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U.S. to End Air Campaign in Libya as Rebels Set Ceasefire Terms

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WASHINGTON (AP/THE BLAZE) — The Pentagon will soon stop firing Tomahawk cruise missiles against Libya, in addition to pulling its attack planes out of the international air campaign, two U.S. defense officials said Friday. Defense Secretary Robert Gates and Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, on Thursday announced in congressional testimony the decision to withdraw U.S. combat… Broadcasting platform : YouTube Source : The Blaze Discovery Date : 01/04/2011 21:26 Number of articles : 2

U.S. to End Air Campaign in Libya as Rebels Set Ceasefire Terms

U.S. to End Air Campaign in Libya as Rebels Set Ceasefire Terms

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WASHINGTON (AP/THE BLAZE) — The Pentagon will soon stop firing Tomahawk cruise missiles against Libya, in addition to pulling its attack planes out of the international air campaign, two U.S. defense officials said Friday. Defense Secretary Robert Gates and Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, on Thursday announced in congressional testimony the decision to withdraw U.S. combat… Broadcasting platform : YouTube Source : The Blaze Discovery Date : 01/04/2011 21:26 Number of articles : 2

U.S. to End Air Campaign in Libya as Rebels Set Ceasefire Terms

Iran Preparing Mass Graves for US Soldiers ahead of ‘extensive war’

Iran has dug mass graves in which to bury U.S. troops in case of any American attack on the country, a former commander of the elite Revolutionary Guard said. The digging of the graves appears to be a show of bravado after the chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff, Adm. Mike Mullen, said last week that the U.S. military has a contingency plan to attack Iran, although he thinks a military strike is probably a bad idea. The U.S. and some of its allies accuse Iran of using its civilian nuclear program as a cover to build nuclear weapons. Iran has denied the charges, saying its nuclear program is geared merely toward generating electricity, not bomb. Gen. Hossein Kan'ani Moghadam, who was the Guard's deputy commander during the 1980s, said graves have been dug in Iran's southwestern Khuzestan province, where Iran buried Iraqi soldiers killed during the ruinous 1980-88 war between the Islamic republic and Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein's regime. “The mass graves that used to be for burying Saddam's soldiers have now been prepared again for U.S. soldiers, and this is the reason for digging this big number of graves,” Moghadam told The Associated Press Television News late Monday. He did not say how many were prepared. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/08/10/iran-digging-mass-graves_n_676612.html added by: jeffissleeping

Generals Have Warned That Fat Americans Are Now National Threat

According to two retired generals, the increasing rate of obesity among young Americans could weaken the future of the U.S. military. More than 25 percent of young Americans now are too fat to fight. The generals want Congress to introduce laws that will give US children better nutrition in school such as providing them with better foods with less sugar, salt and fat. John Shalikashvili and Hugh Shelton were former chairmen of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff. They wrote “Obesity rates threaten the overall health of America and the future strength of our military.” Both the former generals consider it a serious problem from a national security perspective. Together with more than 130 other retired generals, admirals and senior military leaders; they call on to Congress to pass new child nutrition legislation. The warning comes in the middle of mounting fears that childhood obesity has become an “epidemic” that affects one in three young American people. Generals Have Warned That Fat Americans Are Now National Threat is a post from: Daily World Buzz Continue reading

Garcelle Beauvais Outs Husband as Tiger Woods, Jesse James Equivalent

Mike Nilon, you’ve… been… served! The heretofore unknown husband of actress Garcelle Beauvais-Nilon is in the news today because his wife fired off an email to everyone that works at Creative Arts Agency (Mike’s place of employement). Its subject line? “Tiger Woods/Jesse James/Mike Nilon.” It’s not hard to imagine where Beauvais-Nilon went from there, is it? This is what the widely-circulated email allegedly says: “What do they have in common . . . I found out today that MY husband of almost 9 yrs has been having an affair for 5 yrs with some slut in Chicago. I am devastated!!!! And I have been duped!! Our boys don’t deserve this!” It could be worse, Garcelle. That “slut” could also be a lying Nazi worshipper . Just sayin. The couple has twin two-year old boys named Jax and Jaid. Shortly after they were born, the actress said about her husband: “He’s just really loving. He loves me no matter what I look like. It’s really important to find somebody that you love and you want to share your life with, and especially when there’s kids involved. We don’t take it lightly.” Beauvais (we’ve already removed his name from yours, honey) is best known for her four-year portrayal of an attorney on NYPD Blue . In the end, we hope she holds her head up high, secure in the knowledge that this is Mike Nilon’s loss? Why? He’ll never see this naked body ever again!

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Barack Obama Goes Nuclear on Sarah Palin

The White House’s declaration that the U.S. will not respond to a conventional attack with nuclear weapons has come under attack itself … from Sarah Palin. Speaking in Minnesota, the former Alaska Governor and current professional celebrity said no previous administration would’ve ever considered such a step. “It’s unbelievable,” Palin said at a rally . “It’s like getting out there on a playground, a bunch of kids, getting ready to fight, and one of them says, ‘Go ahead, punch me in the face. I’m not going to retaliate. Do what you want to with me.'” That’s what Bristol Palin said to Levi Johnson! Sorry. Moving on. “This is another thing that the American public, the more they find out what is a part of this agenda, they’re going to rise up and say ‘no more,'” Sarah said. WHAT? WHO? Barack promptly shot down his harshest critic . Unaware or unwilling to consider nuance, Palin’s foreign policy is four words long: We win, you lose! Suffice it to say, the President, who believes reducing global nuclear proliferation and tension helps the U.S. “win” along with everyone else, was unmoved. “Last I checked, Sarah Palin is not much of an expert on nuclear issues,” Barack Obama told ABC, declining to elaborate but adding an additional jab at critics. “What I would say to them is that if the Secretary of Defense and the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff are comfortable with it, I’m probably going to take my advice from them, and not from Sarah Palin,” he told George Stephanopolous. Dude, you can see Russia from Alaska. Step off and let a pro handle it. Who’s the bomb when it comes to defense and foreign policy?

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South Korea Navy Ship Sinking Near North Korea After Explosion

SEOUL, South Korea — Military officials say a South Korean navy ship has sunk off an island not far from North Korea. An official with the Joint Chiefs of Staff in Seoul said early Saturday that the ship sank some four hours after it began taking on water. The official spoke on condition of anonymity, in line with department policy. The official said at least 58 of the 104 crew members have been rescued. There was no immediate confirmation of casualties. A rescue operation was still under way. The cause of the sinking was not immediately clear. added by: ylin

Obama to name openly gay ambassador

WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama plans to nominate an openly gay lawyer as the United States' ambassador to New Zealand and Samoa, an administration official said Wednesday. David Huebner was the lawyer who would be announced for the post, said an official who would speak only on condition of anonymity ahead of an announcement. If confirmed by the Senate, Huebner would the administration's first openly gay ambassador

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‘This system has to be reformed’

I noticed that some people are still not convinced.

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Why women’s rights are the cause of our time

In the 19th century, the paramount moral challenge was slavery. In the 20th century, it was totalitarianism

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