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                    <![CDATA[Stars and Stripes is a daily newspaper published for the U.S. military, DoD civilians, contractors, and their families.]]>
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        <title><![CDATA[New generation of Taliban fuels battles in northern Afghanistan]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[After years of resisting Taliban control, Afghanistan’s northeastern province of Badakhshan has become yet another battleground in the fight for control of the country, thanks in large part to a long-term shift in the Taliban’s recruitment strategy, observers say.]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[In a first for Beijing in Europe, Serbia to receive Chinese armed drones]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Serbia will take delivery of nine Chengdu Pterodactyl-1 drones within six months, with a possible follow-on order of 15 more, media reports in Belgrade said.]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[‘This reversed the Korean War virtually overnight’: The Incheon landing’s victorious, bloody legacy 69 years later]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[The high-stakes Incheon landing gamble marked a crucial turning point early in the Korean War which, absent a formal peace treaty, is technically still underway. Some military commanders argued it was too risky, but Gen. Douglas MacArthur insisted that the riskiness of the plan only boosted the element of surprise.]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[Transfer of funds from Yokota Osprey facilities to border wall won’t affect operations, officials say]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[CV-22 Osprey operations won’t be affected by the diversion of nearly $87 million from projects supporting tiltrotor aircraft in western Tokyo, according to U.S. military officials.]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[Bruce Springsteen, Jon Stewart headline veterans' fundraiser]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[The comedy and musical event will also feature John Oliver, Hasan Minhaj and Ronny Chieng. It will be held Nov. 4 in New York City. ]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[Hong Kong's leader asks protesters to not damage public facilities]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam held a regular media briefing Tuesday morning before a meeting of the city's Executive Council, after violence flared again this weekend in the city center.]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Tue, 10 Sep 2019 05:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[These two Marine recruits from California never knew 9/11]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Gabriel Poon and Derek D. Robertson are part of a generation of new servicemembers enlisting 18 years after terrorist attacks they don’t remember, knowing there’s a chance they will be sent to fight in military engagements few believe will end any time soon.]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Tue, 10 Sep 2019 04:48:51 +0000</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Air Force cancels health study meeting for former residents of Pease Air Force Base]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[The study will examine what effect exposure to 12 different chemicals on the base known to be carcinogens along with drinking contaminated water had on guardsmen who worked there.]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Tue, 10 Sep 2019 03:28:00 +0000</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[NOAA scientist: Agency likely broke science integrity rules]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Two top NOAA civil servants not so quietly revolted against an unsigned agency press release issued late Friday rebuking the Birmingham weather office for saying Alabama was safe.]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Tue, 10 Sep 2019 01:49:26 +0000</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[For 9/11 families, mixed views on Trump-Taliban talks]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[If President Donald Trump's now-canceled plan for secret talks with Afghanistan's Taliban insurgents on U.S. soil was stunning, the date chosen was perhaps even more so: days before the anniversary of 9/11, the reason for the war they were going to talk about ending.]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Tue, 10 Sep 2019 01:46:00 +0000</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Trump pronounces Taliban agreement 'dead' and peace talks over]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[President Donald Trump said Monday that negotiations with the Taliban "are dead" and indicated that he had no further interest in meeting with the group over an end to the Afghanistan war.]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Tue, 10 Sep 2019 01:31:15 +0000</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Johnson suspends UK Parliament after latest Brexit defeat]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[In a session that ran well past midnight, Parliament enacted a law to block a no-deal Brexit next month, ordered the government to release private communications about its Brexit plans and rejected Johnson's call for a snap election to break the political deadlock.]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[North Korea punctuates offer for talks by firing short-range projectiles]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[The latest launch — the 10th since May — raised pressure on President Donald Trump, who is eager for talks to resume and so far has downplayed the surge in weapons testing as routine.]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Mon, 9 Sep 2019 22:59:00 +0000</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[In the Army's new museum, the soldiers look alive and the battle scenes are all too real]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[About 20 miles south of Washington, the $400 million National Museum of the U.S. Army will be the service's flagship museum when it opens on June 4.]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Mon, 9 Sep 2019 21:23:49 +0000</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[With US-Taliban peace talks canceled, Afghan president is on the hot seat]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Afghan President Ashraf Ghani has fretted on the sidelines of history for months, excluded from American negotiations with the Taliban and fending off pressure to postpone elections that could provide him with a fresh mandate to lead his war-battered country to peace. ]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Mon, 9 Sep 2019 21:13:55 +0000</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Sarah Palin's husband appears to be seeking a divorce]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Court documents appear to show that the husband of former Alaska governor and 2008 Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin is seeking a divorce.]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[50 US states and territories announce broad antitrust investigation of Google]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Attorneys general for 50 U.S. states and territories on Monday officially announced an antitrust investigation of Google, embarking on a wide-ranging review of a tech giant that Democrats and Republicans said may threaten competition, consumers and the continued growth of the web.]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Mon, 9 Sep 2019 21:05:00 +0000</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Soldier dies while conducting vehicle maintenance at Fort Hood]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Pfc. Mason Webber died Thursday, according to officials at Fort Hood. The Army declined to provide more information about his death, citing the ongoing investigation.]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Mon, 9 Sep 2019 20:19:00 +0000</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[NASA Wallops is 'fighting Mother Nature' to restore eroding shoreline and keep rockets flying]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Sitting right inside “hurricane alley,” NASA Wallops Flight Facility is in a never-ending struggle to keep the Atlantic at bay while powerful waves encroach inexorably on its launch pads.]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Mon, 9 Sep 2019 20:01:53 +0000</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Dunford: US faces ‘Sputnik moment’ in space race competition]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[The U.S. has reached a new “Sputnik moment” in which the military must act to keep the nation’s competitive advantage in space against adversaries such as Russia, China, and to a lesser extent, Iran and North Korea, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff said Monday.]]></description>
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