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• UN says nearly 93,000 killed in Syrian civil war
• Iran vote could bring change of style, perhaps not substance
• APNewsBreak: NY Air Guard unit being investigated
• Intrepid Fallen Heroes Fund Breaks Ground At Fort Campbell, KY For New Brain Injury Center To Treat Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) And Post Traumatic Stress (PTS) In America's Military Service Members
• Obama considers Syria moves, Assad turns guns on north
• Is Iran winning in Syria?
• Disrupting Government
• Where Manufacturing Is on the Rebound
• Sunni governor escapes assassination in Iraq
• Marathon Oil taps Exxon Mobil executive as next CEO
• How Syria's 93,000 Dead Compare to Other Terrible Wars
• G-8 summit to press Russia on Syria
• Inside The House Armed Services Committee
• Iran oilfields could spring back from Western sanctions
• Pentagon official testifies at Manning's trial
• Background of Iranian presidential candidates
• Legislative Comrades-in-Arms Tend to Put Politics Aside
• UN says Syrian government and rebels recruit children to fight
• Paul Arcangeli, Minority Staff Director
• Major Battles in the House Armed Services Committee
• A Hollow Military Again?
• Rep. Adam Smith Takes a Realistic View on Funding
• If U.S. does not arm Syria's rebels, Arabs, Europeans may
• National Guard group to hold convention in Hawaii
• US budget deficit widens $139 billion in May
• West to discuss aid with Syria rebel leader; insurgents kill Shi'ites
• Smith Takes a Realistic View on Funding

UN says nearly 93,000 killed in Syrian civil war Posted: 13 Jun 2013 04:52 PM PDT BEIRUT (AP) — Syrians are being killed at an average rate of 5,000 per month, the U.N. said Thursday as it raised the overall death toll in the civil war to nearly 93,000, with civilians bearing the brunt of the attacks.

Iran vote could bring change of style, perhaps not substance Posted: 13 Jun 2013 04:12 PM PDT DUBAI (Reuters) - Iran votes on Friday in a presidential election unlikely to result in seismic shifts in its troubled relations with the West and Gulf Arab neighbors, but which could bring a softening of the confrontational style personified by outgoing president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. World powers embroiled in talks with Iran over its nuclear program are looking for signs of a recalibration of its negotiating position after eight years of intransigence under fiery populist Ahmadinejad. ...

APNewsBreak: NY Air Guard unit being investigated Posted: 13 Jun 2013 03:58 PM PDT ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — A high-profile New York Air National Guard airlift wing has promoted sexual abusers instead of punishing them, according to the retired officer who handled claims of sexual assault in the unit.

Intrepid Fallen Heroes Fund Breaks Ground At Fort Campbell, KY For New Brain Injury Center To Treat Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) And Post Traumatic Stress (PTS) In America's Military Service Members Posted: 13 Jun 2013 02:28 PM PDT FORT CAMPBELL, Ky., June 13, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Military leaders, including Gen. Robert Cone, Commanding General for the United States Army Training and Doctrine Command, and Brig. Gen. Mark Stammer, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) and Fort Campbell Senior Mission Commander, joined leaders of the Intrepid Fallen Heroes Fund (IFHF) at a groundbreaking ceremony here today marking the start of construction for the third in a series of nine National Intrepid Center of Excellence (NICoE) Satellite Centers. ...

Obama considers Syria moves, Assad turns guns on north Posted: 13 Jun 2013 12:22 PM PDT By Erika Solomon BEIRUT (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama is deciding whether to take new action to help Syria's rebels, the White House said on Thursday, while President Bashar al-Assad's surging forces and their Lebanese Hezbollah allies turned their guns on the north. Assad's forces fought near the northern city of Aleppo on Thursday and bombarded the central city of Homs, having seized the initiative by winning the open backing of Hezbollah last month and capturing the strategic town of Qusair last week. ...

Is Iran winning in Syria? Posted: 13 Jun 2013 12:21 PM PDT Max Fisher suggests that Iran is "winning" in Syria. Is he right?

