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In response to a very public embarrassment for the Pentagon, the Navy has stripped a senior officer of his command of the USS Enterprise. A disgraced captain, Owen Honors, was removed from his post this afternoon several years after he produced and s

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1. President-elect Barack Obama may choose Congressman Rahm Emanuel as his chief of staff--the first selection for his new administration. Emanuel served in a policy role in the Clinton White House. There is word Senator John Kerry wants the job of

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