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1 hr ago | MilitaryCity.com

Obama lauds future leaders at USNA graduation

While the hats being tossed were round instead of square and no one shuffled a tassel from right to left, the Naval Academy's Class of 2013 had one thing in common with college grads across the country: excitement - and a few nerves - about what comes next.

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5 hrs ago | Detroit News

Obama: Sexual assault threatens trust in military

Choosing future Navy and Marine leaders as his audience, President Barack Obama issued a pointed call Friday for an end to sexual assaults in the military, appealing to graduating midshipmen to display honor and moral courage to contain what has become a growing epidemic.

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8 hrs ago | Reuters

Repatriating detainees to Yemen key to closing Guantanamo

President Barack Obama's pledge on Thursday to lift a ban on transfers of detainees to Yemen from the prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, addresses one of the core obstacles to clearing out the detention camp.

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Related Topix: US Military Prisons, Guantanamo Bay Detention Camp, Prison, Cuba, World News, US Politics, US News, Barack Obama, Guantanamo Bay, US Military

13 hrs ago | The Huffington Post

Guantanamo Prisoners Watch Obama Speech

Among those tuning in to President Barack Obama's national security speech on Thursday were some prisoners at the Guantanamo Bay U.S. Naval Base, who rely on television broadcasts and newspapers for hints about their fate.

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Related Topix: US Military Prisons, Guantanamo Bay Detention Camp, Prison, Guantanamo Bay, US Military, Cuba, World News, US Marine Corps

Thu May 23, 2013

The Miami Herald

Foreign Service officer made millions in visa-for-money scam, feds charge

A State Department official "received several million dollars in bribes" from Vietnamese residents seeking visas, according to newly public court documents.

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Related Topix: Prison, World News, Vietnam, US Military, California

WAND-TV Decatur

Military calls UK attack victim a model soldier

A massive tornado was carving its way through town. There was no time to hesitate.

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Gizmag

US Navy's Triton UAV takes to the skies for the first time

It's been a busy month for UAVs with some launching from aircraft carriers and others saving lives .

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Related Topix: US Military, Palmdale, CA, Gadgets

Mira Mesa/Scripps Ranch Sentinel

Navy experts weigh-in on staying and getting fit

PORT HUENEME, Calif. Equipment Operator 2nd Class Renee Harrison and Construction Mechanic 1st Class David Tacey, both assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 3, cross the halfway point of a 1.5 mile run during the Physical Fitness Assessment .

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Related Topix: US Military, US Navy, US News, Life, Holidays, New Year's Day/Eve, Food, Medicine, Nutrition, Weight Training, Fitness

KFMB-TV San Diego

Navy dolphins make amazing find off Coronado

Space and Navy Warfare Systems Center Pacific has discovered and recovered one of the first self-propelled torpedoes developed and used by the U.S. Navy.

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Related Topix: US Military, Coronado, CA, San Diego County, CA, El Cerrito, CA

CBS Atlanta

Nearly all US states see hefty drop in teen births

Democratic Gov. John Hickenlooper's decision to block the execution of convicted killer Nathan Dunlap for as long as he is governor infuriated victims' relatives and drew quick criticism from Republicans... Democratic Gov.

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WIS-TV Columbia

Nixon library hosts 40th reunion for Vietnam POWs

14, 1973 file photo, released prisoner of war John McCain is greeted by President Richard Nixon, left, in Washington.

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KGWN

Youngest Okla. tornado victims remembered by kin

In the most prominent challenge of its kind, Hobby Lobby Stores Inc. is asking a federal appeals court Thursday for an exemption from part of the federal health care law that requires it to offer employees health coverage... Two hundred American former prisoners of war who were taken captive during the Vietnam War are arriving in Southern ... (more)

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Related Topix: Moore, OK, Retail, Hobby Lobby Stores, Healthcare Law, Law, US Military

Wed May 22, 2013

Free Republic

Syrianews Exclusive: Syrian Navy Destroys Israeli Submarine

Syrianews managed to confirm the news we received a couple of days ago that a Syrian Navy boat destroyed an Israeli submarine off the Syrian coast at 150 meters depth on 02 May 2013 around 2 - 2:30 am.

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WTLV

Jacksonville P-3 aircrafts help in cocaine bust

According to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, crew members of a CBP P-3 aircraft spotted a speedboat north of Panama and alerted the U.S. Navy and the U.S. Coast Guard.

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Examiner.com

Statue of Navy SEALS dog handler killed in Afghanistan to be unveiled May 27

Navy SEAL dog handler John Douangdara was killed two years ago in a helicopter crash in Afghanistan, along with his dog Bart.

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Related Topix: World News, Asia, Afghanistan, US Military, US Navy, US News, Memorial Day, Life, Holidays

News 4 Jax

Navy man charged in toddler's killing

A Navy man is now charged with murder in the killing of his girlfriend's 2-year-old son in 2010.

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The Florida Times-Union

Navy sailor arrested in 2010 death of Mayport 2-year-old

After a little more than three years, a Navy sailor was charged Wednesday with murder in the death of his girlfriend's 2-year-old son, according to the Jacksonville Sheriff's Office.

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Patch.com

Lakeville Navy Captain Deploys to Arabian Gulf for Mine Countermeasures Exercise

Editor's Note: The following story was written by Capt. Sterling Smith, U.S. Navy.

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Alabama Live

Oops. Parade magazine story on Navy chef includes picture of Nazi battleship

The Parade magazine graphic that appeared with the story on Navy chef Derrick Davenport.

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Missileer

Arizona base houses Oklahoma aircraft during tornado

Five E-3 Sentry aircraft await preflight procedures to return to Tinker Air Force Base, Okla., at Davis-Monthan AFB, Ariz.

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Related Topix: US Military, US Air Force, Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Tinker Air Force Base, Weather, Moore, OK