WASHINGTON — White House aides are increasingly convinced that accused 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed will never face trial in a civilian court and are trying to cut a deal that would still transfer Guantanamo Bay terrorism suspects to the U.S., where many would face criminal charges, a senior administration official said Monday....
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Obama seeks deal to try Gitmo suspects
Court to rule in military funeral protest case
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court is entering an emotionally charged dispute between the grieving father of a Marine who died in Iraq and the anti-gay protesters who picket military funerals with inflammatory messages like “Thank God for dead soldiers.” The court agreed Monday to consider whether the protesters’ message, no matter how provocative...
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Real Hurt Lockers in Iraq: Life is no movie
NASIRIYAH, Iraq — American bomb disposal experts in Iraq say few people — even in armed forces — long knew what they did. But not anymore. Now, the military’s explosive experts are basking in their job’s newfound fame after the Iraq war drama “The Hurt Locker” took home the best picture prize at...
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Parking planes
Parking planes
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NASA visits school
NASA visits school
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Dog mushing
Dog mushing
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Roller derby
Roller derby
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Tri-Service Luncheon
Tri-Service Luncheon
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Managing medication
Managing medication
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New "green" BX opening
New "green" BX opening
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Report: Fired CO mishandled frat allegations
The commanding officer of the Georgia-based Naval Supply Corps School, Capt. John Titus, was nowhere near the bar in Norfolk, Va., on a night in September when, investigators say, some of the school’s instructors and students were involved in a booze-fueled dance party that lasted well past the students’ midnight curfew. But the...
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3-star’s next assignment announced
Vice Adm. P. Stephen Stanley has been nominated for reappointment to the rank of vice admiral and assignment as principal deputy director of cost assessment and program evaluation, Office of the Secretary of Defense, according to a Defense Department news release. Defense Secretary Robert Gates announced the nomination Thursday. Stanley is director, force...
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Karzai Gets an Earful in Marjah
Elders in a former Taliban stronghold berated and challenged Afghanistan's president Sunday, delivering a litany of complaints about government corruption and NATO's military operations on the Afghan leader's first visit to Marjah.
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US Troops Exiting Haiti En Masse
U.S. troops are withdrawing from the shattered capital, leaving many Haitians anxious that the most visible portion of international aid is ending even as the city is still mired in misery and vulnerable to unrest.
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Obama Taps Retired General to Head TSA
President Barack Obama plans to appoint a former senior Army official with a career in intelligence to lead the Transportation Security Administration.
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US Says Iraq Withdrawal Plan on Schedule
The top U.S. general in Iraq says the Iraqi military performed superbly on Sunday's mostly peaceful election day and that President Barack Obama's plan to remove American combat troops from that country by Sept. 1 is proceeding on schedule.
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Court to Rule on Military Funeral Protest Case
The Supreme Court is getting involved in the legal fight over the anti-gay protesters who show up at military funerals with inflammatory messages like "Thank God for dead soldiers."
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Military academies teach more cyberwarfare
ANNAPOLIS, Md. — As cybersecurity grows in importance to national security, the nation’s three major military academies are teaching students how to be effective cyber warriors, both by defending and attacking computer systems. The U.S. Naval Academy, which admits it has fallen behind the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, N.Y., and the...
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