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GLOBAL MARKETS-Dollar firms as Fed meeting nears, shares bound higher
Reuters* European shares open 0.5 pct higher, Nikkei charges up 2.3 pct * Dollar recovers vs yen, but hovers near lows against major currencies * Debt markets quiet as investors await Fed meeting By Marc Jones LONDON, June 17 (Reuters) - The dollar edged up...Tags: Loan Market, Vladimir Putin, DAX, Petroleum Industry, Summits
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U.S. lawyer Cliff Sloan faces tough assignment: Closing Guantanamo
Reuters* Part of Obama's push to make good on pledge * Sloan has little foreign policy experience * 'Going to be a difficult job' By Steve Holland and Lesley Wroughton WASHINGTON, June 17 (Reuters) - Cliff Sloan has represented Jon Bon Jovi's band in legal...Tags: Guantanamo Bay Detention Camp, Laws, Elections, Prisons, U.S. Department of State
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Military plans would put women in most combat jobs
WASHINGTON (AP) — Military leaders are ready to begin tearing down the remaining walls that have prevented women from holding thousands of combat and special operations jobs near the front lines. Under details of the plans obtained by The...
Tags: U.S. Army, Science and Technology, Washington, DC, Leon Panetta, Sex Crimes
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AIRSHOW-Pentagon, contractors take aim at F-35 operating costs
Reuters* Pentagon sees estimates coming down after fall review * Marine Corps general sees big possible savings * Estimates based on assumptions, not actual data By Andrea Shalal-Esa PARIS, June 18 (Reuters) - With development and technology challenges on...Tags: Military Aircraft, Entertainment, Budgets and Budgeting, Lockheed Martin Corp., U.S. Department of Defense
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Doyle McManus: Obama appointment signals activist foreign policy
The appointment of Susan Rice as national security adviser sends an important signal about the kind of foreign policy President Obama wants to pursue for the remainder of his second term: activist, assertive, occasionally even pugnacious. With three...Tags: Elections, Vladimir Putin, Jimmy Carter, Doyle McManus, George W. Bush
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Retail executive: A focus forward gives purpose to her day
Who: Evie Chitty, 41, Coral Springs From: Director of transportation for Walmart's mid-Atlantic region, out of Sutherland, Va. I was responsible for managing all transportation operations for five states out of three facilities, where we managed Walmart...
Tags: Marketing, U.S. Army, Walmart, Google+, Coral Springs
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Envoy appointed to shut down prison at Guantanamo
WASHINGTON — The Obama administration announced Monday that it had chosen a longtime Washington attorney who has worked in both Democratic and Republican administrations to find a way to close down the prison at the U.S. Navy base at Guantanamo Bay,...
Tags: Court Administration, Guantanamo Bay Detention Camp, Prisons, George H.W. Bush, Lawyers
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AIRSHOW-U.S. arms companies see rising foreign demand
ReutersBy Andrea Shalal-Esa PARIS, June 18 (Reuters) - U.S. arms makers see rising foreign demand for fighter jets, missile defense systems and other weapons as countries modernise their forces and U.S. officials, facing tighter budgets, encourage allies to...Tags: Italy, Aerospace Manufacturing, Military Aircraft, Personal Service, Textron Incorporated
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GLOBAL MARKETS-Shares bound higher as Fed meeting nears, dollar firms
Reuters* Wall Street set to open higher, focus on Fed meeting * European shares jump 1 pct, Nikkei charges up 2.3 pct * Dollar recovers vs yen, but hovers near lows against major currencies * Oil pushes up above $106 as Syria standoff looms By Marc Jones...Tags: Syrian Civil War (2011 - present ), Vladimir Putin, Globalization, G8, Antonis Samaras
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A more complete tally of U.S. military suicides last year: 524
In data compiled by the Defense Department on military suicides, perhaps the most surprising statistic is that between 2008 and 2011, 52% of service members who took their own lives had never been deployed to Afghanistan or Iraq. That figure, which...Tags: U.S. Army, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Defense, Suicide, U.S. Department of Defense
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Guantanamo detainees' lawyers seek to obtain Red Cross reports
ReutersGUANTANAMO BAY U.S. NAVAL BASE, Cuba (Reuters) - Lawyers for five prisoners accused of plotting the September 11, 2001, attacks on the United States have asked to see confidential reports by the International Committee of the Red Cross about visits to the...Tags: Guantanamo Bay Detention Camp, The New York Times, Central Intelligence Agency, Lawyers, Cuba
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Jordan's king: Tough talk as war rages nearby
AMMAN, Jordan — Amid escalating concern about spillover effects of the war in neighboring Syria, Jordan’s King Abdullah II has warned that his kingdom is able "at any moment" to protect its national interests. Addressing a group of cadets in...Tags: Wars and Interventions, Syrian Civil War (2011 - present ), Unrest, Conflicts and War, Abdullah II of Jordan, Rebellions
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