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Fallen MARSOC operator awarded Silver Star

admin — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 16:13:33 +0000

An operator with Marine Corps Forces Special Operations Command will posthumously receive the Silver Star for life-saving heroism in Badghis province, Afghanistan.

OBL’s Yemeni widow to stay in Saudi Arabia

admin — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 16:13:32 +0000

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia — Osama bin Laden’s Yemeni widow has received assurances from Saudi officials that she and her children can remain in the kingdom, a relative said Friday after Pakistan deported more than a dozen members of the late al-Qaida leader’s family.

Lawmakers: Take vets’ programs from Labor Dept.

admin — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 16:13:32 +0000

The House Veterans’ Affairs Committee moved Friday to strip the Labor Department of veterans’ employment and rehabilitation programs.

U.S. to move 9,000 Marines from Okinawa

admin — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 16:13:32 +0000

WASHINGTON — About 9,000 Marines stationed on the Japanese island of Okinawa will be moved to the U.S. territory of Guam and other locations in the Asia-Pacific, including Hawaii, under a U.S.-Japan agreement announced Thursday.

NATO service member killed in Afghanistan

admin — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 16:13:31 +0000

KABUL, Afghanistan — NATO says one of its service members has been killed in an insurgent attack in southern Afghanistan.

Judge denies request to release OBL photos

admin — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 16:13:31 +0000

WASHINGTON — A federal judge Thursday denied a request to release photos and video taken of Osama bin Laden during and after a raid in which the terrorist leader was killed by U.S. commandos last year.

Obama cracks down on schools targeting troops

admin — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 16:13:30 +0000

President Obama is wrapping up a week of talking about student loans with the signing of an executive order that attempts to limit deceptive or misleading practices by schools that target current and former service members and their families.

Biden attacks Romney on foreign policy

admin — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 16:13:29 +0000

NEW YORK — Osama bin Laden is dead and General Motors is alive. That was Vice President Joe Biden’s message for Republican Mitt Romney in a campaign speech Thursday that blended a robust defense of President Barack Obama’s foreign policy record with a harsh attack on the presumptive Republican presidential nominee’s positions.

House OKs cybersecurity bill; veto threatened

admin — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 16:13:29 +0000

WASHINGTON — The House ignored Obama administration objections Thursday and approved legislation aimed at helping stop electronic attacks on critical U.S. infrastructure and private companies.

Secret Service hit with fresh allegations

admin — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 16:13:29 +0000

WASHINGTON — The Secret Service is investigating fresh allegations that agency officials cavorted with strippers and prostitutes ahead of President Obama’s 2011 presidential trip to El Salvador, drawing new concerns from lawmakers that the agency has a broader cultural problem.