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        <title><![CDATA[Osan eases ban on shopping district due to effect on businesses]]></title>
        <link>http://www.stripes.com/news/special-reports/juicy-bars-in-south-korea/osan-eases-ban-on-shopping-district-due-to-effect-on-businesses-1.226503</link>
        <description><![CDATA[Osan Air Base has cut two hours off the time that the adjacent shopping area is off-limits each day, aware that hundreds of business are suffering due to a standoff between the U.S. military and “juicy bars” over prostitution concerns.]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Wed, 19 Jun 2013 04:03:00 +0000</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[4 US troops killed in Afghanistan, officials say]]></title>
        <link>http://www.stripes.com/news/middle-east/4-us-troops-killed-in-afghanistan-officials-say-1.226495</link>
        <description><![CDATA[Defense officials say four U.S. troops were killed Tuesday at or near Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan.]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Tue, 18 Jun 2013 23:19:42 +0000</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[What it takes to become an Army Ranger ]]></title>
        <link>http://www.stripes.com/news/what-it-takes-to-become-an-army-ranger-1.226491</link>
        <description><![CDATA[As the military looks to bring women into combat jobs closer to the front lines, including commando units, senior leaders are reviewing the physical and mental requirements that troops must meet in order to qualify for certain positions.]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Tue, 18 Jun 2013 21:45:00 +0000</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Scientists seek to neutralize fertilizer often used for Taliban bombs]]></title>
        <link>http://www.stripes.com/news/us/scientists-seek-to-neutralize-fertilizer-often-used-for-taliban-bombs-1.226484</link>
        <description><![CDATA[The four Pentagon scientists gathered at a secret base about an hour's drive from Washington. The three younger scientists wore camouflage jackets and dark, wraparound sunglasses. The fourth was 61-year-old Bob Best who has thick eyeglasses and thinning hair. He was about to build a bomb.]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Tue, 18 Jun 2013 20:51:00 +0000</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Shinseki’s style: Determined, quiet]]></title>
        <link>http://www.stripes.com/shinseki-s-style-determined-quiet-1.226462</link>
        <description><![CDATA[Barack Obama’s first 100 days included three bold mandates for Eric Shinseki: end the benefits backlog, end veterans homelessness, and enable seamless sharing of medical records between the defense and veterans affairs departments.

Today, 1,600 days into Obama’s presidency, none of those promises has been fulfilled.]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Tue, 18 Jun 2013 19:01:00 +0000</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[DOD readies service-by-service plan for women in combat]]></title>
        <link>http://www.stripes.com/news/dod-readies-service-by-service-plan-for-women-in-combat-1.226319</link>
        <description><![CDATA[Leaders from each service branch and U.S. Special Operations Command laid out road maps Tuesday to begin moving female troops toward the front lines of combat, but said the process would proceed deliberately over the course of years, and be accompanied by a host of studies.]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Tue, 18 Jun 2013 18:03:00 +0000</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Living memorial outgrows space in somber reflection of the wars’ toll]]></title>
        <link>http://www.stripes.com/living-memorial-outgrows-space-in-somber-reflection-of-the-wars-toll-1.226271</link>
        <description><![CDATA[Unlike memorials created after a conflict ends, providing only the chance to look back on history, this one is a living memorial, growing along with the death toll. It presents a visual record of the human cost of war as it’s being paid — a powerful opportunity for reflection while the country can still change the path it has chosen.]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Tue, 18 Jun 2013 17:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Jordanian-led exercise poses unique challenges to US Marines]]></title>
        <link>http://www.stripes.com/news/middle-east/jordanian-led-exercise-poses-unique-challenges-to-us-marines-1.226394</link>
        <description><![CDATA[It’s hot, barren and isolated, and the living conditions for the 2,400 Marines here assigned to the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit, are spartan.]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Tue, 18 Jun 2013 16:48:00 +0000</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[LQA decision broke a trust]]></title>
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        <pubDate>Tue, 18 Jun 2013 16:18:48 +0000</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Workers not at fault on LQA]]></title>
        <link>http://www.stripes.com/opinion/letters-to-the-editor/workers-not-at-fault-on-lqa-1.226429</link>
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        <pubDate>Tue, 18 Jun 2013 16:17:15 +0000</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Missing American teenager in Germany returns home]]></title>
        <link>http://www.stripes.com/news/missing-american-teenager-in-germany-returns-home-1.226421</link>
