Defense
FBI names Benghazi suspects _ but no arrests yet
The U.S. has identified five men who might be responsible for the attack on the diplomatic mission in Benghazi, Libya, last year, and has enough evidence to justify seizing them by military force as suspected terrorists, officials say. But there isn't enough proof to try them in a U.S. civilian ...
No new funds needed for Okla. tornado recovery
Top lawmakers and officials said Tuesday that the federal government has plenty of money on hand to pay for recovery efforts in the wake of the devastating tornado that struck Oklahoma. The government has more than $11 billion in its main disaster relief fund. Recovery costs in the Oklahoma City ...
Deal on bin Laden evidence in WikiLeaks case
Lawyers in the court-martial of an Army private who sent more than 700,000 classified U.S. documents to WikiLeaks said Tuesday they have reached a deal that may eliminate the need for testimony from a member of the military team that killed Osama bin Laden. Prosecutors also agreed to accept Pfc. ...
Feds halt data cull for State Dept terror report
The federal government has given the job of compiling statistics used by the State Department to analyze trends in global terrorism to an academic group, a move that may complicate accurate unclassified assessments of patterns of terrorist activity for years to come. As President Barack Obama prepares to deliver a ...
Fort Jackson commander facing adultery charges
The Army says the commanding general of Fort Jackson, S.C., has been suspended in connection with charges of adultery and involvement in a physical altercation. The Army says Brig. Gen. Bryan Roberts reportedly was in an altercation with another woman, not his wife. Roberts was suspended from his job by ...
Soldiers flood western Mexico to protect towns
Mexico's top security officials promised Tuesday that a new federal offensive to rescue towns besieged by the Knights Templar drug cartel in western Michoacan state would stay "until there is security and peace for all state residents." Interior Secretary Miguel Osorio Chong and his national security team met with local ...
Bail denied for defendant in Coast Guard killings
A federal judge has denied bail for a 61-year-old man accused of killing two men at the Coast Guard station on Kodiak Island. James Wells wanted to be released to detention and electronic monitoring to third-party custodians as he awaited trial for the fatal shootings of Coast Guardsmen Petty Officer ...
U.S. TRACKED FOREIGNERS LEAVING FOR CANADA
c.2013 New York Times News Service WASHINGTON — Hundreds of thousands of foreigners passing into Canada from the United States have unwittingly been a part of a grand experiment by the Department of Homeland Security to crack down on visitors who violate laws governing the length of their stay. Long ...
Military discharges, rather than treats
The U.S. Army has discharged escalating numbers of traumatized combat veterans who commit crimes and in ways that make them ineligible for Veterans Administration health assistance, The Gazette of Colorado Springs reports. The Gazette found (http://tinyurl.com/nhbp3wh) that the numbers of combat veterans discharged has risen since 2006. Many have post-traumatic ...
US lawmakers seek limits on Russia cooperation
Republicans are trying to block Obama administration overtures to Russia on missile defense, creating a potential obstacle to arms control talks. Lawmakers are proposing a measure that would bar the administration from sharing classified missile defense data with Russia. That would undercut a path that arms control advocates have urged ...
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