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        <title><![CDATA[US Air Force to join large-scale aviation exercise in Ukraine]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[The U.S. Air Force and eight other nations will participate next month in independent Ukraine’s largest aviation exercise, which aims to promote regional security and improve that country’s cooperation with NATO members, the military said Tuesday.]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[Homeless helper's benefactor: Case will be 'crystal clear']]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Mark D’Amico, the Burlington County, N.J., man accused of taking GoFundMe donations meant for Johnny Bobbitt Jr., said Tuesday he looks forward to explaining what happened to the money, saying it would become “crystal clear” how the funds were spent.]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[Trump 'seriously' considering boosting US military in Poland]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[President Donald Trump said Tuesday he was "very seriously" considering a greater U.S. troop presence in Poland as he conferred with a top NATO partner at the White House.]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Tue, 18 Sep 2018 17:52:53 +0000</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[In Florence flood, she tried to hold onto her baby, but the water ripped him away]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[She'd been holding Kaiden to her chest. But now she was only holding onto his forearm. The waters whooshed by with surprising force, pulling him away. She had his wrist. Then his hand. Then his fingers. Then he was gone.]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[Senate approves compromise on defense spending bill]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[The Senate on Tuesday approved a compromise on a massive spending measure that would direct more than $670 billion towards a wave of Defense Department increases, including the largest boost to servicemembers’ pay in nearly a decade and new gains in the number of troops, equipment and weapons for the 2019 fiscal year.]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[USS Pueblo crew back in Colorado for 50th anniversary reunion]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[They comprise one of the most famous crews in the U.S Navy’s history and they have returned to Pueblo this week for the 50th anniversary of the terrible year they spent as prisoners, often tortured, in North Korea.]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[German doctors: Pussy Riot poisoning 'highly plausible']]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[German doctors treating a member of Russian protest group Pussy Riot said Tuesday that claims he was poisoned are "highly plausible," but stressed they can't say how this might have occurred or who was responsible.]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[Iraq’s prime minister, who once could do no wrong, appears to be on the way out]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Prime Minister Haider Al-Abadi’s looming downfall speaks to the wrath of a growing force in Iraqi politics: an electorate more concerned with the performance of its leaders than their sectarian or ethnic affiliations.]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[Experts air new concerns about UN response to Myanmar crisis]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[U.N.-backed investigators who examined a bloody crackdown by Myanmar security forces that caused hundreds of thousands of Rohingya Muslims to flee to neighboring Bangladesh issued a searing critique Tuesday of the United Nations' own response to the human rights crisis.]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[Japan eyes Sinai dispatch for Ground Self-Defense Force]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[If realized, it will be the first case of Ground Self-Defense Force participation in "internationally coordinated operations for peace and safety," which became possible under the security-related laws that came into force in 2016.]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[More headaches as Florence's waters overtake toxic pits and hog lagoons]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[The scrambling at the Sutton power plant is just one of many environmental concerns that are spreading as Florence continued to soak hog and chicken farms, flood coal ash pits, threaten municipal water systems, and idle a nuclear power plant, cutting it off from local roads.]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[Lawmakers seek to name clinic after Medal of Honor recipient]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Members of Louisiana's congressional delegation are seeking to rename a veteran's clinic in Lake Charles after a Medal of Honor winner who died in Vietnam.]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[Man pleads guilty to 2016 shooting attack on in-law's home in Louisiana]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[The judge acknowledged his actions were likely driven by emotional and physical injuries suffered during his combat service in Afghanistan, but that only “mitigated” the behavior in question rather than “absolve” him of responsibility for it.]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[Defense lawyer casts Ugandan war crimes defendant as victim]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[A lawyer defending an alleged commander in Uganda's shadowy Lord's Resistance Army accused of crimes including murder, sexual slavery and using child soldiers cast him Tuesday him as a victim of the rebel group and its brutal leader, Joseph Kony.]