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Pentagon opens combat roles to women
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Pentagon is lifting its ban on women serving in combat, opening hundreds of thousands of front-line positions and potentially elite commando jobs after generations of limits on their service, defense officials said Wednesday....
Tags: U.S. Department of Defense, Iraq, Armed Forces, U.S. Congress, Joint Chiefs of Staff
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An insider attack: Trust cost 2 lives, including SW Mich. soldier
WASHINGTON (AP) — It was a sneak attack, but not by the enemy they feared. U.S. Army Capts. Joshua Lawrence and Drew Russell were inside a small command post on an Afghan army base, wrapping up a long day of coordinating the safe arrival of nearly...
Tags: Kabul (Afghanistan), Afghanistan, Weaponry, Explosions, Taliban
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Deficit cutters look to Pentagon budget
WASHINGTON (AP) — One war is done, another is winding down and the calls to cut the deficit are deafening. The military, a beneficiary of robust budgets for more than a decade, is coming to grips with a new reality — fewer dollars. The...
Tags: U.S. Department of Defense, Health Insurance Cost, Budgets and Budgeting, Barney Frank, U.S. Senate
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Suicide Prevention: St. Joseph couple share story of loss
Suicide rates in the military are at an all-time high. Pentagon statistics for this year show nearly one service member a day commits suicide. Along with that staggering statistic comes a rise in awareness as Veterans Day approaches. Trent and Lyn...
Tags: Veterans Day, Suicide
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Ind. police dogs to be featured in reality show
DENVER, Ind. (AP) — An Indiana police dog training facility and three of the state's police departments will star in a new National Geographic reality television show that will begin airing in January. Vohne Liche Kennels owner Ken Licklider told...Tags: Peru, Television, Drug Trafficking, Entertainment, U.S. Department of State
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SEAL book raises questions about bin Laden's death
WASHINGTON (AP) — A firsthand account of the Navy SEAL raid that killed Osama bin Laden contradicts previous accounts by administration officials, raising questions as to whether the terror mastermind presented a clear threat when SEALs first...Tags: U.S. Department of Defense, Transportation Accidents, Central Intelligence Agency, Death of Osama bin Laden (2011), Joe Biden
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Marine's body returning Friday to Michigan
HARRISON TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) — The remains of a 23-year-old Marine who was killed in Afghanistan are scheduled to return to Michigan on Friday. A spokesman for Selfridge Air National Guard Base says the body of Lance Cpl. Steven P. Stevens II of... -
Being a pill about the pill? Santorum vs US views
WASHINGTON (AP) — Most Americans don't share Rick Santorum's absolutist take on abortion. He's out of step on women in combat. He questions the values of the two-thirds of mothers who work. He's even troubled by something as commonplace as birth...Tags: Social Issues, Rick Santorum, U.S. Senate, Elections, Parties and Movements
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