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These difficult judgments will require a flexible reserve force. This is why the Pentagon needs to retain for some time most, if not all, of the 68,000 U.S. troops in Afghanistan after the withdrawals scheduled for this year. Operational judgments need...
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'Mousetronaut: A Partially True Story': Mark Kelly writing children's book about heroic mouse in outer space
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The father of two girls from a previous marriage, he had long wanted to write a children's book and said he thought of the mouse story a decade ago. Honoured: Former Arizona Rep Gabrielle Giffords and her husband Mark Kelly, attend a ceremony at the...
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US Defense Secretary Leon Panetta (C) and German Defense Minister Thomas De Maiziere (2nd L) walk through an honor cordon at the Pentagon in Washington on February 16, 2012. View Photo »
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The Pentagon has a word for that, too
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An American reconnaissance plane crashed six miles from Camp Lemonnier, the United States’ only base in Africa, killing four service members who were returning from Afghanistan , the military said Monday. The crash occurred about 8 p.m. on Saturday, the...
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The controversy centers on a soldier who died in Afghanistan in September and whether an evacuation helicopter reached him in time. Now Bell finds herself in the middle of a roiling battle between a former Green Beret from Winter Haven and the Pentagon...
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The New York Times reported that to launch a strike against Iran, Israeli pilots would have to "fly more than 1,000 miles (more than 1,600 kilometers) across unfriendly airspace, refuel in the air en route, fight off Iran's air defenses, attack...
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US Defense Secretary Leon Panetta (C) greets German Defense Minister Thomas De Maiziere (2nd L) upon his arrival at the Pentagon in Washington on February 16, 2012. View Photo »
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The government lawyers - CIA counsel Stephen Preston and Pentagon counsel Jeh Johnson - did not directly address the al-Alwaki case. But they said U.S. citizens don't have immunity when they're at war with the United States. Johnson said only the executive branch, not the courts, are equipped to make de...
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U.S. reconnaissance plane returning to Africa after a mission in Afghanistan crashed, killing four Air Force personnel, including a senior airman from Upper Marlboro, the Pentagon announced. The Pentagon said the cause of the accident is under...
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Independent experts believe militants are hit about 2% of the time. All others are noncombatants, despite official disclaimers. In 1995, Predator drones were used for the first time in Bosnia. In 2001, the Global Hawk drone was used in Afghanistan. ...
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ARLINGTON, VA - FEBRUARY 14: Escorted by U.S. Army Col. David Anders (L), Commander of the 3rd Infantry Regiment, Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping inspects the honor guard February 14, 2012 outside the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta welcomed Xi, who is...
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U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta briefs the media at the Pentagon Briefing Room in Washington in this January 26, 2012 file photo. Panetta believes there is a growing possibility Israel will attack Iran as early as April to stop Tehran from building a nuclear bomb, U.S. media...
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President Barack Obama speaks at the Pentagon, Thursday, Jan. 5, 2012, on the defense strategic guidance. From left are, Army Secretary John McHugh, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta, Army Chief of Staff Gen. Raymond T. Odierno, the president, Marine Corps Commandant Gen. James F. Amos,...
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U.S. Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Gen. Martin Dempsey, right, shakes hands with Lt. Gen. Sami Anan, left, upon his arrival to meet with Field Marshal Mohamed Hussein Tantawi, head of Egypt's ruling military council, at the Ministry of Defense in Cairo, Egypt, Saturday, Feb....
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U.S. Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Gen. Martin Dempsey, meets with Field Marshal Mohamed Hussein Tantawi, unseen, head of Egypt's ruling military council, at the Ministry of Defense in Cairo, Egypt, Saturday, Feb. 11, 2012. The Pentagon's top general is in Egypt for security...
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ARLINGTON, VA - JANUARY 26: U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta conducts a briefing on major budget decisions stemming from the defense strategic guidance at the Pentagon January 26, 2012 in Arlington, Virginia. During the briefing, Panetta announced that budget cutting measures will...
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U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta briefs the media at the Pentagon Briefing Room in Washington January 26, 2012. The Pentagon unveiled budget cuts on Thursday that would slash the size of the U.S. military by eliminating thousands of jobs, mothballing ships and trimming air squadrons...
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Sec. of Defense Leon Panetta, left, and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Martin E. Dempsey, right, outline the main areas of proposed spending cuts during a news conference at the Pentagon in Washington, Thursday, Jan. , 26, 2012.
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Dana Boente, First Assistant U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia, left, accompanied by Jacqueline Maguire, Supervisory Special Agent, FBI Washington Field Office, speaks outside federal court in Alexandria, Va. , Thursday, Jan. 26, 2012, after a hearing where former Marine...
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US President Barack Obama lays a wreath at the Pentagon Memorial in Washington, DC, September 11, 2011, as part of a remembrance ceremony recognizing the 10th anniversary of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks.
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Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping (L) and US Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta (out of frame) conduct a private meeting inside the Pentagon, February 14, 2012, in Washington, DC.
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