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[Russia blames Israel for plane shot down by Syrian missile]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[A Russian reconnaissance aircraft was shot down by a Syrian missile over the Mediterranean Sea, killing all 15 people on board. "The Israeli pilots were using the Russian aircraft as a shield and pushed it into the line of fire of the Syrian defense," said a Russian Defense Ministry spokesman.]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Tue, 18 Sep 2018 14:46:00 +0000</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Sailor killed in mishap aboard USS George HW Bush]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[A Navy sailor was killed Monday afternoon aboard the USS George H. W. Bush off the East Coast of the United States, service officials said Tuesday. ]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[Niger says Italian priest kidnapped near Burkina Faso border]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[An Italian priest has been kidnapped in a part of Niger where a number of extremist groups are active, the West African nation said Tuesday.]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[It’s been building for almost two years. Tonight someone will win $7M VFW raffle]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[McHenry VFW Queen of Hearts raffle organizers, a bit overwhelmed by the surge of ticket buyers as the pot ballooned, decided to end the game Tuesday night, meaning they will keep drawing until there’s a winner.]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Tue, 18 Sep 2018 14:23:22 +0000</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Foul play suspected in death of sailor assigned to a ship at Naval Station Mayport]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[The death of a Navy sailor assigned to the USS Hue City is being investigated by the Jacksonville Sheriff's Office as a homicide after she was found dead in her home.]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[After Pacific tour, Navy’s No. 2 talks readiness, staying ahead of competition]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Vice Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Bill Moran visited Navy bases in South Korea and Japan last week on a listening tour that he said brought helpful insight into on-the-ground operations in the Pacific.]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Tue, 18 Sep 2018 13:55:00 +0000</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[The ex-Green Beret who inspired Kaepernick to kneel during anthem would like to clear a few things up]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Two years after the most controversial sports protests in a generation began, Nate Boyer is frustrated because he feels their message and intent have been misinterpreted or intentionally hijacked.]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[With Florence’s flooding expected to worsen, the military could respond for days]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Catastrophic flooding spawned by former hurricane Florence is expected to worsen in coming days, prompting the U.S. military to keep thousands of troops prepared to help and begin flying aircraft from Navy ships nearby to survey the worst areas, a U.S. general said.]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA['This couple has made history': First husband-wife B-2 pilots retire together]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Lt. Col. John Avery and Lt. Col. Jennifer Avery, the first pair of married pilots to fly the B-2, retired this month at Whiteman Air Force Base, Mo.]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Tue, 18 Sep 2018 10:01:00 +0000</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Search-and-rescue, FedEx and pet whisperer: Coast Guard works to evacuate NC town]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[What was once Hurricane Florence has been plodding across North Carolina, turning cities into islands. The new landscape has pressed the Coast Guard, operating here many miles from the coast, into a combination of search and rescue service, FedEx and pet whisperer.]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[Ex-police cadet sent nude photos of former Army worker to general in blackmail attempt, police say]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[A former Louisiana State Police cadet was arrested after he was accused of sending lewd photographs of a former U.S. Army worker to a general in a blackmail attempt, State Police said Monday.]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[Japanese submarine trains for first time in South China Sea]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[The Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force has for the first time sent a submarine to train in the contentious South China Sea.]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[Russia says military aircraft carrying 14 lost over the Mediterranean]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Russia's military says one of its aircraft with 14 people on board has disappeared over Syria's Mediterranean Sea coast.]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[US and Russia clash over enforcing UN sanctions on NKorea]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[The United States and Russia clashed Monday over enforcing U.N. sanctions against North Korea, with the U.S. ambassador accusing Moscow of "cheating" and Russia's envoy accusing Washington of "political ill-intent."]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[US and Russia clash over enforcing UN sanctions on NKorea]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[The United States is accusing Russia of "cheating" and undermining U.N. sanctions against North Korea.]