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Rep. King: CIA, Pentagon, too close to filmmakers

A House committee chairman charged Wednesday that the CIA and Defense Department jeopardized national security by cooperating too closely with filmmakers

Fire on nuclear sub at Maine shipyard hurts 7

Officials hoped to begin venting smoke and noxious fumes from a nuclear-powered submarine on Thursday so they could get inside to assess damage from an intense

Pakistan convicts doctor who helped find bin Laden

A government official says a Pakistani doctor who helped the U.S. track down Osama bin Laden has been convicted of high treason and sentenced to 33 years in

Navy ships collide, damaged assessed

Crews assessed damage on a U.S. Navy assault ship and a refueling tanker that collided in the Pacific Ocean off California, after the steering apparently went

USS Cole suspect killed

Al-Qaida militants staged a surprise attack Monday on a Yemeni army base, killing 20 soldiers just hours after a U.S. drone strike killed a senior figure in

Romney says he would have ordered bin Laden killed

Presumptive Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney says "of course" he would have ordered Osama bin Laden killed.

Weaker al-Qaida still plots payback for US raid

A year after the U.S. raid that killed Osama bin Laden, al-Qaida is hobbled and hunted, too busy surviving for the moment to carry out another Sept. 11-style

US Intel: No threat tied to bin Laden anniversary

U.S. counterterrorism officials see no specific threat tied to next week's one-year anniversary of the killing of Osama bin Laden.

More Secret Service officers to lose jobs

At least three more Secret Service officers implicated in a prostitution scandal in Colombia were expected to lose their jobs Friday, a federal official told

Destroyer Donald Cook returns to Norfolk

The guided missile destroyer Donald Cook has returned to Norfolk, Va. after a seven month deployment.

Stealthy Navy warship built in Maine

The Navy's top admiral sees a role for a stealthy warship under construction in Maine in the Asia-Pacific.

Admiral says sexual assaults must stop

Fleet Forces Commander Adm. John Harvey said Tuesday the Navy has a zero-tolerance policy when it comes to sexual assaults.

Navy leader warns of oil dependency

The director of the Navy's energy coordination office invoked the bombing of the USS Cole to illustrate the vulnerability the Navy faces because of its heavy

US Navy deploys 2nd aircraft carrier to Gulf

The U.S. Navy said Monday it has deployed a second aircraft carrier to the Persian Gulf region amid rising tensions with Iran over its nuclear program.

Pilots faced tough decisions in crash

Zooming along at 170 mph in a fighter jet carrying thousands of pounds of volatile fuel, two Navy pilots faced nothing but bad choices when their aircraft

Photos: F/A-18D Jet Crash in Va.

Photos of a FA-18D crash in Virginia Beach, Va. on April 6, 2012 sent in by WAVY.com Report It Users.

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