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        <title><![CDATA[Trump says IS territory in Syria nearly eliminated]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[The complete fall of Baghouz would mark the end of the Islamic State group's self-declared caliphate, which at its height stretched across large parts of Syria and Iraq. Controlling territory gave it room to launch attacks around the world.]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[Veterans helping veterans through crisis in California]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Against the backdrop and heartache of the persistently high suicide rates of veterans, authorities are touting a new Los Angeles County program as a breakthrough in responding to veterans experiencing a mental health crisis as a tactic that could save lives.]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Thu, 21 Mar 2019 02:07:04 +0000</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Cleanup underway after fire at Texas petrochemicals facility]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[The fire, which started Sunday , sent a huge, dark plume of smoke thousands of feet into the air before being extinguished at 3 a.m. Wednesday. The tanks that caught fire contained components of gasoline and materials used in nail polish remover, glues and paint thinner.]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[“I think about those events every day:” Retired Army sergeant receives upgraded Distinguished Service Cross ]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Retired Sgt. Daniel Cowart’s Distinguished Service Cross is one of a dozen Silver Star medals announced recently made eligible for an upgrade by the Army through a review process of post-9/11 valor awards that began in 2016. ]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Thu, 21 Mar 2019 00:50:00 +0000</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[UAE deports man who praised New Zealand mosque attacks]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[A resident of the United Arab Emirates who worked for a security firm was detained and deported after making comments on Facebook celebrating the New Zealand mosque attacks that killed 50 people.]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Wed, 20 Mar 2019 21:55:22 +0000</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Man who caused Fort Bragg gate closure faces seven charges]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[An affidavit of the criminal complaint filed against Nouran Ahmad Shiba Sueidan states that he attempted to gain access to Fort Bragg at 10:30 a.m. on March 12 without proper identification and repeated requests to tour “the special operations facility.”]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[Ex-Marine, citing PTSD, gets prison for parking spat bombing]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[U.S. District Judge Paul A. Engelmayer said he would have sentenced Richard Laugel to 20 years in prison if not for his military heroism, which included two stints in Iraq.]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Wed, 20 Mar 2019 21:06:00 +0000</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA['There is death all over': Cyclone Idai toll rises above 300]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Mozambique began three days of national mourning on Wednesday for more than 200 victims of Cyclone Idai, while the death toll in neighboring Zimbabwe rose to more than 100 from one of the most destructive storms to strike southern Africa in decades.]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Wed, 20 Mar 2019 20:44:00 +0000</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Trump unleashes fresh attack on McCain following GOP criticism]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[At an Ohio tank factory, President Donald Trump enumerated a list of grievances against the late senator, who died in August, including that he had wrongly supported the war in Iraq and “badly” hurt the Republican party and the nation by voting against repealing Obamacare.]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Wed, 20 Mar 2019 20:42:00 +0000</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Europe fines Google $1.7 billion in antitrust case]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Europe's antitrust regulators slapped Google with a big fine Wednesday for the third time in less than two years, ordering the tech giant to pay $1.7 billion for freezing out rivals in the online advertising business. The ruling brings to nearly $10 billion the fines imposed against Google by the European Union.]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Wed, 20 Mar 2019 20:19:10 +0000</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[DOD IG to probe allegations acting Pentagon chief’s actions benefited former employer]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[The investigation will determine whether acting Defense Secretary Pat Shanahan has promoted Boeing, where he worked for more than 30 years before arriving at the Pentagon in 2017, or disparaged the massive aerospace firm’s competitors]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Wed, 20 Mar 2019 20:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Green Beret shares message of resilience with Georgia cadets]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Wounded in Afghaninstan in 2006, Army Lt. Col. Kenneth Dwyer told students at the Georgia Military College and Prep School of overcoming adversity and having the tools necessary to do so — not just as individuals, but also as leaders.]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Wed, 20 Mar 2019 19:58:01 +0000</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Tuskegee Airman, Red Tail exhibit land at Florida airport]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[The Commemorative Air Force Red Tail Squadron’s “Rise Above” Traveling Exhibit at Fort Lauderdale Executive Airport features a movie theater, a fully operational Red Tail P-51C Mustang, and appearances by Retired Tuskegee Airmen pilot Lt. Col. George E. Hardy.]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[Pompeo lauds US-Israel ties, giving boost to Netanyahu]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Wednesday lauded the White House's warm ties with Israel during a visit to the country and promised to step up pressure on Iran, giving a public boost to Israel's prime minister at the height of a tight re-election campaign.]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Wed, 20 Mar 2019 19:18:00 +0000</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Army veteran is found guilty of double homicide against wife and NY state trooper]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[An Army combat veteran from upstate New York has been found guilty of a double homicide in which he shot and killed his wife and a state trooper.]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Wed, 20 Mar 2019 19:13:00 +0000</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Trump: Let Mueller report come out, 'let people see it']]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[President Donald Trump said Wednesday that he believes special counsel Robert Mueller's report should be released to the public. "Let's see whether or not it's legit."]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Wed, 20 Mar 2019 18:49:00 +0000</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Boeing braces for Pennsylvania job cuts as Army calls stop on Chinook upgrades]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[The Army’s March 8 budget request scratches the Chinook upgrade, stops production of Bradley Fighting Vehicles, and reduces planned purchases of Joint Strike Force vehicles, .50-caliber machine guns and forklifts, among other familiar war tools.]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Wed, 20 Mar 2019 18:42:17 +0000</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Abuse victim 'livid' that Marines did not reinstate her former husband's suspended sentence]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Former Marine Bradley Darlington was previously dishonorably discharged from the Marine Corps and sentenced to 11 years in prison, with all but five suspended, after pleading guilty to the seven charges, which included domestic violence.]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[Suicide spurs VA Medical Center in Florida to review how it monitors patients]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[The suicide took place 15 days after a patient opened fire in the emergency room at the VA Medical Center in Riviera Beach, Fla., injuring two people. The medical center has not said what safeguards, if any, it would add as a result of that incident.]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[Turkey's Erdogan sparks spat with Australia, New Zealand]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Turkey's president has sparked an acute diplomatic spat with far-off New Zealand and Australia, referring to a key World War I campaign and the more recent Christchurch mosque shooting as targeting Islam.]]></description>
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