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Boeing shakes up shrinking defense business

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 7th

By JOSHUA FREEDAP Business Writer Boeing is shaking up its shrinking defense division, putting some executives into new roles and reducing the number of managers. It's also disbanding its Missiles and Unmanned Airborne Systems division, spreading its work out among other Boeing units.

Where Obama stands on the issues

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 7th

By CALVIN WOODWARDAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - A look at where President Barack Obama stands on some of the issues that the country will face in his second term. Abortion and birth control: Supports access to abortion. Health care law requires contraceptives to be available for free for

Female officers sent nude photos to general

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 7th

FORT BRAGG, N.C. (AP) - Two female Army officers testified Wednesday they provided nude photos to a general facing sex crime charges. A married captain testified that Brig. Gen. Jeffrey Sinclair repeatedly asked her to send him nude photos of herself, which she said made her uncomfortable.

Agent recounts livid reaction to Afghan massacre

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 7th

By GENE JOHNSONAssociated Press JOINT BASE LEWIS-McCHORD, Wash. (AP) - A U.S. agent who investigated the massacre of 16 civilians in southern Afghanistan earlier this year recounted the livid reaction from local villagers and said Wednesday that it was weeks before American forces could visit

Testimony: US soldier knew he killed Afghans

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 6th

By GENE JOHNSONAssociated Press JOINT BASE LEWIS-McCHORD, Wash. (AP) - The medic saw Staff Sgt. Robert Bales covered in blood and knew from the pattern of the staining it wasn't his own. He asked where it came from and where he'd been. Bales shrugged, the medic, Sgt. 1st Class James

Aide: General in sex case threatened to kill her

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 6th

By MICHAEL BIESECKERAssociated Press FORT BRAGG, N.C. (AP) - An Army captain testified Tuesday that her commanding general initiated a sexual affair during a combat tour in Iraq and threatened to kill her and her family if she told anyone. The woman said Brig. Gen. Jeffrey Sinclair was

Defense set to begin in Afghan massacre case

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 6th

By GENE JOHNSONAssociated Press JOINT BASE LEWIS-McCHORD, Wash. (AP) - Day two of a preliminary hearing in the case of Staff Sgt. Robert Bales is under way, and the first witnesses for the defense are scheduled to take the stand. A total of eight witnesses had been scheduled to testify Tuesday

UN imposes sanctions on Haqqani Network

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 5th

By EDITH M. LEDERERAssociated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) - The U.N. committee that oversees sanctions against the Taliban imposed global sanctions Monday on the Pakistan-based Haqqani network, a fierce militant group considered a major threat to U.S. and allied forces in Afghanistan, and its "

US sanctions on Haqqani 'suicide operations' chief

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 5th

By BRADLEY KLAPPERAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - The Obama administration has declared the Haqqani network's "chief of suicide operations" a global terrorist and imposed U.S. financial sanctions against him. The State Department says Qari Zakir is responsible for the Pakistan-based

Hearing for Army general accused of sex crimes

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 5th

By MICHAEL BIESECKERAssociated Press FORT BRAGG, N.C. (AP) - U.S. Army prosecutors offered the first details of a rare criminal case against a general, alleging in a military hearing Monday that he committed sex-related crimes involving four female officers and a civilian. A hearing on evidence