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		</image>	<item><title><![CDATA[President Notes Sacrifices of Service Members, Families]]></title><description><![CDATA[President Barack Obama recognized the ultimate sacrifices of U.S. service members, lauding them as heroes who helped to build a free and prosperous nation.]]></description><link>http://www.defense.gov//news/newsarticle.aspx?id=120149</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.defense.gov//news/newsarticle.aspx?id=120149</guid><pubDate>Sat, 25 May 2013 00:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Old Guard Marks Graves With Flags to Honor Fallen Warriors]]></title><description><![CDATA[In advance of Memorial Day, soldiers from the 3rd U.S. Infantry Regiment -- The Old Guard -- carefully placed the flags by hand, one by one, in front of each gravestone at Arlington National Cemetery.]]></description><link>http://www.defense.gov//news/newsarticle.aspx?id=120148</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.defense.gov//news/newsarticle.aspx?id=120148</guid><pubDate>Sat, 25 May 2013 00:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dempsey Kicks off Memorial Day Weekend with TAPS Families ]]></title><description><![CDATA[The nation's highest-ranking military officer has met with families of service members who died in combat as the nation prepares to mark the Memorial Day holiday.  

]]></description><link>http://www.defense.gov//news/newsarticle.aspx?id=120147</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.defense.gov//news/newsarticle.aspx?id=120147</guid><pubDate>Fri, 24 May 2013 00:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[129th Airmen Achieve Milestone 1,000th Save ]]></title><description><![CDATA[The 129th Rescue Wing has saved its 1,000th life.]]></description><link>http://www.defense.gov//news/newsarticle.aspx?id=120146</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.defense.gov//news/newsarticle.aspx?id=120146</guid><pubDate>Fri, 24 May 2013 00:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Air Force Structure Commission Slates June 4 Meeting]]></title><description><![CDATA[The National Commission on the Structure of the Air Force will hold its first public hearing on June 4 on Capitol Hill.]]></description><link>http://www.defense.gov//news/newsarticle.aspx?id=120145</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.defense.gov//news/newsarticle.aspx?id=120145</guid><pubDate>Fri, 24 May 2013 00:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Breedlove Encourages 'Big-Picture' Focus on Afghanistan ]]></title><description><![CDATA[Media coverage focused on violence and other challenges in Afghanistan loses sight of the larger picture of progress, Air Force Gen. Philip M. Breedlove said after returning from his first trip there as supreme allied commander for Europe. ]]></description><link>http://www.defense.gov//news/newsarticle.aspx?id=120144</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.defense.gov//news/newsarticle.aspx?id=120144</guid><pubDate>Fri, 24 May 2013 00:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Naval Academy Grads Ready for New Challenges, Demands]]></title><description><![CDATA[Entering a military undergoing big changes since they arrived at the U.S. Naval Academy here in 2009, the newest generation of naval officers say the fundamentals that called them to military service remain the same.
]]></description><link>http://www.defense.gov//news/newsarticle.aspx?id=120143</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.defense.gov//news/newsarticle.aspx?id=120143</guid><pubDate>Fri, 24 May 2013 00:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Donley: Sequestration Hits Air Force Readiness, Modernization]]></title><description><![CDATA[Sequestration has hit the Air Force particularly hard, impacting its force structure, readiness, and modernization, senior Air Force leaders said.]]></description><link>http://www.defense.gov//news/newsarticle.aspx?id=120142</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.defense.gov//news/newsarticle.aspx?id=120142</guid><pubDate>Fri, 24 May 2013 00:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Arlington Wreath-Laying Ceremony Honors Fallen Servicewomen]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Congressional Caucus on Women's Issues and senior women enlisted military members gathered at the Women in Military Service for America Memorial May 22 for the 16th annual recognition ceremony.]]></description><link>http://www.defense.gov//news/newsarticle.aspx?id=120141</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.defense.gov//news/newsarticle.aspx?id=120141</guid><pubDate>Fri, 24 May 2013 00:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[At Annapolis, Obama Urges New Officers to Set the Example]]></title><description><![CDATA[Addressing graduates at the U.S. Naval Academy, President Barack Obama vowed to keep the military strong despite budget uncertainties. ]]></description><link>http://www.defense.gov//news/newsarticle.aspx?id=120140</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.defense.gov//news/newsarticle.aspx?id=120140</guid><pubDate>Fri, 24 May 2013 00:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Kendall: Better Buying Power 2.0 Aims to Improve Acquisition ]]></title><description><![CDATA[New initiatives outlined in the Defense Department's Better Buying Power 2.0 effort are intended to improve the acquisition process.]]