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Admiral blogs on sequestration cuts
Vice Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Mark Ferguson testified last week before the House Armed Services Committee on the impact of deep defense cuts under the process known as sequestration. On Monday, he summarized the high points -- or low points -- on...Tags: Armed Forces, Hampton Roads
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Congress zooms in on drone killings
WASHINGTON -- Once a month, a group of staff members from the House and Senate intelligence committees drives across the Potomac River to CIA headquarters in Virginia, assembles in a secure room and begins the grim task of watching videos of the latest...
Tags: Hank Johnson, Central Intelligence Agency, Politics, Defense Intelligence Agency, Dianne Feinstein
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Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula's second in command killed, Yemen says
CNNYemeni forces have killed Said al-Shihri, second in command of al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, the Yemeni Defense Ministry said Monday. An official military website cited a senior source saying al-Shihri was killed in an operation in Hadramawt Valley....Tags: Arabian Peninsula, Al-Qaeda, U.S. Department of State, Yemen, John Brennan
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Yemen: Al Qaeda No. 2 Leader Killed
CNNYemeni forces have killed Said al-Shihri, second in command of al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, the Yemeni Defense Ministry said Monday. A Yemeni government official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said officials are waiting for DNA confirmation....Tags: CNN (tv network), Robert Mueller, Al-Qaeda, U.S. Department of State, Yemen
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Presidential candidate Mitt Romney to visit Indy in late August
Republican presidential candidate Gov. Mitt Romney will visit Indianapolis in late August to address the American Legion’s national convention. The American Legion confirmed the Aug. 29 appearance, which will be the organization’s 94th...
Tags: Executive Branch, Mitt Romney, Political Candidates, Politics, Elections
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Lawmakers look to boost small contractors
Like any construction firm hoping to break into government contracting, Linwood Scott's company needed to obtain a surety bond — a type of insurance — in order to win its first job. But getting the bond, which is required for contracts...
Tags: Sales, Companies and Corporations, Politics, Justice System, Aberdeen Proving Ground
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Ruppersberger's mystery move
Either you or Rep. C. A. Dutch Ruppersberger aren't telling the whole story about his decision leave the House Armed Services Committee, because the explanation given doesn't make any sense ("Ruppersberger steps down from Armed Services panel," June 27).... -
Ruppersberger steps down from military committee
Rep. C.A. Dutch Ruppersberger, the Baltimore County Democrat who represents two of Maryland's largest military installations, is stepping down from the House Armed Services Committee effective immediately, his office confirmed Tuesday. Ruppersberger, who...Tags: C.A. Dutch Ruppersberger, Politics, Fort Meade (military base), Ron Barber, Baltimore County
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Maryland Air National Guard losing planes, mission
For months, the men and women of the 135th Airlift Group have been training on their new C27J Spartan turboprops for their deployment this spring to Afghanistan.
Their job: carrying soldiers, equipment and supplies around the war zone as the fighting...Tags: Martin O'Malley, Afghanistan, Armed Forces, Military Equipment, Disasters and Accidents
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Former Mid sues Naval Academy over rapes
A former midshipman who says she was raped twice while at the Naval Academy has filed a federal lawsuit seeking to force officials to improve their response to sexual assaults at the service academies. In a complaint filed Friday, the woman, now 22, says...Tags: Leon Panetta, Students, U.S. Military, Annapolis, Justice System
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The GOP's spendthrift ways
There's a tendency among some to shorthand the ongoing federal budget debate as between Republicans who want to reduce government spending and Democrats who don't. This isn't really the case, as recent actions in the House have demonstrated. On...Tags: Public Finance, Leon Panetta, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, Government Health Care, Politics
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Super PAC forms to fight defense cuts
SAN DIEGO -- A political action committee was started Tuesday in San Diego to fight proposed defense budget cuts. Organizers of the Fight 4 America super PAC unveiled three television commercials that focus on what they believe is deficient defense...
Tags: Armed Forces, Wars and Interventions, International Military Interventions, Dmitry Medvedev, Duncan Hunter
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