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Is war inevitable? As Middle East, Korean Peninsula heat up

...exercise last month that tested the transportation of strategic and tactical nuclear weapons near Europe, according the U.S. officials in the U.S. European Command. It was the largest exercise of its kind in 20 years. A European Command spokesman...

http://brainerddispatch.com/opinion/2013-03-11/war-inevitable-middle-east-korean
Opinion
Retired Gen. 'Stormin' Norman' Schwarzkopf dies

...where he had lived in retirement, according to a U.S. official, who was not authorized to release the information...routing the Iraqis from Kuwait in 100 hours before U.S. officials called a halt. Schwarzkopf said afterward he agreed...

http://brainerddispatch.com/news/2012-12-27/retired-gen-stormin-norman-schwarzko
News
Romney, White House spar over Libya attacks

...refused requests for more security in Benghazi because the department wanted to train Libyans for the task. Another U.S. official testified he had argued unsuccessfully for more security for weeks. White House spokesman Jay Carney said that when...

http://brainerddispatch.com/news/political/2012-10-12/romney-white-house-spar-ov
Political
States Steal Federal Foreclosure Funds at Their Own Peril

...mortgage settlement, which said funds should be used for foreclosure prevention "to the extent practicable." U.S. officials say such language is standard in settlement agreements. Housing and Urban Development Secretary Shaun Donovan has...

http://brainerddispatch.com/opinion/guest-columns/2012-07-05/states-steal-federa
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Syrian opposition needs promised U.S. assistance

...equipment have been provided. We're told that some are being shipped without being identified as American gear. But U.S. officials also acknowledge a slow start. Assistant Secretary of State Rick Barton vowed that assistance would speed up "now...

http://brainerddispatch.com/opinion/guest-columns/2012-08-23/syrian-opposition-n
Guest Columns
US sends Marines to Libya after deadly attack

...sent from a base in Spain, were headed initially to the U.S. Embassy in Tripoli, not to Benghazi, according to U.S. officials, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to talk to the press. The consulate attack...

http://brainerddispatch.com/news/2012-09-12/us-sends-marines-libya-after-deadly-
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White House mulls how to strike over Libya attack

...eye to extraditing them to the U.S. for trial, or to simply target the suspects with U.S. covert action. U.S. officials say covert action is more likely. The FBI couldn't gain access to the consulate until weeks after the attack...

http://brainerddispatch.com/news/2012-10-15/white-house-mulls-how-strike-over-li
News

...shootings.Bales has not been formally charged, and is being held at the military prison at Fort Leavenworth, Kan. A U.S. official said Thursday he will be charged with 17 counts of murder, assault and a string of other offenses in the massacre...

http://brainerddispatch.com/2012-03-22-9
Prayers and silence mark Titanic centenary

...the band playing, the clothes. And then there's the tragedy." As the world paused to remember the victims, a U.S. official revealed there may be human remains embedded in the ocean floor where the Titanic came to rest. James Delgado, director...

http://brainerddispatch.com/news/2012-04-15/prayers-and-silence-mark-titanic-cen
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OTHER OPINION: ALLIANCES

...including the cancellation of visas for U.S. Special Forces troops who were working with Pakistan's Frontier Corps. U.S. officials are also rightly incensed by the continuing refusal of Pakistan's military and its intelligence service to break...

http://brainerddispatch.com/opinion/other-opinion/2011-07-12/other-opinion-allia
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