></description><link>http://www.defense.gov//news/newsarticle.aspx?id=120139</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.defense.gov//news/newsarticle.aspx?id=120139</guid><pubDate>Fri, 24 May 2013 00:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[DISA Team Develops New STIG Process]]></title><description><![CDATA[While recent spotlights have focused on the Defense Information Systems Agency's Field Security Operations approval of Security Technical Implementation Guides (STIGs) for the latest in enterprise technologies, one approval stands out by representing a paradigm shift in the agency's business processes. ]]></description><link>http://www.defense.gov//news/newsarticle.aspx?id=120138</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.defense.gov//news/newsarticle.aspx?id=120138</guid><pubDate>Fri, 24 May 2013 00:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Obama Issues 'Prayer for Peace' Memorial Day Proclamation]]></title><description><![CDATA[President Barack Obama has proclaimed Memorial Day, May 27, 2013, "as a day of prayer for permanent peace."]]></description><link>http://www.defense.gov//news/newsarticle.aspx?id=120137</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.defense.gov//news/newsarticle.aspx?id=120137</guid><pubDate>Fri, 24 May 2013 00:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Face of Defense: Airman Aids Victim of Oklahoma Tornado Strike]]></title><description><![CDATA[Accounts continue to emerge of citizen soldiers and airmen coming to the rescue of Oklahoma residents still recovering from a devastating tornado.  
]]></description><link>http://www.defense.gov//news/newsarticle.aspx?id=120136</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.defense.gov//news/newsarticle.aspx?id=120136</guid><pubDate>Fri, 24 May 2013 00:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Carter Says Better Buying Power 2.0 Key to Managing Sequestration ]]></title><description><![CDATA[Deputy Defense Secretary Ash Carter has underscored the importance of the Better Buying Power 2.0 initiative in light of sequestration. ]]></description><link>http://www.defense.gov//news/newsarticle.aspx?id=120135</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.defense.gov//news/newsarticle.aspx?id=120135</guid><pubDate>Fri, 24 May 2013 00:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Guardsman Focuses on Moore Community, Reclaims Home]]></title><description><![CDATA[For Master Sgt. Brian Hardee, a training noncommissoned officer for the 63rd Civil Support Team, Oklahoma Army National Guard, worries of his own tornado-damaged property in Moore, Okla., were set aside as he shifted thoughts to assisting his community first.]]></description><link>http://www.defense.gov//news/newsarticle.aspx?id=120134</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.defense.gov//news/newsarticle.aspx?id=120134</guid><pubDate>Fri, 24 May 2013 00:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commissaries Plan for Monday Furloughs]]></title><description><![CDATA[When furloughs are implemented, most military commissaries will close one day a week on Mondays, the Defense Commissary Agency's top official said. The closures will be for up to 11 days between July 8 and Sept. 30.]]></description><link>http://www.defense.gov//news/newsarticle.aspx?id=120133</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.defense.gov//news/newsarticle.aspx?id=120133</guid><pubDate>Fri, 24 May 2013 00:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Combined Force Arrests Taliban Facilitator in Kandahar]]></title><description><![CDATA[An Afghan and coalition security force arrested a Taliban facilitator and two other insurgents during an operation in the Dand district of Kandahar province.]]></description><link>http://www.defense.gov//news/newsarticle.aspx?id=120132</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.defense.gov//news/newsarticle.aspx?id=120132</guid><pubDate>Fri, 24 May 2013 00:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[North Dakota Guard Wades in Against Flood Threat]]></title><description><![CDATA[When heavy rain threatened a dam near Cavalier, North Dakota, the call went out from North Dakota National Guard units. Within 12 hours, Guardsmen from communities across eastern North Dakota were on duty.]]></description><link>http://www.defense.gov//news/newsarticle.aspx?id=120131</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.defense.gov//news/newsarticle.aspx?id=120131</guid><pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 00:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Obama Vows to Close Guantanamo Detention Facility]]></title><description><![CDATA[President Barack Obama vowed to close the detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, saying the prison has become a symbol of an America that flouts the law.]]></description><link>http://www.defense.gov//news/newsarticle.aspx?id=120130</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.defense.gov//news/newsarticle.aspx?id=120130</guid><pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 00:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Obama Delineates Counterterrorism Policy]]></title><description><![CDATA[President Barack Obama spoke on U.S. counterterrorism policy and looked at how the United States can defend itself from terrorism, yet remain true to core beliefs.]]