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GRAB A CUP AND READ THE MORNING REPORT FOR 4.30.14 >>> Masked gunmen in military fatigues took control of a government building in another Ukrainian town. Unshaken by the latest surge in violence, Iraqis braved the threat of bombs and attacks to vote today in key elections for a new parliament amid
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GRAB A CUP AND READ THE MORNING REPORT FOR 4.29.14 >>> A pair of back-to-back bombs ripped through an outdoor market northeast of Baghdad today, killing at least 17 people and wounding 42. Negotiators from the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe have arrived in Ukraine to try and win the
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GRAB A CUP AND READ THE MORNING REPORT FOR 4.28.14 >>> Obama administration imposed a new round of targeted economic sanctions against cronies of Russian President Vladimir Putin and 17 companies in response to Russia's involvement in the crisis in Ukraine. The Philippines and the United States announced they would sign an
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GRAB A CUP AND READ THE MORNING REPORT FOR 4.26.14 >>> Al Qaeda chief Ayman al-Zawahiri has called on Muslims to kidnap Westerners, particularly Americans. Russian jets cross into Ukraine airspace. With Ukraine in turmoil, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel can't get Russian counterpart to take his calls. Hagel is taking a backseat to other
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GRAB A CUP AND READ THE MORNING REPORT FOR 4.25.14 >>> Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk accused Russia of wanting to start a third world war. President Obama encountered setbacks to two of his most cherished foreign-policy projects on Thursday, as he failed to achieve a trade deal that undergirds his strategic pivot
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GRAB A CUP AND READ THE MORNING REPORT FOR 4.24.14 >>> Ukrainian forces killed up to five pro-Moscow separatists in the east of the country, the Interior Ministry said. Russia insists that Kiev pull back its troops from eastern Ukraine. Paratroopers from the 173rd Infantry Brigade are now in Poland. Afghanistan is not a
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GRAB A CUP AND READ THE MORNING REPORT FOR 4.23.14 >>> U.S. President Barack Obama said engagement with Beijing would not come at the expense of its Asian allies. Why Obama's Asia tour is bad news for China. The Pentagon has laid out plans for how it would cut $66 billion in procurement
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GRAB A CUP AND READ THE MORNING REPORT FOR 4.22.14 >>> The Obama administration is sending nearly $10 billion in new 'security assistance' to Ukraine as that country stares down Russian force, Russia displays a new military prowess in Ukraine's East. Moscow's aggressive push into Ukraine has forced Pentagon leaders to rethink the
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GRAB A CUP AND READ THE MORNING REPORT FOR 4.21.14 >>> An agreement reached last week to avert wider conflict in Ukraine was faltering as the new week began, with pro-Moscow separatist gunmen showing no sign of surrendering government buildings they have seized. At least 30 suspected al Qaeda militants were killed
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Clover Park School District has plans for you Thursday night. Let's take a look ... Nearly a dozen Clover Park High School (CPHS) art students will be honored Thursday, April 24 by members of the U.S. Army's 513th Transportation Company for designing and painting a mural in the company's boardroom. The
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GRAB A CUP AND READ THE MORNING REPORT FOR 4.19.14 >>> U.S. ground troops to be sent to Poland and Estonia. The U.S. Army plans to retire 798 aircraft and transfer AH-64 Apaches from the Guard to active duty units. How the U.S. made its problem with Putin worse. The U.S. Senate's top Republican
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GRAB A CUP AND READ THE MORNING REPORT FOR 4.18.14 >>> U.S., EU, Ukraine and Russia have agreed to talks. Supreme Allied Commander Europe and four-star chief of US European Comman, Air Force Gen. Philip Breedlove says armed attackers in Ukraine are Russian troops in disguise. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel pledged more non-lethal
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GRAB A CUP AND READ THE MORNING REPORT FOR 4.17.14 >>> President Vladimir Putin accused the authorities in Kiev of plunging the country into an "abyss". Obama says Russia realizes U.S. military is "significantly superior." The Obama administration has removed all operational combat tanks from Europe and key strike aircraft, limiting the options
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GRAB A CUP AND READ THE MORNING REPORT FOR 4.16.14 >>> JBLM soldier found dead in the woods near Olympia Tuesday was the nephew of two presumed victims of last month's devastating landslide in Washington state. 446th Airlift Wing reservist named Howard O. Scott Citizen-Airman of the Year. Former Sgt. Kyle
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This just in from 7th Infantry Division Public Affairs Office at Joint Base Lewis-McChord: The Thurston County Sheriff Department recovered the body of Spc. Christopher S. Dombroski, 20, of Wasilla, Alaska, a Joint Base Lewis-McChord Soldier missing since April 13. Dombroski was a Stryker systems maintainer. He entered military service in August
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GRAB A CUP AND READ THE MORNING REPORT FOR 4.15.14 >>> Ukraine anti-terrorist crackdown begins. First women move to Army platoon artillery jobs. The Pentagon plans for more drones in more places. The U.S. Air Force is shuffling the command of several key programs, including missile systems and its new tanker plane. The Navy's Fifth
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GRAB A CUP AND READ THE MORNING REPORT FOR 4.14.14 >>> Iran's semi-official Fars news agency is reporting that the country has temporarily called off a plan to dispatch warships to the Atlantic Ocean. The Asia-Pacific naval market is heating up, with massive quantities of new ships to boost regional navies in
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GRAB A CUP AND READ THE MORNING REPORT FOR 4.12.14 >>> Armed pro-Russian militants raised the Russian flag in an eastern Ukrainian city today, deepening a stand-off with Moscow which, Kiev warned, was dragging Europe closer to a "gas war" that could disrupt supplies across the continent. Derek Chollet, assistant secretary of
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GRAB A CUP AND READ THE MORNING REPORT FOR 4.11.14 >>> NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen has urged Russia to pull back its troops from Ukraine's borders and enter a dialogue respecting Ukraine's sovereignty. NATO provides images of Russian military buildup. Japan prepares to shoot North Korean missiles out of the sky. The
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GRAB A CUP AND READ THE MORNING REPORT FOR 3.10.14 >>> Medal of Honor recipient Capt. William Swenson is back on active duty at I Corps on Joint Base Lewis-McChord. The tensions are high in eastern Ukraine. About 40,000 Russian troops are massed on the border. U.S. Air Force Gen. Philip Breedlove, NATO's
