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Military

 In this June 3, 2011, file photo, the Pentagon is seen from air from Air Force One. It’s the biggest budget the Pentagon has ever seen: $700 billion. That’s far more in defense spending than America’s two nearest competitors, China and Russia, and will mean the military can for the bill for thousands more troops, more training, more ships and a lot else. (Charles Dharapak/AP Photo, file)
Politics & Policy

A Pentagon budget like none before: $700 billion

A two-year deal provides what Defense Secretary Jim Mattis says is needed to pull the military out of a slump in combat readiness.

8 years ago

DAFB Airman charged with rape of minor
Courts & Law

Dover Airman arrested for raping a minor

An airman stationed at Dover Air Force Based has been arrested for allegedly raping a minor

8 years ago

Radio Times
Politics & Policy

Korean Peninsula primer / Dow Jones update

Guests: Mark Zandi, Frank Plantan  All eyes will be on the Korean Peninsula beginning Friday, a ...

Air Date: February 7, 2018

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Tanks parade past President Trump, first lady Melania Trump, French President Emmanuel Macron and his wife Brigitte Macron, during a Bastille Day parade on the Champs Elysees avenue in Paris, on July 14.
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Politics & Policy

Trump reportedly wants Pentagon to stage military parade down Pennsylvania Ave.

The U.S. has long shied away from such displays of military prowess for fear of being compared to our Cold War enemies. But Trump seems to embrace this symbol of state power.

8 years ago

Radio Times
Politics & Policy

Tensions on the Korean Peninsula: a primer

Guests: Frank Plantan  All eyes will be on the Korean Peninsula beginning Friday, as the Olympi ...

8 years ago

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On March 1, 1954, the U.S. conducted its largest nuclear test with a yield of 15 megatons. The new Russian weapon would be up to 100 megatons, according to reports. (USAF Lookout Moutain Laboratory)
NPR
Politics & Policy

Buried in Trump’s nuclear report: a Russian doomsday weapon

On March 1, 1954, the U.S. conducted its largest nuclear test with a yield of 15 megatons. The new Russian weapon would be up to 100 megatons, according to reports.

8 years ago

FILE - In this June 27, 2006 file photo, reviewed by a U.S. Department of Defense official, U.S. military guards walk within Camp Delta military-run prison, at the Guantanamo Bay U.S. Naval Base, Cuba.
Courts & Law

White House says President Trump has signed an executive order to keep Guantanamo Bay prison open

Trump said during his campaign that he wanted to keep Guantanamo open and "load it up with some bad dudes."

8 years ago

Veterans Tom Voss and Anthony Anderson leave Wisconsin as they embark on an epic journey across the country to heal from their time at war. (Thoughtful Robot Productions)
Health

WHYY presents film tracing vets’ cross-country quest for peace of mind

WHYY will host a screening Monday of a documentary that follows two Iraq War veterans on a journey to find peace years after they left the battlefield.

8 years ago

An injured man is moved to a stretcher outside a hospital following a suicide attack in Kabul, Afghanistan, Saturday Jan. 27, 2018. A suicide car bomber killed at least 40 people and wounded about 140 more in an attack claimed by the Taliban on Saturday in Afghanistan's capital Kabul, authorities said. (Rahmat Gul/AP Photo)
Community

Officials say 95 killed, 158 wounded in Afghan car bombing

The attacker used the ambulance to get through a security checkpoint in central Kabul, telling police he was taking a patient to a nearby hospital.

8 years ago

Rachel Reddick is seeking the Democratic nomination for Pennsylvania's  8th Congressional district (rachelreddick.com).
Dave Davies: Off Mic
Politics & Policy

Women in uniform emerge on suburban Philly ballots

In all three of the suburban Congressional races in the Philly suburbs, the Democratic field includes a woman with a military or national security background.

8 years ago

Radio Times
Politics & Policy

‘A Foreign Policy for the Left’

Guest: Michael Walzer Most of the discussions taking place among American leftists concern domestic issues, such ...

Air Date: January 24, 2018

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Members of the Pennsylvania National Guard participate in a battle simulation during Exercise Red Rose, Friday, April 2, 2010, at Fort Indiantown Gap in Annville, Pa.  (Carolyn Kaster/AP Photo)
Money

Pa. National Guard facility breaks ground on new training facility

The busiest National Guard training facility in the country has broken ground on a new $11.5 million building, and officials say it was a long time coming.

8 years ago

A giant North Korean flag flutters from a 528-foot pole near the border with South Korea. Tunnels built by North Korea's military are believed to extend across the border. (Ahn Young-joon/AP)
NPR
Politics & Policy

As North Korea tensions rise, U.S. Army trains soldiers to fight in tunnels

Officials say the training is expected to take place throughout 2018.

8 years ago

This autonomous robot is one of five used by Project Recover to find downed U.S. military aircraft from  World War II and the Korean and Vietnam wars. (Courtesy of Project Recover)
Education

UD scientist has major role in discovering long-lost military airmen

A serendipitous meeting in 2013 on the Pacific island of Palau culminated in the recent burial of an airman who died during a World War II combat mission.

8 years ago

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Courts & Law

Ex-airman at Dover Air Force Base sentenced for child sex abuse

A former Dover Air Force Base airman been sentenced to 30 months in prison for sexually abusing a teenage runaway.

8 years ago

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