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Specter of Benghazi drives US-Afghan talks
WASHINGTON (AP) — The attack on a U.S. diplomatic outpost in Libya last year has become a factor driving the White House decision on how large a force to leave in Afghanistan after 2014 — and a specter hanging over talks between the Afghan...
Tags: Christopher Stevens, White House, Al-Qaeda, International Military Interventions, Benghazi
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PREP PLUS: Changes ahead for Central football
In fall 2013, the Eastern South Dakota Conference football teams will move to an eight-game season schedule. The ESD squads will still play two non-conference opponents and six conference matchups. The ESD will grow to nine teams next fall with the...
Tags: High School Sports, Sports, Minor League Baseball, South Dakota High School Activities Association, Foot Locker Incorporated
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BASKETBALL: Roncalli boys vs. O'Gorman
Aberdeen Roncalli will play Sioux Falls O’Gorman at the Dakota Schoolers-Sanford Pentagon Classic at the Elmen Center on Jan. 12. Admission for the event on the Augustana College campus in Sioux Falls is $10 for adults and $5 for students. Here is... -
Scoreboard -- Jan. 12, 2013
||TV SPORTS| |SATURDAY| Men’s College Basketball--Georgetown at St. John’s, 10 a.m. (ESPN2); Duke at North Carolina State, 11 a.m. (ESPN); Marquette at Pittsburgh, 11 a.m. (ESPNU); Minnesota at Indiana, 11 a.m. (Big 10 Network);...Tags: Trindon Holliday, Antoine Caldwell, Brooks Reed, James Starks, St. Louis Cardinals
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The meaning of Hagel
"This is my last election. After my election, I have more flexibility." -- Barack Obama to Dmitry Medvedev, March 26, 2012 WASHINGTON -- The puzzle of the Chuck Hagel nomination for defense secretary is that you normally choose someone of the other...
Tags: Jerusalem (Israel), Iran, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Elections, Camp David
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Afghans to take over greater security role
KABUL, Afghanistan -- Afghan forces are preparing to take the lead in safeguarding more parts of the country in line with plans to assume full responsibility for security when most foreign troops withdraw by the end of 2014, President Hamid Karzai’s...
Tags: Anders Fogh Rasmussen, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Defense, Armed Forces, Central African Republic
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Expect a stealth leadership struggle in post-Chavez Venezuela
Chavismo is alive and well in Venezuela, which is more than can be said with confidence about the man who inspired it. President Hugo Chavez remains so ill and incommunicado a month after undergoing cancer surgery in Cuba that he missed his inauguration...
Tags: Elections, Pakistan, U.S. Department of State, Cuba, Caracas (Venezuela)
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Women warriors
Thousands of military jobs have opened up to women in recent years, but not those in the front-line combat units. That may soon change, however, as a result of a lawsuit brought late last year by four women veterans of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars,...
Tags: American Civil War (1861-1865), Unrest, Conflicts and War, World War II (1939-1945), Iraq, Armed Forces
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Obama nominates Brennan for CIA chief, Hagel for Defense secretary
WASHINGTON -- President Obama tapped two controversial figures to lead his national security team Monday, and warned that any delays caused by a confirmation fight would put the safety of the country at risk. When it comes to national security, Obama...
Tags: John Brennan, John Kerry, Susan Rice, George W. Bush, Central Intelligence Agency
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As Another Base-Closing Threat Looms, Groton is Ready
The Hartford CourantThe Pentagon is likely to seek another round of base closings in Obama's upcoming budget proposal and this time, unlike last year, it won't go away easily. That's the assessment from Bob Ross, director of the state's Office of Military Affairs -- who'...Tags: Leon Panetta, Military Equipment, Joe Courtney, Groton, Bob Ross
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After silence during military scandal, Kelley defends herself
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Jill Kelley wants the world to know that she didn't do anything wrong when she befriended top military brass. The Tampa socialite at the center of a scandal involving Gen. David Petraeus has hired a top Washington attorney and...
Tags: Justice System, Jill Kelley, Tampa, David Petraeus, Trials
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Flight 93 hero's parents visit Charles Town school
richardb@herald-mail.comDavid and Peggy Beamer, parents of Todd Beamer, the passenger on Flight 93 who uttered the now famous battle cry, “Let’s roll,” on the plane that crashed in Pennsylvania on 9/11, met with Charles Town Middle School students Tuesday....Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, Transportation Accidents, September 11, 2001 Attacks, Air Transportation Delays, Students
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