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Fort Carson conducts live-fire artillery training

Fort Carson soldiers are conducting a live-fire artillery exercise at the post outside Colorado Springs. The 3rd Brigade Combat Team will train and certify individual howitzer teams on Thursday at the Fort Carson training range. Each 32-ton howit... Full story

Text of President Obama's AFA graduation speech

10:29 A.M. MDT THE PRESIDENT:  Thank you so much.  (Applause.)  Please be seated.  Good morning, everybody!  It is wonderful to be at the United States Air Force Academy on such a spectacular day.  And it is a privilege... Full story

BREAKING NEWS: President Obama departs for Denver

BARRETT TRYON

Air Force One is wheels up, as President Obama is headed to Denver for a fundraising event Wednesday afternoon. The president was in town for much of the morning in the Springs, speaking to the 2012 graduating class at the Air Force Academy. Air For... Full story

Carson lieutenant remembered for quiet leadership

JAKOB RODGERS

1st Lt. Alejo Thompson knew better than to bark orders at the soldiers in his newly-assigned platoon. Respect never seemed to come easy that way. Thompson earned it quietly, 1st Lt. Yancy Bush remembers. Thompson, 30, died March 11 when insurgents ... Full story

Language, culture no barrier for AFA cadet seeking stars

JAKOB RODGERS

Juan Camacho spoke softly and directly to his son over a late summer-night’s dinner in 2004 at their Venezuelan home. He posed the question in their native Spanish. Translated, it meant: “Do you want to change your stars?” “... Full story

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Poll: Support for Afghan war at new low

WASHINGTON — Support for the war in Afghanistan has reached a new low, with only 27 percent of Americans saying they back the effort and about half of those who oppose the war saying the continued presence of American troops in Afghanistan is d... Full story

Obama Protects GI Bill Users

TOM PHILPOTT

President Barack Obama’s high-profile signing Friday of an executive order to protect Post-9/11 GI Bill users from predatory practices of for-profit schools is viewed by veterans’ service organizations as a big step, but also a first step... Full story

US: CIA thwarts new al-Qaida underwear bomb plot

WASHINGTON — The Associated Press has learned the CIA thwarted a plot by al-Qaida's affiliate in Yemen to destroy a U.S.-bound airliner using a bomb with a new design around the one-year anniversary of the killing of Osama bin Laden. U.S. of... Full story

GOP plan boosts Pentagon, cuts social programs

WASHINGTON — A key House committee has voted to cut food aid, health care and social services like Meals on Wheels to protect the Pentagon from a crippling wave of budget cuts come January. The cuts approved by the Republican-controlled pane... Full story

Army: No bullet wound found in soldier Skype death

WASHINGTON — Army investigators say they found no bullet wound and no foul play in the death of a soldier who died during a Skype video chat with his wife. Capt. Bruce Kevin Clark's wife says her husband fell forward and she saw a bullet hol... Full story

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