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That Time Ronald Reagan Hosted Those 'Freedom Fighters' At The Oval Office
As the public debates some of the more controversial ways the US deals with foreign policy and safety, it's prudent to remember some of the less than fruitful foreign policy items where America...
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France Bombs Targets In Mali Again As Islamists Reemerge In Gao
France bombed Islamist targets in northern Mali on Monday following a string of guerrilla attacks by the extremists a month after Paris launched an offensive to drive them from its former colony.In a...
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Pakistani Taliban Bans Viagra
The Pakistani Taliban have warned shopkeepers in a popular market to stop selling "obscene films" and Viagra-style male potency pills.Shopkeepers told AFP Monday that they found handwritten pamphlets...
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Deadly Attack At British Afghan Base Happened When Troops 'Let Their Guard Down'
Troops at Britain's main Afghan base, where Prince Harry was based, lowered their guard and left watchtowers empty before a spectacular Taliban assault that destroyed hundreds of millions of pounds'...
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Women Don't Want The Military To Lower Combat Standards
Women in the military do not want standards to be lowered to help them get into ground combat jobs, advocacy groups and servicewomen say."We don't want unqualified women in these positions," said Maj....
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New 'Google For Spies' Mines Social Media, Builds Profiles, Predicts Future...
Defense company Raytheon is now boasting about new software that mines social media in order to profile, and predict the movements of potential suspect.The program, called Rapid Information Overlay...
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The SEAL Who Shot Bin Laden Left The Navy With No Pension, And Now He's A Mess
An article published by the Center For Investigative Reporting in conjunction with Esquire today details the most intimate picture we have of the man who shot Bin Laden.And it's pretty shocking."The...
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Syrian War Spills Into Turkey As Car Bomb Kills At Least 10
A car with Syrian plates exploded on the Turkish side of a border crossing on Monday, killing at least five Syrians and five Turkish citizens, according to Hurriyet Daily News."We don't know whether...
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A Review Of Historical Defense Spending Will Make You Appreciate How Bad...
Early last week one of my colleagues at Advisor Perspectives asked about the correlation between GDP and Defense spending. I pondered the question over the weekend, which also prompted me to think...
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16 Fascinating New Details From The Man Who Killed Bin Laden
The man who shot Bin Laden is the subject of an excellent article by Phil Bronstein of Center For Investigative Reporting in conjunction with Esquire."The Shooter" has had a hard time since the...
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Rebels Have Captured Syria's Largest Dam And Are Pushing Into Damascus
Syrian rebels launched their biggest push into the capital since July and separately captured the country's largest hydroelectric dam, according to Reuters.The offensive near the capital has forced...
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Veteran Awarded Medal Of Honor For Repelling Hundreds Of Enemy Fighters
Former Army Staff Sergeant Clinton Romesha was awarded the Medal of Honor today, becoming the fourth living recipient of the nation's highest military award for valor in Iraq or Afghanistan.Romesha was...
View ArticleMSNBC Host Gives Staunch Defense Of Drone Strikes And Civilian Casualties
Touré, co-host of The Cycle on MSNBC, took a hard line in favor of drones today.The longtime music journalist and cultural critic defended the U.S. drone war and civilian casualties caused by drone...
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Al Qaeda Puts Out Wide Call For Fighters To Enter 'Holy War' In Mali
Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula has called for jihad in Mali, a monitoring group said Tuesday, after four days of suicide attacks and guerrilla fighting in territory French-led forces reclaimed from...
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Don't Feel Too Sorry For The SEAL Who Shot Bin Laden
While everyone seems shocked to hear the Navy SEAL who shot Osama Bin Laden is going through hard times, there are some clarifications worth noting in terms of military benefits.Published by the Center...
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Israel Rocked By Australian Report On Secret 'Prisoner X'
An investigation by the Australian Broadcasting Company (ABC) has created a stir in the upper echelons of Israel's intelligence apparatus.ABC reports that 'Prisoner X' — an infamous prisoner secretly...
View ArticleMAP OF THE DAY: The Other 2000 Nuclear Tests
North Korea appears to have carried out its third and strongest nuclear test since 2006, and several countries — including the U.S., the UK, France, India, China and Russia — swiftly condemned the...
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Iran's Photoshopping Skills Are Much More Dangerous Than Their New Jet
Iran's homegrown, radar-evading stealth fighter jet is flying the very cinematic skies, according to state news agency/Iranian propaganda machine Khouz News, as the nation's defense minister continues...
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Radical Syrian Rebels Are About To Blur The Border With Iraq
Following Monday's capture of Syria's largest dam and Tuesday's capture of a key regime airfield, Syrian rebels have surrounded the strategic eastern city of Deir al-Zor, Reuters reports.Seizing the...
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Why Homegrown Terrorists Go Abroad Instead Of Staying In The West
Anwar al-Aulaqi had plenty of opportunities to wage war on the United States.The alleged Al-Qaeda leader (who was killed in a 2011 drone strike) was born in New Mexico and went to college at Colorado...
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