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<title>Fort Worth has quietly become a hub for military intelligence</title>
<description>FORT WORTH, Texas &amp;mdash; It is an unremarkable beige-brick building known by its  military acronym, the JRIC.  Behind several secure doors requiring top-secret clearance sit analysts who  conduct counter...</description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 23:48:45 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>U.S. to work with Haiti on elections</title>
<description>LOS ANGELES &amp;mdash; The United States will work with Haiti to hold elections as  soon as practical, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said Tuesday  morning after meeting with Haitian President Ren...</description>
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<title>Investigators seek data on Camp Lejeune water contamination</title>
<description>WASHINGTON &amp;mdash; Congressional investigators late Tuesday requested detailed  documents from Navy Secretary Ray Mabus and a private contractor that was  involved in the testing and cleanup of contaminat...</description>
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<title>Marines say fixes to Haiti&amp;#039;s environmental woes only temporary</title>
<description>CARREFOUR, Haiti &amp;mdash; U.S. Marines say the help they are giving Haitians to  overcome some of the environmental issues the country faces are only short-term  fixes for problems that plagued the country...</description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 23:48:42 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>France disappointed at Airbus&amp;#039; loss on U.S. military project</title>
<description>PARIS, March 9 (Xinhua) -- After Airbus&amp;#039; parent company, the European Aeronautics, Defense and Cooperation Company (EADS), announced its retreat from bidding for a U.S. Air Force project, the French g...</description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 23:01:41 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>Two U.S. soldiers die in accident in Iraq</title>
<description>Two U.S. soldiers were killed and two others wounded in a vehicle accident in Iraq, the U.S. military said Tuesday.A U.S. military statement said the accident took place on Monday without giving furth...</description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 23:01:19 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>Women Pilots of WWII Inspired Generations</title>
<description>By Carol L. BowersAmerican Forces Press Service  WASHINGTON, March 9, 2010  Under clear blue skies, beneath the spires of the U.S. Air Force Memorial here, military aviators gathered today to pa...</description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 22:11:45 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>&amp;#039;Top Secret&amp;#039; lifts veil on Pentagon Papers fight</title>
<description>In this theater publicity image released by Richard Kornberg &amp;amp; Associates, from left, Matt McGrath, Peter Van Norden and Jack Gilpin are shown in a scene from &amp;quot;Top Secret: The Battle for the ...</description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 19:12:35 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>U.N. sees no security vacuum as U.S. troops exit Haiti</title>
<description>UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The United Nations is confident there will be no security vacuum in Haiti as U.S. and other foreign troops withdraw from the earthquake-struck Caribbean country, a top U.N. ...</description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 19:08:58 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,382</title>
<description>Tuesday, March 9, 2010 at 2:05 p.m.    As of Tuesday, March 9, 2010, at least 4,382 members of the U.S. military had died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press...</description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 19:01:24 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>2 airmen hospitalized after taxi crash in Korea</title>
<description>KUNSAN AIR BASE, South Korea &amp;mdash; A Kunsan airman remains in critical condition  after a Sunday night taxi crash left him and a second airman hospitalized,  according to the base and local police.  The...</description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 18:48:13 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>Pacific Athletes of the Week for the March 11 edition</title>
<description>Last week: Averaged 14 points and 10.5 rebounds in two Panthers victories as Guam High finished the Independent Interscholastic Athletic Association of Guam&amp;rsquo;s regular season with a school-best 11-2 ...</description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 18:48:12 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>IIAAG champ Gadsden wants Far East title</title>
<description>Guam High junior Amber Gadsden just completed the finest singles season in school history. But there&amp;rsquo;s one thing missing from Gadsden&amp;rsquo;s r&amp;eacute;sum&amp;eacute;: a DODEA Pacific Far East Tournament singles champi...</description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 18:48:11 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>Airman found dead in dorm room at Kadena</title>
