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  <title><![CDATA[S. Korea, Japan, US defense chiefs to meet]]></title>
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  <description><![CDATA[The defense chiefs of South Korea, Japan and the United States will hold their first trilateral meeting for four years at the end of this month, with North Korea likely to top the agenda.]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[Indian Firms Tapped for Howitzer Trials]]></title>
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  <description><![CDATA[For the first time, Indian defense companies have been selected for trials in a howitzer gun tender.]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[House Republicans Signal Support for Cadre of Military Spies]]></title>
  <link>http://www.defensenews.com/article/20130521/DEFREG02/305210021</link>
  <description><![CDATA[The US Defense Department&apos;s desire to create an unprecedented cadre of military spies is one step closer to becoming a clandestine reality.]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[House Subcommittee Supports Raising Carrier Cost Cap]]></title>
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  <description><![CDATA[In its first swipe at the 2013 defense authorization bill, the House Seapower subcommittee approved a new cost cap for the US Navy&apos;s Gerald R. Ford aircraft carrier, and rejected again a service request to decommission nine ships as an economy measure.]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[de Maizi&amp;egrave;re Sees German Military Restructuring As Final End To Cold War]]></title>
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  <description><![CDATA[Despite continuing challenges, German Defense Minister Thomas de Maizi&amp;egrave;re told the Bundestag he sees progress in the ongoing restructuring of the country&apos;s military.]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[US Spec Ops Leaders Look Beyond Land Wars]]></title>
  <link>http://www.defensenews.com/article/20130520/DEFREG/305200028</link>
  <description><![CDATA[About 7,000 members of the defense industry, along with hundreds of service members &#45; and plenty of guys with long beards &#45; packed into the Tampa Convention Center last week for the annual Special Operations Industry Conference (SOFIC).]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[Pentagon Wants $79.4B for Afghanistan in 2014]]></title>
  <link>http://www.defensenews.com/article/20130520/DEFREG/305200025</link>
  <description><![CDATA[The Pentagon has asked Congress to approve $79.4 billion for combat operations in Afghanistan in 2014 .]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[French Industry Focuses on Costs]]></title>
  <link>http://www.defensenews.com/article/20130520/DEFREG/305200027</link>
  <description><![CDATA[The French defense industry &#45; facing a global marketplace where major spenders are confronting budget uncertainty and emerging markets are swarmed by companies aggressively competing for any growth opportunity &#45; appears to be turning to an old environment]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[Editorial: Strategy, Not Dollars]]></title>
  <link>http://www.defensenews.com/article/20130520/DEFREG/305200023</link>
  <description><![CDATA[Each time a US government department faces major challenges, the tendency of its leaders is to launch a strategic review.]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[Editorial: Stealth, Range Are Key]]></title>
  <link>http://www.defensenews.com/article/20130520/DEFREG/305200021</link>
  <description><![CDATA[The US Navy is poised for an unmanned revolution. Last week, for the first time, it successfully catapulted an unmanned jet from an aircraft carrier.]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[To Improve DoD Acquisition, Stop Reprogrammings]]></title>
  <link>http://www.defensenews.com/article/20130520/DEFREG/305200020</link>
  <description><![CDATA[Lost in the uproar about sequestration impacts on specific programs is that much of what&apos;s wrong with the Pentagon&apos;s finances is systemic or process related.]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[The &apos;S&apos; Word: US Military Can Stay Best Despite Sequestration]]></title>
  <link>http://www.defensenews.com/article/20130520/DEFREG/305200022</link>
  <description><![CDATA[And so, sequestration has come. Sequestration is a reduction in funding without a reduction in programs, manpower, operational systems or infrastructure.]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[Official: Karzai To Seek More Military Aid During India Trip]]></title>
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  <description><![CDATA[Afghan President Hamid Karzai will seek greater Indian military aid during a visit this week to New Delhi, officials of both countries said Monday.]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[Italian Navy Chief Proposes New Dual-Use Vessel]]></title>
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  <description><![CDATA[As warships get sleeker and stealthier, the head of the Italian Navy wants to buck the trend and plan a one-size-fits-all warship that  will be cheap, roomy and dual use, even making space for containers on deck.]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[DoD Examines 3 Budget-Cut Scenarios]]></title>
  <link>http://www.defensenews.com/article/20130519/DEFREG02/305190007</link>
