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Upcoming US Defense Cuts Could Spell The End Of Israel's New Missile System

In March 2011, Israel’s Iron Dome missile interception system was deployed, after four years in the making. The intention was to form a protective canopy over the country, rendering its population...

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The US Is Sending A Military Task Force Into Jordan

The US military has sent a task force to Jordan to help it handle an influx of Syrian refugees and prepare for other scenarios, including Damascus losing control of its chemical weapons, a senior US...

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US Supreme Court Lets Warrantless Wiretapping Immunity Stand

The U.S. Supreme Court let stand Tuesday an immunity law on wiretapping viewed by government as a useful anti-terror tool but criticized by rights activists as a flagrant abuse of executive power. The...

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Here's What Actually Went Down During The US Consulate Attack Last Month In...

September 10 was a normal day in Benghazi for Ambassador Chris Stevens. He showed up at work, ran around town conducting business and in consideration of September 11 the following day, he spent the...

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American Energy Companies Have Been Almost Completely Shut Out Of Iraq's Oil...

According to a new report from the International Energy Agency, U.S. oil firms can count just one Iraqi oil field to their name. The agency says: Commentators largely agree that the federal...

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Former SEALs Market iPhone App That The Government Hates

The first line to a recent story on Buzzfeed is enough to make anyone break out a tinfoil hat ... or at the very least buy a new App designed by Navy SEALs. "The first rule," Buzzfeed staffer Russell...

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This Pakistani Legal Case Could Be The Precedent That Remakes US Drone Policy

A case that pits US government policy on drone strikes in Pakistan against the body of international law is set in the besieged Northwest Frontier Province, where Noor Khan is the plaintiff in a...

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President Bashar Al-Assad Has Assumed Personal Command Of Syria's Military

Syrian President Assad has assumed personal command of Syrian forces and remains convinced his regime will prevail militarily, Samia Nakhoul of Reuters reports.  After waves of defections and a rebel...

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Slain SEAL's Mother Tells Romney To Stop Talking About Her Son

Mitt Romney recently became "choked up" telling the story of how he met former Navy SEAL Glen Doherty at a Christmas party. But not everyone is buying the candidate's shtick, least of all, Doherty's...

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REPORT: Slain SEAL Told Friend Meeting Romney 'Was Pathetic And Comical'

Elf Ellefsen knew slain Navy SEAL Glen Doherty for the last 20 years, even paddled out on a swim with him in the days leading up to his travel to Libya. Imagine his astonishment when Romney got...

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Choice For New NATO Intelligence Director In Afghanistan Confirms That...

The new Director of Intelligence of the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) in Afghanistan has not been deployed to Iraq or Afghanistan over the past eleven years, Matthew M. Aid reports....

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Congress Is Forcing The Army To Buy Tanks It Neither Needs Nor Wants

Members of Congress are forcing the Army to purchase tanks that it neither wants nor needs, Drew Griffin and Kathleen Johnston of CNN report.  Earlier this year Army chief of staff Gen. Raymond T....

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This Brilliant Afghan War Photo Has Become A Meme

I got an email asking if this photo was one of mine. Actually it isn't, but it was first published here in a recent slideshow. The photographer is named Ken Jasik, a Marine Combat Correspondent who...

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Children's Magazine Publishes Article About Making Molotov Cocktails

The latest edition of "Qaws Quzah", a well-known Tunisian kids magazine named after the Arabic word for "Rainbow", contains detailed instructions and a diagram that shows how to make petrol bombs. The...

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Obama's Effort To Privatize Government Transparency And FOIA Requests Is...

The administration of Barack Obama's plans to usher in a "new era of transparency" by privatizing Freedom Of Information Act (FOIA) Requests under private contractors may have just resulted in new...

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Huawei, The Chinese Equipment Maker Accused Of Spying, Has Long Relied On IBM...

This week, a congressional report warned the U.S. government and American companies from doing business with Chinese network-equipment maker Huawei, saying it benefitted from state assistance and...

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Elizabeth Warren And Scott Brown Went Toe-To-Toe On Military Budget Cuts, And...

Massachusetts' Republican Senator Scott Brown and his Democratic challenger Elizabeth Warren faced off Wednesday for the third of four debates in the state's hotly-contested Senate race.  In a marked...

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SISTER OF SLAIN SEAL: The Politicization Of My Brother's Death Is 'Disturbing'

The sister of Navy SEAL Glen Doherty spoke out Wednesday night about the controversy surrounding the politicization of her brother's death in the attacks on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya last...

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Yesterday's Plane Incident Changes Everything Between Turkey And Russia

Russia and Syria have condemned Turkey for forcing a civilian Syrian plane traveling from Moscow to Damascus to land in the Turkish capital last night on suspicions it was carrying military equipment....

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The Soviet Union Planned To Leave 100 Nukes On Cuba After The Cuban Missile...

The Soviet Union secretly planned to leave 100 nuclear weapons on Cuba after the end of the crisis but were so scared by Fidel Castro's instability that they made up a law to retrieve them. Documents...

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