<description>KADENA AIR BASE, Okinawa &amp;mdash; Airman 1st Class Leonard R. Barnes III, a fuels  specialist with the 18th Logistics Readiness Squadron, was found dead Sunday in  his dormitory room, base officials report...</description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 18:48:09 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>U.S. Army Debuting Trip-Wire Mitigation Device at Ground Robotic Capabilities Conference and Exhibition</title>
<description>This year, TARDEC will unveil a technology that was directly requested from our warfighters as well as focus on how we can get the entire robotic community working together on communications challenge...</description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 18:13:42 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>Coalition Troops Capture Militant Commanders</title>
<description>American Forces Press Service  KABUL, March 9, 2010  Coalition forces in Afghanistan captured two militant commanders along with several other insurgents in separate raids yesterday.  In Khost p...</description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 16:53:10 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>Global Threats Demand Broad Response, Admiral Says</title>
<description>By Lisa DanielAmerican Forces Press Service  WASHINGTON, March 9, 2010  Increasing global threats such as those to computer networks and growing hostilities from Iran are prompting more NATO exp...</description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 16:53:08 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>Navy Releases Family Gram, Podcast to Enhance Family Readiness</title>
<description>WASHINGTON (NNS) -- The chief of Naval Personnel has released the first monthly Family Gram as part of Navy&amp;#039;s commitment to enhance family readiness.    March&amp;#039;s Family Gram focuses on medical benefits...</description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 15:18:56 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>Integran Technologies Awarded $4.5 Million Contract by the US Army Corps of Engineers</title>
<description>TORONTO, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - March 9, 2010) - Integran Technologies Inc., a leading company in the area of metallurgical nano-technologies, has announced today that it has been awarded a $4.5 Milli...</description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 15:17:55 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>More NATO trainers needed</title>
<description>STUTTGART, Germany &amp;mdash; U.S. lawmakers expressed frustration Tuesday that NATO  countries were not offering more personnel to train the Afghan army.  Members of the Senate Armed Services Committee gril...</description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 15:09:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>Asymetric warfare recruiting scheduled</title>
<description>A U.S.-based team will be in Germany next week to recruit soldiers for the  Army&amp;rsquo;s Asymmetric Warfare Group, based at Fort Meade, Md.  The special-missions unit is looking for enlisted soldiers in g...</description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 15:08:58 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>Argument on gays ridiculous</title>
<description>Gays  issue a matter of logic &amp;quot; (letter, March 8).  Seriously? Don&amp;rsquo;t let homosexuals serve because they&amp;rsquo;ll spread AIDS if  injured? I realize this is a topic many people struggle with, but th...</description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 15:08:56 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>Mandatory survey on gays</title>
<description>Let  your views be known &amp;quot; (letter, March 8) from a very senior officer, I have to  ask if any other readers are starting to see a pattern. Most of the senior  leaders&amp;rsquo; letters are against a ch...</description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 15:08:54 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>Pentagon backs new agency to regulate auto dealers, lending</title>
<description>Washington -- The Pentagon supports legislation to prevent members of the armed services from being preyed upon by &amp;quot;unscrupulous&amp;quot; auto dealers. In a letter obtained by The Detroit News today, Clifford...</description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 15:07:50 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>More NATO Trainers Key to Afghan Effort</title>
<description>By Lisa DanielAmerican Forces Press Service  WASHINGTON, March 9, 2010  Getting more NATO military trainers into Afghanistan is a top priority, the commander of the alliance&amp;rsquo;s military forces ...</description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 15:07:26 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>USNS Comfort Completes Haiti Mission</title>
<description>American Forces Press Service  PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti, March 9, 2010  The hospital ship USNS Comfort will leave Haiti tomorrow, as U.S. Southern Command officials have determined its crew has com...</description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 15:07:25 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>Integran Technologies Awarded $4.5 Million Contract by the US Army Corps of Engineers</title>
<description>TORONTO, ONTARIO -- 03/09/10 --  Integran Technologies Inc., a leading company in the area of metallurgical nano-technologies, has announced today that it has been awarded a $4.5 Million contract by t...</description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 14:38:49 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>Heat Therapy Shown Effective in Treating Cutaneous Leishmaniasis Among US Soldiers in Iraq</title>