  <description><![CDATA[Senior US Defense Department officials are expected to present three budget-cutting scenarios to the defense secretary when they wrap up a wide-ranging review of military strategy at the end of this month, according to sources.]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[N. Korea Test-Fires Another Short-Range Missile]]></title>
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  <description><![CDATA[North Korea Sunday test-fired a short-range missile off its east coast, its fourth in two days, despite pleas from South Korea and the UN chief to halt the launches at a time of high tensions.]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[Netanyahu: Israel acts to deny Hezbollah arms]]></title>
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  <description><![CDATA[Israel is &apos;acting&apos; to prevent Syrian weapons from reaching Lebanon&apos;s Hezbollah and will continue to do so, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday.]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[Asia&apos;s Naval Procurement Sees Major Growth]]></title>
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  <description><![CDATA[Asia-Pacific nations are modernizing their surface and underwater naval capabilities by buying stealthy warships, attack submarines, patrol vessels, sensors, radars, missiles and unmanned systems.]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[For Obama&apos;s Agenda, an &apos;October Surprise&apos; in May]]></title>
  <link>http://www.defensenews.com/article/20130518/DEFREG02/305180006</link>
  <description><![CDATA[A slew of politically charged scandals threatens to derail a sweeping fiscal deal with Senate Republicans that would address sequestration&apos;s defense budget cuts.]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[Several DoD Personnel Moves Expected Soon]]></title>
  <link>http://www.defensenews.com/article/20130517/DEFREG02/305170022</link>
  <description><![CDATA[The White House is working to fill several high-level Pentagon posts as incumbents prepare to step down as the Obama administration begins a second term amid a fury of budget uncertainty.]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[French Defense Minister Defends Strategy, Mali Mission]]></title>
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  <description><![CDATA[France&apos;s defense minister on Friday defended his government&apos;s new security strategy and its mission in Mali, and called for a political solution to Syria&apos;s bloody civil war.]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[Australia One Step Nearer to Acquiring Triton UAV]]></title>
  <link>http://www.defensenews.com/article/20130517/DEFREG03/305170019</link>
  <description><![CDATA[The acquisition of Northrop Grumman&apos;s MQ-4C Triton unmanned air vehicle took a step closer yesterday with the Australian government announcement that it would issue a letter of request to the US for pricing and availability data.]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[India Mulls Stationing of Ground Forces in Afghanistan]]></title>
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  <description><![CDATA[The Indian government is evaluating the possibility of stationing troops in Afghanistan after the international forces begin leaving the country in 2014.]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[US Sens: Pentagon Attempting to &apos;Rewrite the Constitution&apos;]]></title>
  <link>http://www.defensenews.com/article/20130516/DEFREG02/305160016</link>
  <description><![CDATA[US senators blasted senior Pentagon legal officials Thursday for suggesting the 2001-passed measure authorizing the war on al-Qaida would justify American ground operations anywhere in the world.]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[On Iran, US Senators Hear Mixed Messages from Administration]]></title>
  <link>http://www.defensenews.com/article/20130515/DEFREG02/305150030</link>
  <description><![CDATA[A senior US State Department official on Wednesday sent mixed messages to Iran, striking hawkish and dovish tones about its nuclear weapons program.]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[Afghanistan overtaxes US contractors, IG finds]]></title>
  <link>http://www.defensenews.com/article/20130514/DEFREG04/305140018</link>
  <description><![CDATA[Afghanistan has slapped US-funded contractors working on reconstruction efforts with nearly $1 billion in taxes since 2008, often in spite of clear tax exemption agreements, a government watchdog has found.]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[Washington&apos;s Pacific Pivot Seen in Aussie&apos;s Appointment to US Army]]></title>
  <link>http://www.defensenews.com/article/20130513/DEFREG02/305130024</link>
  <description><![CDATA[The appointment of an Australian to a senior position in the command of the US Army&apos;s 79,000-strong contingent in Asia-Pacific reflects Washington&apos;s strategic pivot to the region, officials said Monday.]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[Stimson Center: DoD Could Trim $1 Trillion Without Eroding Combat Power]]></title>
  <link>http://www.defensenews.com/article/20130513/DEFREG02/305130022</link>
  <description><![CDATA[The Pentagon could save double the amount of cuts mandated under sequestration and avoid eroding its combat power, says a report released Monday.]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[Lockheed Names New F-16/F-22 Program Head]]></title>
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  <description><![CDATA[Lockheed Martin has named Roderick &apos;Rod&apos; McLean vice president and general manager of the F-16/F-22 Integrated Fighter Group (IFG), the company announced Monday.]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[NATO Gets New Supreme Commander]]></title>
