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  March 19, 2012, 1:20 pm

Pentagon invests heavily in new arsenal of cyberweapons

By Carlo Munoz

Military leaders have set aside $154 million for the department's new Cyber Command.

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  March 16, 2012, 7:15 pm

US soldier accused of shooting Afghan civilians identified

By Carlo Munoz

U.S. officials identified the alleged shooter as Staff Sgt. Robert Bales.

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  March 15, 2012, 2:07 pm

McCain sees another Solyndra in Navy biofuels spending

By Carlo Munoz

McCain hammered away at Navy Secretary Ray Mabus during a Thursday hearing over the Navys investment in biofuel technology.

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  March 12, 2012, 1:48 pm

White House: No change planned on policy in Afghanistan after shooting

By Jeremy Herb

Press secretary Jay Carney said the timetable for withdrawal will stay the same, after a U.S. soldier killed 16 civilians.

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  March 12, 2012, 12:03 pm

Santorum decries killing of 16 Afghan civilians as 'very tragic'

By Daniel Strauss

"The person that was involved obviously has to be brought to justice and brought to justice quickly," candidate Santorum said.

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  March 9, 2012, 6:15 pm

General says cuts leave Army unable to fight two wars at once

By Carlo Munoz

The Army will be forced to lose another 100,000 soldiers if automatic budget cuts go into effect. Read more...

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  February 21, 2012, 9:24 am

Four US airmen killed in Horn of Africa crash

By Geneva Sands-Sadowitz

The reconnaissance plane was returning from a mission supporting the war in Afghanistan, the Defense Department said.

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  February 16, 2012, 7:25 pm

Lawmakers meet with Army official who issued scathing Afghanistan report

By Jeremy Herb

A group of anti-war lawmakers on Thursday met with Army Lt. Col. Daniel Davis, who wrote a report on the war in Afghanistan that contradicted what top military officials have said about the direction of the war.

The five House members — Reps. Barbara Lee (D-Calif.), Walter Jones (R-N.C.), Jim McDermott (D-Wash.), Lynn Woolsey (D-Calif.) and Jan Schakowsky (D-Ill.) — invited Davis to Capitol Hill for an update about the war.

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  February 9, 2012, 11:57 am

Report: Israel teams with Iranian terror group in assassinations

By Jeremy Herb

Assassinations on Iranian nuclear scientists are being carried out by an Iranian dissident group aided by Israel, according to U.S. officials, NBC News reported.

The group that’s assassinating Iranian scientists, the People’s Mujahedin of Iran, also known as MEK, is designated as a terrorist group by the U.S. State Department.

Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has accused both Israel and the United States of being behind the attacks, the latest of which occurred last month when a motorcyclist strapped a bomb on a scientist’s car.

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  February 6, 2012, 12:11 pm

Army Chief of Staff Odierno defends Panetta's Afghanistan comments

By Geneva Sands

Army Chief of Staff Gen. Ray Odierno defended Defense Secretary Leon Panetta's attention-grabbing Afghanistan comments, saying that it has been the U.S. strategy "all along" to transition power to that country's forces.  

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