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Pentagon ends ban on women in combat
WASHINGTON – Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta is ending the ban on women serving in combat in the U.S. military, potentially opening up more than 200,000 positions on the front lines and possibly also jobs with elite commando units. Pentagon...
Tags: U.S. Military, U.S. Army, U.S. House Committee on Armed Services, Leon Panetta, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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Newly cleared, Gen. Allen to command NATO
WASHINGTON — The White House will go ahead with nominating Marine Gen. John Allen to be top U.S. commander in Europe, following an investigation by the Pentagon inspector general that found his emails with a Florida woman were not improper....
Tags: Leon Panetta, FBI, Central Intelligence Agency, Politics, Jay Carney
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AP sources: Panetta opens combat roles to women
WASHINGTON (AP) — Senior defense officials say Pentagon chief Leon Panetta is removing the military's ban on women serving in combat, opening hundreds of thousands of front-line positions and potentially elite commando jobs after more than a...
Tags: Joint Chiefs of Staff, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Washington, DC, Defense
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Clinton takes responsibility for Benghazi failures
WASHINGTON -- Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, facing tough questions from Senate Republicans on the deadly Sept. 11 attack on the U.S. mission in Benghazi, Libya, insisted Wednesday that she has moved aggressively to address security weaknesses...
Tags: Republican Party, Africa, Christopher Stevens, Politics, U.S. Department of State
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A new strategy for the Republicans
— It has become conventional wisdom that Republicans are suffering an internal split that President Barack Obama is successfully exploiting to neuter the Republican House. It is not true, however, that the Republican split is philosophical and...
Tags: Philosophy, Parties and Movements, Politics, Elections, Fiscal Cliff
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Pentagon planning to ferry more French troops, gear to Mali
WASHINGTON -- After a weeklong delay while the Obama administration debated whether to assist French forces fighting in Mali, the Pentagon is planning to begin ferrying additional French troops and equipment to the West African nation in coming days...
Tags: Al-Qaeda, Armed Forces, Washington, DC, Western Africa, U.S. Air Force
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Fred Kaplan's 'The Insurgents' takes on Petraeus and policy
-------------------- The Insurgents David Petraeus and the Plot to Change the American Way of War Fred Kaplan Simon & Schuster: 400 pp, $28 -------------------- Everyone knows — or thinks they know — about the influence exerted by the...Tags: Entertainment Events, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Armed Forces, Hamid Karzai, Central Intelligence Agency
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Eugene Patterson, conscience of the South
During World War II, as a tank commander in Gen. George S. Patton's 3rd Army, Eugene Patterson participated in a daring maneuver that helped assure the Allied victory in the Battle of the Bulge. Asked subsequently what he was most proud of about his...
Tags: Civil Rights, Justice and Rights, Newspaper and Magazine, The Washington Post, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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House approves $50.5 billion for Superstorm Sandy aid
More than 10 weeks after Superstorm Sandy brutalized parts of the heavily populated Northeast, the House approved $50.5 billion in emergency relief for the victims Tuesday night as Republican leaders struggled to close out an episode that exposed...
Tags: Parties and Movements, U.S. House of Representatives, Government, FEMA, Executive Branch
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Our dysfunction quagmire
WASHINGTON -- President Obama is set to begin his second term at a moment when the question is not what great things our nation can achieve but whether our government, in Obama's words, can "stop lurching from crisis to crisis to crisis." The jury is...
Tags: Parties and Movements, Economy, Business and Finance, Government, Politics, Elections
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Semi-pro tryouts
The Tri-State Buffalos semi-professional football team will hold open tryouts, starting with registration at 2:30 p.m. Saturday, at the Sanford Power Field House in Sioux Falls located at 2215 West Pentagon Place. The Buffaloes from Minnesota, Iowa... -
Sisseton to play doubleheader
The Sisseton basketball teams will play in the Sanford Pentagon Classic on Feb. 2 in Brandon. Here is the schedule: Centerville boys vs. Ellsworth (Minn.) at 1:30 p.m.; Sisseton girls vs. Southwest Christian (Minn.) at 3 p.m.; Sisseton boys vs. SWC...
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