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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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  January 31, 2012, 1:17 pm

General known for anti-Islam views withdraws as West Point speaker

By Jeremy Herb

A retired general with a history of making statements against Islam was canceled as a speaker at a West Point Military Academy prayer breakfast next month after protests from Muslim advocates and a liberal veterans group.

Lt. Gen. William G. Boykin, who in 2003 compared the War on Terror to a religious struggle against “Satan,” said he was withdrawing as a speaker from the prayer breakfast on Feb. 8, according to a statement released by West Point.

“Retired Lt. Gen. William Boykin has decided to withdraw speaking at West Point’s National Prayer Breakfast on Feb. 8,” the statement said. “In fulfilling its commitment to the community, the U.S. Military Academy will feature another speaker for the event.”

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  January 27, 2012, 6:00 am

Pew study: Ballot access improved for overseas troops

By Josh Lederman

The United States has made major advancements in the past two years in offering access to ballot and voting to members of the military serving overseas, according to a study released Friday by the Pew Center on the States.

To comply with the passage of the Military and Overseas Voter Empowerment (MOVE) Act in 2009, 47 states plus the District of Columbia have enacted laws to ensure members of the military and citizens overseas have enough time to vote absentee, and have access to the blank ballots they need to be able to vote.

"Everyone assumes that military men and women, since they're being sent around the world by our government, surely our government is making sure they can vote. But that just has not historically been the case," said retired Rear Adm. James Carey, who has been working with Pew on the issue.

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  January 25, 2012, 5:09 pm

Army budget cuts will trim 8 brigades, reduce troop force by 80,000 soldiers

By Jeremy Herb

The Army is planning to cut at least eight brigades and 80,000 troops as it trims its budgets, U.S. officials confirmed Wednesday.

The new brigade cuts, which will happen over several years, will reduce the number of Army troops to 490,000 from a high of 570,000. The cuts, first reported by The Associated Press, could reduce the number of brigades from 45 to as low as 32.

The Army’s force reduction has been expected by analysts, but the cuts are now getting finalized as part of the Pentagon’s 2013 budget, which is the first that will deal with a $487 billion reduction over the next decade.

The overall 2013 Pentagon base budget will be $524 billion, according to congressional officials and analysts, which is a reduction of $7 billion from the 2012 budget Congress approved last month.

Defense Secretary Leon Panetta and Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Martin Dempsey are announcing some details of the 2013 budget in a Thursday press conference. The announcement is being made ahead of the full release of the 2013 budget on Feb. 13.

The president laid out a new strategy for the U.S. military earlier this month, which he said would result in a leaner, more agile force structure. He said that the United States was shifting its focus to the Asia-Pacific region, where air and sea power from the Navy and Air Force are more necessary than ground troops.

The end of the Iraq War and the drawdown of troops in Afghanistan will further ease the need to keep the large ground force presence. The new military strategy ends the U.S. commitment to be ready to fight two large-scale wars at once, although Pentagon officials say they would be able to build forces up quickly if necessary.

The AP reported that the reduction in brigades, which generally contain between 3,500 to 5,000 soldiers, would result in adding one 600- to 800-soldier battalion to Army brigades.

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