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Shake off your apathy, take a stand
I can no longer remain in one of the fastest growing groups in America, Apathy Anonymous. I've lived nearly 70 years and have marched, signed petitions, written letters to everyone from the president, to local, state and federal officials, concerning...Tags: Environmental Issues, Wars and Interventions, Weather, Global Warming, Global Change
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Socom's goal: Pre-empt wars
The Tampa TribuneThey make small footprints at the edges of the Earth. Sometimes they hunt and kill. Sometimes they teach rural tribes how to govern and farm. But after more than 12 years of war, special operations forces are frayed -- and in more demand than ever....Tags: Central Intelligence Agency, Joint Chiefs of Staff, Wars and Interventions, U.S. Department of Defense, Iraq
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Fort Bliss Maj. Pittard 'has all the traits you look for in a military leader'
El Paso Times, TexasAs a boy growing up in El Paso, Maj. Gen. Dana J.H. Pittard found inspiration in a most unlikely place. In 1969, Pittard was 10 years old and was thumbing through the pages of National Geographic magazine when he came across an article on Dwight D....Tags: U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command, Physical Fitness and Exercise, Wars and Interventions, Corporate Officers, U.S. Department of Defense
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Life Out Here: Hillary vs. The Angry Koala
If there is proof that Hillary Clinton was incompetent, indifferent or conspiratorial, or any combination of the aforementioned, in the Benghazi attack and subsequent scandal, she should never again be given serious consideration as a presidential...
Tags: Central Intelligence Agency, Elections, David Petraeus, Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton
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Ambush, shootings a deadly betrayal by Afghan allies
The News TribuneThe killers bided their time for days, then weeks, waiting for a moment when American soldiers would be vulnerable. It came, finally, in the early hours of Sept. 16, 2012. Six soldiers in a Joint Base Lewis-McChord cavalry squadron had an overnight...Tags: Martin Dempsey, Philosophy, Religion and Belief, Freedom of Information Act, Wars and Interventions
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Bad faith and Benghazi
Jonah Goldberg"Was it because of a protest or was it because of guys out for a walk one night and decided they'd go kill some Americans? What difference -- at this point, what difference does it make?" That was how then-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton famously...Tags: U.S. Department of State, White House, Barack Obama, U.S. Department of Defense, Hillary Clinton
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Welcome to the 'Stop Hillary Clinton' hearing
"Mirror, mirror, on the wall. Who's the most powerful woman of them all?" No doubt about it. Not Queen Elizabeth, Angela Merkel or Oprah Winfrey. The most powerful woman on the planet is former first lady, former senator from New York, former...
Tags: Elizabeth II, Mitt Romney, Italy, Eric Cantor, Michael G. Mullen
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Pentagon reports sharp rise in military sexual assaults
WASHINGTON — The Pentagon estimated that 26,000 members of the military were sexually assaulted in unreported incidents last year — 35% more than in 2010 — a severe trend that senior officials warned could threaten recruiting and...
Tags: Justice System, Courts-Martial, Sexual Assault, Sex Crimes, U.S. Department of Defense
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EDITORIAL: Security failure
The Akron Beacon JournalGregory Hicks proved a compelling witness during the Wednesday hearing of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. The veteran diplomat captured the drama, anxiety and confusion of the attack on the American diplomatic compound in Benghazi,...Tags: U.S. Department of State, Darrell E Issa, Christopher Stevens, Benghazi, U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform
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'The Way of the Knife' exposes America's shadow wars
In October 2002, Barack Obama, then an obscure state senator in Illinois, stood in Federal Plaza in Chicago and gave a speech about Iraq that launched his career toward the White House. "I don't oppose all wars," Obama told the crowd. "What I am opposed...Tags: Yemen, Fidel Castro, Police Investigations, Arab Spring, Kim Jong Il
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Obama on military sex assaults: 'No tolerance for this...I expect consequences'
WASHINGTON – President Obama said Tuesday that he has “no tolerance” for sexual assault in the U.S. military and pledged to crack down on the crime and any officials who turn a blind eye to it. Obama said he talked with Defense...
Tags: Sexual Assault, Wars and Interventions, Sex Crimes, U.S. Department of Defense, Barack Obama
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Tilting Syria
President Barack Obama painted himself into a corner last summer when he said Syrian President Bashar Assad's use of chemical weapons against rebel forces would be a "red line for us." Now there's evidence that chemical weapons have been used in Syria,...
Tags: Martin Dempsey, Central Intelligence Agency, Wars and Interventions, Libyan No-Fly Zone (2011), Joint Chiefs of Staff
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