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Newspaper confirms former Air Force Academy cadet's OSI account

When former Air Force Academy cadet Eric Thomas faced a disciplinary board in August 2012, a special agent with the Air Force Office of Special Investigations said he would come to explain how Thomas worked dozens of cases as a confidential informant and had been of great service to the Air Force.
18:54 December 7, 2013
Global Hawk drone flies into budget battle between Pentagon, Congress

The Pentagon faces budget cuts of $487 billion over the next 10 years — and the threat of $500 billion more under sequestration. But paring down the budget by killing weapons programs is no easy task on Capitol Hill, where politicians, backed by the defense industry lobby, fight to protect jobs in their home districts.
10:57 December 6, 2013
Rocket with secret payload launches from Calif. Air Force base

A rocket carrying a secret payload for the U.S. government has successfully launched from the central California coast.
08:19 December 6, 2013
Manas' last mission: Figure out how to shut down
A dozen what-ifs in tragic death of retired Air Force officer
Wetlands thrive at MacDill as revitalization project ends
Supreme Court case pits free speech against military property rights
Vermont F-35 opponents say they will continue fight
Air Force Academy defends use of cadet informants
MacDill AFB program aids shift to civilian jobs
Utah selected as base for F-35 fighter jets
Air Force approves 18 F-35 fighters in Burlington
Wright-Patt looks to privatize utilities
Sequestration can't stop Air Guard's economic impact
Study could affect development near Grissom

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Bamiyan: Rugged, poor and endlessly beautiful

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Beyond the famous Buddhas and their infamous demise at the hands of Taliban soldiers lie a city and a province steeped in history and struggling with the present.
On the last 'safe' road to Bamiyan, threats, bribes and worse

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Bamiyan, a picturesque but deeply impoverished province in north-central Afghanistan, has remained largely peaceful since international forces left earlier this year, but now a neighbor’s instability is making life difficult for residents.
Trouble in Afghanistan's most peaceful province may hint at the post-NATO reality

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Less than an hour’s drive from the sleepy city of Bamiyan, with its giant Buddhas, nascent tourism industry, and zero foreign troops, this rugged mountain district in what many consider the safest province in the country has quietly become a tense battleground between government forces and insurgents. It may provide a peek at what Afghanistan faces in a post-NATO world.
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Photos of the week: Marines

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Our staff-selected photos of the week of the Marine Corps in action.
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