National Security

An In-Depth Look At The U.S. Cyber War, The Military Alliance And Its Pitfalls

1:25pm November 17, 2014

In the book @War, Shane Harris reports that U.S. intelligence agencies, sometimes aided by corporations, are trying to dominate cyberspace. It's "changing the Internet in fundamental ways," he says.

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A Minuteman III missile engine is loaded into a truck for transport to another building for X-raying before being torn down and rebuilt. The Air Force's missile command-and-control structure has been the subject of several recent scandals.

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Hagel Announces Billions In Upgrades To Nuclear Program

1:25pm November 15, 2014

by Scott Neuman

The U.S. defense secretary said the Pentagon is aiming to invest about 10 percent more over the next five years to fix "systemic problems" of leadership, morale and aging equipment.

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Pentagon Plans To Spend Billions Upgrading Nuclear Program

6:34pm November 14, 2014

by Geoff Brumfiel

After a major investigation into America's nuclear forces, Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel says that he will be investing billions of dollars into the system, and changing to the way it's managed.

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Report Released On White House Fence Jumper

7:58am November 14, 2014

by Brian Naylor

Details have emerged about the incident in September that led to the Secret Service director to resign. The Department of Homeland Security, which oversees the Secret Service, launched a review.

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NATO has reported a spike in Russian military activity at sea and in NATO and other western European countries' airspace as tensions have mounted over Ukraine. Here, a Russian military long-range bomber aircraft flies in international airspace on Oct. 29.

Russia And The West: Close Encounters Of The Cold War Kind

9:58am November 13, 2014

by Michele Kelemen

Russia and Western countries have had several close encounters in the air and at sea recently. Russia says these are just routine military exercises, but NATO and its Nordic partners are alarmed.

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BASETRACK Live incorporates photographs, videos and interviews to tell the story of warfare, both at home and abroad.

Veterans Voices Multitracked, Overdubbed, Amplified Through An Actor

8:16am November 11, 2014

by Quil Lawrence

A new multimedia stage production, led by a Juilliard composer and an Iraq veteran who took up acting, hopes to help struggling soldiers battle post-traumatic stress disorder.

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The Case For U.S. Combat Troops In Iraq

12:13pm November 09, 2014

Airstrikes against ISIS have had some success. But James Jeffrey, Obama's former ambassador to Iraq, says Americans on the ground are necessary to win the war.

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Researchers found that passport screeners have an error rate of about 15 percent when they're evaluating whether faces match passport photos.

Security Agents Often Miss When Passports Don't Match Faces

6:26pm November 06, 2014

by Anne Miller

The people checking travelers' passports aren't great at catching fake or stolen documents. One solution might be to screen the screeners and only hire those with a talent for recognizing faces.

Four Americans injured in Iraq and Afghanistan visit Kabul as part of Operation Proper Exit, a program designed for wounded warriors. From left, they are Staff Sgt. Ben Dellinger, Capt. Casey Wolfe, Capt. John Urquhart (who is hidden) and Sgt. James "Eddi

Wounded In Combat, U.S. Troops Go Back For A 'Proper Exit'

12:35pm November 04, 2014

by Sean Carberry

For some U.S. troops who left Iraq and Afghanistan by medevac, a return trip to these countries allows them to depart on their own terms.

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What Was The Result Of U.S. Attack Against Khorasan Group In Syria?

7:42am October 31, 2014

by David Welna

More than a month after the U.S. targeted a shadowy al-Qaida bomb-making group known as the Khorasan in Syria with Tomahawk cruise missiles, little is known about the impact of that attack.

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