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Ex-NSA Officer: OPM Hack Is Serious Breach Of Worker Trust

1:50pm June 15, 2015

Former National Security Agency officer John Schindler tells NPR's Scott Simon the data hacked from the Office of Personnel Management includes personal information that could be used for blackmail.

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Examining U.S. Anti-ISIS Strategy

11:46am June 15, 2015

NPR's Scott Simon gets reaction from the chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, Republican Mac Thornberry of Texas, to the Obama administration's plan to send more military trainers to Iraq.

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U.S. May Send Tanks And Infantry Vehicles To Eastern Europe

11:02am June 14, 2015

The Pentagon is seeking approval for a plan to put heavy weaponry into countries on the border with Russia. NPR's Rachel Martin and correspondent Tom Bowman discuss the proposal.

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U.S. Bradley fighting vehicles take part in a joint exercise with Georgia at a military base near Tbilisi. Bradleys would be deployed to NATO member states in Eastern Europe and the Baltics if a Pentagon proposal is approved.

To Counter Russia, U.S. Mulling Tanks, Heavy Guns For Eastern Europe

9:18am June 14, 2015

by Scott Neuman

The proposal, which requires approval from Defense Secretary Ash Carter and President Obama, would also place equipment in the Baltic states of Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia.

Dawn at the now closed Camp X-Ray, which was used as the first detention facility for al-Qaida and Taliban militants who were captured after the Sept. 11 attacks at Guantanamo Bay Naval Base, Cuba.

6 Yemeni Prisoners Released From Gitmo

1:05pm June 13, 2015

by Scott Neuman

It is the first such release in five months from the U.S. prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and the first to be approved by Defense Secretary Ash Carter.

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Federal Employee Breach Very Likely Included Security Clearance Info

12:58pm June 13, 2015

by Bill Chappell

In the massive security breach that was revealed early this month, hackers also very likely accessed information from background checks that were done on both federal employees and applicants.

NPR reporter Carrie Johnson runs through a target practice drill with instructor Bryan Patterson as part of the Use of Force simulation at the Law Enforcement Legal Defense Fund in Virginia.

Experiencing The 'Realities Of Being A Police Officer'

11:22am June 13, 2015

by Carrie Johnson

A group that raises money for police officers subjected to investigation or lawsuits is using a simulator program to help outsiders understand the challenges of the job.

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Breach Of Government Personnel Data Compromised Security Information

8:55pm June 12, 2015

NPR's Robert Siegel speaks with Damian Paletta of the Wall Street Journal about how officials said Friday that the OPM data breach also compromised security clearance information.

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Obama Orders 450 Troops To Help Iraq Fight Self-Declared Islamic State

2:04pm June 11, 2015

by Tom Bowman

The United States will send an additional 450 troops to Iraq to act as trainers. The move comes not as a change in policy, but to speed up training and equipping of Sunni soldiers in Anbar province.

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Former Ambassador Ryan Crocker: Partitioned Iraq Is An Iranian Strategy

6:30pm June 10, 2015

NPR's Audie Cornish speaks with former U.S. Ambassador Ryan Crocker, dean at the Bush School of Government at Texas A&M University, about the idea of a partitioned Iraq.

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