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North Korea moves missile with 'considerable range' to east coast
North Korea has moved a missile with “considerable range” to its east coast, South Korea's defense minister said Thursday, but he added that there are no signs that Pyongyang is preparing for a full-scale conflict. The report came hours...Tags: South Korea, Defense, Crime, Law and Justice, Kim Jong Un, North Korea
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Hagel suggests thinning the top ranks
WASHINGTON -- Chuck Hagel was taking questions at Fort McNair on Wednesday after his first major speech as defense secretary when a man rose to ask about his recent comments on North Korea. "I was misquoted again," Hagel blurted out, without saying what...
Tags: U.S. Army, Iran, Military Equipment, North Korea, Iran's Nuclear Program
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Hagel wins another GOP vote, others call for nomination to be pulled
WASHINGTON – Fifteen GOP senators called on President Obama to withdraw Chuck Hagel’s nomination to lead the Pentagon, even as support from another Republican increased the likelihood he will be confirmed when Congress returns from recess next...
Tags: Mike Johanns, Defense, Jay Carney, Thad Cochran, Wars and Interventions
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Chuck Hagel survives
After all the thunder and lightning signifying nothing but more Republican obstructionism, former Sen. Chuck Hagel has taken over at the Pentagon, vowing a realistic approach to America's military role in the world. Not surprisingly, he indicated he...
Tags: Afghanistan, U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, Wars and Interventions, Conservation, George W. Bush
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Agencies in Maryland dodge furloughs — for now
A month after across-the-board federal spending cuts began, there are signs that one of the most troubling potential consequences for Maryland — the furloughing of federal employees — might not be as widespread as initially feared. But the...
Tags: Unemployment, Interior Policy, Woodlawn (Baltimore, Maryland), Public Housing, Government
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North Korea says peninsula is in 'state of war'
SEOUL — North Korea warned Seoul on Saturday that the Korean Peninsula had entered “a state of war” and threatened to shut down a border factory complex that's the last major symbol of inter-Korean cooperation. The latest statement...
Tags: U.S. Military, South Korea, Park Geun-hye, Kim Jong Un, North Korea
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North Korea's Kim is making U.S. officials nervous
WASHINGTON — Obama administration officials who once hoped that North Korea's young leader could prove to be a reformer are increasingly worried that he might blunder his way into a war. Even as they publicly describe 30-year-old Kim Jong Un's...Tags: South Korea, Defense, Kim Jong Un, North Korea, Wars and Interventions
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Conflict in Syria causing discord
Last August, then-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and then-CIA Director David H. Petraeus proposed that the United States change its policy and send weapons and other aid to the rebels fighting the Syrian government. Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta...Tags: Defense, Afghanistan, Wars and Interventions, Rebellions, Bashar Assad
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Kerry in show of unity with Afghanistan's Karzai
KABUL – Secretary of State John Kerry joined Afghan President Hamid Karzai on Monday for a public show of unity, declaring that the two allies “are on the same page” despite weeks of unprecedented friction. Kerry, who has played a...
Tags: Afghanistan, Taliban, U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, Government, Pakistan
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Congress urges tuition assistance be reinstated
Rep. Juan Vargas, D-Chula Vista, joined other members of Congress to urge Secretary of Defense Chuck HagelĀ to immediately reinstate the tuition assistance program that the Army, Marines and Air Force have all suspended. The members of Congress wrote a...Tags: Juan Vargas, U.S. Department of Defense, U.S. Congress
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Marine fatally shoots 2 and kills self in Quantico base rampage, officials say
A Marine killed two fellow military staffers at Marine Corps Base Quantico in Virginia, then killed himself in what appeared to be an isolated incident, military officials said on Friday. There was no immediate explanation for the motive of the gunman...
Tags: Defense, Physical Fitness and Exercise, U.S. Department of Defense, Shootings, U.S. Marine Corps
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Three dead, including suspect, in Marine base shooting
QUANTICO, Va. (AP) — A Marine who worked at an officer candidates school fatally shot two of his colleagues before killing himself in a barracks dorm room, officials said. The Marine's colleagues were a man and a woman. Military officials did...
Tags: Physical Fitness and Exercise, Punishment, U.S. Department of Defense, Shootings, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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