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Four Chinese Surveillance Ships Push Their Luck With Japanese Patience

Four Chinese government ships entered territorial waters around Japan-controlled islands at the centre of a dispute on Monday, the Japanese coastguard said.The four marine surveillance ships were seen...

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U.S. Marine Corps Goes With Rolls Royce For Big Military Contract

Rolls-Royce has won another US military contract. Questor says buy.Rolls-Royce918pQuestor says: BuyDispelling some concerns about global defence spending, on Friday Rolls-Royce won a $52.2m (£32.6m)...

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Alabama Teen Allegedly Planned To Assault School With Homemade Explosives

If it weren't for an attentive teacher, the headlines might be different.Larry Gierer of the Ledger Enquirer reports that Derek Shrout, 17, of Russel County, Ala., allegedly planned to detonate...

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John Brennan As CIA Chief Would Cement A New Era Of US Counterterrorism

There are multiple indications that this afternoon President Obama will nominate White House homeland-security and counterterrorism adviser John Brennan to be the next director of the CIA.The move is...

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Four Things That Could Derail The Nomination Of Chuck Hagel As Defense Secretary

By all accounts, President Barack Obama is preparing to nominate Chuck Hagel replace Leon Panetta as his Secretary of Defense in a 1:05 p.m. press conference today.Obama's move to select Hagel, the...

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OBAMA: Chuck Hagel Is 'The Leader That Our Troops Deserve'

President Barack Obama announced at a press conference that he has chosen former Republican Sen. Chuck Hagel to be the next Secretary of Defense, setting up a fight with Senate Republicans for his...

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GREENWALD: CIA Nominee John Brennan Is Being Rewarded For Extremism And...

Prior to President Obama's first inauguration in 2009, a controversy erupted over reports that he intended to appoint John Brennan as CIA director. That controversy, in which I participated, centered...

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Let's Be Honest: Chuck Hagel Will Be The Next Secretary Of Defense

Despite attempts to stir up controversy about Obama defense secretary nominee Chuck Hagel, it seems likely that he will get the job.First of all, the only time a Secretary of Defense nominee has been...

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The Row Between The Brits And The Argentinians Over The Falkland Islands Is...

It started when Argentina President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner published an open letter in the Guardian calling for Prime Minister David Cameron to "cede" the Falkland Islands back to...

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Former Obama Adviser: Drones Are Much More Destructive Than Officials Admit

The United States' use of drones is counter-productive, less effective than the White House claims, and is "encouraging a new arms race that will empower current and future rivals and lay the...

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Welcome To The Age Of Star Wars-Style Military Laser Beams

Right at the end of 2012 we reported on a laser beam missile defense system Lockheed developed that would make Israel's Iron Dome look wimpy.It turns out, German company Rheinmetall concurrently...

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A Marine Recounts How He Lost His Bomb Sniffing Dog In Combat

August 9th dawned scalding and dry across the Marjeh district of Helmand province, Afghanistan. In the blocks, a fertile swath of land watered by a canal network stretching dozens of square kilometers,...

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Brookings Fellow Sums Up Afghanistan Debacle In Two Short Paragraphs

Brookings Institute fellow and counterinsurgency expert Dr. Vanda Felbab-Brown did an AMA on Reddit Monday in which she nailed the problems with America's efforts in Afghanistan.Here's her response to...

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The US Is Accelerating A Military Policy Shift In Africa

In the weeks leading up to Chuck Hagel's nomination, the Pentagon announced plans to put specialized Army troops in 35 countries in Africa.Though the announcement came on Christmas Eve and didn't...

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US Defense Contractor Pays $5 Million Over Abu Ghraib Abuse

A US defense contractor accused of helping torture prisoners at Iraq's infamous Abu Ghraib prison has paid former detainees more than $5 million to settle a lawsuit, according to regulatory filings...

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A Single Cyber Attack Could Take Out The Whole British Military

The British military's dependence on information technology means it could be "fatally compromised" by a cyber-attack but the government seems unprepared for such an event, lawmakers warned...

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REPORT: The US Now Blames Iran For Kidnapping Former FBI Agent Robert Levinson

When Robert Levinson retired from the FBI, he launched a new private investigation career that in 2007 took him to Iran, where he was kidnapped and believed held in Southwest Asia ever since.At the...

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John Brennan's 2011 Claim About Civilian Drone Casualties Is Increasingly...

On June 29, 2011, chief counterterrorism advisor to U.S. President Barack Obama and CIA director nominee John Brennantold an audience that there had not been "a single collateral death" in covert U.S....

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Al-Qaeda Advances From Mali Stronghold

Al-Qaeda fighters have advanced beyond their stronghold in northern Mali for the first time, striking towards a vital garrison town protecting the route to the capital.The latest fighting raised fears...

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Iran's Spy Chief Secretly Advised Muslim Brotherhood To Push Back Against The US

Providing more evidence of the warming ties between Iran and Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood, the Times of London reports that the head of Iran’s Quds Force, Gen. Qassem Suleimani, made a secret two-day...

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