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Gen. Petraeus Implements Military Surge Against Four Somali Pirates in a Lifeboat

Jeremy Scahill | Posted 05.11.2009 | World

Read More: Maersk Alabama, Surge, David Petraeus, Gen. David H. Petraeus, Somali Pirates, Pirates, Barack Obama, Eric Holder, US Navy, World News

The most powerful Navy in the world remains in a standoff with four pirates in a small boat. So threatening to US national security are these pirates, Gen. Petraeus is now running the operation.

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Why We Pay Attention to Piracy

Marcia DeSanctis | Posted 05.10.2009 | World

Read More: Energy, Obama Diplomacy, Africom, Somalia Pirates, National Security, Africa, Nigeria, Pirates, Obama National Security, Diplomacy, Gulf of Aden, Captain Phillips, US Navy, World News

There is no government in Somalia to speak of, and the pirates are self-governing anyway. It is dramatic, challenging, surprising and odd place for a test of America's strength in the post-Bush world.

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CON GAMES: Godspeed, Captain Phillips

Michael Conniff | Posted 05.10.2009 | World

Read More: Vermont, Somalia, Pirates, Basketball, Somalia Pirates, US Navy, Somali Pirates, Captain Phillips, Richard Phillips, World News

Godspeed, Captain Phillips. The pirates know by now that you've got game.

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Putting Today's 'Pirate' Attack in Context

Jeremy Scahill | Posted 05.09.2009 | World

Read More: Yemen, Maersk Alabama, Johann Hari, Department of Defense, Blackwater, AP Maersk, Somali Pirates, Pirates, Somalia, Xe, Pentagon Contractors, US Navy, World News

Take this fact: Over $300 million worth of tuna, shrimp, and lobster are "being stolen every year by illegal trawlers" off Somalia's coast, forcing the fishing industry there into a state of virtual non-existence.

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Bloomberg 3? NYC Veterans 0

Luis Carlos Montalván | Posted 05.01.2009 | Politics

Read More: Department of Veterans Affairs, Troops, Mental Health, Memorial Day, Mayor Bloomberg, Middle East Politics, Michael Bloomberg, Veterans Day, Secretary of Veterans Affairs Eric Shinseki, President Obama, Michael Bloomberg Term Limits, Mike Bloomberg, Iraq Veterans' Mental Health, War in Iraq, Iraq Veteran Suicide, Students, New York, New York City, Tbi, Veterans, Iraq Veterans, Marines, Iraq PTSD, Veterans Benefits, Homeless Veterans, Middle East, Ptsd, US Navy, Mayor Michael Bloomberg, Bloomberg, Politics News

Ask any veteran and he or she will tell you that over the past several years New York City's Mayor's Office of Veterans' Affairs has done little or nothing to assist the hundreds of thousands of veterans in the city.

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Navy Secretary Nominee Taped Wife And Priest In Nasty Divorce

The New York Times | Posted 04.30.2009 | Politics

Read More: Ray-Mabus-Obama, Ray Mabus Secretary of Navy, Ray-Mabus, US Navy, Politics News

President Obama's nominee for secretary of the Navy was involved in a divorce that drew national attention for his secret taping of a conversation bet...

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The Next Cold War?

John Feffer | Posted 04.24.2009 | World

Read More: Robert Kaplan, James Fallows, Indian Ocean, Usns Impeccable, China, Defense Spending, Foreign Policy, International Waters, US Navy, World News

International law notwithstanding, the United States has long treated the Pacific as an American lake and China as beachfront property that we have to keep a special eye on.

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Officials: US ship in China spat was hunting subs

AP | ANNE GEARAN | Posted 04.10.2009 | World

Read More: US Navy, Us Navy Ship Hunting Submarines China, Us Navy China, Us Navy Ship China, Usns Impeccable, China, World News

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Navy ship that got into a scrape with five Chinese vessels last weekend in the South China Sea was looking for threats suc...

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China: US Ship Activity Was Illegal

AP | CHRISTOPHER BODEEN | Posted 04.10.2009 | World

Read More: China Us Militaries, US Navy, China Navy Reckless, China Us Harassment, China US Navy, Foreign Affairs, Navy, Usns Impeccable, China, Chinese Vessels Us Navy, China Us Ship, World News

BEIJING — China responded sharply Tuesday to Washington's accusations over a confrontation at sea, an incident that analysts said could become m...