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[National Guard civilian worker accused of bilking military of $6.4 million in bogus work]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Dominic Caputo, a civilian member of the Oregon National Guard who managed the repair of small-engine parts and generators, allegedly sought reimbursement for bogus repairs on 1,380 engines, generators and other parts by submitting false work orders.]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[Man admits bribing federal worker to help get visas approved]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[A New Jersey man has admitted paying a federal employee a cash bribe to favorably handle and review non-immigrant visas so people from the Dominican Republic could apply for entry into the United States.]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[US slashes number of refugees to 30,000 for next year]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Up to 30,000 refugees will be allowed into the country next year, down from a cap of 45,000 this year. It will be the lowest ceiling on admissions since the program began in 1980. ]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[US carrier, thousands of troops practice ‘wide range of skills’ in Western Pacific]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[The USS Ronald Reagan aircraft carrier and 15,000 troops are taking part in large-scale military drills on Guam and in the Marianas Islands.]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[Medics recover 2 bodies after Israeli airstrike in Gaza]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Gaza's Health Ministry said early Tuesday that paramedics recovered two bodies after an overnight Israeli airstrike near the perimeter fence with Israel.]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[Trump imposes tariffs on $200B more of Chinese goods]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[President Donald Trump made the announcement Monday in a move that is sure to ratchet up hostilities between Washington and Beijing. ]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[UN envoy: Afghanistan is in best position for peace talks]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[The U.N. envoy for Afghanistan said Monday that the war-torn country is in its best position since 2001 to start the process leading to peace talks with the Taliban.]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[Red Cross says Boko Haram has killed aid worker in Nigeria]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Boko Haram extremists have killed a Red Cross worker who was abducted earlier this year during an attack in the Kala Balge government area in northern Nigeria's Borno State, the International Committee of the Red Cross said Monday.]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[Moon, Kim express hope for progress as they begin 3rd inter-Korean summit]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[President Moon Jae-in enjoyed a warm reception full of pomp and circumstance Tuesday in Pyongyang as he began a high-stakes summit aimed at persuading North Korean leader Kim Jong Un to go beyond the rhetoric and dismantle his nuclear weapons program.]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[Police: Border agent targeted victims for vulnerability]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Though investigators didn't detail Juan David Ortiz's history with the women, who were believed to have been sex workers, they said he knew them before killing them and leaving their bodies by rural Texas roadsides during a 10-day string of violence.]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[Trump declassifies documents related to FBI Russia probe]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[President Donald Trump is declassifying a trove of documents related to the early days of the FBI's Russia investigation, including portions of a secret surveillance warrant and former FBI Director James Comey's text messages.]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[Brig. Gen. James Thayer, World War II vet and father of Kiss guitarist, dies at 96]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Brig. Gen. James B. Thayer died Sunday at age 96, according to an announcement from the rock band Kiss, in which Thayer's son, Tommy, is a guitarist.]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[Fort Bragg leaders assess Florence damage]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Fort Bragg leaders received their first look at the devastation wrought by Tropical Storm Florence on Monday, flying over a stretch of North Carolina from Moore County to Lumberton and Elizabethtown.]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[Dozens of people believed buried in a landslide unleashed by Typhoon Mangkhut in the Philippines probably did not survive, a mayor said Monday, although rescuers kept digging through mud and debris covering a chapel where they had taken shelter.]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[Republicans on Monday abruptly called Brett Kavanaugh and the woman accusing him of sexual assault decades ago to testify publicly next week, grudgingly setting up a dramatic showdown they hoped would prevent the allegation from sinking his nomination to the Supreme Court.]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[Hungary's prime minister claimed Monday that the European Union is seeking to take over the defense of the bloc's external borders from some countries in order to facilitate the entry of migrants.]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[Six weeks ago, Army Spc. Alec Alcoser and his working dog, Alex, turned the corner of a narrow street outside Bagram Airfield just after dawn and saw a young Afghan coming toward them.]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[Any progress toward NATO membership by the Balkan nation is strongly opposed by Russia, which doesn't want the alliance to expand to areas formerly under Moscow's influence.]]></description>
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