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  February 13, 2012, 11:56 am

US Navy: Iran preparing ‘suicide’ attack ships

By Jeremy Herb

A Navy commander in the Persian Gulf said Iran had built up its military presence including fast attack craft.

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  February 13, 2012, 10:00 am

The week ahead: Budget day is here

By Jeremy Herb

The release of the Obama administration’s 2013 budget Monday will set off a flurry of activity on the defense budget in Congress this week, as the full details of the Pentagon’s first year of budget cuts are revealed.

After the overall budget picture, cuts to Pentagon spending are going to be one of the biggest stories coming out of the president’s budget. The 2013 proposal is the first to deal with a 10-year, $487 billion reduction in Pentagon spending.

Defense Secretary Leon Panetta previewed the Pentagon budget last month, saying it entailed base spending of $525 billion, down from $531 billion in 2012 — the first budget request that is smaller than the previous year’s since 1998.

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  February 12, 2012, 11:47 am

Lieberman: US should arm Syrian opposition

By Josh Lederman

"The Pentagon is putting together plans to make that happen if the president decides to order it," Lieberman said.

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  February 12, 2012, 7:00 am

Calls grow for ticker-tape parade to honor veterans from Iraq War

By Jeremy Herb

A parade for the Super Bowl Champion New York Giants has sparked a debate over how veterans should be honored.

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  February 10, 2012, 3:41 pm

Navy names USS Gabrielle Giffords

By Daniel Strauss and Jeremy Herb

The announcement comes the same day that President Obama signed the last piece of legislation sponsored by Giffords.

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  February 10, 2012, 3:07 pm

Marines criticized for posing with flag similar to Nazi SS logo

By Jeremy Herb

A photo of a Marine Corps unit posing with a flag similar to the Nazi’s SS logo has angered Jewish and military religious groups.

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  February 10, 2012, 11:45 am

Republican wants deeper military cuts — in Europe

By Jeremy Herb

One Republican on the House Armed Services Committee is calling for deeper defense cuts — at least to U.S. forces in Europe, where the Pentagon is cutting two brigades.

Rep. Mike Coffman (R-Colo.) sent a letter to the Pentagon on Thursday calling for steeper cuts in Europe as part of the Pentagon’s plan to reduce spending by $487 billion over the next decade.

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  February 10, 2012, 10:54 am

Santorum clarifies: Men will become too emotional if women serve closer to combat

By Adele Hampton

On the coattails of the Pentagon's decision to allow women to serve closer to the front lines, GOP presidential candidate Rick Santorum clarified a statement he made to CNN Thursday night saying he fears it is men — not women — who will become too emotional in the line of fire.

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  February 9, 2012, 7:06 pm

Giffords to attend Pentagon ship-naming ceremony Friday

By Jeremy Herb

Former Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-Ariz.) and the mother of the 9-year-old girl who was killed at last year’s Tucson, Ariz., shooting will attend a ship-naming ceremony Friday.

Former Rep. Ike Skelton (D-Mo.), who was chairman of the House Armed Services Committee from 2007 to 2011, will also be in attendance.

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  February 9, 2012, 5:56 pm

New Pentagon rules allow women to serve closer to combat

By Jeremy Herb

The Pentagon on Thursday announced it was easing restrictions so women could serve closer to the front lines.

Defense officials said 14,000 jobs would now be open to women as a result of the change. They would be able to serve formally in combat battalions under specialties already available to women, and in positions that require “co-location” with combat units.

Women are still banned from serving in combat as infantry, armor or special-operations forces.

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