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Defense Bill 2012 - To Make U.S. Stronger, Cut Pentagon’s Budget By 50%

U.S. Defense Spending
U.S. overspending on the military has diverted resources from civilian / social investments, including public goods, weakening the U.S. economy, and, by extension weakening the nation. If it doesn’t substantially cut defense spending, the U.S.’s empire will likely share the fate of two other empires that overspent on the military -- the British Empire and the Soviet Union.
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White House Says No Veto of Defense Bill Expected

The U.S. Congress sought to avoid a showdown with the White House over detainee policy in the war against al-Qaeda on Monday, with a panel approving new rules for handling terrorism suspects after adding changes wanted by the administration. Further, the White House said senior officials will not recommend that President Barack Obama veto the bill.
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U.S. Freezes $700 Million Aid to Pakistan; Strains Ties

A U.S. Congressional panel has frozen $700 million in aid to Pakistan until it gives assurances that it is helping fight the spread of homemade bombs in the region, a move one Pakistani senator called unwise and likely to strain ties further.
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Congress Panel Freezes $700M for Pakistan as Distrust Grows

A crisis in U.S.-Pakistan relations looked set to deepen Monday night after a House-Senate negotiating panel froze $700 million in aid until Pakistan gives assurances it is helping fight the spread of improvised explosive devices in the region.
Undated image taken from a video recording provided by the Pakistan Taliban

Pakistani Taliban Confirm Peace Talks with Islamabad

The deputy commander of the Pakistan Taliban, who have been waging a four-year war against the government in Islamabad, confirmed the two sides were in peace talks, a move that could further fray the U.S.-Pakistan relationship.
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Pakistani General Calls NATO Attack Deliberate

A senior Pakistani military officer said a NATO air strike that killed 24 Pakistani troops on the border with Afghanistan last month was pre-planned, newspapers reported Friday, comments likely to fuel tension with the United States.
Michele Bachmann

Michele Bachmann 2012: What Are Her Positions?

For most of her campaign, Michele Bachmann has made more headlines for her gaffes than for her platform, and her popularity has fallen as a result. But moving past the YouTube clips and headlines, what are the Minnesota congresswoman's political positions?
US Navy test flies new drone stealth bomber

U.S. Officials Believe Malfunction, Not Iranians, Downed Drone

The unmanned U.S. drone Iran said Sunday it had captured was programmed to automatically return to base even if its data link was lost, one key reason that U.S. officials tell Reuters the drone likely malfunctioned and was not downed by Iranian electronic warfare.
A man carries a wounded boy after a suicide blast targeting a Shi'ite Muslim gathering in Kabul

Twin Blasts in Afghanistan Kill Dozens

Twin blasts in Kabul and the northern city of Mazar-e-Sharif aimed at Afghanistan's minority Shiite Muslims killed nearly 60 people on Tuesday as they celebrated Ashura, one of their sect's holiest days, signaling, perhaps, a new sectarian turn in what was one of the war's deadliest attacks.
Hamid Karzai

Blasts Across Afghanistan Target Shi'ites, 59 Dead

A suicide attack killed dozens of Shi'ite Muslims at a crowded Kabul shrine on Tuesday, and four others died in a smaller blast in a key northern city, in the worst sectarian violence Afghanistan has seen since the fall of the Taliban.

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