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  <description><![CDATA[Four-star US General Philip Breedlove assumed command of NATO on Monday, promising to bolster the 28-member military alliance as it prepares for a difficult withdrawal from Afghanistan next year.]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[North Korea Replaces Hawkish Defense Minister]]></title>
  <link>http://www.defensenews.com/article/20130513/DEFREG03/305130014</link>
  <description><![CDATA[North Korea has replaced its hawkish armed forces minister after just six months in the job &#45; the latest in a long line of top military reshuffles by supreme leader Kim Jong-Un.]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[&apos;Fragile&apos; Pursuit of a Grand Bargain]]></title>
  <link>http://www.defensenews.com/article/20130512/DEFREG02/305130012</link>
  <description><![CDATA[The onetime target of early August for passing sweeping fiscal legislation that once filled US Senate corridors is slowly being replaced by a consensus that striking a &apos;grand bargain&apos; could prove difficult.]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[US: Gulf Navy Drill Not Directed At Iran]]></title>
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  <description><![CDATA[Vice Admiral John Miller, commander of the US Fifth Fleet, said on Sunday that a massive naval minesweeping exercise involving 41 countries was not directed at Iran.]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[N. Korea Slams US Aircraft Carrier&apos;s Arrival In S. Korea]]></title>
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  <description><![CDATA[North Korea has criticized the arrival of the US aircraft carrier Nimitz in the South for a joint drill as an &apos;extremely reckless&apos; provocation and a rehearsal for war against the communist state.]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[PKK Peace Talks Could Reduce Profile of Elite Turkish Units]]></title>
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  <description><![CDATA[A budding peace process between Turkey and its longtime nemesis, the Kurdish separatist militants, could shrink the prominence and budget of elite Turkish special operations units, officials and analysts agree.]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[Eastern European Armies Boost Spec Ops Forces Cooperation]]></title>
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  <description><![CDATA[Special operations forces troops from Poland, Hungary, Slovakia and the Czech Republic will organize joint drills and set up a multinational Combat Group operating within European Union structures.]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[Norway Revamps Special Operations Capacity]]></title>
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  <title><![CDATA[Canada Renews Push To Buy 100 Specs Ops Vehicles]]></title>
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  <description><![CDATA[Canada&apos;s special operations forces will try once again to purchase a new fleet of vehicles for long-range reconnaissance patrols and urban warfare.]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[Israel Building Up Rocket Response, Early Warning]]></title>
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  <description><![CDATA[In just six months as commander of Israel&apos;s Air Defense Forces, Shahar Shochat presided over the largest joint drill with the US, led Iron Dome defenders through eight days of high-intensity rocket attacks from Gaza and is poised on high alert to defend a]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[Source: France Pushing for 2 Mega Deals]]></title>
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  <description><![CDATA[France is looking to sell naval company DCNS to electronics specialist Thales and broker a partnership between Nexter and Krauss-Maffei Wegmann in a bid to beat a budget crunch and slim down the land weapons sector, a source briefed on the subject said.]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[Hagel Touts US Defense Network in Middle East]]></title>
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  <description><![CDATA[US Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel praised the &apos;cooperative defense network&apos; being constructed by the Pentagon across the Middle East as a way to keep Iran&apos;s nuclear ambitions in check.]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[Little Change in New US Fleet Plan]]></title>
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  <title><![CDATA[DoD Sets Up Institutes for Manufacturing]]></title>
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  <description><![CDATA[The Pentagon will oversee two White House-backed manufacturing institutes, one focusing on digitizing the manufacturing process and another on producing lightweight, modern metals.]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[SOFINS Highlights Growing French Spec Ops Market]]></title>
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  <description><![CDATA[The French special operations command led for a first time in Europe a three-day trade show and conference, signaling the niche market formed by the &amp;eacute;lite forces&apos; operational needs.]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[Sen. Inhofe: GOP Could Impeach Obama Over Benghazi &apos;Cover Up&apos;]]></title>
