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Wesley Brown dies at 85; first black graduate of Naval Academy
Retired Lt. Cmdr. Wesley Brown, the first African American graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy, died Tuesday in Silver Spring, Md., the Naval Academy's alumni association announced from Annapolis, Md. He was 85 and had cancer. A 1949 graduate, Brown was...Tags: Howard University, Engineering, Vietnam War (1955-1975), Washington, DC, Annapolis
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Lt. Cmdr. Wesley A. Brown, broke color barrier at Naval Academy
Retired Lt. Cmdr. Wesley A. Brown, who broke the color barrier at the Naval Academy and was its first African-American graduate in 1949, died Tuesday of cancer at Springhouse of Silver Spring Assisted Living.
He was 85.
"It's important for America to...Tags: NAACP, Howard University, Stony Brook, Engineering, Annapolis
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Killing Al Qaeda's leaders: It works
In the year since President Obama approved a successful raid against Osama bin Laden, public opinion has been shifting. While many Westerners still celebrate the targeted killing — along with the killing several months later of Anwar Awlaki —...
Tags: Central Intelligence Agency, Religious Conflicts, Terrorism, Yemen, Nidal Malik Hasan
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Scenes from a phantom rebellion
Sun SentinelYears after the first Bay of Pigs invasion failed, a second plot to overthrow Cuban dictator Fidel Castro was secretly being waged and funded by the CIA. A 600-member force of Cuban insurgents, backed by the U.S. government, covertly prepared to re-...Tags: Central Intelligence Agency, Miami (Miami-Dade, Florida), Fidel Castro, Big Brother (tv program), Arts
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ACLU, Tea Party agree NDAA could take away your freedoms
A bill passed by Congress and signed into law last New Year's Eve by President Barack Obama has united the extreme right and the extreme left in this country. The American Civil Liberties Union calls it dangerous, the Tea Party calls it an attack on...
Tags: American Civil Liberties Union, Judges, National Defense Authorization Act, Roy Blunt, Terrorism
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Navy commissions the high-tech San Diego
SAN DIEGO — The $1.3-billion ship is billed as the most technologically advanced of any in its class in the U.S. Navy, with stealth capability and a state-of-the-art communications system.
But the commissioning ceremony Saturday that made the San...Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, Tourism and Leisure, Navy Pier, U.S. Navy, World War I (1914-1918)
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House Republicans add gay marriage measure to defense bill
WASHINGTON — Wading into the gay marriage debate, the Republican-led House tacked a provision banning same-sex marriages at military chapels onto a sweeping defense bill that is now headed to the Senate. Despite the high-octane public discussion...
Tags: National Defense Authorization Act, Democratic Party, Civil Rights, U.S. Department of Defense, Adam Smith
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Supreme Court considers whether to take up anti-terrorism laws
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court, after a four-year break from terrorism issues, is set to decide as soon as Monday whether to again take up constitutional challenges to George W. Bush-era anti-terrorism laws involving wiretapping and the Guantanamo...Tags: Amnesty International, American Civil Liberties Union, Pakistan, Judges, Trials
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Soldier faces 5 murder charges in 2009 shootings at Iraq clinic
A soldier accused of gunning down five fellow soldiers at a mental health clinic in Iraq after reportedly being harshly admonished and laughed at by Army psychologists has been ordered to face a court-martial on charges of premeditated murder and could...
Tags: Trayvon Martin, Medical Procedures and Tests, Behavioral Conditions, Prosecution, Court Preliminary
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9/11 defendants refuse to participate in arraignment
Before self-proclaimed 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed was brought into court Saturday, Carole Reuben of Potomac said his arraignment would mark "the beginning of the end of the process." Her son, Todd Hayes Reuben, was a passenger on American...Tags: Court Preliminary, Prosecution, Pakistan, Judges, Aircraft Hijacking
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USS San Diego to host public tours
SAN DIEGO -- The amphibious transport dock USS San Diego moved from Naval Station San Diego to Navy Pier Monday, where it will be opened for free public tours this week. The tours come in advance of the 684-foot-long ship's commissioning, which is...
Tags: Tourism and Leisure, Navy Pier, Travel, Interior Policy, Politics
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KSM & Co. getting what they want at Guantanamo Bay
World NowThe "trial of the century" kicks off at the Guantanamo Bay war crimes tribunal Saturday -- again -- with the arraignment of confessed 9/11 mastermind Khalid Shaikh Mohammed and four alleged accomplices on mass murder charges that could lead to death...
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