Posts Tagged ‘military’

Sexy Anna, the sequel: Babe accused of smuggling military technology to Russia

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90,000 secret military docs released in massive Afghanistan war intelligence leak

In what is being touted as the “biggest leak in intelligence history,” nearly 100,000 military documents spanning six years of the war in Afghanistan have been made public, published simultaneously by Britain’s The Guardian, the New York Times, and Germany’s Der Spiegel newspaper.

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Gen. McChrystal retires in military ceremony (AP)

Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates, left, awards the Distinguished Service Medal to Gen. Stanley McChrystal as he is honored at a retirement ceremony at Fort McNair in Washington, Friday, July 23, 2010. His wife Annie stands at right. McChrystal's illustrious career came to an abrupt end when he resigned as the top U.S. commander in Afghanistan after he and his staff were quoted in a Rolling Stone magazine article criticizing and mocking key Obama Administration officials.  (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)AP – Gen. Stanley McChrystal ended his 34-year career as an Army officer Friday in an emotional retirement ceremony at his military headquarters here, marking the last chapter of his swift and stunning fall from grace.


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Kagan insists she didn’t block military at Harvard (AP)

Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan takes her seat on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, June 29, 2010, during her confirmation hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)AP – Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan clashed Tuesday with a Republican senator over the limits she ordered on military recruiters while dean of Harvard Law School, repeatedly denying she blocked them as she sought to deflect foes’ efforts to slow her apparently smooth road to confirmation.


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Challenged by GOP, Kagan says she reveres military (AP)

Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan, foreground. listens to questions from Sen. Jeff Sessions, R-Ala., the ranking Republican on the Senate Judiciary Committee, on video screen, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, June 29, 2010, during the committee's confirmation hearing for Kagan. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)AP – Challenged bluntly by Republicans, Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan said Tuesday the Pentagon’s recruiters had access to Harvard Law School students “every single day I was dean” and rejected claims she maneuvered to thwart them.


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Republicans challenge Kagan on military at Harvard (AP)

Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan, foreground. listens to questions from Sen. Jeff Sessions, R-Ala., the ranking Republican on the Senate Judiciary Committee, on video screen, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, June 29, 2010, during the committee's confirmation hearing for Kagan. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)AP – Challenged bluntly by Republicans, Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan said Tuesday the Pentagon’s recruiters had access to Harvard Law School students “every single day I was dean” and rejected claims she maneuvered to thwart them.


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Republicans bring up Kagan’s record on military (AP)

US Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan appears before the Senate Judiciary Committee for her confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington,DC. Kagan was to go head-to-head with some of her toughest critics, eager to make the case she deserves to be the fourth woman ever to reach the summit of US justice.(AFP/Paul J. Richards)AP – Senate Republicans and Solicitor General Elena Kagan are facing off over whether her objection to the military’s ban on openly gay soldiers and her decision to restrict recruiters at Harvard Law School disqualify her from serving on the Supreme Court.


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