Defense

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'Suck It Up and Salute'

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Taliban Leaders Freed For Bowe Bergdahl May Remain A Threat

Are the five Taliban leaders released by the U.S. in exchange for Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl a threat to Americans? On numbers alone, the answer would seem to be yes.Of the 614 Gitmo prisoners who had...

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A General on Why We Lost the Wars in Afghanistan and Iraq

After 35 years in uniform, retired three-star says he will explain where U.S. war strategy failed

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Abe Wants to Lift Restraints on Japan's Military

Japan's Prime Minister makes an explicit connection between China's territorial ambitions in the South and East China seas and Japan's ability to defend itself and its allies

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Hagel Mulls Review of Ban on Transgender Troops

Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said on ABC's This Week that the military's policy on transgender servicemen and women should be reviewed, claiming that every qualified American should have an opportunity to serve if they fit the qualifications

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Obama Vows to Defend Japan

The President has said for the first time he would defend Japan if disputed islands claimed by both Japan and China come under attack

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Prosecutor to Pistorius: You're Lying

The former paralympian, accused of murdering his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp last year, breaks down and cries on the stand during a cross-examination by famously aggressive prosecutor Gerrie Nel, claiming he couldn't remember details because he was tired

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Here Are the 5 Companies Making a Killing Off Wars Around the World

Global military spending was down in 2012 for the first time since 1998. And for the second year in a row, arms sales from private industry to governments were down as well last year.Despite the...

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Drones could deliver pizza—or 80,000 volts of electricity.

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