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— The decline in U.S. military spending in the final quarter of 2012, the biggest quarterly drop in more than four decades, the Commerce Department reported Wednesday. And sequestration hasn't kicked in yet.
Massive Storm Rips Through the Southeast, Spinning Tornadoes in Tennessee and Georgia
The weather system spans from Michigan to Louisiana across a broad expanse of the eastern half of the U.S., bringing winds strong enough to overturn 18-wheelers and reducing buildings to rubble. Some areas of Tennessee and …
WATCH: News Crew Gets Dangerously Close to Georgia Tornado
A crew from local station WSB-2 captured the tornado that swept through Adairsville, Ga. on Wednesday.
“In some ways, it feels like I’m leaving family behind to an uncertain future.”
— Marine General John Allen, commenting on his final visit to southern Afghanistan, before giving up command of U.S. and allied forces in the country, in an interview with the Washington Post.
So When Are Women Joining the NFL?
Should the National Football League allow women on the playing field? After all, they can kick and carry a ball, and professional football is one industry in which women are sorely under-represented, to say the least.
It’s …
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Why America’s Middle East Policy is Doomed
The U.S. is pursuing a self-destructive grand strategy in the Middle East. It’s based on a pair of conflicting objectives, each bathed with high-toned rhetoric about promoting human rights and democracy:
Rush Limbaugh and Barack Obama (In That Order) Weigh In On Immigration
Two big things happened Tuesday with regards to immigration reform: President Barack Obama announced his plans at a Las Vegas high school, and Florida Sen. Marco Rubio called into Rush Limbaugh’s radio program.
M-1 MBT: Major Blast, There
A Marine M-1 Abrams Main Battle Tank provides suppressive fire against simulated insurgents at Twentynine Palms, Calif.
Time for Some Fearless Leadership
On April 28, 1993, the Combat Exclusion Policy that prohibited women from taking combat aircraft assignments was finally lifted by then-Secretary of Defense, Les Aspin. Chief of Naval Operations Admiral Frank B. Kelso was the …
Chicago Girl Who Performed at Obama’s Inauguration Killed in Shooting
Honor student and majorette Hadiya Pendleton, 15, was gunned down in a shooting barely a mile from President Obama’s Chicago home.
The War After the Wars
I look down and I see my combat boots walking over the dust-filled rocky landscape again.
I feel like I am over-heating under the weight of my kit.
The sun is so bright, and the sound of the rocks rubbing together sends …
Obama Says Football Likely to ‘Change’ Because of Head Injuries
Obama is a longtime Chicago Bears fan, but in a recent interview he said if he had a son he would have to “think long and hard” about letting him play football.
Viewpoint: The Decline of Unions Is Your Problem Too
The share of America’s workforce that’s unionized hit a 97-year low in 2012. The weakness of labor is everyone’s problem — and its revival everyone’s opportunity.