International
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Homeland Security
China Ends Harassment Of U.S. Ship, Saves Face By Saying Obama Calmed Situation Caused By Rogue U.S. Officers
China ended its harassment of a U.S. Navy ship, but saved face by portraying its backing down as a response to actions by President Obama. A Chinese news organization, the […]
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Business/Financial
North Korea Drags Out Promised Dismantling Of Nuclear Reactor: General
North Korea, while promising in negotiations to dismantle its nuclear materials production facility, has dragged out this work that could have been finished long ago, a senior U.S. general said. […]
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Air Force
Partial Transcript Of Rep. Tauscher’s Remarks To Missile Defense Conference And Journalists:
Rep. Ellen O. Tauscher (D-Calif.), who chairs the House Armed Services Committee strategic forces subcommittee, whom President Obama has chosen for a nonproliferation post in the State Department, made comments […]
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Business/Financial
Obama Clears Fine Grain Graphite Exports; Used For Solar Cells, Computer Chips, Airliners; Export Controls On Key Technology At Issue
He Certifies This Won’t Measurably Improve Chinese Missile Or Space Launch Capabilities President Obama cleared exports of fine grain graphite, under provisions of U.S. export controls designed to prevent sensitive […]
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Business/Financial
Commander Says Nothing Could Have Prevented Iridium-Cosmos Collision
Northing could have been done to prevent the collision of an Iridium Satellites LLC bird with a dead Russian Cosmos intel satellite, a senior U.S. military officer said. "There was […]
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Business/Financial
Boeing Signs MoA With Terma A/S
Boeing [BA] said last week it signed a Memorandum of Agreement with Terma A/S to provide a minimum of 30 percent of the industrial cooperation investments outlined in Boeing’s Super […]
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Business/Financial
Proton To Launch IndoStar II/ProtoStar II Satellite Built By Boeing
A Proton M rocket in early May will launch the IndoStar II/ ProtoStar II satellite built by The Boeing Co. [BA]. Krunichev built the Proton M in Moscow, and shipped […]
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International
Spacewalkers Attach Final Solar Array System To International Space Station, See Arrays Fully Deploy; Station Now Reaches Full Size
Space Shuttle Discovery To Return To Kennedy At 1:14 P.M. ET Saturday; President Obama Chats With Crew Shuttle, Station Have To Dodge Debris In Cluttered Space Environment Spacewalking astronauts attached […]
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Business/Financial
GPS Satellite Launches Successfully
A Delta II rocket lofted a new Global Positioning System (GPS) satellite into orbit, rising from Space Launch Complex 17A at Cape Canaveral Air Force Base, Fla. The NAVSTAR GPS […]
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Air Force
Military Officers: Missile Defense Works; When North Korea Launches Missile, High Probability U.S. Forces Can Knock It Down
North Korea Poses A Threat To Allies; Its Missile Launch Violates U.N. Rule; Even Satellite Launch Shows Korean Threat Multilayered U.S. Missile Defense System Seen as ‘Critical’: General’s Assessment Senior […]