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Pentagon: Chinese Ships Harassed US Vessel

AP | BY PAULINE JELINEK | Posted 04.09.2009 | World

Read More: China, Us, China Us, US Navy, China Navy, Us Ships, Pentagon, Asia, Beijing, Chinese Ships 'Harass' Us Vessel, Chinese Vessel Harass Us Viewer Comment, Chinese Ships Surround America, China Us Vessel, China Harass Us Boats, u.s. - China Conflict in International Waters, Chinese Harass American Boat, World News

WASHINGTON — Chinese ships surrounded and harassed a Navy mapping ship in international waters off China, at one point coming within 25 feet of ...

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Don't Let an Ambush Happen Again, Mr. President

Aubrey Sarvis | Posted 04.02.2009 | Politics

Read More: Pentagon, Congress, Amy Brian, Colin Powell, Samm Nunn, President Obama, Admiral Mike Mullen, Iraq, Rotc, Kansas National Guard, House Armed Services Committee, Dadt, Secretary of Defense Robert Gates, Joint Chiefs of Staff, Todd Belok, Rep. Ellen Tauscher, President Clinton, US Navy, Politics News

If President Obama plans to keep his campaign promise, the White House and the Pentagon had better get on the same page now, and be ready to face the tough questioning sure to come.

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George W. Bush's Inaugural Gift: Blackhawk Down-Redux: Obama's First Crisis, and the Legacy of Losing Somalia

Reese Schonfeld | Posted 02.13.2009 | Politics

Read More: George Bush, Somalia Pirates, Tanker Pirates, United Nations, George W. Bush, Un Somalia Peacekeepers, Oil Companies, Barack Obama, George H.W. Bush, Somalia Ethiopia, Pirates, Somalia, US Army, Bill Clinton Ethiopia, Burden of the Presidency, US Navy, Politics News

Lest you have forgotten, it was George H.W. Bush who left President-elect Bill Clinton with the Inauguration Day present of a crisis in Somalia.

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USS George H.W. Bush: Navy Vessel Named After 41st President Commissioned

AP | DEB RIECHMANN | Posted 02.10.2009 | Home

Read More: George H.W. Bush Ship, USS George H.W. Bush, Bush Dedication, George H.W. Bush Vessel, US Navy, Home News

NORFOLK, Va. — It's the perfect gift for an old Navy flier: 1,092 feet of flattop. "What do you give a guy who has been blessed and has just ab...

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Somali Pirates: US To Head Anti-Pirate Patrols

AP | BRIAN MURPHY | Posted 02.09.2009 | World

Read More: International Force to Battle Piracy, US Navy, Somali Pirates, Piracy, Pirates, Somalia, Gulf of Aden, Indian Ocean, Us to Fight Pirates, American Command Forms Anti-Pirate Force, World News

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — A new international naval force under American command will soon begin patrols to confront escalating attacks by S...

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Hash Highway: US, Allies Seize 20 Tons Of Drugs In Indian Ocean

AP | ADAM SCHRECK | Posted 01.29.2009 | World

Read More: US Navy, Arabian Sea, Us Seizes Drugs, Us Navy Drugs, Us Navy Drugs Indian Ocean, Afghanistan, Gulf of Aden, Us Navy Drugs Afghanistan, India Ocean, Hash, Hash Highway, World News

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — The U.S. Navy says it and British forces have seized more than 20 tons of drugs smuggled along a "hash highway" th...

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The Rev. Rick Warren Controversy: A "Blessing" in Disguise?"

Gary Cohan | Posted 01.19.2009 | Politics

Read More: Taxes, Proposition 8, Obama Inauguration, Obama Gay Rights, U.S. Constitution, Gay Activism, William White, Homosexuality, Gay Rights, Rick Warren, Obama Navy Secretary, Homophobia, Hate Speech, California Gay Marriage Ban, Obama Cabinet Picks, Gay Marriage, US Navy, Civil Rights, Rick Warren Invocation, No on Prop 8, Obama Inauguration Day, Evangelicals, Yes on Prop 8, Religious Right, Gay Civil Rights, Obama Warren, Politics News

I have expressed my outrage at Rick Warren's elevation to the national stage. Yet, if the gay community has the courage to take a deep breath, there's another way of viewing this situation.

