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LANSING, Mich. -- Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm has ordered that U.S. flags be flown at half-staff to honor a soldier from St. Joseph who died in Afghanistan on Nov. 19. Flags are to be lowered for 25-year-old Army Sgt. Full Article at WDIV
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When President Obama signed legislation that repealed the National Security Personnel System, on a warm day in late October, the Rose Garden celebration seemed like a bit of a letdown. Full Article at GovExec.com
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The Pentagon official charged with closing the Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, military prison has resigned, the U.S. Defense Department said. Full Article at The Post Chronicle
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The Armed Services YMCA, as part of a Defense Department contract, provides health and wellness opportunities, including the Respite Child Care program, for reserve-component servicemembers and their families across the country through their local... Full Article at U.S. Department of Defense
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On the eve of the annual December 1 World AIDS Day, the Pentagon reports that it has expanded its program to help friendly militaries deal with the issue to 80 nations, including India and Russia. Full Article at U.S. News & World Report
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“We’re charged with a fairly awesome task, and that is to fuel the Defense Department's most flexible and adaptable weapons platform, and that of course is the individual warfighter," said Gerry Darsch, director of the Defense Department’s Combat... Full Article at U.S. Department of Defense
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U.S. Marines patrol with Afghan soldiers in Helmand Province, Afghanistan, on Tuesday. Full Article at WFTV
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Phillip Carter helped found Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America after a tour of duty advising the Iraqi police in Baqubah. Full Article at Firedoglake
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Phil Carter, well known to longtime denizens of the blogosphere as the former proprietor of Intel Dump, has suddenly resigned as deputy assistant secretary of defense for detainee policy. Full Article at Outside the Beltway
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Washington -- President Obama will announce the U.S. troop strategy for Afghanistan in a speech at 8 p.m. ET Tuesday at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, New York, White House spokesman Robert Gibbs said Wednesday. Full Article at 10Connects.com
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Washington (CNN) -- The Pentagon is making detailed plans to send about 34,000 more U.S. troops to Afghanistan in anticipation of President Obama's decision on the future of the eight-year-old war, a defense official said Tuesday. Full Article at Global Research
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The Defense Department official in charge of closing the military prison at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, has resigned after only seven months in the job, the Pentagon said Tuesday. Full Article at BrothersJudd Blog
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Phillip Carter, who was appointed deputy assistant secretary of defense for detainee policy in April, said in a brief telephone interview that he was leaving for “personal and family reasons” and not because of any policy differences with the... Full Article at Emptywheel
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The CNN Washington Bureau’s morning speed read of the top stories making news from around the country and the world. Full Article at CNN
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ThinkFast: November 25, 2009 Think Progress — ... Full Article at Beltway Blips
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WASHINGTON The Defense Department official in charge of closing the military prison at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, has resigned after only seven months in the job, the Pentagon said Tuesday. Full Article at The New York Times
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WASHINGTON, Nov. 24, 2009 – Should President Barack Obama’s anticipated Afghanistan strategy announcement call for more U.S. troops, Defense Department and White House officials would expect a greater contribution from their NATO allies, Pentagon Press... Full Article at GlobalSecurity.org
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MIAMI - The Pentagon's top detainee affairs policy appointee has quit the Defense Department just seven months into the job, a Pentagon spokesman said Tuesday. Full Article at Ventura County Star
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U.S. Defense Department officials hope to relaunch by next spring a multibillion-dollar effort to design and build a new fleet of helicopters devoted to ferrying the president, said Ashton Carter, the Pentagon's top weapons buyer. Full Article at The Star-Gazette
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The U.S. Defense Department spokesman says the United States expects its allies to send more troops to Afghanistan, if President Barack Obama decides to send more U.S. troops. Full Article at Voice of America
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In this photo provided by the Department of Defense, South Korean Prime Minister Chung Un-chan, right, shakes hands with U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates during a meeting in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2009.
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In this photo provided by the Department of Defense, U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates delivers a speech during a meeting with a group of American and South Korean troops at the U.S. military headquarters in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2009.
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Defense Secretary Robert Gates, right, and Joint Chiefs Chairman Adm. Michael Mullen prepare to testify on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, June 9, 2009, before the Senate Appropriations Defense subcommittee hearing on the Defense Department's fiscal year 2010 budget.
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Defense Secretary Robert Gates, right, and Joint Chiefs Chairman Adm. Michael Mullen testify on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, June 9, 2009, before the Senate Appropriations Defense subcommittee hearing on the Defense Department's fiscal year 2010 budget.
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Defense Secretary Robert Gates, center, flanked by Joint Chiefs Chairman Adm. Michael Mullen, left, and Comptroller Robert Hale, testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington before a House Appropriations-Defense subcommittee hearing on the Defense Department's budget.
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Defense Secretary Robert Gates testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, May 20, 2009, before a House Appropriations-Defense subcommittee hearing on the Defense Department's budget.
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Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates, center, accompanied by Joint Chiefs Chairman Adm. Michael Mullen, left, and Comptroller Robert Hale, testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, May 20, 2009, before a House Appropriations-Defense subcommittee hearing on the Defense Departm...
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House Appropriations-Defense subcommittee Chairman Rep. John Murtha, D-Pa. , uses binoculars as he jokes with Defense Secretary Robert Gates, Joint Chiefs Chairman Adm. Michael Mullen and Comptroller Robert Hale, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, May 20, 2009, before their testi...