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  <description><![CDATA[A senior U.S. senator says Republicans could impeach President Barack Obama over what he is calling a high-level cover up of the administration&apos;s handling of the deadly Benghazi attacks.]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[Report: Saudi King Sacks Air Force Chief]]></title>
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  <description><![CDATA[Saudi King Abdullah has dismissed and retired air force chief Gen. Mohammed al-Ayesh by royal decree, the official SPA news agency reported Friday, without elaborating on why.]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[Former Arms Industry Boom Town Struggles in Bulgaria]]></title>
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  <description><![CDATA[At the foot of the Balkan mountains, the Bulgarian town of Sopot remembers with nostalgia its glory days as a booming arms industry center under communism.]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[Hagel: Middle East Problems Require &apos;Political, Not Military&apos; Solutions]]></title>
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  <description><![CDATA[The problems that plague the Middle East, including Iran&apos;s nuclear ambitions and Syria&apos;s civil war, require &apos;political, not military&apos; solutions, US Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said Thursday.]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[Danish Chief of Defence: Fighter Replacement on Track]]></title>
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  <description><![CDATA[Denmark&apos;s ranking military officer &apos;strongly believes&apos; his country will settle on its next-generation fighter design by mid-2015, expressing confidence in a timetable laid out earlier this year.]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[Avio Sale Puts New Italian Law to the Test]]></title>
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  <description><![CDATA[A new Italian law guaranteeing the  government&apos;s influence over strategic companies will be put to use for the first time as General Electric (GE) purchases the aviation activity of Italian propulsion firm Avio.]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[Senators Question Air Force Brass on Nuclear Safety]]></title>
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  <description><![CDATA[US senators questioned top Air Force officials on whether the service can handle the responsibilities of safeguarding America&apos;s nuclear arsenal, following the reassignment of 17 USAF officers who would launch warheads upon presidential order.]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[State Dept. Whistleblowers Unclear on Lack of Military Response in Benghazi]]></title>
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  <description><![CDATA[Testimony by US State Department whistleblowers on Capitol Hill did little to punch holes in Pentagon officials&apos; statements about the lack of a military response to the Benghazi attacks.]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[In Shift, Hill Dems Signal Green Light for East Coast Missile Shield]]></title>
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  <description><![CDATA[Even congressional Democrats, typically less hawkish than their GOP cohorts, are beginning to talk about a proposed East Coast missile shield as if it&apos;s a done deal.]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[Analysis: Annual China Report Shows Growing Threat]]></title>
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  <description><![CDATA[In the house after the Pentagon released its annual report to the US Congress on China&apos;s military and security developments on May 6, pundits and academic analysts pored over it looking for clues on how the Pentagon really sees China.]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[Sequester Changes Rules on DoD  Contractor Background Reinvestigations]]></title>
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  <description><![CDATA[Citing sequester and budget challenges, the arm of the Defense Department overseeing security clearances for contractors is cutting how much time people have to request so-called periodic reinvestigations.]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[DoD Wants Reprogramming Caps Changed]]></title>
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  <title><![CDATA[Pakistan Employs China&apos;s Beidou Guidance System, but Access Not Guaranteed]]></title>
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  <description><![CDATA[Access to China&apos;s Beidou satellite guidance system for navigation and precision strike weaponry is welcomed by Pakistani analysts, but guaranteed availability of the Beidou signal cannot be assumed.]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[NATO Sec Gen Urges Europe To Invest in Hard Defense Capabilities]]></title>
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  <description><![CDATA[NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen has called for European countries to firmly commit to invest in security and defense or risk losing credibility and influence.]]></description>
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  <description><![CDATA[The White House and senior Republican lawmakers acknowledge they remain far apart on a &apos;grand bargain&apos; fiscal deal to address the defense sequester cuts.]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[Libyan Defense Minister Resigns, Then Rescinds Resignation]]></title>
