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- Vet Advocates Fight for New G.I. Bill
  Posted by okami from Military
  It's a program that meant a college degree for millions who wouldn't previously have been able to afford one, and its advocates say the benefit helped make the "greatest generation" what it is today. But the World War II veterans who took advantage of the G.I. Bill of Rights to gain a college education got a lot more out of the deal than today's vets, say advocates and some key lawmakers on Capitol Hill.
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- Chinese sub pops up in middle of U.S. Navy exercise
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  American military chiefs have been left dumbstruck by an undetected Chinese submarine popping up at the heart of a recent Pacific exercise and close to the vast U.S.S. Kitty Hawk - a 1,000ft supercarrier with 4,500 personnel on board. By the time it surfaced the 160ft Song Class diesel-electric attack submarine is understood to have sailed within viable range for launching torpedoes or missiles at the carrier.
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- US Defense Secretary warns new naval officers on civilian control of military
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  In a speech before the US Naval Academy’s graduating class May 25, Defense Secretary Robert Gates issued pointed advice to the newly minted officers that they must respect the Constitution and not view the Congress and the media as their enemies.
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- Local Opponents have say on Navy's dolphin patrol plan
  Posted by Jeff from Seattle Times
  The Navy held a public meeting Wednesday evening to offer information and solicit feedback about a plan to use trained sea lions and dolphins to patrol the waters off Naval Base Kitsap-Bangor near Bremerton. The Navy recently began to study the environmental impacts of using the animals in Puget Sound, which, in the case of the dolphins, is outside their natural environment. An earlier article on this proposal is here. Puget Sound is home to the endangered Orca Whale (also a dolphin).
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- Britain heightens confrontation with Iran over detained sailors
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  The Blair government, backed by the Bush administration, yesterday stepped up diplomatic pressure for the release of 15 British sailors and marines detained by the Iranian Revolutionary Guards (IRG) last Friday. In an already tense situation in the Persian Gulf, US aircraft carrier battle groups have held a major military exercise over the past two days, while British ministers in London called for Iran to be further diplomatically isolated.
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- Pentagon: Navy can keep using sonar
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  Bizarre ruling ... The Defense Department gave the Navy permission Tuesday to keep training with sonar for another two years, a move denounced by activists who say the sound waves can harm dolphins and other marine mammals.
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- Court halts Navy use of sonar over whale issue
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  A federal judge temporarily blocked the Navy on Monday from using active sonar during a major multinational exercise off Hawaii until it can negotiate with environmentalists who say the sonar would harm whales.
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rwtaylor comments on:
Local Opponents have say on Navy's dolphin patrol plan

How about using sharks?

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8:36 pm 5/31/07
Jeff comments on:
Local Opponents have say on Navy's dolphin patrol plan

Apparently, we may start killing sea lions soon:

“The bill would create a temporary fast-track process for Oregon, Washington and the four Columbia River treaty tribes to get permits to kill a limited number of the sea lions when nonlethal harassment has failed.”

So the message is clear, join the Navy or risk being shot! And stop snacking.

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7:00 pm 3/29/07

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