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US Releases 5 Guantanamo Bay Detainees

By Dustin M Braden - Dec 31, 2014 10:54 AM EST

The US government has released five people previously held in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba to the government of Kazakhstan.

Obama to Nominate Ashton Carter for Secretary of Defense

By Dustin M Braden - Dec 02, 2014 03:49 PM EST

President Barack Obama is set to nominate Ashton Carter as his replacement for Chuck Hagel, who recently resigned.

Defense Secretary Hagel resigns

By Dustin M Braden - Nov 24, 2014 12:39 PM EST

U.S. Secretary of State Chuck Hagel has resigned from the position after questions began to surface about the United States' preparedness to deal with pressing issues of national and global security such as Ebola, Russian adventurism, and the rise of the Islamic State.

US sends another 130 military advisers to Iraq

By Dustin M Braden - Aug 12, 2014 10:33 PM EDT

The United States has announced plans to send another 130 military advisers to Iraq in an effort to bolster the force of 300 already in the country to help advise Iraqi forces on how best to deal with the expanding threat posed by the Islamic State.

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