05/09/2011
It was a band of 25 brothers, Navy SEALs, who took down Osama bin Laden last week — not a Marine battalion or an Army division. As the United States gradually moves away from its major wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, what will its future military force look like — more like that SEAL squad working in secret and in tandem with the Central Intelligence Agency?
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05/09/2011
A congressional panel approved a plan Thursday that would cut six backup B-1 bombers but save 200 positions and as much as $40 million in funding at Dyess Air Force Base.
Abilene Rep. Randy Neugebauer said he's still pushing for no cuts to B-1s, considering the planes' heavy use in the Middle East, but retiring aircraft that are on reserve status is a better scenario than earlier plans to take away planes in use for combat and training.
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