Archive for the ‘Military’ Category
Sunday, March 7th, 2010
ABOARD A U.S. MILITARY AIRCRAFT (AP) — U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates says he sees surprisingly little violence associated with the Iraq elections and that security improvements have forced al Qaida-linked militants to change tactics…
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Gates: Surprisingly little violence in Iraq vote (source: The Arizona Republic)
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Friday, March 5th, 2010
Shifting the trial of self-proclaimed 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammad to a military venue after months of administration arguing that the civilian courts are the way to go would represent a major reversal for the administration. But it’s also a move…
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Moving 9/11 Trial Will Have Political Implications (source: NPR)
Tags: after-months, civilian, khalid, khalid-sheikh, major-reversal, Military, military-venue, mohammad, npr, shifting-the-trial, the-civilian, the-trial, the-way, trial
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Friday, March 5th, 2010
WASHINGTON — A California man killed in a shootout with Pentagon police drove cross-country and arrived at the military headquarters’ subway entrance armed with two semiautomatic weapons, authorities said Friday. The shooter apparently left behind Interne..
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Gunman killed after shooting 2 Pentagon police (source: Seattle Post Intelligencer)
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Sunday, February 28th, 2010
Military officials from NATO and its 28 member states descended on Washington last week for a series of discussions about rethinking its role in the world.
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Analysis: NATO looks to transform itself (source: CNN)
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Saturday, February 27th, 2010
The Pentagon says it’s had no reports that the big earthquake in Chile has affected the U.S. military in the region — on land or at sea. (source: Houston Chronicle) - RSS feeds and Feed widget on Feedzilla.com
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U.S. military monitoring situation after Chile quake (source: Houston Chronicle)
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Wednesday, February 24th, 2010
Women are a big step closer to serving on U.S. Navy submarines. ABC News has learned that the Navy has decided to lift the ban on women serving aboard submarines, one of the last places women are excluded in the military
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Navy to Lift Ban on Women Aboard Subs (source: ABC News)
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Sunday, February 21st, 2010
Regional Diplomats are meetings in Niamey with Niger’s new military rulers on how best to return to constitutional rule (source: Voice Of America) - RSS news feeds and Widgets on Feedzilla.com
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Regional Diplomats in Niger Following Coup (source: Voice Of America)
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Sunday, February 21st, 2010
WASHINGTON (AP) — Lawmakers this week will press the military’s top uniformed officers for the first time on whether they think repealing “don’t ask, don’t tell” makes sense or would be too disruptive….
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Lawmakers to press military on gay ban (source: The Arizona Republic)
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Saturday, February 20th, 2010
PRINCETON, N.J. — The U.S. commander overseeing troops in Iraq and Afghanistan says that the military is on pace to shift away from a combat mission in Iraq but that casualties will worsen in Afghanistan.
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Top US commander sees progress in 2 campaigns (source: Seattle Post Intelligencer)
Tags: been-done, cockpit-doors, combat-mission, commander-overseeing, intelligencer, Military, news-feeds, searches-became, seattle, seattle-post, texas, vegas
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Friday, February 19th, 2010
The war in Iraq, currently known as Operation Iraqi Freedom, will now be called “Operation New Dawn.” Iraq War - Iraq - Operation Iraqi Freedom - List of coalition military operations of the Iraq War - Presidency of Barack Obama (source: ABC News) - News widgets and RSS feeds on Feedzilla.com
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Exclusive: War in Iraq to Be Given New Name (source: ABC News)
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