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All-Volunteer Military May Desensitize U.S. To War, Some Fear -- McClatchy NewsWASHINGTON — Before a roadside bomb in Baghdad burned and tore apart Jerry Majetich, before 62 operations put him back together, even before he volunteered for the Marines, then the Army, there were five...

Then-Sen. Chuck Hagel meets with U.S. service members at Multi-National Division South East Headquarters in Basra, Iraq, in this July 2008. Hagel visited Basra with then-Sen. Barack Obama as part of a Middle East tour. Christopher Sheely/U.S. ArmyFrom Capitol Hill To Iran, Next Defense...

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Gulbuddin HekmatyarPrince Harry Is A 'Jackal' Killing Innocents, Says Feared Afghanistan Warlord -- The TelegraphOne of Afghanistan's most feared warlords has launched a withering attack on Prince Harry, who has spent Christmas serving in the country, labelling the prince a 'jackal'...

Syria’s Chaos Isn’t America’s Fault -- Aaron David Miller, Washington PostWho lost Syria? Comments of some U.S. senators, analysts and journalists, including the editorial board of this newspaper, suggest there is no doubt: Bashar al-Assad and his thugocracy are primarily responsible for the killings, but the tragedy of Syria is also a direct result...

The Socialist Mind Game: A Brief Manual -- Oleg Atbashian, American ThinkerWe are being played; it's time we learned the game.Conservatives have their Constitution. Progressives have their Narrative. The current battle for America is between these two concepts, and each side uses...

Clinton Injured, US Navy Seal Killed In Secret US Mission To Iran -- EU TiesA new Foreign Military Intelligence (GRU) report circulating in the Kremlin today is saying that United States Secretary of State Hillary Clinton [photo 2nd right] was injured, and a top US Navy Seal Commander...

Analysis: U.S. Arms Sales To Asia Set To Boom On Pacific "Pivot" -- Jim Wolf, ReutersU.S. sales of warplanes, anti-missile systems and other costly weapons to China's and North Korea's neighbors appear set for significant growth amid regional security jitters.Strengthening treaty...

Year in Review 2012 -- Stars and StripesThere were significant setbacks as soldiers in Afghanistan transitioned from fighting to mentoring. A mass murder of Afghan civilians and some cultural missteps hindered NATO’s efforts to win hearts and minds in the 11th year of America’s longest...

121 Journalists Killed In 2012 -- The GuardianSyria conflict one factor behind deadly year for media workers, with death toll up 13% on 2011 figure of 107More than 120 journalists and media workers have been killed so far in 2012, with the conflict in Syria making it one of the bloodiest...

Photo released by the Afghan Interior Ministry on December 25, 2012 shows Afghan interior minister Mujtaba Patang (L) congratulating police officer Beyar Khan Weyaar at the interior ministry in Kabul. The Taliban believed Weyaar was the perfect candidate to prepare an insider attack...

There's A Secret War In Thailand No One's Talking About -- Business Insider/The TelegraphDispatch: not far from Thailand's tourist beaches, Muslims and Buddhists are locked in a struggle in which thousands have died. David Eimer reports.The young father walked slowly down the road,...

Photo: Jesse Holder, a 173rd Airborne trooper, was wounded in 2007 while serving in Afghanistan by shrapnel from an RPG round. Courtesy Jesse HolderOne Inch: Death In Combat Hinges On The Tiniest Margins -- NBCFour soldiers, four battles — and, between them — four total inches separate...

Excess-Profits Tax On Defense Contractors During Wartime Is Long Overdue -- Washington PostNo one can safely predict what will happen in 2013, but here are a few things I would like to see occur when it comes to national security.My most radical idea — and it should have been done...

Fearing Fighting, Residents Flee Capital of Central African Republic -- New York TimesJOHANNESBURG — As efforts to broker a deal to stop a rebel advance failed, residents of the capital of the Central African Republic were packing up their belongings and fleeing into the country’s vast hinterlands, fearing a major battle between government troops and...

The “Fiscal Cliff” Deal And Defense -- Max Boot, CommentaryThe budget details of the Senate’s early-morning deal basically kick the can down the road–not very far down the road–for about two months. For those of us who focus on defense policy, the good news is that the Senate at least agreed to address the looming sequester, something that looked unlikely...

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Watch the latest video at video.foxnews.comWith Cantor Opposed, House Vote On Fiscal Cliff Compromise Remains In Doubt -- NBCResistance from House Republicans, including Majority Leader Eric Cantor, threw into doubt whether a last-minute compromise measure to pull the U.S. back from the so-called fiscal cliff could come to a vote Tuesday.With just...

UN Slaps Sanctions On DR Congo Rebels -- Al JazeeraSecurity Council blacklists two rebel groups -M23 and FDLR - responsible for war crimes in conflict-ravaged eastern DRC.The United Nations Security Council has slapped an arms embargo on M23 rebels and their alleged Rwandan allies,...

Watch the latest video at video.foxnews.comSyria Begins 2013 With Shelling And Clashes -- Al JazeeraMany Syrians woken on New Year's Day to sound of aerial bombardment as officials confirm Aleppo airport has been closed.Many Syrians woke up on New Year's Day to the sound of countrywide aerial bombardment by government forces, as officials said that...

The Growing Toll Of Syria's Civil War: 46,068 Deaths And Counting -- CNN(CNN) -- The New Year brought Syrians the same intense carnage they'd been living through for the last 21 months -- and a reminder just how bloody the past year was.Of all people killed in the civil war, 85% of them -- 39,520 -- died in 2012, the opposition Syrian Observatory for...

U.S. Soldiers Murdered At Alarming Rate -- WNDNew calculations from WND columnist Diana West suggest the most dangerous murder rate in the world exists not in war-torn Africa or drug-ravaged Columbia, but among U.S.-allied troops being killed by Afghan “friendly” forces.More than...

WNU Editor: From the US Department of Defense ....The Department of Defense announced today the death of a soldier who was supporting Operation Enduring Freedom. Pfc. Markie T. Sims, 20, of Citra, Fla., died Dec. 29 in Panjwal, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered when enemy forces attacked...

Pakistan Frees Former Taliban Officials to Promote Afghan Peace -- Bloomberg BusinessweekPakistan released eight more members of Afghanistan’s Taliban movement, including former regional governors and ministers, as it bids to help create conditions for substantial negotiations with insurgents.Those freed from detention included Abdul Bari, former governor...

Syria Starts 2013 With Aerial Strikes And Clashes -- ReutersBEIRUT (Reuters) - Syrians woke on New Year's Day to countrywide aerial bombardment, while President Bashar al-Assad's forces and rebels fighting to topple him clashed on the outskirts of the capital.Residents of Damascus entered the new year to the sound of artillery hitting southern and...

Type 054A warship. Jeff Head via PLAChina's Newest And Deadly Warship Has Entered The South China Sea -- Business InsiderAs five other countries claim ownership of the Spratly Islands in the South China Sea, and its supposed billions in oil and gas deposits, China's backing its claim...

Abdul Qayoom, left, Farah City prison commander, points out the prison's sewer area to U.S. Army Sgt. William Russell, center, security force team member for Provincial Reconstruction Team Farah, and U.S. Army Lt. Col. Mark Martin, right, during a meeting with key leaders at the...

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