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Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin. © RIA Novosti. Alexei DruzhininRussia To Triple State Defense Order By 2015 -- RIA NovostiMOSCOW, December 27 (RIA Novosti) – Russia will gradually increase the annual amount of the state defense order to 2.8 trillion rubles (about $92 billion)...

Fact-Checking The CIA's Fact-Check On 'Zero Dark Thirty' -- The Atlantic"The CIA is a lot different than Hollywood portrays it to be," reads an official explainer issued today by the Central Intelligence Agency — a thinly veiled attempt to continue debunking Zero Dark Thirty, the controversial Oscar favorite that its director admittedly hates. Referring...

Syrian Leader Assad Said To Be Isolated, Fearful As Regime Faces Collapse -- Washington PostHis official portrait still refers to Bashar al-Assad as “The Hope” of the Syrian nation, but signs are increasing that the man who presides over Syria’s embattled government has little of it left for himself.Accounts of conditions inside the Syrian regime in...

Syria Faces 'Hell' If No Deal To End Crisis - UN Envoy -- BBCSyria faces a stark choice between a political solution to end 21 months of bloodshed or "hell", United Nations peace envoy Lakhdar Brahimi has warned.Mr Brahimi, speaking after talks in Moscow, said the conflict had become more militarised and sectarian.Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov...

US Budget For DummiesFrom my inbox, submitted without comment.* U.S. Tax revenue: $2,170,000,000,000* Fed budget: $3,820,000,000,000* New debt: $ 1,650,000,000,000* National debt: $14,271,000,000,000* Recent budget cuts: $ 38,500,000,000Let’s now remove 8 zeros and pretend it’s a...

Sequestration Watch: $500 Billion, Across-the-Board Defense Cuts Increasingly Likely -- Defense NewsSequestration is now very likely. Your Intercepts correspondent was away at a somewhat secure, somewhat undisclosed location for a few days celebrating Christmas. Upon his return,...

Federal Power To Intercept Messages Is Extended -- New York TimesWASHINGTON — Congress gave final approval on Friday to a bill extending the government’s power to intercept electronic communications of spy and terrorism suspects, after the Senate voted down proposals from several...

Photo: REUTERSIran To Continue High-Grade Uranium Enrichment: Lawmaker -- NZWeek/Xinhuanet TEHRAN, Dec. 29 — A senior Iranian lawmaker said Saturday that Tehran is determined to continue uranium enrichment to the purity level of 20 percent and considers that as an indispensable right...

(Click on Image to Enlarge)My Comment: I would also put Congress in this carto...

An Israel Aero Space Industries Heron 1 unmanned aerial vehicle stands on the tarmac. (Reuters).Exclusive: How Israel's Drones Help Minimize Civilian Casualties -- FOX NewsHAIFA, Israel – A single Syrian missile strike on a bakery near Hama killed more than 60 innocent civilians...

An Afghan soldier salutes and reports during a security transition ceremony on Camp Sayar in Farah City, Afghanistan, Dec. 12, 2012. U.S. Navy photo by Lt. j.g. Matthew StroupVideo Shown of Apparent Execution of Afghan Soldier -- New York TimesKABUL, Afghanistan — Mohammad Jan’s...

U.S. Grounds Afghan Air Force Plan -- Wall Street JournalMilitary Ends Transport-Plane Contract, Setting Back Bid to Make Local Forces More Self-SufficientKABUL—The U.S. military said it has scrapped plans to equip the Afghan Air Force with a fleet of Italian-made transport planes, a major setback in an effort to build a more self-sufficient Afghan...

Diplomats: Syrian Conflict Getting More Militarized, Sectarian -- CNN(CNN) -- Russia's top diplomat and the international envoy to Syria warned Saturday that the Middle East nation's conflict is becoming more militarized and sectarian, further endangering the region.The statements followed a meeting between Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and Lakhdar...

Watch the latest video at video.foxnews.comSenate Leaders Aim for Cliff Deal by Sunday; Still Unclear if DoD Cuts Will be Avoided -- Defense NewsFollowing a meeting with President Obama, Senate leaders said Friday they intend to hammer out a plan that would avoid the fiscal cliff and present it to their caucuses on Sunday. But it remains unclear whether...

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