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Bad faith and Benghazi
Jonah Goldberg"Was it because of a protest or was it because of guys out for a walk one night and decided they'd go kill some Americans? What difference -- at this point, what difference does it make?" That was how then-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton famously...Tags: Barack Obama, Benghazi, White House, Christopher Stevens, U.S. Department of Defense
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Ambush, shootings a deadly betrayal by Afghan allies
The News TribuneThe killers bided their time for days, then weeks, waiting for a moment when American soldiers would be vulnerable. It came, finally, in the early hours of Sept. 16, 2012. Six soldiers in a Joint Base Lewis-McChord cavalry squadron had an overnight...Tags: Murder, Freedom of Information Act, Afghanistan, Philosophy, Awards and Prizes
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Welcome to the 'Stop Hillary Clinton' hearing
"Mirror, mirror, on the wall. Who's the most powerful woman of them all?" No doubt about it. Not Queen Elizabeth, Angela Merkel or Oprah Winfrey. The most powerful woman on the planet is former first lady, former senator from New York, former...
Tags: The New York Times, Republican Party, Barack Obama, Benghazi, Christopher Stevens
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EDITORIAL: Security failure
The Akron Beacon JournalGregory Hicks proved a compelling witness during the Wednesday hearing of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. The veteran diplomat captured the drama, anxiety and confusion of the attack on the American diplomatic compound in Benghazi,...Tags: Benghazi, Christopher Stevens, U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, U.S. Department of State, Darrell E Issa
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Obama on military sex assaults: 'No tolerance for this...I expect consequences'
WASHINGTON – President Obama said Tuesday that he has “no tolerance” for sexual assault in the U.S. military and pledged to crack down on the crime and any officials who turn a blind eye to it. Obama said he talked with Defense...
Tags: Washington, DC, Barack Obama, U.S. Military, U.S. Department of Defense, Assault
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Pentagon reports sharp rise in military sexual assaults
WASHINGTON — The Pentagon estimated that 26,000 members of the military were sexually assaulted in unreported incidents last year — 35% more than in 2010 — a severe trend that senior officials warned could threaten recruiting and...
Tags: Military Justice, Assault, Chuck Hagel, Crime Victims, Kirsten Gillibrand
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Tilting Syria
President Barack Obama painted himself into a corner last summer when he said Syrian President Bashar Assad's use of chemical weapons against rebel forces would be a "red line for us." Now there's evidence that chemical weapons have been used in Syria,...
Tags: Biological and Chemical Weapons, Barack Obama, The Washington Post, David Petraeus, Bashar Assad
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'The Way of the Knife' exposes America's shadow wars
In October 2002, Barack Obama, then an obscure state senator in Illinois, stood in Federal Plaza in Chicago and gave a speech about Iraq that launched his career toward the White House. "I don't oppose all wars," Obama told the crowd. "What I am opposed...
Tags: The New York Times, Arab Spring, Barack Obama, David Petraeus, U.S. Military
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Arms makers welcome dialogue with Pentagon as budget woes rise
ReutersWASHINGTON, April 30 (Reuters) - Executives at U.S. weapons makers on Tuesday said their meeting on Monday with Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel was a "positive continuation" of a dialogue begun by his predecessor, Leon Panetta. About 50 defense industry...Tags: Defense, Defense Equipment, Northrop Grumman Corporation, Lockheed Martin Corp., Manufacturing and Engineering
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Army says no to more tanks, but Congress insists
WASHINGTON (AP) — Built to dominate the enemy in combat, the Army's hulking Abrams tank is proving equally hard to beat in a budget battle. Lawmakers from both parties have devoted nearly half a billion dollars in taxpayer money over the past...
Tags: Parties and Movements, Sherrod Brown, George W. Bush, Armed Forces, Computing and Information Technology Industry
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Computer hacks, bugs and attacks are all too common
Jaron Lanier makes no claim to be a psychic, but he knows what he knows. "Let me give you a headline that will happen in the coming weeks," Lanier, a computer scientist and author alternately credited with coining or popularizing the term "virtual...
Tags: CNBC (tv network), Groupon, Inc., Software Industry, Chicago Board Options Exchange, Media Industry
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Surprise arrival by sailor dads brings joy to kids
Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, Wash.By now it's a familiar event in military communities: A soldier or sailor comes home earlier than children expect, and the excitement those kids display on seeing Mom or Dad warms every heart. As familiar as it might be, it hasn't lost its charm,...
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