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  <description><![CDATA[Libyan Defense Minister Mohammed al-Barghati resigned Tuesday but rescinded his decision several hours later at the request of Prime Minister Ali Zeidan, the government said.]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[DoD Halts Shifting War Money Into Base Budget]]></title>
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  <description><![CDATA[For years, the Pentagon has been working to move funding from temporary war spending accounts into the base budget, particularly for brick-and-mortar efforts that were borne out of a decade of counterinsurgency fighting in Afghanistan and Iraq &#45; and will]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[Annual DoD Report Claims Steady Chinese Military Expansion]]></title>
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  <description><![CDATA[China continues to rapidly modernize and expand its military and has deployed an anti-ship missile that could attack vessels more than 1,500 kilometers away, according to a new Pentagon report.]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[Italy&apos;s Defense Minister Seeks More EU Defense Cooperation]]></title>
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  <description><![CDATA[Italian Defense Minister Mario Mauro called for EU leaders to cooperate more on defense at the European Parliament Foreign Affairs Committee meeting here Monday.]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[Australia&apos;s White Paper Reveals Reluctance to Paint China Red]]></title>
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  <description><![CDATA[Australia released its 2013 Defence White Paper on May 3 outlining various defense challenges and goals the nation faces.]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[China-Japan Island Dispute Could Become Flashpoint]]></title>
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  <description><![CDATA[While North Korea has garnered attention as Asia&apos;s top hotspot, experts worry that the real problem is between Beijing and Tokyo over the Japanese-controlled Senkaku Islands, which China calls the Diaoyu Islands.]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[Netanyahu Mutes Military To Avoid Mixed Signals on Syria]]></title>
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  <description><![CDATA[Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has ordered military brass to refrain from public statements, maneuvering drills and other acts that send mixed signals to friends and foes alike about Israeli interest in intervening in the Syrian civil war ragin]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[Details Leak on DoD&apos;s Budget Reprogramming]]></title>
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  <description><![CDATA[Shipping $28 billion worth of equipment out of Afghanistan over the next year and a half won&apos;t be easy &#45; or cheap.]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[Australia Sticks With JSF, Will Buy Growlers, New Subs]]></title>
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  <description><![CDATA[Australia announced plans to purchase 12 new-build Boeing EA-18G Growler airborne electronic attack aircraft although it affirmed its commitment to the Joint Strike Fighter program.]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[Dobbins Named New Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan]]></title>
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  <description><![CDATA[Ambassador James Dobbins will be US President Barack Obama&apos;s next Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan, the State Department announced Friday.]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[Former MoD Procurement Chief to Head Northrop&apos;s European Ops]]></title>
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  <description><![CDATA[Northrop Grumman has appointed former British Ministry of Defence procurement boss Andrew Tyler as chief executive of the company&apos;s UK and European operations.]]></description>
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  <description><![CDATA[Sweden&apos;s Defense Ministry is set to discuss the implementation of new advance warning and rapid reaction structures after the disclosure that Russian aircraft conducted a nighttime &apos;simulated&apos; attack on key Swedish military and civilian installations last]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[Background Check Vote Hurting Pro-Defense US Senators in Polling]]></title>
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  <description><![CDATA[A pair of Pentagon and defense-sector Senate allies are in hot water back home after voting against their constituents&apos; wishes on a gun measure, a development that could alter two key panels.]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[British Man Jailed for 10 Years for Selling Iraqis Fake Bomb Detectors]]></title>
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  <description><![CDATA[A British millionaire was on Thursday jailed for 10 years for selling fake bomb detectors to the Iraqi government and other countries, by a judge who told him he had blood on his hands.]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[Indian Security Committee Discusses Chinese Border Incursions]]></title>
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  <description><![CDATA[Indian Army chief Gen. Bikram Singh briefed the Cabinet Committee on Security May 1 on the level of Chinese intrusion into Indian territory. The committee is the highest governmental body to take decisions on security issues.]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[US Pushing Hard To Sell Javelins to France]]></title>
