Korea Tensions Rise With Seditious Balloons

Just one month after North Korea finally came to an agreement with the west about resuming the dismantlement of its nuclear facilities at Yongbyon, tensions with the reclusive state are once again worsening. While last month's tensions focused around naval operations...

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Gates Hits Out at Russian Missile Deployment

After a NATO meeting in Estonia, Secretary of Defense Robert Gates condemned Russian President Dmitry Medvedev over a plan announced last week to deploy missiles to Kaliningrad to counter an American missile defense base being constructed in Poland. Secretary Gates...

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CIA Warns of Growing al-Qaeda Influence

In a speech today in Washington, CIA Director Michael Hayden warned that over seven years after the beginning of America's war on terror al-Qaeda remains the single gravest threat to the United States. While touting the deaths of al-Qaeda leaders in Pakistan's tribal...

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Obama in Indirect Contact With Gates About Staying

In a follow-up on reports earlier this week that President-elect Barack Obama was considering approaching current Secretary of Defense Robert Gates about staying in his position after the handover of power in January, McClatchy is reporting that this has gone beyond...

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At Least 21 Killed in Afghan Suicide Bombing

A suicide bomber in a Toyota Corolla attacked a US military convoy near a crowded market just outside of Jalalabad, Afghanistan today, killing at least 21 people, including one US soldier. The explosion wounded another 74 people near the heavily trafficked livestock...

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US Troops To Shift Out of Iraqi Cities by June

In early 2007 the United States began a military surge into Iraq, adding some 38,000 troops to the force and increasing their focus on major Iraqi cities. Nearly two years later, with the troop level still not back to pre-surge levels they are preparing a reverse in...

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