<description> A single session of heat therapy using the ThermoMed&amp;trade; device appears to be as effective as a 10-day intravenous course of sodium stibogluconate (Pentostam) for the treatment of</description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 14:29:08 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>Europe anger over end of US air force tender bid</title>
<description>cried foul on Tuesday over Pentagon contract rules it said favoured US plane-makers, after European consortium EADS threw in the towel on a mammoth US defence tender.    American giant Boeing is now p...</description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 14:14:16 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>Europe anger over end of US air force tender bid</title>
<description>BRUSSELS (AFP) - Europe cried foul on Tuesday over Pentagon contract rules it said favoured US plane-makers, after European consortium EADS threw in the towel on a mammoth US defence tender.American g...</description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 13:40:58 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>Gates highlights military success story in Now Zad</title>
<description>COMBAT OUTPOST CAFFERETA, Afghanistan &amp;mdash; Defense Secretary Robert Gates walked  the streets of Now Zad on Tuesday, surveying the city that was &amp;ldquo;the first test&amp;rdquo;  of the new counterinsurgency strat...</description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 13:18:42 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>Afghan, coalition forces bridge doubts to make gains in Bala Murghab</title>
<description>BALA MURGHAB, Afghanistan &amp;mdash; The Afghan flag went up over Objective Prius on  Dec. 30, thick stripes of black, red and green waving whisperlike in the winter  wind, a proclamation of hard-won conques...</description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 13:18:39 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>Future Units Need Balanced Capabilities</title>
<description>By Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. CardenAmerican Forces Press Service  WASHINGTON, March 9, 2010  Although many of the U.S. forces in Iraq and Afghanistan are deployed in a mentorship and traini...</description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 13:17:15 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>Africom Assists Security, Stability Efforts</title>
<description>By John J. KruzelAmerican Forces Press Service  WASHINGTON, March 9, 2010  The Africa Partnership Station, a U.S.-led response to requests by African nations for maritime training, is now in its...</description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 13:17:14 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>Now Zad&amp;#039;s Citizens Eager to Return Home</title>
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<title>Afghan Visit Reinforces Gates&amp;#039; Faith in New Strategy</title>
<description>By Jim GaramoneAmerican Forces Press Service  NOW ZAD, Afghanistan, March 9, 2010  Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates&amp;rsquo; visits with Marines here and with soldiers at Forward Operating Base Front...</description>
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<title>U.S. Air Force Medical Team in Chile to Support Relief Efforts</title>
<description>U.S Southern Command Public Affairs Office March 9, 2010  U.S. Air Force medical team deploys to Chile to support relief efforts  SANTIAGO, Chile &amp;ndash; A U.S. Air Force Expeditionary Medical Support (EM...</description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 13:11:19 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>* Gates visits US Army troops near Kandahar</title>
<description>US Secretary of Defense Robert Gates, center, speaks with 1st Battalion, 17th Infantry Regiment troops at Forward Operating Base Frontenac in Kandahar, Afghanistan, yesterday. Gates said he wanted to ...</description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 12:53:56 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>Presagis Launches Embedded Graphics Business Group</title>
<description>Team of experienced experts helps customers reduce project risks, improve embedded performance and create new embedded graphics applications.      Montreal, Canada (</description>
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<title>Gates Visits Soldiers at Sharp End of Conflict</title>
<description>By Jim GaramoneAmerican Forces Press Service  FORWARD OPERATING BASE FRONTENAC, Afghanistan, March 9, 2010  A white-painted blast wall standing in front of the 1st Battalion, 17th Infantry, head...</description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 11:35:01 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>Mortuary Staff Prepares Uniforms for Fallen</title>
<description>Army Sgt. 1st Class Jimmy Toro measures the distance between an insignia and ribbon rack while preparing a uniform at the uniform shop of the Air Force Mortuary Affairs Operations Center at Dover Air ...</description>
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<title>Time will tell in Iraq</title>
<description>Army Spec. Nick Moore sent in this photo of&amp;nbsp;himself, top left, and the rest of his platoon at Forward Operating Base Mackenzie in Iraq. &amp;quot;The only way things will ever move forward in Iraq is if we le...</description>