        <description><![CDATA[An American teenager missing in Germany was found alive and well Tuesday and is “safely back in parental custody,” according to a spokeswoman for the U.S. Army garrison in Ansbach, from which he disappeared more than a week ago.]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Tue, 18 Jun 2013 16:11:00 +0000</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Spangdahlem fighter squadron closing after 60 years in Europe]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[When it was time to furl the guidon at the 81st Fighter Squadron’s inactivation ceremony Tuesday, the only A-10 Thunderbolt II in the hangar was a small concrete replica of the squadron’s aircraft on display near the stage.]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Tue, 18 Jun 2013 16:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Germans strike pay raise deal for on-base workers]]></title>
        <link>http://www.stripes.com/news/europe/germans-strike-pay-raise-deal-for-on-base-workers-1.226411</link>
        <description><![CDATA[German civilians working for the U.S. military are all but assured a pay raise that includes a one-time payout to be made about the same time American defense employees in the country are furloughed.]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Tue, 18 Jun 2013 15:11:00 +0000</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Afghan forces take over responsibility for security from NATO]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Afghan President Hamid Karzai announced Tuesday that Afghan troops will begin the final step toward taking full responsibility for security in all of Afghanistan, amid continued fighting in much of the country and stepped up attacks in the capital, including an explosion shortly before Karzai’s speech.]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Tue, 18 Jun 2013 12:46:00 +0000</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Army colonel in Japan suspended; civilian deputy reassigned]]></title>
        <link>http://www.stripes.com/news/army/army-colonel-in-japan-suspended-civilian-deputy-reassigned-1.226383</link>
        <description><![CDATA[The U.S. Army has suspended more officials at its Tokyo headquarters pending the outcome of an investigation into alleged misconduct, officials say.]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Tue, 18 Jun 2013 04:08:00 +0000</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Businesses counter-protest 'juicy bars' demo outside Osan]]></title>
        <link>http://www.stripes.com/news/pacific/businesses-counter-protest-juicy-bars-demo-outside-osan-1.226238</link>
        <description><![CDATA[The decision by “juicy bar” owners to stage daily protests over Osan Air Base’s decision to add a half-dozen bars to the servicemembers banned list isn’t sitting well with other businesses in the adjacent Songtan Entertainment District.]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Mon, 17 Jun 2013 04:05:00 +0000</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Both sides in South Korea brawl claim self-defense]]></title>
        <link>http://www.stripes.com/news/pacific/bad-behavior-in-the-pacific/both-sides-in-south-korea-brawl-claim-self-defense-1.226245</link>
        <description><![CDATA[A U.S. soldier charged in connection with a brawl outside a nightclub that involved about a dozen people, a knife and a baseball bat apologized Monday “to the people of Korea.”]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Mon, 17 Jun 2013 04:01:00 +0000</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Judge: Obama sex assault comments 'unlawful command influence']]></title>
        <link>http://www.stripes.com/judge-obama-sex-assault-comments-unlawful-command-influence-1.225974</link>
        <description><![CDATA[Two defendants in military sexual assault cases cannot be punitively discharged, if found guilty, because of “unlawful command influence” derived from comments made by President Barack Obama, a judge ruled in a Hawaii military court this week, setting the stage for defense attorneys to use the same arguments in sexual assault cases throughout the military.]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Fri, 14 Jun 2013 18:04:00 +0000</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[US linguists could face jail over contractor disagreement]]></title>
        <link>http://www.stripes.com/news/us-linguists-could-face-jail-over-contractor-disagreement-1.225972</link>
        <description><![CDATA[A U.S. defense contractor has barred its employees from leaving Army posts in Kuwait after local police issued arrest warrants for the group, a bizarre turn in a monthslong dispute between the company and a Kuwaiti subcontractor.]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Fri, 14 Jun 2013 18:01:00 +0000</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Commander suspended over handling of sexual assault claim]]></title>
        <link>http://www.stripes.com/news/pacific/commander-suspended-over-handling-of-sexual-assault-claim-1.224987</link>
        <description><![CDATA[Maj. Gen. Michael T. Harrison, commander of U.S. Army forces in Japan, has been suspended from his duties for allegedly failing to report or properly investigate an allegation of sexual assault, the Army said Friday.]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Sat, 8 Jun 2013 03:42:00 +0000</pubDate>
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