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PARIS - Iran’s continuing nuclear development program only serves to put the Middle East in danger of nuclear weapons proliferation, Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates said in Paris.

WASHINGTON - Members of the District of Columbia National Guard have been on the job through an historic snowstorm and post-storm cleanup in the nation's capital.

ROME - There is still time to toughen sanctions to pressure Iran into complying with international demands that it halt its nuclear program, Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates said at a press event in Rome.

WASHINGTON - More than 100 soldiers and airmen from the District of Columbia National Guard are supporting the district's emergency response to a weekend blizzard.

ANKARA, Turkey - Iran’s nuclear program continues to put security in the Middle East at risk despite international pressure to halt its efforts, Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates said at a roundtable with traveling U.S. and Turkish press.

WASHINGTON - As the excitement builds in the minutes before the Super Bowl kickoff, four Air National Guard F-15 Eagle fighter jets will scream over Miami’s Sun Life Stadium in a dramatic show of military support for the big game.

WASHINGTON - When millions of Americans gather around their TV sets for Super Bowl XLIV, they’ll have lots of company from U.S. forces around the world and at sea, thanks to the American Forces Radio and Television Service.

ISTANBUL - Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates pledged more mine-resistant, ambush-protected vehicles and expanded access to classified information to U.S. allies to combat the threat of improvised explosive devices in Afghanistan.

WASHINGTON - Iraqi security forces, aided by U.S. advisors, arrested seven terrorism suspects in operations in Iraq.

WASHINGTON - Army scientists and a Columbia University professor are working on a collaborative study measuring brain damage on traumatic brain injury patients.