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Carmike Cinema:Discover the secrets of 'Broken City'
OPENING FRIDAY Broken City  It should come as no surprise that every character in a movie with a title like this is either rotten to the core, or a liar, or a schemer, or the bearer of seriously damaging secrets. What is surprising is that these...
Tags: Sean Penn, David O. Russell, Death of Osama bin Laden (2011), The Hurt Locker (movie), The Last Stand (movie)
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Pentagon creates new medal for cyber, drone wars
WASHINGTON (AP) — They fight the war from computer consoles and video screens. But the troops that launch the drone strikes and direct the cyberattacks that can kill or disable an enemy may never set foot in the combat zone. Now, defense officials...
Tags: Iran, Security, Armed Conflicts, Stuxnet Virus, Viral Diseases and Infections
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State of the union, at home and abroad
Jules WitcoverWASHINGTON -- President Obama's first State of the Union address of his second term, following in the fashion of his second inaugural address, focused on the state of the nation at home: the need for more jobs and a revived middle class, as well as such...Tags: Afghanistan, U.S. Military, Martin Dempsey, Muammar Gaddafi, NATO
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Obama: Half of US combat troops home within 1 year
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama's decision to bring home within a year about half of the 66,000 U.S. troops now in Afghanistan will shrink the force to the size he found it when he entered the White House vowing to reinvigorate a stalemated...
Tags: Afghanistan, NATO, John Allen, U.S. Department of Defense, White House
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Senate panel approves Pentagon nominee Chuck Hagel
WASHINGTON (AP) — A bitterly divided Senate panel has voted to approve the nomination of Chuck Hagel to be the nation's defense secretary. The Armed Services Committee voted 14-11 to send the nomination to the full Senate. Tuesday's vote broke...
Tags: John McCain, U.S. Senate, James Inhofe, John Brennan, Democratic Party
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Hagel approved by Senate committee in party-line vote
WASHINGTON -- After a sometimes contentious debate, the Senate Armed Services Committee voted on party lines and narrowly approved the nomination of former Sen. Chuck Hagel to be secretary of Defense, moving the bitter fight over President Obama’s...
Tags: White House, Barack Obama, John McCain, U.S. Senate, Robert Gates
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D.C. is an issue in Oscar campaigns
Hollywood director David O. Russell took a meeting this week to talk about a movie. But the man in the room with him wasn't a studio executive or an actor hoping for a role — he was Vice President Joe Biden. Russell met Biden and spoke on the...
Tags: Joe Courtney, John McCain, Warner Bros. Entertainment, Inc., Silver Linings Playbook (movie), David O. Russell
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Column: Some questions for Hagel
Senate hearings on the nomination of Chuck Hagel to be defense secretary will be a distinctive Washington entertainment, a donnybrook without drama. He should be confirmed: Presidents are due substantial deference in selecting Cabinet members because they...Tags: U.S. Military, The Washington Post, Iran, Military Equipment, NATO
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Schiff lauds move to extend military benefits for same-sex couples
Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Burbank) on Monday lauded a Department of Defense decision to extend some benefits to same-sex couples serving in the military. Schiff was one of 40 other members of the House who signed onto a letter last week urging Leon E....Tags: Google+, Adam Schiff, U.S. Military, Wars and Interventions, Gays and Lesbians
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Some military benefits extended to same-sex partners
Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said Monday that the Pentagon would extend some military benefits to same-sex spouses. Panetta called the move "an appropriate next step under current law" to equalize military benfits. The benefits include hospital...Tags: Gays and Lesbians, U.S. Department of Defense
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Senator vows to delay Obama's nominees over Libya
WASHINGTON (AP) — A leading Republican senator said Sunday he would hold up Senate confirmation of President Barack Obama's nominees to head the Pentagon and the CIA until the White House provided more answers about the Sept. 11 attack against a U....
Tags: White House, Barack Obama, U.S. Senate, Central Intelligence Agency, Elections
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Why does Obama keep his cabinet all-stars on the bench?
As his second term begins, President Barack Obama is in his comfort zone, surrounded by loyal lieutenants. What a contrast to the captivating candidate of 2008, who told Time Magazine's Joe Klein that as president he would be surrounded "by people who...Tags: John Kerry, Feminism, Executive Branch, Lawrence Summers, Tom Vilsack
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