Biographer regrets affair with David Petraeus
The biographer whose extramarital affair with then-CIA director David Petraeus triggered his resignation says she regrets the relationship and the harm and grief it caused her family.
- May. 24, 2013
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Obama lauds future leaders at USNA graduation
While the hats being tossed were round instead of square and no one shuffled a tassel from right to left, the Naval Academy’s Class of 2013 had one thing in common with college grads across the country: excitement — and a few nerves — about what comes next.
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From boyhood to battlefield: Long war takes its toll
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Senators: Limit recruits' athletic shoe choices to U.S.-made footwear
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West Point grads eager to step up and serve
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Troops offered deals for Memorial Day
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Bill would require mental health checkup every 6 months for deployed troops
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DoD school director to retire in August
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Army vet charged in policeman's slaying found dead in cell
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Town turns out to welcome injured Ranger home
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Lawmakers want DoD to study whether Tricare may cover horse therapy
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Tricare approves waivers for beneficiaries in tornado-affected Oklahoma
Tricare is waiving required referrals for specialty care and emergency prescription refills for its beneficiaries in Oklahoma affected by the May 20 tornado.
- May. 24, 2013
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Bush hosts bike ride for combat veterans
Former President George W. Bush is hosting a 100-kilometer mountain bike ride at his Central Texas ranch for military members wounded in Iraq and Afghanistan.
- May. 24, 2013
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Brewers team up on beer to help military families
Craft breweries from around the country are toasting the troops with a beer aged with a unique ingredient that symbolizes America's pastime — baseball bats.
- May. 24, 2013
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Destroyers to be named for MoH recipient, former SECNAV
The two newest destroyers will be named for a highly decorated soldier-turned-senator and a former Navy secretary, the Navy's top civilian announced Thursday.
- May. 23, 2013
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Panel rejects Pentagon's request for base closings
A new round of military base closings is going nowhere in Congress.
- May. 23, 2013
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Obama sees narrower terror threat, defends drones
President Obama sought Thursday to advance the U.S.
- May. 23, 2013
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Sons found dead; older brother arrested
A 15-year-old boy is in custody after authorities investigating the stabbing deaths of his younger adopted brothers found him miles away with traces of blood on him, officials said.
- May. 23, 2013
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Senator: West Point incident illustrates culture of sexual misconduct in military
Charges that an Army sergeant secretly photographed and videotaped women at West Point are part of a military-wide pattern of sexual misconduct, U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand said Thursday.
- May. 23, 2013
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Lawmakers make pre-Memorial Day calls to fix vet claims backlog
In a pre-Memorial Day push to show their concern about the backlog of veterans' disability claims, House Republicans are calling for an independent task force to recommend a solution while House Democrats pushed the idea of providing temporary benefits to
- May. 23, 2013
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Pentagon goes it alone on electronic health records
The Defense Department is abandoning its plans to build a single, joint electronic health record system with the Veterans Affairs Department in favor of developing its own system using commercial software.
- May. 23, 2013
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Obama to address drones, Gitmo in security speech
President Obama is set to at least partially bring out into the open some of the U.S.-directed drone program, a key component of counterterrorism strategy, as he outlines the contours of the continuing threat to American security.
- May. 23, 2013
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WWII Medal of Honor recipient dies at 91
Former World War II Army squad leader and Medal of Honor recipient Vernon McGarity has died at 91.
- May. 23, 2013
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Battleground soil given place of honor in Atlanta
It seemed like a mission impossible, but Richard A. Lester believed it could be done.
- May. 23, 2013
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Woman gets prison in baby's shaking death at Quantico
A Quantico woman was sentenced Thursday to 8 ˝ years in prison, far less than what was sought by prosecutors, for fatally shaking and fracturing the skull of a 9-month-old girl who had been left in her care.
- May. 23, 2013
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Tinker airman, family narrowly escaped Okla. storm
Picking through the debris of his tornado-demolished home Wednesday in Moore, Okla., Valparaiso native Jacob Schroeder hoped he might find things such as baby books, the computer with the family's stored pictures or his daughter's favorite stuffed toy.
- May. 23, 2013
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Surplus military trucks get new lives
They've served their country well. Getting parked in a nondescript dirt lot sure doesn't seem like much of a final resting place.
- May. 23, 2013
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Nixon library hosts 40th reunion for Vietnam POWs
Navy Lt. Mike McGrath was just 27 years old, with a wife and two toddler sons in the U.S., when he was shot down and taken prisoner on his 179th bombing mission during the Vietnam War.
- May. 23, 2013
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Soldier was target of brutal attack in London
The British government's emergency committee met Thursday after two attackers butchered a British soldier in a daylight attack in London that raised fears terrorism had returned to the capital.
- May. 23, 2013
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Pakistan arrested American who was killed by drone
Pakistani authorities once arrested an American citizen now known to have been killed in a U.S. drone strike in the country, but he escaped after being released on bail.
- May. 23, 2013
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Retired commandant's son handled dead insurgents after urination incident: NCIS documents
The son of a retired Marine Corps commandant told military investigators he handled the bagged remains of dead insurgents urinated on by scout snipers in Afghanistan, contradicting assertions from senior officers that he had no contact with those Marines.
- May. 22, 2013
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McConnell, Pease and Altus chosen to host KC-46A tanker
The two bases will be the first of 10 main operating bases for the new tanker
- May. 22, 2013
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Lawmakers: Keep flying Global Hawk Block 30 through 2016
Lawmakers want the Air Force to keep flying the unmanned RQ-4 Global Hawk Block 30 for another three years, despite the service's contention that the manned U-2 is better suited for intelligence gathering.
- May. 22, 2013
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4 leg exercises with little or no equipment
You really can do leg exercises without the isolation-style or massive leg press machines found in most gyms. No more leg extension or leg curl machines. No need to find a leg abductor/adductor combo or hoist a 45-pound Olympic bar.
- May. 22, 2013
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Ocean recon UAV makes first flight
An unmanned jet built for Navy high-altitude maritime surveillance missions has made its first flight May 22.
- May. 22, 2013
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