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Spending Cuts Bill Hits Defense and Foreign Aid

WASHINGTON -- Tea partyers insistent on cutting military spending and foreign aid will find plenty to like in the deal struck by President Barack Obama and congressional leaders. No money for an alternative engine for the multibillion-dollar Joint Strike Fighter. Millions of dollars in cuts for the United Nations. A major...

Richard Seymour's Signing Gives Raiders Flexibility in Keeping Core Together

By signing Pro Bowl defensive tackle Richard Seymour to a hefty new deal, the Raiders locked up a centerpiece of their improving defense. The two-year, $30 million contract made Seymour one of the league's highest paid players and keeps him around for the next two seasons after the Raiders sent the New England Patriots a...

Mike Tomlin Sees Rex Ryan's Early Baltimore Defenses When He Looks at Jets

Pittsburgh Steelers coach Mike Tomlin is a man of few words. However, there is little doubt he is the unquestioned leader and will have his Steelers prepared for the Jets on Sunday in the AFC Championship game for the right to go to the Super Bowl. Due to his familiarity with Jets head coach Rex Ryan and his defensive...

DeMarcus Ware, London Fletcher Remain Atop NFC East Linebacker Class

Some things don't change with the linebackers in the NFC East. Dallas' DeMarcus Ware led the way in sacks. Again. Washington's London Fletcher led the way in tackles. Again. Philadelphia's Stewart Bradley missed the end of the season and the playoffs with an injury. Again. New York didn't keep the same trio of starters....

Terrell Suggs: Whatever You Call it, Ravens-Steelers not for Faint of Heart

Armageddon is such a strong word to describe the divisional-round matchup between the Ravens and Steelers on Saturday. Biblically, Armageddon is described in the book of Revelation as the catastrophic battle between the forces of good and evil. Although that's a topic for another day, Pro Bowl linebacker Terrell Suggs...

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06/01/12 Obama: "No excuse" Congress hasn't done more to create... Source: TheShowBuzz Responding to the latest bump in the national unemployment rate which sent it up a tenth in May to 8.2 percent , President Obama diverted blame, saying there's "no excuse" that Congress has not done more to promote creation of jobs.
06/01/12 World âº NATO, Afghan forces kill 14 after rebels... Source: Japan Today NATO and Afghan forces killed 14 insurgents during a rebel attack on a foreign military base in the eastern city of Khost on Friday, the coalition said, in one of the heaviest rebel tolls in a single incident in weeks.
06/01/12 World âº Israeli soldier, two Palestinians killed in... Source: Japan Today An Israeli soldier and two Palestinian militants were killed Friday in a Palestinian attack and a retaliatory air strike, sources on both sides said.
06/01/12 True meaning of service Source: The Stoneham Independent - Stoneham MA Keep alive the day, or else we will be forever doomed to think the day is only the beginning of the summer and nothing more.
06/01/12 Obama Uses Midwest Trip to Promote Job Creation for... Source: Voice of America (VOA) President Barack Obama traveled to the midwestern state of Minnesota on Friday, to urge public pressure on Congress to pass legislation to create a new jobs program for returning U.S. military veterans.

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A military is an organization authorized by its greater society to use lethal force, usually including use of weapons, in defending its country by combating actual or perceived threats.

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