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Obama Picks Dunford as Next Marine Corps Commandant
The question now is who will replace Gen. Joseph Dunford as the top U.S. commander in Afghanistan to oversee the end of the war? By Ben Watson
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Flaw Lets Hackers Control Electronic Highway Billboards
Officials have notified the vendor to confirm the issue and figure out a fix.
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Sending Astronauts to Space Is Worth It -- If the Goal Is Mars
But we’ll have to increase NASA’s budget and cooperate with China, report concludes.
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TSA Plans to Profile Your Suitcase
New system will cross-check baggage tags with passenger information.
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Dunford Expects Nearly 14,000 Troops in Post-War Afghanistan
Gen. Joseph Dunford says NATO nations will contribute 4,000 troops to join President Obama's post-war mission in Afghanistan. By Kevin Baron
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Judge Doubts NSA Program Is Constitutional—but Upholds It Anyway
An Idaho federal judge urges the Supreme Court to address the spying controversy.
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Congress Wants Answers on Bergdahl
After a closed-door briefing on the Hill, members of Congress have even more questions about the deal to exchange the American POW for five Taliban prisoners. By Molly O’Toole
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Obama, Hagel, Kerry on NATO Defense Blitz
With a $1 billion sweetener, U.S. leaders hope Russia’s Ukraine invasion sparks other NATO countries to pony up. By Kevin Baron
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After Ukraine, Obama Keeps an Eye on the Baltics
The Obama administration is considering beefing up its military presence in Europe, perhaps going so far as granting a Baltic request for permanent NATO military bases. By Tara Sonenshine
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Marine Corps Finds Pentagon’s Mobile Plan is No Bargain
Without a cheaper commercial alternative, it will be too costly to put more smartphones and tablets in the hands of Marines.
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Hollywood Producers Want to Use Drones to Film Their Movies
If the FAA approves, filmmakers could be among the first to use commercial drones.
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Hacker Conference Will Invite Feds Back – In 2016
The Pentagon will host a cyber contest at DEF CON after reaching a deal with organizers of the annual confab.
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Secret Service Software Will 'Detect Sarcasm' in Social Media Users
'Sentiment analysis' and 'access to historical Twitter data' among the requirements.
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More Snowden Leaks: NSA Intercepting Millions of Facial Images
The agency declined to say if it also retrieves images from social media.
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At Least Eric Shinseki Didn’t Get Choked by the President
That was the fate suffered by the first head of the Veterans Bureau.
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Hackers Conquer Security Firm, Hijack iPhones and Trawl a Supercomputer
Just another week in ThreatWatch, our regularly updated index of noteworthy data breaches.
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