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Wikileaks' wings are clipped
Julian Assange, the peripatetic and elusive founder of the whistleblower web site Wikileaks, put himself at the center of a fine bit of political theater over the weekend when he used his fugitive status at the Ecuadorean embassy in London to demand the...Tags: Freedom of the Press, U.S. Military, U.S. Department of State, Ecuador, Bradley Manning
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Edgewater Marine killed in Afghanistan
A Marine from Edgewater has died in Afghanistan, defense officials said Wednesday. Sgt. Julian C. Chase, 22, died Monday while conducting combat operations in Helmand province, Afghanistan, the Pentagon said. Chase was assigned to the 5th Air Naval...Tags: Woodrow Wilson, Afghanistan, World War II (1939-1945)
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Analysts say military pay growth could be slowed
The military could slow pay increases without harming the armed forces, analysts tell the Defense Department in a new report. The authors of the Rand Corp. study point to the services' ability in recent years to meet recruiting targets, the withdrawals...Tags: U.S. Department of Defense, Iraq, Afghanistan
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Underwater on the mortgage, stationed away from home
Air Force Maj. Justice Sakyi's change-of-station orders to Germany came with a built-in dilemma: what to do about his family's home in Maryland. He and his wife, Olivia, bought the single-family house in Bowie in early 2006, near the height of the...
Tags: Crofton, Central Intelligence Agency, Fannie Mae, Afghanistan, David Petraeus
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Pentagon: Colorado shooting suspect was never in military
The suspect in the Colorado movie theater shootings is not and has never been a member of the armed forces, the Pentagon said Friday. Authorities say shooting suspect James Holmes carried an assault rifle, a shotgun and a handgun and wore full body armor...Tags: U.S. Department of Defense
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Two service members among Aurora dead
WASHINGTON — Two service members were among the dozen moviegoers killed Friday in Aurora, Colo., military officials said. Air Force Staff Sgt. Jesse Childress, 29, of Thornton, Colo., and Navy Petty Officer 3rd Class John Larimer, 27, of Crystal...Tags: Crystal Lake, Thornton
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Romney rewrites history on defense cuts
In the heat of a presidential election, a certain amount of spin from the candidates is par for the course. The recent onslaught of negative TV ads is surprising only in the earliness of their arrival, leaving one to shudder at what September and...
Tags: Parties and Movements, Mitt Romney, Barack Obama, Democratic Party, Budgets and Budgeting
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Forest Hill resident receives prestigious presidential award
For the second time in his career, Brian M. Simmons, executive technical director for the Army Test and Evaluation Command, received a Presidential Rank Award, this time of Distinguished Executive Rank. Simmons had received the Meritorious Executive award...Tags: Aberdeen Proving Ground, U.S. Army
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Pentagon spending is bankrupting the nation
It was refreshing to read Thomas F. Schaller's commentary about the burden of America's superpower status ("America should give up its role as lone superpower," July 25). Mr. Schaller was a bit too reserved in his criticism, however. While he points...Tags: U.S. Department of Defense
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Obama ducks tough questions on Benghazi
President Barack Obama just continues to avoid questions on requests that were made for help in the Libya attacks on our consulate and the killing of our ambassador and three other brave Americans. President Obama did not give a yes or no answer last...Tags: Christopher Stevens, Central Intelligence Agency, Benghazi, Barack Obama, White House
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From Annapolis to Afghanistan
They were walking to class on that bright blue September morning when the World Trade Center buildings and the Pentagon were hit and when a plane destined for Washington crashed into a Pennsylvania field. The midshipmen at the U.S. Naval Academy had come...
Tags: Petroleum Industry, U.S. Navy, Tom Hanks, Afghanistan, U.S. Marine Corps
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Military spending the problem, not the solution
Gus Sentementes' article on impending job losses in Maryland due to federal budget problems ("Tightening belts in Md., July 29) reads like a propaganda piece for defense contractors. The article chronicles the complaints of military contractors who...Tags: Home Heating, Budgets and Budgeting, Defense, Finance, Substance Abuse
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