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Members of The Syrian People Solidarity Group protest on Nov. 22 in Austin, Texas, after Texas Gov. Greg Abbott announced he'd refuse to allow Syrian refugees in the state. Texas and the U.S. government are now clashing in court over the issue.

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Texas, Federal Government Face Off In Court Over Syrian Refugees

2:56pm December 04, 2015

by Camila Domonoske

Texas backed down from a request that the court immediately block Syrian refugees from the state. But the state still alleges the U.S. has been acting improperly in how it settles Syrian refugees.

Members of the Secret Service follow President Obama as he arrives at Northwestern University in Evanston, Ill., in 2014.

House Committee Report Finds Secret Service Is 'An Agency In Crisis'

2:46pm December 04, 2015

by Brakkton Booker

In the past decade, 143 security breaches or attempted breaches have taken place. The committee suggested the scope of the agency's duties be reviewed to determine what "missions can be shed."

Evans Army Community Hospital, which stands on the Fort Carson military base, is a central part of the base's behavioral health system.

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Army Says It Will Review Cases Of Dismissed Soldiers With Mental Health Problems

1:50pm December 04, 2015

by Daniel Zwerdling

The Army says it will conduct a "thorough, multidisciplinary review" to determine whether thousands of combat soldiers with those issues or TBIs have been unfairly kicked out of the Army.

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Police Still Searching for Motive In San Bernardino Mass Shooting

1:21pm December 04, 2015

by Dina Temple-Raston

FBI investigators are looking into the potential connections the San Bernardino shooters may have had to extremists, but the shooting doesn't follow the pattern of other recent terrorist attacks.

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Suspect In San Bernardino Shooting Reportedly Had ISIS Ties

12:18pm December 04, 2015

A federal law enforcement official told NPR that Tashfeen Malik, a suspect along with her husband in Wednesday's mass shooting, had pledged allegiance to the Islamic State and its leader on Facebook.

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Pentagon Opens All Combat Positions To Women

7:13pm December 03, 2015

by Tom Bowman

The Pentagon will admit women to all its combat positions, Defense Secretary Ash Carter announced Thursday. The policy change drops the last major barrier to equal service in the military.

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FBI agents search outside a home in connection with the shootings Wednesday in San Bernardino, Calif.

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From Our Archives: When Is An Act Of Violence An Act Of Terrorism?

4:26pm December 03, 2015

by Eyder Peralta

The shootings in San Bernardino have raised a familiar question, one that a linguist and a political scientist say keeps coming up because the line can be tough to draw.

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Suspect's Brother-In-Law 'Shocked'; Motivation For Attack Sought

12:59pm December 03, 2015

A man identified as the brother-in-law of one of the suspects in the mass shooting appeared at a news conference. And, expert David Sterman says we still don't know the reason for the attack.

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San Bernardino Shooting: Was It Workplace Violence Or Terrorism?

9:24am December 03, 2015

Linda Wertheimer talks to David Sterman, an expert on home-grown terrorism. He's with the New America Foundation.

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British Lawmakers Vote To Extend Bombing Campaign To Syria

10:31pm December 02, 2015

by Jim Zarroli

Prime Minister David Cameron had argued that Islamic State militants represent a threat to Britain, and his appeal took on greater urgency after the terrorist attacks in Paris.