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Poll: Majority back Obama's decision to withdraw troops from Iraq
Three-quarters of Americans support the plan, Gallup finds.
Defense
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.
Defense
Flaws in SEC document-shredding policy affirmed by watchdog
Whistleblower’s charges of inconsistency are borne out, but IG finds no basis for prosecution.
Defense
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.
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Panetta expects half of defense cuts to come from weapons programs
The rest could come from operating more efficiently, a decrease in troops, and trimming personnel costs like health care.
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Defense language training program needs improvement, GAO says
Army and Marine Corps programs lack the documentation necessary for improvement, audit finds.
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Rice: U.S. could have 'done better' in Iraq without distrust among Bush officials
The former Secretary of State's remarks follow a spate of recent he-said-she-said comments among ex-officials.
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Iraq will need U.S. oversight for a decade, watchdog reports
Threats are greatest from outside the country, key Iraqi general tells special IG.
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U.S. officials were warned of abuse at Afghan prisons, paper reports
Top officials received 'multiple warnings' about detainee abuses at facilities the United Nations later publicly revealed had engaged in "systematic torture."
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Panetta: Defense budget likely to include $250B in cuts over 5 years
Comments come as the Pentagon is embroiled in a review of how to eliminate roughly $450 billion in spending over the next decade.
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Pentagon's embattled personnel official resigns
Clifford Stanley plans to leave the Pentagon within the next two weeks.
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Defense cyber chief: The cloud is the military's next Internet
Computers and programs must be linked to a central, remote environment that aligns security departmentwide, Gen. Keith Alexander says.
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Mail delivery to service members in Iraq winds down
The Postal Service will not accept parcels addressed to military post offices there after Nov. 17.
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Defense needs to improve efforts to prevent sexual harassment, GAO says
Auditors call for leadership accountability and enforcement of current policies.
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Defense officials downplay panel’s role in revamping military retirement
Pentagon is reviewing its compensation structure for service members, including changes to pension benefits.
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FEMA chief says pre-staging is key to rapid disaster response
Fugate stresses advantage of acting in advance of official disaster declarations.
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