President Obama, speaking at the Air Force Academy graduation, described keeping the armed forces strong in the wake of tight budgets and the end of two wars.

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Military Will Withstand Cuts, Obama Says

CNN has interviewed women in all branches of the armed forces, including the Coast Guard, who tell stories that follow a similar pattern — a sexual assault, a command dismissive of the allegations and a psychiatric discharge.

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Rape victims: Military labels them ‘crazy’

SEOUL — North Korea’s “military-first” policy — in which the armed forces receive top priority in funding, planning and everything else — will continue under the untested leadership of Kim Jong Eun, according to statements in the state-controlled media. Kim was named the heir to power in North Korea by his father, the late Kim Jong Il , whose 17-year reign was defined by “ Songun, ” the policy that said building a strong military was the Stalinist nation’s first — and perhaps only — goal. Read full article > >

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For new N. Korean leader, ascension depends on military support

TEHRAN — Iran’s semi-official Fars news agency said the country’s army downed an unmanned U.S. spy drone along the country’s eastern border Sunday. The wreckage of what Fars described as a Lockheed-Martin RQ-170 Sentinel stealth drone was largely intact after it was downed, the news agency said. “Iran’s army has downed an intruding RQ-170 American drone in eastern Iran,” Iran’s Arabic-language al-Alam state television network quoted an unnamed source as saying. “The spy drone, which has been downed with little damage, was seized by the armed forces.” The station did not show any images of the alleged drone. Read full article > >

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Iran says it downed unmanned U.S. spy drone

A policy known as “don’t ask, don’t tell” banning open homosexuality in the US Armed Forces is repealed, nearly two decades after it was introduced.

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Ban on gays in US military ends

Almost 4,000 servicemen and women – or 2% of the armed forces – were diagnosed with mental health disorders last year, a Ministry of Defence report says.

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Rise in mental problems in forces

Education inspectors call for schools to do more to help children of parents serving in the armed forces.

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Help urged for forces children

The UK will remain in the “premier league of military powers” despite cuts to the armed forces, the defence secretary says.

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Cuts won’t damage military – Fox

The Ministry of Defence looks to make further cuts to the armed forces on top of those already outlined in the strategic defence and security review.

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MoD faces new cuts in cost review

Defence Secretary Liam Fox says he agrees with the head of the Armed Forces that Nato needs to intensify its campaign in Libya.

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Fox supports Libya mission call

Britain failed to accurately gauge Taliban resistance to UK troops in Afghanistan’s Helmand province, the head of the armed forces says.

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Britain ‘under-estimated’ Taliban

The command, designed largely to train and assist the armed forces of 53 African nations, now finds itself leading the initial phase of a complex, multinational shooting war with Libya.

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With Libya Fight, U.S. Africa Command Thrust into a Leadership Role

The suspected head of the armed Basque separatist group Eta, Alejandro Zobaran Arriola, has been arrested in northeast France, reports say.

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French police arrest ‘Eta chief’

Veterans are being “stitched up” by the government’s failure enshrine the military covenant into the Armed Forces Bill, an MP says.

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MP criticises care for veterans

The Higher Council of the Armed Forces has “saluted” Hosni Mubarak for his service to Egypt, during times of war and of peace.

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