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Fred Kaplan's 'The Insurgents' takes on Petraeus and policy
-------------------- The Insurgents David Petraeus and the Plot to Change the American Way of War Fred Kaplan Simon & Schuster: 400 pp, $28 -------------------- Everyone knows — or thinks they know — about the influence exerted by the...
Tags: West Point, Pulitzer Prize Awards, Hamid Karzai, Entertainment Events, Mosul (Iraq)
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Football: Another wild story from the recruiting world
Varsity Times InsiderHigh school coaches are beginning to understand what players are going through when it comes to making commitments in the recruiting world. Gardena Serra Coach Scott Altenberg was offered the job as an assistant coach for the Under Armour all-star...... -
Pentagon ends ban on women in combat
WASHINGTON – Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta is ending the ban on women serving in combat in the U.S. military, potentially opening up more than 200,000 positions on the front lines and possibly also jobs with elite commando units. Pentagon...
Tags: U.S. Military, U.S. House Committee on Armed Services, Chuck Hagel, Leon Panetta, The Pentagon
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Turn the channel to Al Jazeera
AMMAN, JORDAN — The Arab world's best-known satellite TV network purchased the American cable channel Current TV last week. That means you may soon be able to add "Al Jazeera America" to your remote control favorites. If you're a news junkie like...
Tags: Ted Koppel, Doha (Qatar), Television Industry, CNN (tv network), Satellite Technology
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Rights and the 'war on terror'
Congress and President Obama have been buffeted by criticism for the way they handled, or mishandled, legislation designed to prevent the economy from going over the so-called fiscal cliff. Comparatively, little attention has been paid to another recent...
Tags: Prisoners and Detainees, Justice System, National Defense Authorization Act, Dianne Feinstein, Judges
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You go, military girls -- to the front lines
Annie, get your gun -- and then fall in, soldier! By 2016, it’ll be "officers and gentlemen and gentlewomen." Defense Secretary Leon Panetta will order the military to open combat roles to women, the last barrier to full engagement. That’s...
Tags: Violence Against Women Act, Congressional Medal of Honor Heroes, Joint Chiefs of Staff, Sexual Misconduct, Meg Ryan
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U.S. Army relations in Afghanistan
FrameworkAs American troops shift from combat to advising, the ominous specter of “insider attacks” by Afghan troops has strained the relationship between the two armies. Sixty-two Western coalition troops have been killed this year in 46 such attacks,... -
Congress and the lost art of compromise
Twenty-six years ago, I walked into the U.S. Capitol as a newly elected congressman, representing a district that stretched from Simi Valley to Gorman to Catalina Island. This month, I cast my last vote in Congress, joining 84 other Republicans and 172...
Tags: U.S. House of Representatives, Republican Party, U.S. Congress, National Government, Elections
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Afghan civilians killed in mosque blast after deadly night raid
KABUL, Afghanistan -- An explosion Sunday in a restive province west of Kabul killed at least seven civilians as they tried to pull bodies from the rubble of a mosque after a night raid by Afghan and NATO special forces, Afghan officials said. It was not...
Tags: Emergency Incidents, Explosions, Hamid Karzai, Taliban, NATO
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Jack Klugman dies at 90; star of TV's 'The Odd Couple,' 'Quincy'
Special to The TimesJack Klugman, the three-time Emmy Award-winning actor best known for his portrayals of slovenly sportswriter Oscar Madison on TV's “The Odd Couple” and the title role of the murder-solving medical examiner on “Quincy, M.E.,” died...Tags: Entertainment Events, Sports Illustrated, Abusive Behavior, Jack Klugman, Tony Randall
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Charles Durning dies at 89; Tony winner also got Oscar, Emmy nods
Charles Durning, a Tony Award-winning actor whose prolific work in films and television included supporting roles in the classic comedy "Tootsie" and the TV sitcom "Evening Shade," died Monday. He was 89. Durning, a decorated veteran of World War II,...
Tags: Drama (genre), West Point, The Washington Post, U.S. Military, Entertainment Events
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Retired Gen. Norman Schwarzkopf dies at 78
Retired Gen. H. Norman Schwarzkopf, who topped an illustrious military career by commanding the U.S.-led international coalition that drove Saddam Hussein's forces out of Kuwait in 1991 but kept a low public profile in controversies over the second Gulf...
Tags: West Point, Pakistan, The Washington Post, U.S. Military, Saudi Arabia
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