Korea, Nuclear Policy, Manufacturing and Engineering, Politics
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Sitka Exercise Tests Response to Chemical, Biological Threats
Channel 2 NewsAn Alaska National Guard exercise that wrapped up earlier this week in the Southeast Alaska town of Sitka saw federal, state and local agencies responding to a series of hypothetical terror threats seemingly ripped from the pages of a technothriller...Tags: Army National Guard, Manufacturing and Engineering, Physical Fitness and Exercise
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Iraq war: Lessons learned?
Ten years have passed since the United States invaded Iraq, a decision that almost everyone now ranks as one of the worst foreign policy blunders of our time. Why "almost"? Former President George W. Bush and his top aides still maintain that the invasion...
Tags: Iraq War (2003-2011), Dick Cheney, George W. Bush, Federal Reserve, Central Intelligence Agency
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Dick Cheney dishonest, defiant and then some to the end in Showtime documentary
The Baltimore SunThe first question Dick Cheney is asked in "The World According to Dick Cheney" is: What's your favorite virtue? "Integrity," he answers. What do you value most in your friends?" he's asked in follow-up. "Honesty," he says through those crooked,...Tags: Vice (movie), Dick Cheney, Halliburton Company, The New York Times, Movies
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VIDEO: Good questions -- and answers on the sequester
Rumor: Military pay and allowances will be cut. False. Fact: Military pay and allowances are protected. Paychecks will be paid on time and basic allowance for housing and other pays will continue. Retirees and survivors will also continue to receive...Tags: Financial Planning, U.S. Department of Defense, Armed Conflicts, Human Interest, Armed Forces
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Raytheon announces plans to eliminate 200 jobs
This post has been corrected, as indicated below.At a time when the aerospace industry is fretful about federal spending, defense contractor Raytheon Co. announced plans to eliminate one of its business units and slash 200 jobs. The Waltham, Mass., company did not say how those cuts will affect its...Tags: U.S. Congress, Science and Technology, U.S. Military, Boeing Co., Manufacturing and Engineering
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Letters: WMD intelligence -- errors or lies?
Re "The what if's of Iraq," Opinion, March 19 Max Boot claims that the justification of ending Iraq's weapons of mass destruction program for going to war with Saddam Hussein was an error, not a lie. He then assigns much of the blame for the ongoing...
Tags: Iraq War (2003-2011), White House, Dick Cheney, Elections, Al Gore
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San Onofre design choices led to nuclear plant shutdown
An executive with the company that manufactured faulty equipment that led to the shutdown of the San Onofre nuclear plant defended decisions made in the design of the replacement steam generators. The company made choices in designing support structures...
Tags: Nuclear Power, Physiology, Manufacturing and Engineering, Plant Closings, Layoffs and Downsizing
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US military expands its drug war in Latin America
The crew members aboard the USS Underwood could see through their night goggles what was happening on the fleeing go-fast boat: Someone was dumping bales. When the Navy guided-missile frigate later dropped anchor in Panamanian waters on that sunny August...
Tags: Mexico, Central America, Central Intelligence Agency, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Guatemala
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White House, defense industry officials meet to discuss cuts
With automatic federal spending cuts set to hit the defense industry on March 1, senior White House officials met with chief executives from contractors to discuss the potential impact. White House spokesman Jay Carney made the disclosure Wednesday...
Tags: White House, U.S. Congress, Barack Obama, Boeing Co., BAE Systems Plc.
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