An independent report for Congress says the military’s uniformed leadership needs more diversity. It says the military is too white and too male at the top, with blacks making up only about 8 percent of senior officers and Hispanics 5 percent. (March 7)
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New video has surfaced of the burning World Trade Center towers on 9/11. It was was shot from a police helicopter and was released after a FOIA request by the National Institute of Standards and Technology, which investigated the incident.
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National Geographic’s upcoming television series How Hard Can It Be? sent Scientists, engineers and pilots from Southern California into the Mojave Desert to try to recreate Carl Fredricksen’s flying house from the Pixar computer animated movie Up. They attempted to lift a lightweight 16 x 16ft yellow house construction with 300 colored helium-filled balloons. Did it work? How high did the house get… Broadcasting platform : YouTube Source : /Film Discovery Date : 07/03/2011 13:00 Number of articles : 3
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President Barack Obama has ordered a resumption of military trials for terror suspects at Guantanamo Bay, in an acknowledgement the prison camp for terror suspect in Cuba is unlikely to close any time soon. (March 7)
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US Defense Secretary Robert Gates said says that both the US and Afghan governments agree the American military should remain involved in Afghanistan after the planned 2014 end of combat operations, unlike the agreement with Iraq. (March 7)
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Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney derided President Barack Obama’s health care law _ modeled in some ways after one the ex-governor signed in Massachusetts _ as a misguided and egregious effort to seize more power for Washington. (March 7)
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Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney derided President Barack Obama’s health care law _ modeled in some ways after one the ex-governor signed in Massachusetts _ as a misguided and egregious effort to seize more power for Washington. (March 7)
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Speaking after a meeting with Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard, President Barack Obama said the US and its NATO allies are still considering a military response to violence in Libya. (March 7)
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In parts of Connecticut and New York, heavy rain and melting snow swamp rivers and roads. In Southbury, Connecticut, residents had to be evacuated by boat. (March 7)
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Oil prices continued to soar as forces loyal to Moammar Gadhafi pounded rebels near a key oil port in Libya. The unrest is having a dramatic effect on fuel prices, especially when it comes to trucking. (March 7)
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