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Obama to speak at U.S. Naval Academy commencement
President Barack Obama will return to Annapolis to give the commencement address at the U.S. Naval Academy this year, the first time he has spoken to a graduating class of midshipmen since 2009, the White House said Monday. The address comes at a time...
Tags: U.S. Department of Defense, Robert Gates, Barack Obama, United States Naval Academy, White House
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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: U.S. Department of Defense, Barack Obama, Chuck Hagel, Israel, Judaism
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Obama the decider
A rare phenomenon occurred on Capitol Hill the other day when two ranking officials of the Obama administration testified that they had differed with the president they still served over providing arms to the rebels in Syria seeking to oust dictator...
Tags: Anwar al-Awlaki, Barack Obama, Martin Dempsey, Military Equipment, Central Intelligence Agency
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The Asia opportunity
Over the past two years, the Obama administration has focused greater diplomatic attention and military resources on East Asia as part of a policy described as a "pivot" or "rebalancing." While American leaders are loath to admit it publicly, this is a...
Tags: South Korea, Barack Obama, Chuck Hagel, Conservation, Beijing (China)
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Big pay cut contemplated for civilian defense workers
The vast majority of civilian defense employees face a 20 percent pay cut from April through September if looming federal budget reductions aren't averted, a move that will hit Maryland harder than almost every other state, the Pentagon warned Wednesday....
Tags: U.S. Department of Defense, Health and Safety at Work, John Boehner, Defense, Layoffs and Downsizing
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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: U.S. Department of Defense, Afghanistan, World War II (1939-1945), Tampa, Barack Obama
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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: Armed Forces, Defense, U.S. Senate, Georgetown, Jay Carney
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New Pentagon policy on same-sex benefits 'encouraging,' Hoyer says; more change needed
Rep. Steny Hoyer called plans to extend some benefits to same-sex partners of military personnel “an important step in the right direction” – but said more change is needed. Outgoing Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said Monday that...Tags: U.S. Department of Defense, Breast Cancer, Steny Hoyer, Marriage, Family
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Torture helped get bin Laden?
"Zero Dark Thirty," the film about the hunt for and killing of Osama bin Laden, got a fresh infusion of buzz over the weekend when outgoing Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta confirmed again that enhanced interrogation techniques aided the effort to find...
Tags: Movies, Kathryn Bigelow, Death of Osama bin Laden (2011), Osama bin Laden, Central Intelligence Agency
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Former Naval Academy instructor to be court-martialed
A former Naval Academy instructor who is accused of sexually assaulting a female midshipman will be court-martialed, an academy spokeswoman said Thursday. Marine Corps Maj. Mark A. Thompson, a former history instructor at the academy, is accused of...Tags: U.S. Department of Defense, Assault, Military Justice, Court Preliminary, Sexual Assault
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Soldier girl blues
What if, during the presidential campaign, Mitt Romney had accused President Barack Obama of wanting to let servicewomen serve in combat? After all, Mr. Obama had hinted as much in 2008. What would Mr. Obama's response have been? My hunch is that he...
Tags: U.S. Department of Defense, Minority Groups, Barack Obama, Israel, Defense
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Women in combat a bad idea
Unfortunately, a lot of military decisions are being made by people who have never served in combat or have had limited service ("Military ceiling lifted," Jan. 25). President Barack Obama never served in the military, and Defense Secretary Leon Panetta...
Tags: Barack Obama, Defense, Vietnam War (1955-1975)
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