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Pirates Transform Villages Into Boomtowns

AP | MOHAMED OLAD HASSAN and ELIZABETH KENNEDY | Posted 12.21.2008 | Home

Read More: Somalia, Somali Pirates, Piracy, Pirates, Pirate, Somalia Poverty, Somalia Government, Mogadishu, Somalia Islamists, U.S. Navy, Elizabeth Kennedy, Home News

MOGADISHU, Somalia — Somalia's increasingly brazen pirates are building sprawling stone houses, cruising in luxury cars, marrying beautiful wome...

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The Sound of Veterans Day

Sean Gilfillan | Posted 12.12.2008 | Entertainment

Just as our artists have given us great music to listen to since my return from Iraq, we are now using this music to help the hundreds of thousands of troops who face a host of struggles upon returning home.

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McCain's South Seas Nightmare

Wes Tyrell | Posted 12.07.2008 | Politics

Read More: South Seas, Art, John McCain, Humor, Sarah Palin, Cartoon, US Navy, Politics News

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Somalian Pirates To Be Taken On By Blackwater

Wired | Posted 11.16.2008 | Politics

Read More: Blackwater, War Wire, Somalia, Pirates Ship Somalia, US Navy, Politics News

Blackwater3_2 Security analysts and the Somali government are publicly flirting with the idea of hiring mercenaries to stop the pirates that are terro...

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Cindy McCain's Attack On Obama's Record Offends Military Spouses

Diane Tucker | Posted 11.12.2008 | Home

Read More: USS George Washington, Halloween, John McCain, Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America, Troops, Cindy McCain, Joe Biden, Diane Tucker, Iraq War Funding, 2008 Election, Barack Obama, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, US Air Force, Iraq War, Disabled American Veterans, Traumatic Brain Injury, US Marines, 2008 Presidential Race, Brandon Friedman, US Army, USS Comstock, Blue Star Families for Obama, US Marines Afghanistan, Offthebus, US Navy, Cindy Mccain Attack on Obama's Record Offends Military Spouses, Cindy Mccain War Wives, Diane Tucker Cindy Mccain, Cindy McCain Obama, Obama, Mccain Military Vote, Home News

"It ruffles our feathers when someone claims that Barack Obama doesn't support the troops, because the Obamas have gone out of their way to understand the military, its families, and its veterans."

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Somali Pirates Near $8 Million Deal, Questions Still Surround Cargo

NY Times | JEFFREY GETTLEMAN | Posted 11.08.2008 | Politics

Read More: Ransom, Pirates, Somalia, Foreign Affairs, Pirates Ship Somalia, US Navy, Somali Pirates, Politics News

NAIROBI, Kenya -- There were mixed signals on Wednesday about the progress of the ransom negotiations for the arms-laden Ukrainian freighter that Soma...

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No Nukes: Obama and McCain Weigh in on Nuclear Energy

Simran Sethi | Posted 10.23.2009 | Home

Read More: Energy, Barack Obama, Fossil Fuels, Nucelar Waste, Renewable Energy, Green, Environment, Nuclear Energy, Financial Crisis, Nuclear Power, John McCain, Radiation, US Navy, Home News

The incongruous convergence of our fiscal meltdown, an energy crisis and the alarming velocity of climate change is challenging and scary. It requir...

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"The Golden Age of Piracy" or Long John Silver in a Tank

Richard Spilman | Posted 11.02.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Disney, Piracy, Somalia, US Navy, Anarchic Lawbreakers, Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End, Stephan Eklof, Pirates of the Caribbean, Golden Age of Piracy, Somalia Piracy, Modern Piracy, Andrew Leonard, St. Augustine Pirate Gathering, Disneyfication, Pirates Ship Somalia, Entertainment News

I do understand why folks have always had a fascination with pirates but my problem with Disney and other mass marketers is that they have attempted to make pirates cute and cuddly.

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