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Two US Soldiers Killed in Southern Iraq

BAGHDAD -- The U.S. military says two American soldiers have been killed while conducting operations in southern Iraq. In a statement, released on Saturday, the military says the deaths occurred Friday. No further details about how they died were released. The names of the deceased are being withheld pending...

Unmanned US Aircraft Shoots, Kills Two US Soldiers [VIDEO]

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...

Outsourcing of Armed Contractors Highest Ever in Afghan War

The number of security contractors working in Afghanistan has tripled since 2009 and is now at its highest level since the U.S. began its military involvement there after 9/11, according to a new report by the Congressional Research Service. "In Afghanistan, as of December 2010, there were 18,919 private security...

17 Victims Sue Pentagon Over 'Plague' of Sexual Violence

WASHINGTON -- It may become a landmark case to force the military to take rape and sexual assault seriously. Or it could be yet another failed attempt in a decades-long battle by women to be accepted in the armed forces. Seventeen veterans and active-duty service members today took the first step to determining that,...

Background on department of defense

The Department of Defense (also known as the Defense Department, USDOD, DOD, DoD or the Pentagon) is the Executive Department of the Government of the United States of America charged with coordinating and supervising all agencies and functions of the government concerned directly with national security and the United States armed forces.

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