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Obama Transfers 6 Guantanamo Detainees to Uruguay as Refugees

Obama Transfers 6 Guantanamo Detainees to Uruguay as Refugees

The Obama administration released six Guantanamo Bay detainees and sent them to Uruguay for resettlement as refugees amid the president’s renewed efforts to close down the facility.   Upon taking office, President Obama pledged to close down the U.S. military

Pentagon: Prevalence of Sexual Assaults in Military Drops

Pentagon: Prevalence of Sexual Assaults in Military Drops

WASHINGTON, D.C.–The prevalence of sexual assaults in the military decreased by about 25 percent to 19,000 in 2014, when compared to 26,000 in 2012, according to a Pentagon statement.   During the same period, victim reports increased by an estimated 66 percent to

American Hostage Killed in Failed Rescue Attempt

American Hostage Killed in Failed Rescue Attempt

SANAA, Yemen (AP) — An American photojournalist and a South African teacher held by al-Qaida militants in Yemen were killed Saturday during a failed U.S.-led rescue attempt, a raid President Barack Obama said he ordered over an “imminent danger” to

Obama Nominates Ashton Carter As His Fourth Pentagon Chief

Obama Nominates Ashton Carter As His Fourth Pentagon Chief

WASHINGTON, D.C.–President Obama officially nominated Ashton Carter as his fourth Secretary of Defense to succeed Chuck Hagel, the only Republican in the president’s national security team, who resigned under pressure from the White House.   During a Roosevelt Room ceremony, before

Pentagon Gave L.A. Sheriff’s Department Snowshoes

Pentagon Gave L.A. Sheriff’s Department Snowshoes

The U.S. Department of Defense, ever concerned that local police departments might lack needed equipment for their efforts combating crime, sent the Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department an early Christmas present last March: 500 snowshoes and 132 snow trousers. That wasn’t

China Tests Mach 10 Missile That Could Dodge US Defenses

China Tests Mach 10 Missile That Could Dodge US Defenses

On December 2, China conducted the third test of the Wu-14 missile in western China, viewed as a “strike vehicle” for China’s strategic nuclear program and potentially one of the most dangerous weapons in China’s arsenal. Various reports citing Pentagon sources

Madrid Fires Health Chief Who Insulted Ebola Victim

Madrid Fires Health Chief Who Insulted Ebola Victim

Gaffe-prone Madrid health chief Javier Rodríguez, who received a swell of criticism for implying that auxiliary nurse Teresa Romero contracted Ebola because of her own lack of care, has been fired from his position after Romero and her family publicized

Obama to Announce Defense Secretary Pick Friday

Obama to Announce Defense Secretary Pick Friday

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama plans to announce his pick Friday to lead the Pentagon amid the threat from Islamic State militants in Syria and Iraq, the White House said. White House press secretary Josh Earnest would not say

Top 400 Players of the Young College Basketball Season

Top 400 Players of the Young College Basketball Season

Miami joins powers Duke and Kentucky as the only schools with more than two Top 100 players in the early Value Add rankings, which appear here first and then will be updated on the www.valueaddbasketball.com list of all 4,000 players.

Notre Dame’s Jerian Grant Plays as College Basketball’s Best

Notre Dame’s Jerian Grant Plays as College Basketball’s Best

Links to Sports Illustrated, ESPN, NBC Sports and Fox Sports show wide praise for the of www.valueaddbasketball.com database to pinpoint a player’s value, but today announces major improvements to answer valid criticisms that have circulated at the annual MIT Sloan Sports Analytics Conference. You can say the same about

Michael Sam: ‘Talent’ Not Reason for NFL Ouster

Michael Sam: ‘Talent’ Not Reason for NFL Ouster

Michael Sam, hectored by TMZ’s cell-phone video paparazzi, says he doesn’t believe his place on the couch instead of the field speaks of his football abilities. The pass rusher cut by the St. Louis Rams and the Dallas Cowboys, noting

Barbra Streisand, Nexus of Green Evil

Barbra Streisand, Nexus of Green Evil

Barbra Streisand – or whoever it is that handles her social media – has been tweeting about the (immensely sound) incoming GOP chairman of the Senate Environment & Public Works Committee, Senator Jim Inhofe. Inhofe had fingered Streisand as a