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Air Force begins grounding combat aircraft

  NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — The Air Force is grounding about one-third of its active-duty combat aircraft as a result of automatic spending cuts. The stand down will affect units stationed in the U.S., Europe and the Pacific. Those units include fighter, bomber, aggressor and airborne warning and control squadrons. Air Combat Command at Joint [...]

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Businesses in military towns brace for budget hit

  FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. (AP) — Like many who make their living in the commercial strip outside the gates of Fort Bragg, Mike Thomas is confident the $85 billion in automatic military spending cuts will hurt sales at his used car lot and rim shop. The vast majority of his customers work on the base, and [...]

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Statement by the President on the 10th Anniversary of the Iraq War

  by President Barack Obama As we mark the 10th anniversary of the beginning of the Iraq war, Michelle and I join our fellow Americans in paying tribute to all who served and sacrificed in one of our nation’s longest wars. We salute the courage and resolve of more than 1.5 million service members and [...]

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