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- Chevron sets 2013 capital budget of $36.7 billion
- Investigators await interview with driver in fatal Texas train crash
- Marine: Improper procedures used in Manning case
- Fiscal Cliff: Do You Trust the Polls?
- Researchers say form of Ecstasy may heal combat trauma
- Pentagon begins planning for massive budget cuts
- Dueling Fiscal Cliff Deceptions
- Marine denies mocking Manning's homosexuality
- Iranian dissident and French lawmakers urge new policy on Iran
- ShelterBox Responding in Philippines After Typhoon Devastates Southern Islands
- Are Americans ready to deal with Syria's chemical weapons?
- Flawed graph weakens case against Iran nuclear program (+video)
- So. African co. recovers after bribery-probe fall
- Brig guard: depression history put Manning at risk
- Officials: US to blacklist a Syrian rebel group
- 76,000 New Veterans In Illinois: Younger, Poorer, And In Need Of A New Approach
- Official: Militants kill 12 soldiers in Somalia
- Tom Hanks on the Human Cost of War
- Hearing on WikiLeaks suspect's confinement resumes
- SmartWatt Energy Continue Nationwide Expansion, Opens New Office and Adds Staff in Virginia
- Can lessons from Iraq be applied to US-Iran tensions?
- Desktop Alert Awarded GSN 2012 Best U.S. Regional or National Public Safety Communications Deployment
- US panel seeks accountability after Benghazi attacks
- Turkish forces kill 13 Kurdish militants near Syria border
- Global Peace Convention 2012: A Historic Triumph for International Leaders, Representing 40 Countries from Around the World, Who Gathered in Atlanta (GA) to Discuss Peace
- Provision Slashing Up to 36,000 Defense Jobs Stays Alive
- Factbox: Transparency International's global corruption index
- Fiscal cliff offers hint at more defense cuts
- For Mongolia, China's too close for comfort
- Panel seeks accountability after Benghazi attacks
- U.S. military court appoints new judge in Fort Hood massacre case
| Chevron sets 2013 capital budget of $36.7 billion Posted: 05 Dec 2012 03:40 PM PST Chevron Corp. plans to spend $36.7 billion in 2013 on energy exploration and investments, including $3.3 billion of planned expenditures by affiliates, the oil giant said Wednesday.That's up about 12 percent ... |
| Investigators await interview with driver in fatal Texas train crash Posted: 05 Dec 2012 03:05 PM PST SAN ANGELO, Texas (Reuters) - The National Transportation Safety Board said on Wednesday it had yet to interview the driver of a truck carrying U.S. military veterans that was struck by a train in a fatal accident in Texas, and added it may take up to 18 months to wrap up the investigation. Four veterans were killed and at least 14 other people were injured when the Union Pacific train slammed into a parade float pulled by the truck in Midland, Texas, on November 15 at the start of a weekend of festivities to honor veterans wounded in the Iraq and Afghanistan wars. ... |
| Marine: Improper procedures used in Manning case Posted: 05 Dec 2012 02:04 PM PST
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| Fiscal Cliff: Do You Trust the Polls? Posted: 05 Dec 2012 01:50 PM PST
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| Researchers say form of Ecstasy may heal combat trauma Posted: 05 Dec 2012 01:35 PM PST CHARLESTON, South Carolina (Reuters) - A South Carolina psychiatrist and his wife, a nurse, have taken an uncommon, controversial approach to helping war veterans who suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder by treating them with MDMA, a pure form of the party drug known as Ecstasy. Their studies have found that the psychoactive stimulant decreases fear and defensiveness while increasing trust in those who take it as part of a therapy program, say Dr. Michael Mithoefer and Ann Mithoefer. ... |
| Pentagon begins planning for massive budget cuts Posted: 05 Dec 2012 12:46 PM PST
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| Dueling Fiscal Cliff Deceptions Posted: 05 Dec 2012 12:39 PM PST A fog of misinformation has settled on the fiscal cliff, as both House Speaker John Boehner and Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner have traded conflicting, misleading and false statements in recent days on the president's deficit-reduction plan: Geithner falsely claimed on "Fox News Sunday" that the president's proposals to slow Medicare … More |
| Marine denies mocking Manning's homosexuality Posted: 05 Dec 2012 11:54 AM PST