Disrupting Government Posted: 13 Jun 2013 12:01 PM PDT The Mission Continues

Where Manufacturing Is on the Rebound Posted: 13 Jun 2013 11:58 AM PDT If the Great Recession was disastrous for many sectors of the American economy, it was widely seen as the death knell for manufacturing. But a cutting-edge aluminum plant in the heartland is evidence that American factories were given their last rites prematurely. Alcoa's Davenport Works plant in Iowa—which makes high-tech aluminum alloys—has added 600 jobs since the height of the recession and is training 150 new workers to staff a $300 million expansion, which will come on line at the end of the year. The plant now employs more people than it did before the economic crisis.

Sunni governor escapes assassination in Iraq Posted: 13 Jun 2013 11:14 AM PDT BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraqi officials say that the governor of Iraq's northern Sunni-dominated province of Ninevah has escaped an assassination attempt that left two people killed and three others wounded.

Marathon Oil taps Exxon Mobil executive as next CEO Posted: 13 Jun 2013 08:51 AM PDT (Reuters) - Marathon Oil Corp has tapped an Exxon Mobil Corp executive to become its next CEO when Clarence Cazalot retires at the end of the year. Lee Tillman, Exxon Mobil's vice president of engineering, will take the top post at the energy exploration company in January 2014, Marathon Oil said on Thursday. Tillman's experience in some of the world's most complex energy fields, including Norway, Scotland and Indonesia, will help Marathon Oil as it works to expand its operations in Canada's oil sands, America's shale fields, and in Iraq and Angola. ...

How Syria's 93,000 Dead Compare to Other Terrible Wars Posted: 13 Jun 2013 08:11 AM PDT The Syrian civil war has passed another grim milestone, as the 25-month-old conflict has experienced an almost unthinkable increase in daily violence over the last year. The "official" death toll provided by the United Nations is now at 93,000 people, with the vast majority of lives lost in the last 12 months. The U.N. high commissioner for human rights says more than 5,000 people are being killed every month, with 27,000 deaths coming in just the last six months.

G-8 summit to press Russia on Syria Posted: 13 Jun 2013 06:27 AM PDT BERLIN (AP) — Britain and Germany aim to use next week's summit of major economic powers to press Russia's leader to use his leverage with the government of President Bashar Assad to calm the fighting in Syria.

Inside The House Armed Services Committee Posted: 13 Jun 2013 06:15 AM PDT The House Armed Services Committee is responsible for authorizing an annual Defense Department budget of more than half a trillion dollars at a time when defense spending, for the first time in perhaps decades, is not treated across the political spectrum as sacrosanct. The result is that committee Chairman Buck McKeon and his defense-conscious colleagues are left to fend off—or at least try to mitigate and manage—what looks to be inevitable: a Pentagon budget spiraling downward, after two long wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. ...

Iran oilfields could spring back from Western sanctions Posted: 13 Jun 2013 05:58 AM PDT By Peg Mackey LONDON (Reuters) - Iran's oilfields will be able to bounce back within months from drastic production cuts if Western sanctions are lifted although a full recovery would take over a year and require hefty investment, oil industry experts say. Once ranked No. 2 in OPEC behind Saudi Arabia, Iran's production has plunged by 1 million barrels per day to 2.6 million bpd as harsh measures imposed early last year by the United States and Europe make it ever harder for Tehran to sell crude and fund its vital oil sector. ...

Pentagon official testifies at Manning's trial Posted: 13 Jun 2013 05:16 AM PDT A video of a U.S. Apache helicopter attack leaked by Pfc. Bradley Manning revealed sensitive information that could help enemies plan deadlier assaults, according to a Pentagon official's statement read ...

Background of Iranian presidential candidates Posted: 13 Jun 2013 03:24 AM PDT A look at the six candidates in Iran's presidential election Friday. Two others — parliament member Gholam Ali Haddad Adel and former Vice President Mohammad Reza Aref — withdrew earlier this week.

