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Navy names ship after Gabrielle Giffords
By Kristina Wong - The Washington Times
The Navy on Friday announced it would name a combat ship after former Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, who resigned from Congress last month to recover from a grievous gunshot wound she suffered in January 2011. Published February 10, 2012 Comments
Feds release new details about underwear bomber
By Ed White - Associated Press
A Nigerian who pleaded guilty to trying to blow up a Detroit-bound plane began his path to terrorism with a text message from a top al-Qaida figure in Yemen, the U.S. government said Friday in a court filing that discloses new details about their relationship. Published February 10, 2012 Comments
Pentagon to move women closer to front lines
By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times
The Pentagon announced Thursday that it is keeping its longtime ban on women serving as infantry, armor and special operations warriors in ground combat units, but it will open 14,000 support positions for them in units closer to the front lines. Published February 9, 2012 Comments
Groups demand new probe into Marine photo
By Associated Press
A leading Jewish organization and others outraged by a photo showing Marine snipers in Afghanistan posing with a logo resembling a notorious Nazi symbol are demanding President Obama order an investigation and hold the troops accountable. Published February 10, 2012 Comments
Air Force chief: Cutting units is painful but necessary
By Kristina Wong - The Washington Times
The Air Force’s top officer said Thursday that cutting seven squadrons and 10,000 troops over the next decade will be painful but necessary. Published February 9, 2012 Comments
General: ‘Use drones to kill’ the Taliban in Pakistan
By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times
A longtime adviser to U.S. commanders in Afghanistan says now is the time for President Obama to change strategy and target Taliban leaders ensconced in Pakistan. Published February 8, 2012 Comments
Hold the mystery meat: Military food gets upgrade
By Nancy Benac - Associated Press
Military bases will soon be serving more fruits, vegetables and low-fat dishes under the first program in 20 years to improve nutrition standards across the armed services. Published February 9, 2012 Comments
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Gunmen kill provincial judge, child in Afghanistan
By Heidi Vogt and Rahim Faiez - Associated Press
Gunmen burst into a family home of a provincial judge in eastern Afghanistan, killing him and his niece in the latest assassination of an Afghan government official, authorities said Sunday. Published February 12, 2012 Comments
Militants decry attacks against Pakistani military
By Rasool Dawar - Associated Press
Pakistan's leading militants have called on fighters to honor an agreement not to attack the Pakistani military in the most important sanctuary for the Taliban and al Qaeda along the Afghan border. Published February 12, 2012 Comments
German court sentences U.S. airmen's killer to life
By David McHugh - Associated Press
An Islamic extremist who killed two U.S. airmen bound for Afghanistan at Frankfurt airport last year and injured two others was convicted of murder and sentenced to life in prison on Friday. Published February 10, 2012 Comments
Sources: Pentagon rules shifting on women in combat
By Lolita C. Baldor - Associated Press
Pentagon rules are catching up a bit with reality after a decade when women in the U.S. military have served, fought and died on the battlefields of Iraq and Afghanistan. Published February 9, 2012 Comments
U.S. kills al-Qaeda-linked militant in Pakistan
By Ishtiaq Mahsud and Rasool Dawar - Associated Press
A U.S. drone fired two missiles at a house in Pakistan's northwest tribal region Thursday, killing five suspected militants, intelligence officials said. The Taliban identified one of them as a prominent commander who has served as a key link to al Qaeda. Published February 9, 2012 Comments
Group wants Supreme Court to save war memorial cross
By Julie Watson - Associated Press
Supporters of a war memorial cross deemed unconstitutional last year by a federal court plan to ask the Supreme Court to reverse the decision, amid a growing fight nationwide over the use of religious symbols to honor fallen troops. Published February 9, 2012 Comments
Chinese-born American acquitted of espionage
By Associated Press
A federal judge on Wednesday convicted a Chinese-born American of stealing trade secrets but acquitted him of corporate espionage at a trial that highlighted fears about China's pilfering U.S. company secrets. Published February 8, 2012 Comments
Pakistan holds border talks after deadly U.S. attack
By Sebastian Abbot - Associated Press
The Pakistani army was meeting with NATO and Afghan forces on Wednesday in an effort to improve coordination along the Pakistan-Afghanistan border, a sign of thawing relations after American airstrikes accidentally killed 24 Pakistani soldiers last year. Published February 8, 2012 Comments
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U.S. searches for strategy to halt Syria violence
By Bradley Klapper - Associated Press
The Obama administration says it is not considering invading Syria or arming its rebels to remove President Bashar Assad from power. Diplomatic efforts at the U.N. have collapsed. Published February 8, 2012 Comments
Critics slam Obama's handling of Arab Spring
By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times
Growing instability from Syria to Egypt highlights the Obama administration's failure to develop a consistent strategy for promoting democracy in the wake of popular uprisings in the region, analysts say. Published February 8, 2012 Comments
U.S., Japan closer to moving many Marines from Okinawa
By Eric Talmadge - Associated Press
Japan and the United States agreed Wednesday to proceed with plans to transfer thousands of U.S. troops out of the southern Japanese island of Okinawa, leaving behind the stalled discussion about closing a major U.S. Marine base there. Published February 8, 2012 Comments
NATO extends Baltic air patrols
By Slobodan Lekic - Associated Press
NATO has decided to extend an operation to protect the airspace of Baltic members Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania with fighter jets, officials said Wednesday. Published February 8, 2012 Comments
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