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House Appropriations-Defense subcommittee Chairman Rep. John Murtha, D-Pa. , uses binoculars as he jokes with Defense Secretary Robert Gates, Joint Chiefs Chairman Adm. Michael Mullen and Comptroller Robert Hale, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, May 20, 2009, before their testi...
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Defense Secretary Robert Gates, left, is joined by House Appropriations-Defense subcommittee Chairman Rep. John Murtha, D-Pa. , on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, May 20, 2009, as Gates arrived to testify before the subcommittee's hearing on the Defense Department's budget.
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WASHINGTON - MAY 14: Defense Secretary Robert Gates (R) and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Adm. Michael Mullen (L) talk with Sen. Joseph Lieberman (I-CT) (R) and Sen. Jack Reed (D-RI) (2nd-L), before a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on Capitol Hill May 14, 2009 in Washin...
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WASHINGTON - MAY 14: U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates (R) and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Adm. Michael Mullen chat beore a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on Capitol Hill May 14, 2009 in Washington, DC.
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WASHINGTON - MAY 14: U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates (L) and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Adm. Michael Mullen participate in a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on Capitol Hill May 14, 2009 in Washington, DC.
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WASHINGTON - MAY 14: U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates participates in a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on Capitol Hill May 14, 2009 in Washington, DC. The committee is hearing testimony on the Defense Department�s FY2010 budget request.
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In this photo provided by the Department of Defense, U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates delivers a speech during a meeting with a group of American and South Korean troops at the U.S. military headquarters in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2009.
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I’m told there’s some 250 visitors from Texas here in the Pentagon today, which means one thing ... the total firepower of the Department of Defense just doubled.
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There is an interagency party, half from the State Department, half from the Defense Department, there to engage other delegations on matters of U.S. interest and specifically over our concerns on the definition of the crime of aggression
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We need fair competition with fair rules. [The] Department of Defense should not favor Airbus more than the WTO does. This is not a French government decision, this is a U.S. government decision
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fully supports the Defense Department's position that the commercial aircraft subsidies dispute being addressed by the WTO has no place in the procurement of U.S. defense systems. To preemptively force a trade dispute into the tanker procurement process before all outstanding complaints have been fully ...
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All of the charges concern multi-billion dollar contracts issued by the Department of Defense for feeding American troops in Iraq, Kuwait and Jordan.
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multi-billion dollar contracts issued by the Department of Defense for feeding American troops in Iraq, Kuwait and Jordan
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As of Sunday, Nov. 8, 2009, at least 833 members of the U.S. military had died in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Uzbekistan as a result of the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan in late 2001, according to the Defense Department. The department last updated its figures Friday at 10 a.m. EDT. Of those, the military ...
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We saved the 111th from deactivation, and it will remain a key unit of our Pennsylvania Air National Guard. And we convinced the Department of Defense to maintain a robust military enclave at this site, and it will house units of the Air National Guard, Army National Guard and U.S. Army Reserve
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Based on what we know now, neither the United States Army nor any other organization within the Department of Defense knew of Maj. Hasan's contacts with any Muslim extremists
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Based on what we know now, neither the United States Army nor any other organization within the Department of Defense knew of Major Hasan's contacts with any Muslim extremists
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We have rapidly expanded our capabilities ... Why is this important? Because lives depend on this mission. The best shooters we have in the Department of Defense will not go around a corner or through a door or window unless they have the situational awareness the United States Air Force provides.
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You are fighting a much smarter battle than we did in Vietnam. Our Army can take a mortar round ... and literally put it in the enemy's back pocket. ... But then I have another opinion. ... I wonder if possibly the Pentagon, the Department of Defense, is not overprotecting the medal. I do wonder that.
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News that all the silos at Missile Field 2 will be completed is a welcome decision that will decrease the risk of the ever evolving ballistic missile threats from rouge nations by increasing capacity required to defend the United States ... I hope to continue talks about expanding the capacity and capab...
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I’m proud to be honoring you today for your dedicated service to this department ... There is no doubt that AbilityOne Program employees are vital to the military industrial base and contribute to the [Defense Department] mission here at the Pentagon.
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In a broad new policy statement that is in its final drafting phase, the Defense Department asserts that America’s political and military mission in the post-cold-war era will be to ensure that no rival superpower is allowed to emerge in Western Europe, Asia or the territories of the former Soviet Union
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Protecting our nations ‘against all enemies, foreign and domestic,' is part of the oath that every Member of Congress, federal agency head, and military officer takes, and I am proud that San Antonio is home to the Twenty-Fourth Air Force who are responsible for cyber warfare in the Department of Defens...
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The Congress should not be involved in writing or rewriting private contracts ... That's just not how we should handle matters in the United States Senate, certainly not without a lot of thought and care and the support of, at least the opinion of, the Department of Defense.
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The Defense Department is already pleased with the engine that it has. They do not want – and do not plan to use – the alternate version. That’s why the Pentagon stopped requesting this funding two years ago.
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What we need to recognize is that first of all, the threat against which this [the Bush administration's] system is designed does not yet exist - the Iranian long-range missile threat - and won't materialize for several years more ... The system that the Bush administration first proposed has not been p...
SOURCE: Voice of America
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