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Pentagon: Expect decision on furloughs 'soon'
At one time, the Defense Department expected to furlough its civilian employees 22 days. Now the estimate is 14. When will the news be official? Soon. That was the word Wednesday from Pentagon press secretary George Little during a briefing with...
Tags: Layoffs and Downsizing, Defense, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Hampton (Hampton, Virginia), Unemployment
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Schiff presses for transfer of military aircraft to Forest Service for firefighting help
Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Burbank) and nearly a dozen other members of Congress this week asked for an update from the Department of Defense on sending surplus military aircraft to the U.S. Forest Service, aircraft that could assist in fighting wildfires....
Tags: Tom Vilsack, U.S. Congress, Manufacturing and Engineering, Google+, Defense
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CIA buys trouble in Afghanistan
In a time when the whetted and arbitrary deficit-reduction knife is cutting bone out of critical U.S. government programs, the image of shopping bags stuffed with CIA cash handed off on a monthly basis to Afghan President Hamid Karzai — who reigns...
Tags: Afghanistan, George W. Bush, Central Intelligence Agency, Government, Abdullah II of Jordan
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Judges sue Social Security over 'quotas' on disability decisions
Administrative law judges who evaluate disability claims for the Social Security Administration want a federal court to ease a workload that they say makes errors more likely — the latest in a series of challenges confronting the Woodlawn-based...
Tags: Conservation, Elections, Social Security, Barack Obama, U.S. Senate
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Army says no to more tanks, but Congress insists
WASHINGTON (AP) — Built to dominate the enemy in combat, the Army's hulking Abrams tank is proving equally hard to beat in a budget battle. Lawmakers from both parties have devoted nearly half a billion dollars in taxpayer money over the past...
Tags: Elections, Armed Forces, Budgets and Budgeting, Republican Party, Leon Panetta
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Furlough days reduced for Letterkenny workers
roxann.miller@herald-mail.comWorkers at Letterkenny Army Depot will see a 22-day work furlough that was expected to begin this week as part of the federal budget sequester reduced by eight days, according to a depot spokeswoman. The United States Department of Defense has reduced...Tags: Layoffs and Downsizing, U.S. Congress, U.S. House Committee on Armed Services, Budget Control Act of 2011, Career and Workplace
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White House suspects Syria used chemical weapons, seeks inquiry
WASHINGTON — The White House said for the first time that there was evidence Syria had used chemical weapons in its civil war, but administration officials called for a broader United Nations investigation and edged away from declaring Damascus...Tags: Wars and Interventions, Armed Forces, Ban Ki-moon, Abu Dhabi (United Arab Emirates), Syrian Civil War (2011 - present )
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Hagel: U.S. now believes Syria used chemical weapons
ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates – U.S. intelligence agencies now believe that Syrian President Bashar Assad’s regime has used chemical weapons in its struggle to hold onto power, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said Thursday. Hagel said that...
Tags: U.S. Congress, Bashar Assad, Biological and Chemical Weapons, White House, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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U.S. lawmakers call for action on Syria's chemical weapons
WASHINGTON -- U.S. lawmakers quickly called for action after the White House informed members of Congress on Thursday that American intelligence agencies now believe the Syrian government has used chemical weapons against rebels trying to topple President...
Tags: U.S. Congress, U.S. Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, Wars and Interventions, Washington, DC, Politics
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Report on Syria's chemical weapons could put fresh pressure on U.S.
ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates -- U.S. intelligence has determined that embattled Syrian President Bashar Assad deployed chemical weapons to subdue the rebellion in his country, Obama administration officials said Thursday, a disclosure that could move...
Tags: U.S. Congress, Wars and Interventions, Israel, Barack Obama, Politics
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A 'red line' on Syria
President Obama has followed a commendably restrained policy in refusing to intervene militarily in Syria's civil war. But if the U.S. confirms that the regime of President Bashar Assad has used chemical weapons, the president should adhere to his...Tags: Bashar Assad, Biological and Chemical Weapons, United Kingdom, World War I (1914-1918), Wars and Interventions
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Israel's claim about Syria chemical weapons highlights 'red line'
JERUSALEM — Israel's accusation that Syria used chemical weapons against rebels raises the prospect that Damascus crossed what President Obama has termed a "red line," but appears unlikely to overcome deep resistance of the U.S. and its allies to...
Tags: Wars and Interventions, Barack Obama, France, Benjamin Netanyahu, National Government
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