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Little of the impassioned debate that fractured lawmakers last year over possible military intervention in Syria is happening now as American war planes strike extremist targets in Iraq.

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The U.S. Pacific commander voiced concern Wednesday over China's intentions as the Asian power announced its latest double-digit hike in defense spending.

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Appealing for a new citizen activism in the free world, President Barack Obama renewed his call yesterday to reduce US and Russian nuclear stockpiles and to confront climate change, a danger he called "the global threat of our time."

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North Korea's new leader is using the threat of a nuclear strike to get concessions on foreign aid rather than trying to trigger military conflict, top U.S. intelligence officials told Congress Thursday.

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 Deep budget cuts would hurt special operations forces and make it difficult to meet demands for those units on missions beyond the current war zones, the commander of the U.S. military's elite troops told Congress on Thursday.

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