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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, Northrop Grumman Corporation, Defense Equipment, Manufacturing and Engineering, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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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: Computer Crime, Arts and Culture, Personal Data Collection, American Airlines, Inc., Groupon, Inc.
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BRIEF: Pelosi will be UCD law school's commencement speaker May 17
The Sacramento BeeHouse of Representatives Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi will deliver the commencement address at UC Davis School of Law's graduation ceremony next month. The San Francisco Democrat will address 2013 law school graduates at 4 p.m. May 17 at Mondavi...Tags: University of California, Davis, Crime, Law and Justice, Graduation, Colleges and Universities, Nancy Pelosi
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LETTER: Benghazi Shows Panetta Lacks Faith In American Spirit
After the U.S. failed to attempt a rescue of the ambassador and several U.S. citizens at Benghazi, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta explained that the government's inaction was due to not knowing the conditions and the possible hazards involved. Obviously...Tags: September 11, 2001 Attacks, Benghazi
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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,... -
Local vets happy with 'drone medal' decision
Springfield News-Sun, OhioIt was never about the medal, local veterans say. It was where the Pentagon wanted to rank the ill-fated Distinguished Warfare Medal in the military's hallowed order of precedence that outraged those veterans whose medals are a reminder that they were...Tags: Chuck Hagel, Awards and Prizes, Human Interest, U.S. Department of Defense, Nintendo Company Ltd.
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Step toward possible military intervention in Syria
WASHINGTON — The Pentagon is sending about 200 troops to Jordan, the vanguard of a potential U.S. military force of 20,000 or more that could be deployed if the Obama administration decides to intervene in Syria to secure chemical weapons arsenals...
Tags: John Kerry, Bashar Assad, Syrian Civil War (2011 - present ), Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton
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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: General Motors Corp., Defense, Medicare, Congressional Budget Office, Budgets and Budgeting
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Medal of Honor goes to Korean War chaplain
WASHINGTON — When men who served in the Korean War with Emil Kapaun describe him, they do not talk about the acts most commonly associated with the Medal of Honor: He fell on no grenades, captured no enemy machine guns, killed no enemy soldiers....
Tags: Frostbite, Religion and Belief, Human Interest, Wars and Interventions, Prisoners and Detainees
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Big pay cut contemplated for civilian defense workers
The vast majority of civilian defense employees face a 20 percent pay cut from April through September if looming federal budget reductions aren't averted, a move that will hit Maryland harder than almost every other state, the Pentagon warned Wednesday....
Tags: Defense, Unemployment, Career and Workplace, Politics, U.S. Congress
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Rachel Marsden: Pentagon keyboard jockeys can now out-decorate combat heroes
American VoicesPARIS -- U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta announced last week that the Pentagon has created a new military award for keyboard cyber-warriors and drone joystick jockeys. The Distinguished Warfare Medal will recognize those whose ability to incinerate a...Tags: Defense, Heroism, Fort Meade (military base), Awards and Prizes, Verizon Communications
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McManus: A team of rivals on Syria
Last August, then-Secretary of State Hillary Rodham 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....
Tags: John Kerry, Defense, Bashar Assad, Afghanistan, Hillary Clinton
Apr 30, 2013
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Apr 28, 2013
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Apr 17, 2013
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Apr 11, 2013
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Feb 19, 2013
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Feb 20, 2013
|Column| Los Angeles Times
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