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  <description><![CDATA[The US joint venture that builds the Javelin anti-tank missile came through town recently to introduce a new senior executive, underscoring American industry&apos;s hot pursuit of a contract for a medium-range weapon for the French Army, sources briefed on the]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[Japan-China Island Spat Threatens GSDF Deployment and Much More]]></title>
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  <title><![CDATA[US, South Korea Wrap Up Drills As Tensions Simmer]]></title>
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  <description><![CDATA[The United States and South Korea on Tuesday wrapped up military drills at the center of soaring tensions with North Korea, as Pyongyang ignored a new overture over a flagship joint industrial zone.]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[U.S. Lawmakers: Time for &apos;Next Step&apos; in Syria &#45; But No Ground Forces]]></title>
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  <description><![CDATA[Senior US House members say American intervention in Syria&apos;s civil war is likely, but they signaled the Obama administration has yet to settle on what that will entail.]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[Rep. Issa: Christianity&apos;s Roots Would Justify US Mission in Syria]]></title>
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  <description><![CDATA[A senior US congressman says Christianity&apos;s roots in the Middle East would justify a decision by President Barack Obama to intervene in Syria&apos;s bloody civil war.]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[Kuwait: Iraq Owes $11.2 Billion In War Reparations]]></title>
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  <description><![CDATA[Kuwait has received $2.43 billion in war reparations from Iraq since the start of the year and is still owed another $11.2 billion, a senior official in the Guly emirate said on Tuesday.]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[Syria Holds Out In Chemical Weapons Inquiry Showdown]]></title>
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  <description><![CDATA[The Syrian government on Tuesday maintained a block on giving UN experts unconditional access to investigate claims that chemical weapons have been used in the country&apos;s civil war.]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[House GOP Unveils Next Move on Controversial East Coast Missile Plan]]></title>
  <link>http://www.defensenews.com/article/20130430/DEFREG02/304300024</link>
  <description><![CDATA[Sixteen US House Republicans say they will clear the Pentagon to begin building an East Coast missile shield, and are urging a key colleague to write the check.]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[Obama Eyes Way To Allow Enough Republicans to Vote for &apos;Grand Bargain&apos;]]></title>
  <link>http://www.defensenews.com/article/20130430/DEFREG/304300023</link>
  <description><![CDATA[US President Barack Obama acknowledged Tuesday that political factors are complicating efforts to garner enough Republican votes to pass broad fiscal legislation that would void more military cuts.]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[UN To Deploy UAVs To Aid Peacekeeping in Congo]]></title>
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  <description><![CDATA[United Nations peacekeepers are set to get their own unmanned air vehicle capability  as the organization closes on a deal to have  a contractor  provide an intelligence-gathering service in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[India&apos;s New Rules Could Mean More Overseas Tie-ups]]></title>
  <link>http://www.defensenews.com/article/20130430/DEFREG03/304300015</link>
  <description><![CDATA[India&apos;s decision to buy foreign weapons only if it can&apos;t find a domestic source is likely to drive more joint ventures between Indian and international firms, while further slowing down  an already notoriously slow and tedious procurement system.]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[Pentagon Industrial Base Chief Predicts Pain]]></title>
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  <description><![CDATA[We&apos;re from the government, and we&apos;re here to help. Except when we won&apos;t.]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[DoD&apos;s Acquisition Chief Wants to Simplify Rules]]></title>
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  <description><![CDATA[The Pentagon&apos;s acquisition chief is poised to launch a soup-to-nuts review of federal weapons buying laws in an attempt to simplify the complex regulations.]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[Israelis Slam US-Hyped Arms Package]]></title>
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  <description><![CDATA[Israeli executives and security experts have assailed a US arms package that headlined Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel&apos;s visit here last week as high on hype but short on substance, insisting Israel has neither the budget nor operational need for the capabi]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[EU Commission To Unveil Plans To Boost Industry]]></title>
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  <description><![CDATA[The European Commission is on track to unveil proposals, including one to certify defense products, to boost the EU&apos;s defense industry.]]></description>
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