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'SEAL Team Six' fails in its mission
Some fuss was recently made over the role President Obama plays in "SEAL Team Six: The Raid on Osama bin Laden," a docu-drama premiering on National Geographic Channel on Sunday. There were accusations that the timing — days before the election...
Tags: Politics, Kathleen Robertson, Movies, Osama bin Laden, Elections
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Medal of Honor goes to Korean War chaplain
WASHINGTON — When men who served in the Korean War with Emil Kapaun describe him, they do not talk about the acts most commonly associated with the Medal of Honor: He fell on no grenades, captured no enemy machine guns, killed no enemy soldiers....
Tags: Korean War (1950-1953), Heroism, Politics, Frostbite, Christianity
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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: Politics, U.S. Department of Defense, Robert Gates, Employees, Barack Obama
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Hagel and defense
Biography isn't policy. President Barack Obama's choice for secretary of defense, Chuck Hagel, former Nebraska Republican senator, has a resume most politicians can envy: a clean senatorial record, no ethical lapses and two Purple Hearts from a war many...Tags: Iran, Fiscal Cliff, Politics, George W. Bush, U.S. Department of Defense
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Obama promises to continue fight against terror
President Barack Obama's remarks in the White House East Room at 10:35 p.m. Chicago time Sunday: Good evening. Tonight, I can report to the American people and to the world that the United States has conducted an operation that killed Osama bin Laden,...Tags: Heroism, Civil Unrest, Osama bin Laden, White House, Crimes
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Myths of Iraq and Afghanistan
When Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said the other day the U.S. war in Afghanistan is "succeeding" and "has turned an important corner," I could have sworn I had heard that before. Where could it have been? Ah, now I remember. In 2003, Defense...Tags: Iran, George W. Bush, Politics, Bashar Assad, Robert Gates
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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: U.S. Department of Defense, Ultimate Fighting Championship, Mixed Martial Arts, Minority Groups, Sports
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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: Abusive Behavior, Crime, Law and Justice, U.S. Military, Injuries and Wounds
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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: George W. Bush, Al-Qaeda, Renovation, Defense, Religion and Belief
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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: Budget Control Act of 2011, Politics, Economy, Business and Finance, Public Finance, U.S. Department of Defense
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