Army

  May 4, 2012, 4:22 pm

Army's Green Berets get new commander

By Carlo Munoz

The Pentagon's top officer for special operations in Afghanistan has been tapped as the new chief of the Army's vaunted Green Berets, according to a Defense Department statement issued Friday. 

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  April 27, 2012, 1:40 pm

Obama touts order protecting veterans from college scams in trip to base

By Amie Parnes and Jeremy Herb

“They're trying to swindle and hoodwink you," Obama said of colleges that engage in deceptive practices.

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  April 19, 2012, 5:44 pm

Four US soldiers killed in Blackhawk crash in Afghanistan

By Carlo Munoz

Military investigators are still piecing together the circumstances that led to the fatal crash of an Army Blackhawk helicopter in Afghanistan on Thursday. 

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  April 19, 2012, 4:32 pm

Karzai calls for quicker NATO withdrawal after photo scandal

By Jeremy Herb

The Obama administration has called the photos “reprehensible” and condemned them, and Defense Secretary Leon Panetta apologized Wednesday.

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  April 18, 2012, 9:17 am

Pentagon: Photos of troops posing with Afghan dead ‘inhuman’

By Geneva Sands and Jeremy Herb

The Defense Department said it “strongly rejects” the behavior of troops posing with dead suicide bombers in photos released Wednesday.

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  April 18, 2012, 5:00 am

Colombia prostitute scandal grows; 20 women allegedly brought to hotel

By Jeremy Herb and Amie Parnes

Lawmakers in both parties have expressed outrage over the allegations and promised congressional investigations.

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  April 17, 2012, 2:48 pm

White House: Obama confident in Secret Service director following scandal

By Amie Parnes

As many as 11 Secret Service agents and nine military personnel were involved in the Colombia prostitution scandal. 

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  April 5, 2012, 5:27 pm

Reports: Hezbollah threat to US may have been overstated

By Carlo Munoz

Claims by a top House lawmaker that sleeper agents of the Iranian-backed Hezbollah terror group could launch an attack in the United States were overstated, according to American intelligence and law enforcement officials. 

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  April 5, 2012, 1:49 pm

International JSF team will remain intact, Donley says

By Carlo Munoz

The international coalition collaborating on the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter will remain intact, despite the tremendous fiscal pressures facing those countries. 

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  April 3, 2012, 1:29 pm

Reports: US, Philippines building new naval base in Spratlys

By Carlo Munoz

A new seaport being built by the Philippine government in the Spratly islands could become the Pentagon's military outpost in the hotly contested South China Sea, according to news reports. 

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