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Man charged with USS Cole bombing will face judge

Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri is the first Guantanamo prisoner to be charged with war crimes since President Obama took office.

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Investigators find 'gross mismanagement' of war remains at Dover AFB

A colonel and two civilian deputies were disciplined, but not fired, for alleged abuses between 2008 and 2010.

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Analysis: The real picture in Afghanistan

Maj. Gen. Peter Fuller got cashiered for intemperate remarks about Afghan leaders. But what he has to say about the situation in the country is really important.

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Auditors blast DHS' $1.5 billion border plan

The Government Accountability Office says Homeland Security should halt a new program to secure the U.S.-Mexico border until it calculates a more realistic cost figure .

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Senators urge State Department to turn over requested Iraq documents to special IG

A bipartisan group of lawmakers aims to protect SIGIR’s independence in a letter sent to Secretary Clinton.

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Report: Pentagon weighing base closures, military benefits in face of budget cuts

Options on the table include health insurance fee hikes and creating a commission to review retirement pay.

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American military leader in Afghanistan relieved of duties

Gen. Peter Fuller had made remarks disparaging President Hamid Karzai in an interview in Washington.

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FBI, Homeland Security defer to each other on immigrants' data

House Republicans plan to subpoena criminal records of immigrants in the country unlawfully and claim agencies are hiding crimes.

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Air Force to cut officers, spur early retirement, news report says

Congressional mandates require 436 Air Force captains and majors to lose their jobs, Federal New Radio reports.

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WSJ: CIA asked to adjust drone strike policy

Behind closed doors, officials concerned that drone strikes are straining the relationship between the U.S. and Pakistan, the paper reports.

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Afghanistan transition is on track, senior general says

NATO is making critical strides in the battle to develop a capable Afghan police force and army.

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Defense offered buyouts to 35 senior executives

Incentives were part of a purging of 200 senior positions in August and September.

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Agencies blasted for ignoring contractor role in human trafficking

Defense, State departments scolded by House panelists for meager number of prosecutions, debarments.

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Poll: Majority back Obama's decision to withdraw troops from Iraq

Three-quarters of Americans support the plan, Gallup finds.

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Report: U.S. discussing shift to advisory role in Afghanistan

A formal agreement could come as early as May.

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Pentagon explains Panetta’s warning that sequestration would cost 1.5 million jobs

Officials plugged some numbers into an established forecasting model and fed the data to a simulation of the U.S. economy hit with across-the-board spending cuts.

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Flaws in SEC document-shredding policy affirmed by watchdog

Whistleblower’s charges of inconsistency are borne out, but IG finds no basis for prosecution.

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TSA mum on missing deadline for 100 percent cargo screening

One year after planes nearly shipped printer-bombs stateside, feds don't comply with law to inspect all parcels aboard international passenger flights.

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Obama orders Fort Monroe preservation as a way to create jobs

The Virginia site became an army outpost in 1819 and closed in September.

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U.S. scores some wins but Taliban winning the propaganda war

White House is fighting two battles in Afghanistan: one against the Taliban, and one against the public perception at home that the U.S. is losing.