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| Iranian dissident and French lawmakers urge new policy on Iran Posted: 05 Dec 2012 11:49 AM PST PARIS (Reuters) - French lawmakers invited the head of a previously shunned Iranian dissident group to parliament on Wednesday, aiming to help it gain credibility as a viable opposition to Tehran's government. Speaking to members of a parliamentary committee on Iran, Maryam Rajavi, leader of the Paris-based National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI), said it was time her group was taken seriously as a force for democracy in Iran. "The biggest political error in the West is to ignore the key movement of change in Iran," Rajavi told the conference. France, a permanent member of the U.N. ... |
| ShelterBox Responding in Philippines After Typhoon Devastates Southern Islands Posted: 05 Dec 2012 11:46 AM PST International disaster relief organization, ShelterBox, is in the Philippines after Typhoon Bopha carved through the southern islands, leaving hundreds dead and thousands homeless.Sarasota, Fla (PRWEB) December 05, 2012 International disaster relief organization, ShelterBox, is in the Philippines after Typhoon Bopha carved through the southern islands, leaving hundreds dead and thousands homeless.ShelterBox responds immediately to disasters such as earthquake, volcano, flood, hurricane, cyclone, tsunami or conflict, by delivering boxes of aid. ... |
| Are Americans ready to deal with Syria's chemical weapons? Posted: 05 Dec 2012 11:27 AM PST If President Obama were to deploy military force in Syria – right into the heart of the Middle East – would it be on moral grounds or in America's self-interest? |
| Flawed graph weakens case against Iran nuclear program (+video) Posted: 05 Dec 2012 10:24 AM PST Last week, the Associated Press released an image that purported to show that "Iranian scientists have run computer simulations for a nuclear weapon that would produce more than triple the explosive force of the World War II bomb that destroyed Hiroshima." The diagram presented was "leaked by officials from a country critical of Iran's atomic program to bolster their arguments that Iran's nuclear program must be halted." |
| So. African co. recovers after bribery-probe fall Posted: 05 Dec 2012 10:16 AM PST Shares of Net 1 UEPS rebounded 24 percent Wednesday, a day after the South African company's shares lost more than half their value on the disclosure of probes by the U.S. government.Net 1 UEPS Technologies ... |
| Brig guard: depression history put Manning at risk Posted: 05 Dec 2012 09:55 AM PST Military prosecutors are slowly working up the chain of command of a Marine Corps brig to show the government was justified in keeping an Army private tightly confined after he was arrested for allegedly sending classified information to the secret-busting website WikiLeaks. |
| Officials: US to blacklist a Syrian rebel group Posted: 05 Dec 2012 09:48 AM PST
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| 76,000 New Veterans In Illinois: Younger, Poorer, And In Need Of A New Approach Posted: 05 Dec 2012 09:44 AM PST Social Impact Research Center Report Reveals Blueprint to Support New VeteransCHICAGO, Dec. 5, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Troops returning home to Illinois from duty in Iraq and Afghanistan represent a new kind of veteran: they are younger than the majority of veterans in Illinois, there are more female service members than ever before, they face high rates of unemployment, and they suffer unique physical and mental wounds. ... |
| Official: Militants kill 12 soldiers in Somalia Posted: 05 Dec 2012 08:22 AM PST Islamist extremists attacked an army post in northeastern Somalia, killing 12 soldiers in one of the deadliest attacks in recent months by the al-Qaida-linked group, al-Shabab, an official said Wednesday. |
| Tom Hanks on the Human Cost of War Posted: 05 Dec 2012 07:42 AM PST
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| Hearing on WikiLeaks suspect's confinement resumes Posted: 05 Dec 2012 07:04 AM PST A hearing to determine whether his case should be dismissed has resumed for an Army private charged with sending classified documents to WikiLeaks. |
| SmartWatt Energy Continue Nationwide Expansion, Opens New Office and Adds Staff in Virginia Posted: 05 Dec 2012 07:02 AM PST SmartWatt Energy is pleased to announce that Brian Ely has joined the company as a Project Developer. He will be based out of SmartWatt Energy's recently opened office in Richmond, VA.Richmond, VA (PRWEB) December 05, 2012 SmartWatt Energy is pleased to announce that Brian Ely has joined the company as a Project Developer. He will be based out of SmartWatt Energy's recently opened office in Richmond, VA.SmartWatt Energy is a leading nationwide provider of turnkey energy-efficiency solutions for commercial and industrial customers. ... |
