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Federal budget cuts ground Air Force aircraft
NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — A top general says federal budget cuts that will ground one-third of the U.S. Air Force's active-duty force of combat planes including fighters and bombers means "accepting the risk that combat airpower may not be ready to...
Tags: Military Equipment, Korean War (1950-1953), Barack Obama, Government Debt, U.S. Department of Defense
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Congress must end sequester
Kudos to Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel for taking a pay cut in a show of solidarity with Pentagon workers being furloughed because of the federal budget sequester. His action is a noble gesture. But it doesn't have to be this way and it shouldn't be....
Tags: North Korea, Wars and Interventions, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Armed Forces, U.S. Congress
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Pentagon struggles with high cost of health care
WASHINGTON (AP) — The loud, insistent calls in Washington to rein in the rising costs of Social Security and Medicare ignore a major and expensive entitlement program — the military's health care system. Despite dire warnings from three...
Tags: Robert Gates, General Motors Corp., Unrest, Conflicts and War, Employees, Family
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Can Hagel reshape the Pentagon?
Chuck Hagel, the former Republican senator from Nebraska who survived a stormy confirmation hearing to become the new secretary of defense, had a coming-out party of sorts last week before the National Defense University, the government's graduate...
Tags: Iraq, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Afghanistan, Parties and Movements, Politics
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Don't believe media: Sequester already causing real pain
Regular readers of this column have heard me say it before, but I'll say it again: I'm often embarrassed by the questions my colleagues ask at White House briefings. This week was no exception. Among reporters inside the Beltway, the latest narrative,...
Tags: Frederick (Frederick, Maryland), White House, Bethlehem (Northampton, Pennsylvania), Politics, Poverty
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Warner writes defense chief about lead in water
Sen. Mark Warner is asking the secretary of defense to make sure military families aren't being exposed to unsafe levels of lead in drinking water. Warner raised the issue with Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel after recent tests at two Navy child care...
Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, Defense, Hampton Roads, U.S. Department of Defense
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Hagel's challenge
Jules WitcoverWASHINGTON -- Chuck Hagel, the former Republican senator from Nebraska who survived a stormy confirmation hearing to become the new secretary of defense, had a coming-out party of sorts Wednesday before the National Defense University, the government's...Tags: Jules Witcover, Iraq, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Afghanistan, Parties and Movements
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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: North Korea, Kim Jong Un, Nuclear Weapons, Crime, Law and Justice, Pyongyang (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: Vietnam War (1955-1975), Iran's Nuclear Program, Egypt, U.S. Army, North Korea
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President to meet with John McCain, Lindsey Graham on immigration
WASHINGTON -- President Obama will meet Tuesday with two of the Republicans leading Senate efforts to craft comprehensive immigration legislation. The invitation that will bring Sens. John McCain of Arizona and Lindsey Graham of South Carolina to the...
Tags: Elections, White House, Politics, Newport News (Newport News, Virginia), U.S. Congress
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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: Iraq, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Afghanistan, George W. Bush, John Kerry
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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: Benjamin L. Cardin, Science and Technology, Health Organizations, National Institutes of Health, Fort Meade (military base)
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