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Frigate Retirements Likely to Hamper Drug Busts at Sea

  • June 18, 2015
  • Navy Times

Frigates are, hands-down, the heavy hitter in the Navy’s fight to stop drug traffickers at sea. They nabbed 98 percent of the 164 metric tons of cocaine, valued at $3.2 billion, that Navy ships have seized in the last five years.

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Jeb Bush Enters 2016 Race, Keeping National Security at a Distance

  • June 18, 2015
  • Defense One

John Ellis Bush, better known as Jeb, entered the 2016 presidential race as expected on Monday in Miami, Florida, where he forged his own political career as a successful businessman and then two-time governor of the key battleground state.

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Who’s Afraid of America?

  • June 12, 2015
  • The Economist

SINCE the end of the cold war one simple geopolitical rule has endured: do not take on America.

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Pentagon Looks at Changes for ‘Up-or-Out’ Rules

  • June 12, 2015
  • Military Times

The top Pentagon officials pushing for an overhaul of the military personnel system are setting their sights on the “up-or-out” rules that have defined active-duty career tracks for generations.

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