| Can lessons from Iraq be applied to US-Iran tensions? Posted: 05 Dec 2012 06:57 AM PST More than nine years after US forces invaded Iraq, the CIA's declassified analysis of mistakes over Iraq's weapons of mass destruction is rich with lessons that apply to Iran, as talk of another war simmers. |
| Posted: 05 Dec 2012 06:06 AM PST Award Reflective of the Desktop Alert Emergency Notification Platform Selection for Nationwide Deployments to the U.S. Air National Guard, The U.S. Army National Guard, FEMA Headquarter Regional Locations and U.S. Northern Command.Chatham, New Jersey (PRWEB) December 05, 2012 At a gala dinner that drew hundreds of government officials and industry executives to the Washington Convention Center on November 29, Government Security News announced the winners -- including Desktop Alert -- in 42 different categories in its 4th Annual Homeland Security Awards competition. ... |
| US panel seeks accountability after Benghazi attacks Posted: 05 Dec 2012 04:10 AM PST WASHINGTON (Reuters) - After a car bomb struck the U.S. ambassador's residence in Lima in 1992, the State Department convened a special panel to answer the same questions now hovering over a review of the September attacks in Benghazi, Libya: How much security is enough? What is the right role for U.S. diplomats? The Lima panel, known as an Accountability Review Board, issued a final report "that didn't find anybody had been delinquent," former U.S. Ambassador to Peru Anthony Quainton said. That report was never made public. ... |
| Turkish forces kill 13 Kurdish militants near Syria border Posted: 05 Dec 2012 03:48 AM PST TUNCELI, Turkey (Reuters) - Turkish troops and attack helicopters pounded Kurdish militants near the border with Syria, killing 13 militants and capturing five others, the regional governor's office said on Wednesday. The operation was launched at the western end of Turkey's frontier with Syria, far from the main arena of conflict between Turkish government forces and Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) militants further east along the borders with Iraq and Iran. ... |
| Posted: 05 Dec 2012 03:16 AM PST Government officials, human rights activists, service entrepreneurs, ministers, students and volunteers from around the world convened in Atlanta (GA) to talk peace, leadership and service. Eleven former Latin American Presidents presented the Latin American Presidential Mission, a statement for peace.Atlanta, GA (PRWEB) December 05, 2012 Participants from around the world attended The Global Peace Foundation's (GPF) Global Peace Convention (GPC) recently held in Atlanta, Georgia on November 29 – December 1, 2012. Co-Chaired by Georgia Senator Emanuel Jones and Dr. Robert A. ... |
| Provision Slashing Up to 36,000 Defense Jobs Stays Alive Posted: 05 Dec 2012 02:10 AM PST The Senate defeated an amendment to the defense authorization bill that would have halted an effort to cut the department's civilian and contractor workforces by an estimated 5 percent through fiscal 2017. |
| Factbox: Transparency International's global corruption index Posted: 05 Dec 2012 12:46 AM PST (Reuters) - In Transparency International's 2012 Corruption Perceptions Index, Denmark, Finland and New Zealand tied for first place out of 176 countries - meaning they were perceived to have the lowest levels of state sector corruption. Sweden was fourth with Singapore ranked as fifth. Germany came in at 13th, one notch better than 2011 and Japan remained at 17. The United States ranked 19th in 2012, up from 24th out of 183 countries in 2011. China ranked 80th after 75th in 2011. The 2012 index ranks 176 countries by their perceived levels of public sector corruption. ... |
| Fiscal cliff offers hint at more defense cuts Posted: 05 Dec 2012 12:10 AM PST
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| For Mongolia, China's too close for comfort Posted: 04 Dec 2012 11:30 PM PST
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| Panel seeks accountability after Benghazi attacks Posted: 04 Dec 2012 10:07 PM PST
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| U.S. military court appoints new judge in Fort Hood massacre case Posted: 04 Dec 2012 06:39 PM PST SAN ANTONIO, Texas (Reuters) - The U.S. Army appointed on Tuesday a military judge who has presided over several closely watched cases to be the new judge in the court martial of alleged Fort Hood gunman Major Nidal Hasan, according to an Army statement. The appointment of Colonel Tara Osborn comes one day after the Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces removed Colonel Gregory Gross from the case, questioning his impartiality. Osborn is currently chief judge for the Army's Second Judicial Circuit. ... |
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