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FBI Director Brings Silicon Valley Encryption Fight To Capitol Hill

6:34pm July 08, 2015

by Dina Temple-Raston

FBI Director James Comey went to Capitol Hill on Wednesday to make a case for Silicon Valley companies to continue to let law enforcement monitor communications over encrypted devices.

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Top Pentagon Officials Defend Islamic State Strategy Before Lawmakers

2:50pm July 08, 2015

by Tom Bowman

Defense Secretary Ash Carter and Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Martin Dempsey appeared before the Senate Armed Services Committee on Tuesday, defending the Obama administration's strategy on the self-declared Islamic State.

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Negotiators Continue Talks On Iran's Nuclear Program Past Deadline

2:50pm July 08, 2015

by Peter Kenyon

Arms sales to Iran and inspections of military sites were two of the sticking points that pushed negotiators past their deadline in Iran nuclear talks on Tuesday.

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Marine Lance Cpls. Julia Carroll (left) and Paula Pineda lift "Carl" — a 220-pound test dummy — during training in March in California. Female Marines have completed months of training and are now waiting to hear whether they will be allowed to serve

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They Survived Training, Now Female Marines Await Word On Ground Combat

10:30pm July 07, 2015

by Tom Bowman

The women who trained on tanks and armored vehicles say they proved they belong. Such ground combat jobs will open to women in January unless the Marine Corps makes the case they should be closed.

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ISIS Supporter Moved To Jail After Box Cutter Found In His Halfway House Room

6:58pm July 07, 2015

by Dina Temple-Raston

Abdullahi Yusuf, 19, had pleaded guilty to charges he tried to leave Minnesota and aid the self-proclaimed Islamic State. He says through his lawyer that the box cutter is not his.

Adm. Michael Rogers, NSA director and head of the U.S. Cyber Command, has avoided singling out China for blame in the OPM hack, which may affect as many as 18 million federal workers.

In Data Breach, Reluctance To Point The Finger At China

1:55pm July 07, 2015

by David Welna

Personal data of at least 18 million federal workers may have been accessed via the OPM computer system. Some officials quietly blame China; others want to avoid upsetting this major trade partner.

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President Obama delivers remarks Monday at the Pentagon after a briefing on U.S. efforts against the Islamic State.

Recent Islamic State Losses Show It Can Be Defeated, Obama Says

5:41pm July 06, 2015

by Krishnadev Calamur

But the president warned that the campaign against the group that controls large parts of Syria and Iraq "will not be quick."

Secretary of State John Kerry delivers a statement in front of Palais Coburg where the Iranian nuclear talks are taking place in Vienna, Austria.

Kerry: Iran Faces 'Hard Choices' To Reach Nuclear Deal With West

4:23pm July 05, 2015

by Scott Neuman

The secretary of state, who has been in talks in Vienna for the past several days, says an agreement could be done "quickly" if Tehran is prepared to compromise.

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The White House Invites Tourists To Use Their Cameras

11:04am July 04, 2015

by Scott Horsley

Visitors to the White House will now have something besides their memory to rely on when recounting their visit. That's because a 40-year-ban on photography during public tours has been lifted.

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Deputy Secretary Of State: Iran Needs Nuclear Deal 'More Than We Do'

6:35pm July 02, 2015

NPR's Rachel Martin interviews Tony Blinken, the U.S. deputy secretary of state and the former deputy national security advisor for President Obama, about the latest on the negotiations with Iran.

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