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<title>U.S. Military Continues to Recognize the Demolizer II Benefits by Expanding the Application to Altus Air Force Base</title>
<description>Air Mobility Wing in Southern Oklahoma. This expands on the use of the Demolizer&amp;reg; technology at U.S. military bases for the onsite treatment of sharps and typical red bag waste. The Demolizer&amp;amp;#17...</description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 09:44:09 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>Petraeus for president &amp;#039;No&amp;#039; is his handy answer</title>
<description>WASHINGTON (AP) -- For a guy who professes to have no interest in running for president, Gen. David Petraeus can come off as surprisingly eager to talk about it - sometimes without even being asked.</description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 09:36:49 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>Soldier Serves in Family&amp;#039;s Homeland</title>
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<title>Gates says US Troops in Southern Afghanistan to Lead New Fight Against Taliban</title>
<description>U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates, left, speaks with 1st Battalion, 17th Infantry Regiment, troops at Forward Operating Base (FOB) Frontenac, 30 miles (48 kilometers) north of Kandahar, Afghanistan,...</description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 08:33:32 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>Mental Illness, Violence And What Reporters Should Ask</title>
<description>0 posts The National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) has issued the following statement on the death of John Patrick Bedell from his attack on Pentagon guards on March 4, 2010:  &amp;quot;News reports indica...</description>
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<title>Heat Therapy Shown Effective In Treating Cutaneous Leishmaniasis Among U.S. Soldiers In Iraq</title>
<description>A single session of heat therapy using the Thermomed&amp;trade; device appears to be as effective as a 10-day intravenous course of sodium stibogluconate (Pentostam) for the treatment of Leishmania major ...</description>
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<description>Parts of Afghanistan&amp;#039;s Helmand province currently under British control could be transferred to US troops, Defence Secretary Bob Ainsworth has said.&amp;quot;Adjustments in the area of operations&amp;quot; we...</description>
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<title>Thales to Extend French Army Communications Network</title>
<description>The French defence procurement agency, the DGA, has awarded a contract to Thales to extend the French Army&amp;#039;s RITA (r&amp;eacute;seau int&amp;eacute;gr&amp;eacute; de transmissions automatiques) automated integrated communications ...</description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 07:27:41 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>Rheinmetall to Continue UK Troop Munitions Supply</title>
<description>The UK Defence Procurement Organisation has awarded a contract to Rheinmetall AG to continue the supply of general munitions to British forces.  Under the &amp;euro;150m ($205m) contract, Rheinmetall AG will...</description>
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<title>NDIA Division Honors DHS&amp;rsquo; Customs and Border Protection</title>
<description>NDIA&amp;rsquo;s Homeland Security Division will award its highest award, the America Secure Award to Customs and Border Protection and recognize the leadership of three of its senior leaders on March 11,...</description>
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<title>Corporate Team Building Expert Afterburner, Inc. Launches Black Ops, a High Intensity Experiential Training Event</title>
<description>PRWEB ) March 9, 2010 -- Afterburner, Inc., a corporate team building and consulting firm in Atlanta, Georgia, has recently launched its newest program &amp;ndash;</description>
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<title>Swords to Plowshares to Host 2nd Annual Art Show by Women Veterans and Service Members</title>
<description>Swords to Plowshares is hosting its second annual art show to honor women veteran artists. The event, SHOUT! Art by Women Veterans, will feature art created by female service members and veterans from...</description>
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<title>Christine Levinson Issues Statement on the 3rd Anniversary of the Disappearance of Husband Robert Levinson</title>
<description>Tuesday, March 9th, marks the 3rd anniversary of the disappearance of Robert Levinson, while on a business trip to Kish Island, Iran.      New York, NY (</description>
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<title>Marine Fenders Installed, PSA UK East Terminal</title>
<description>A total of 68 marine fenders manufactured by Maritime International were recently installed at PSA UK East Terminal.      Great Yarmouth, UK (</description>
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<title>Gates visits US troops at &amp;#039;tip of the spear&amp;#039; near Kandahar</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 05:03:39 -0500</pubDate>
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<pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 05:00:48 -0500</pubDate>
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