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Disabled veterans in Texas fleeced by VA-appointed money managers

3 hours 43 min ago
The Veterans Affairs' Inspector General has repeatedly warned about a plague of fraud and theft in a national program that appoints family members and VA-approved fiduciaries to protect a whopping $3 billion in assets belonging to veterans the government considers too disabled to manage their own money.

NATO declares European missile shield partly operational

6 hours 13 min ago
NATO leaders on Sunday declared a shield protecting European countries from missile attacks partially operational, in the first step towards the 2020 completion of the new defense system.

Human rights group says Egyptian army tortured protesters

7 hours 35 min ago
Human Rights Watch has accused the Egyptian military of beating and torturing protesters detained during violent demonstrations earlier this month outside the Defense Ministry in Cairo.

Suicide bomber kills nearly 100 soldiers in Yemen

8 hours 7 sec ago
A suicide bomber targeting soldiers rehearsing for a military parade killed as many as 96 people Monday in a sign that Islamic militants are taking their fight to the capital after intense battles in the provinces with U.S.-backed government forces in recent weeks.

Iraq buys US drones to protect nation's oil exports

11 hours 56 min ago
The United States has agreed to sell unarmed surveillance drones to Iraq's navy as part of an effort to help protect that nation's oil exports amid growing tensions in the Persian Gulf and to strengthen U.S.-Iraqi ties.

NATO leaders agree on exit plan for Afghanistan

14 hours 6 min ago
President Barack Obama and NATO allies on Sunday charted an outwardly confident path to a postwar Afghanistan, their talk tempered by a potential split in the coalition and warnings that bloodshed will continue, and perhaps escalate, when allied troops withdraw.

Lockerbie bomber dies in Libya

14 hours 23 min ago
The Libyan intelligence officer convicted in the 1988 bombing of an American airliner over Lockerbie, Scotland, died at home here Sunday nearly three years after passions around the case were reawakened when he was freed on compassionate grounds because of what was reported as advanced prostate cancer.

Pathfinders' preparedness is tested by deadly IED blasts

Sun, 05/20/2012 - 23:01
When they landed, Pathfinders with 4th Battalion, 101st Aviation Regiment, 101st Airborne Division bounded from the aircraft with their Afghan partners. They knelt and readied for the fight as the helicopter lifted. But when the brownout settled, they were met with desolation and an eerie silence. The soldiers had been dropped into a sophisticated and deadly trap.

Several teams in the hunt for a title

Sun, 05/20/2012 - 23:00
One thing was for certain coming into Monday’s opening games of the Division III DODDS-Europe soccer championships. The field’s wide open.

Vicenza upends Hohenfels in pool play

Sun, 05/20/2012 - 23:00
The Vicenza Cougars got the 2012 DODDS European Soccer Championships Division II play started with a bang Monday by toppling the top-seeded Hohenfels Tigers 3-2 on a pair of goals in the game’s final two minutes.

Court-martial set for former 173rd commander accused of fraud

Sun, 05/20/2012 - 23:00
The former commander of the 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team is scheduled to go on trial next month on fraud charges. The court-martial for Col. James Johnson III comes a year after an Army investigation determined that Johnson had had an improper relationship with an Iraqi woman and he was relieved of command.

Memorial planned Wednesday for longtime DODEA teacher

Sun, 05/20/2012 - 23:00
A memorial service for Wanda McCollar, a longtime teacher at schools in Europe and the Pacific, will take place Wednesday at 3:30 p.m. at Mark Twain Village Chapel in Heidelberg, according to the Department of Defense Education Activity.

Amid budget austerity, Reserve looks for new ways to maintain capabilities

Sun, 05/20/2012 - 23:00
As combat winds down and the military faces a budget crunch, the Army’s reserve forces are looking for new kinds of deployment opportunities and cheaper ways to train.

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Supreme Court looks at constitutional challenges to anti-terrorism laws

Sun, 05/20/2012 - 11:18
The Supreme Court, after a four-year break from terrorism issues, is set to decide as soon as Monday whether to again take up constitutional challenges to George W. Bush -era anti-terrorism laws involving wiretapping and the Guantanamo prisoners.

Economic woes, political volatility may creep into US foreign affairs

Sun, 05/20/2012 - 10:31
No matter who wins the presidential election in November, the United States appears headed for a prolonged period of political volatility as leaders do not seem to have good answers to voters' anxieties about their economic future. This threatens to spill over into U.S. relations with the rest of the world in the form of increased protectionist pressures.

Special ceremony for a special bugle call, the mournful taps

Sun, 05/20/2012 - 07:19
Honoring the fallen, and the tune that calls them to rest: Buglers and trumpeters gather at Arlington National Cemetery to mark the 150th anniversary of the composition of taps. In a touching moment, they fanned out so that the haunting notes came from all quarters of the vast cemetery.

Lethal bombing triggers student protests around Italy

Sun, 05/20/2012 - 03:56
Italians demonstrated in towns around the country late Saturday in outrage over the death of a 16-year-old girl from a school bombing in Brindisi that provoked fears of another round of mafia warfare.