></description><link>http://www.defense.gov//news/newsarticle.aspx?id=120129</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.defense.gov//news/newsarticle.aspx?id=120129</guid><pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 00:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hagel Directs DOD to Implement Obama's Guidance]]></title><description><![CDATA[Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel has directed the Defense Department to implement the guidance President Barack Obama outlined in his national security speech delivered at the National Defense University, including efforts to close the detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.]]></description><link>http://www.defense.gov//news/newsarticle.aspx?id=120128</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.defense.gov//news/newsarticle.aspx?id=120128</guid><pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 00:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Oklahoma Airman Experiences Moore Tornado's Wrath]]></title><description><![CDATA[An Oklahoma Air National Guard airmen is among the residents of Moore, Okla., whose homes were destroyed by a killer tornado.]]></description><link>http://www.defense.gov//news/newsarticle.aspx?id=120127</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.defense.gov//news/newsarticle.aspx?id=120127</guid><pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 00:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Face of Defense: Marine NCO Strives to Lead by Example]]></title><description><![CDATA[Martial arts expert Marine Corps Staff Sgt. Jeremy Meadows is intent on teaching his troops everything he knows while striving to lead by example.]]></description><link>http://www.defense.gov//news/newsarticle.aspx?id=120126</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.defense.gov//news/newsarticle.aspx?id=120126</guid><pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 00:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hagel Pledges Partnership in Health Records Integration]]></title><description><![CDATA[Defense leaders will work closely with Veterans Affairs Department counterparts to ensure full integration of health records, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said.]]></description><link>http://www.defense.gov//news/newsarticle.aspx?id=120125</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.defense.gov//news/newsarticle.aspx?id=120125</guid><pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 00:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Congressional Leaders Help USO Build Care Packages for Troops]]></title><description><![CDATA[Congressional leaders and other volunteers loaded 2,000 care packages for service members abroad at the USO-Sesame Workshop biannual care package service project event on Capitol Hill.]]></description><link>http://www.defense.gov//news/newsarticle.aspx?id=120124</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.defense.gov//news/newsarticle.aspx?id=120124</guid><pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 00:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Afghan, Coalition Forces Arrest Insurgents in Baghlan Province]]></title><description><![CDATA[A combined Afghan and coalition security force in Baghlan province's Baghlan-e Jadid district arrested six insurgents during a search for a Taliban facilitator.]]></description><link>http://www.defense.gov//news/newsarticle.aspx?id=120123</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.defense.gov//news/newsarticle.aspx?id=120123</guid><pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 00:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hagel: DOD, VA Work Together to Cut Claims Backlog]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Pentagon is committed to doing everything it can to work with the Department of Veterans Affairs to reduce the claims backlog, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel told a Senate panel.]]></description><link>http://www.defense.gov//news/newsarticle.aspx?id=120122</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.defense.gov//news/newsarticle.aspx?id=120122</guid><pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 00:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hagel Hails Netherlands as Strong U.S., NATO Partner]]></title><description><![CDATA[Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel hosted the Netherlands' Minister of Defense Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert at the Pentagon, where the leaders discussed the Joint Strike Fighter program, NATO's post-2014 role in Afghanistan, and Syria, Pentagon Press Secretary George Little said.]]></description><link>http://www.defense.gov//news/newsarticle.aspx?id=120121</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.defense.gov//news/newsarticle.aspx?id=120121</guid><pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 00:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hagel Stresses Summer Safety in Message to Department]]></title><description><![CDATA[Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel urged service members, civilian employees and their families to enjoy the upcoming summer, but to do so safely.]]></description><link>http://www.defense.gov//news/newsarticle.aspx?id=120120</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.defense.gov//news/newsarticle.aspx?id=120120</guid><pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 00:00:00 EST</pubDate></item></channel></rss>