Legislative Comrades-in-Arms Tend to Put Politics Aside Posted: 13 Jun 2013 02:17 AM PDT CORRECTION: An earlier version of this story incorrectly identified Enyart's district and his mission during the Vietnam War. A corrected version follows.

UN says Syrian government and rebels recruit children to fight Posted: 13 Jun 2013 01:29 AM PDT By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Syrian troops and rebels are recruiting children to fight in the country's civil war and some have been tortured by government forces for having links to the opposition, U.N. chief Ban Ki-moon said in a report on Wednesday. The report issued after Ban's special envoy for children and armed conflict, Leila Zerrougui, visited Syria in December said thousands of children have been killed in the violence, "while thousands more have seen family members killed or injured. ...

Paul Arcangeli, Minority Staff Director Posted: 12 Jun 2013 11:25 PM PDT Paul Arcangeli announced the beginning of a "reign of terror" after taking the helm of the committee staff when Democrats were in the majority. "You can call me Mr. Arcangeli or O Dark Lord," he joked.

Major Battles in the House Armed Services Committee Posted: 12 Jun 2013 11:19 PM PDT On Aug. 1, 2011, hours before the government was set to default on its debt, House Speaker John Boehner convened Republican members of the House Armed Services Committee in his office to discuss a legislative solution.

A Hollow Military Again? Posted: 12 Jun 2013 11:19 PM PDT Even in the best of times, U.S. leaders have stumbled trying to manage the tricky transition between war and what comes after. Following every "war to end all wars," the American people demand a "peace dividend" that often cuts defense spending too deep for too long, eroding military preparedness. Congress resists shuttering unneeded bases, stopping unnecessary weapons production, or decommissioning excess reserve units that represent jobs in home districts. The result is military forces that are unbalanced and inefficient. ...

Rep. Adam Smith Takes a Realistic View on Funding Posted: 12 Jun 2013 11:16 PM PDT The defense budget was plummeting when Rep. Adam Smith, D-Wash., was elected to Congress in 1996, and the former state senator was focused on jobs and the economy in his region.

If U.S. does not arm Syria's rebels, Arabs, Europeans may Posted: 12 Jun 2013 10:24 PM PDT By Arshad Mohammed WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Among the consequences facing U.S. President Barack Obama if he decides against arming Syria's rebels is that Arab and European states may step in more aggressively, perhaps further fracturing rebel forces. Having watched government forces seize the strategic town of Qusair from the rebels last week, Obama's senior national security advisers have held a series of meetings on what more, if anything, they are willing to do to help the opposition. ...

National Guard group to hold convention in Hawaii Posted: 12 Jun 2013 07:29 PM PDT A private association of National Guard members plans to hold its annual conference in Honolulu this year, even though some officials at the Pentagon have questioned the wisdom of meeting in a vacation ...

US budget deficit widens $139 billion in May Posted: 12 Jun 2013 06:10 PM PDT The government reported Wednesday that the U.S. budget deficit widened in May by $139 billion. But the annual deficit stayed on track to finish below $1 trillion for the first time since 2008. Steady economic ...

West to discuss aid with Syria rebel leader; insurgents kill Shi'ites Posted: 12 Jun 2013 05:32 PM PDT By Erika Solomon and John Irish BEIRUT/PARIS (Reuters) - Western officials will meet the commander of the main force fighting President Bashar al-Assad on Saturday to discuss new aid, diplomats said, signaling a new bid to help mainstream rebels and counter the strength of sectarian militias. Underscoring the West's fears of an uncontrolled sectarian bloodbath, activists said Sunni insurgent militiamen had killed some 60 Shi'ites in a town in the east of Syria. ...

Smith Takes a Realistic View on Funding Posted: 12 Jun 2013 01:00 PM PDT The defense budget was plummeting when Rep. Adam Smith, D-Wash., was elected to Congress in 1996, and the former state senator was focused on jobs and the economy in his region.

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