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| Afghan attacks raise fears over Taliban strength |
| By Mamoon Durrani | April 07, 2013 12:12 PM |
| The death of at least five Americans, in the deadliest day for foreigners in Afghanistan this year, has highlighted fears about Taliban strength ahead of NATO's withdrawal in 2014. |
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| South Korea, US sign new military contingency plan |
| March 25, 2013 09:50 AM |
| South Korea and the United States have signed a new military plan that lays out how the allies will communicate with each other and react to any future North Korean aggression. |
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| Tight budget may force Pentagon to cut forces: U.S. general |
| By David Alexander | February 09, 2013 06:02 PM |
| The Pentagon will have to cut the size of U.S. military forces for the second time in as many years if across-the-board spending reductions of $470 billion over 10 years take effect March 1, the top U.S. military officer says. |
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| US military to decide which combat jobs for women |
| By Lolita C. Baldor | January 24, 2013 02:47 PM |
| The U.S. Defense Department's decision to lift the ban on women serving in combat presents a daunting challenge to top military leaders who now will have to decide which, if any, jobs they believe should be open only to men. |
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| Panetta opens combat roles to women |
| By Lolita C. Baldor | January 23, 2013 10:47 PM |
| Senior U.S. 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 decade at war. |
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| N. Korean soldier defects to S. Korea across border |
| By Hyung-jin Kim | October 06, 2012 09:42 AM |
| SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - A North Korean soldier killed two of his officers Saturday and defected to South Korea across the countries' heavily armed border, officials said. |
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| Netanyahu takes aim at weapons 'leakage' in Syria |
| By Jeffrey Heller | May 19, 2013 12:39 PM (Last Updated: 19/05/2013 07:51 PM) |
| Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu held out the prospect on Sunday of further Israeli strikes inside Syria, pledging to act to prevent advanced weapons from reaching Hezbollah and other militant groups. |
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| France opposes Syria conference if Iran attends |
| May 18, 2013 12:46 AM |
| France spelled out Friday that it would oppose a peace conference for Syria if Bashar Assad’s regional ally Iran is invited, clouding the prospect for a U.S.-Russian initiative to end the 2-year-old war. |
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| US slams Russian anti-ship missiles going to Syria |
| By Bradley Klapper | May 17, 2013 11:40 PM (Last Updated: 17/05/2013 11:41 PM) |
| The Obama administration denounced Russin for providing Syrian President Bashar Assad's regime with anti-ship missiles, saying the weapons would only worsen a war that Washington and Moscow have been promising to work together on stopping. |
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| Obama calls meeting on military sex assault |
| May 16, 2013 04:55 PM |
| The top U.S. defense leaders are summoned to the White House to talk about the military's sexual assault crisis as the Pentagon's top general says women in uniform were losing confidence the problem will be solved. |
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| Scandal fever hits the Obama administration hard |
| By David Ignatius | May 16, 2013 12:57 AM |
| At a time when Congress can’t pass a budget and the president can’t win approval of any important legislation, the public is indignant about the threat of an overreaching. |
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| Review chairman: Clinton didn't make Benghazi call |
| May 12, 2013 11:28 PM |
| A seasoned diplomat who penned a highly critical report on security at the U.S. consulate in Libya that was attacked last year defended his scathing assessment Sunday but absolved then-Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton. |
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| Diplomat: US team stopped from going to Benghazi |
| By Donna Cassata | May 07, 2013 09:30 AM |
| A team of U.S. special forces ready to head to Benghazi, Libya, after the assault on the American diplomatic mission had ended was told to stand down, according to a former top diplomat. |
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| U.S. generals meet Kahwagi, emphasize Army cooperation |
| May 05, 2013 03:13 PM (Last Updated: 05/05/2013 06:32 PM) |
| U.S. Army generals met with Gen. Jean Kahwagi Sunday and discussed Washington’s aid to the Lebanese military, noting that over $140 million in equipment were delivered since June 2012. |
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| Idea of arming rebels gains favor in U.S. government |
| May 03, 2013 12:38 AM |
| Discussions within the Obama administration in favor of providing arms to the Syrian rebels are gaining ground amid new indications that President Bashar Assad’s regime may have launched additional chemical weapons attacks. |
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| US, Japan military chiefs vow defense cooperation |
| April 26, 2013 12:27 PM |
| The military chiefs of Japan and the United States reaffirm their commitment to cooperate closely on defense measures in order to deal with threats of missile and nuclear tests from North Korea. |
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