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Obama to address Naval Academy commencement
President Barack Obama will travel to Annapolis to speak at the Naval Academy commencement today, addressing the class at a time when the military faces complicated internal challenges the graduating midshipmen will soon inherit. It is the second time...Tags: Barack Obama, Defense, Annapolis, Guantanamo Bay Detention Camp, United States Naval Academy
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Navy conducts first test flight of Northrop's Triton drone
Aerospace giant Northrop Grumman Corp., plagued by setbacks with its pricey high-flying spy drones, has come up with a new version for the Navy that could keep the company's unmanned aircraft assembly line in Palmdale humming. An initial test flight...
Tags: Barack Obama, U.S. Congress, Boeing Co., Military Aircraft, Manufacturing and Engineering
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Obama puts restrictions on drone program
WASHINGTON — Reining back the aggressive counter-terrorism strategy he has embraced for five years, President Obama declared clear, public restrictions for the first time on using unmanned aircraft to kill terrorists, a shift likely to significantly...
Tags: U.S. Department of State, Al-Qaeda, Politics, Military Equipment, American Civil Liberties Union
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New tankers to be assigned to McConnell Air Force Base
KWCH 12 Eyewitness NewsThe Pentagon chose McConnell Air Force Base to serve as home to the Air Force's new refueling tankers. The Air Force selected McConnell as the Main Operating Base #1 for replacing KC-135R tanker aircraft with KC-46A’s beginning in 2016. The Air...Tags: Parties and Movements, U.S. Air Force, West Point, Lynn Jenkins, U.S. Congress
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Guide to Memorial Day events in Orlando area
Through Tuesday Fallen Floridians Memorial Cross Tribute: 10 a.m.-8 p.m. daily; Lawton House, 200 W. Broadway St., Oviedo. More than 370 crosses will be on display, honoring Florida soldiers who have died while serving in Iraq and Afghanistan. Details:...Tags: Korean War (1950-1953), Holden, Vietnam War (1955-1975), Kissimmee, Orange County (Florida)
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Wittman-led panel taking stand against BRAC
Rep. Rob Wittman was against another round of military base closures before the Obama administration formally requested one. Now the House panel he chairs is poised to endorse that view. The House Armed Services Subcommittee on Readiness has released its...Tags: Rob Wittman, Defense, Oceana, Hampton (Hampton, Virginia), Unrest, Conflicts and War
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Finally, Obama breaks his silence on drones
Over the last four years, there has been a strange irony. One of the greatest speakers of our era has largely kept silent about one of the signature aspects of his presidency. Under President Obama's leadership, U.S. civilian intelligence agencies...
Tags: Guantanamo Bay Detention Camp, Politics, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Elections, John O. Brennan
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The real threat to our homeland
We recently learned that the Pentagon will spend $1 billion to bolster U.S. missile defenses in response to "irresponsible and reckless provocations" by North Korea. This money, as announced by Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel, would add 14 new anti-...Tags: Weaponry, Emergency Incidents, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Chuck Hagel, North Korea
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Pentagon faces another sex scandal
WASHINGTON — The Army suspended the commander of its main basic training camp Tuesday for alleged adultery, the latest in a string of military officers accused of sexual misconduct. Brig. Gen. Bryan T. Roberts, a 29-year Army veteran, was...
Tags: Sexual Assault, Sex Crimes, Jeffrey A. Sinclair, Adultery, Punishment
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Corrections and clarifications for Wednesday, May 22, 2013
•A story on Saturday misstated the number of active-duty members of the Navy and the number whose spouses are also in military service. There are about 320,000 active-duty members of the Navy, and more than 5 percent of them — or about 16,... -
Fourth American fatality by U.S. drones disclosed
WASHINGTON — As President Obama prepared to deliver a major speech on national security Thursday, his administration acknowledged for the first time that it had killed four U.S. citizens — one more than previously known — in drone...
Tags: U.S. Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, Police Investigations, U.S. Department of State, Al-Qaeda, Politics
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F-35 fighter jet program reaches milestone with vertical takeoff
The F-35 fighter jet, a nearly $400-billion weapons program under development for more than a decade, hit a major milestone when it completed its first-ever vertical takeoff. On Monday, aircraft manufacturer Lockheed Martin Corp. released a video in...
Tags: Virgin Group, Ltd., Military Aircraft, Lockheed Martin Corp., Military Equipment, Armed Forces
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