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&ldquo;This regime has made the role and only function of women as objects  that serve for the enjoyment of men,&rdquo; said Sara, a medical doctor from  Tehran, who asked not to be identified by her full name. &ldquo;Not only will  they not allow women to participate as candid&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[BXURZ]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[BXURZ]]></source><link>http://bxurz.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/18/18335175-religious-leaders-ban-30-women-from-running-for-irans-presidency</link><guid>http://bxurz.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/18/18335175-religious-leaders-ban-30-women-from-running-for-irans-presidency</guid><category>elections</category><category>iran</category><category>democracy</category><category>world-news</category><pubDate>Sat, 18 May 2013 08:24:38 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=bxurz1B645660-3CEB-A91B-EDFA-0C0A813C29FE.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="229" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=bxurz1B645660-3CEB-A91B-EDFA-0C0A813C29FE.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="69" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Moscow gives U.S. diplomats ear full over alleged spy</title>
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[Ryan Fogle] who was carrying special technical equipment, disguises, written instructions and a large sum of money. Fogle was later handed over to U.S. Embassy officials.
Fogle was declared persona non grata and ordered to leave Russia  immediately, the Foreign Ministry said.&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[BXURZ]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[BXURZ]]></source><link>http://bxurz.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/15/18274547-moscow-gives-us-diplomats-ear-full-over-alleged-spy</link><guid>http://bxurz.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/15/18274547-moscow-gives-us-diplomats-ear-full-over-alleged-spy</guid><category>associated-press</category><category>cold-war</category><category>world-news</category><category>tamerlan-tsarnaev</category><category>russias-federal-security-service</category><pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 13:54:28 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Reese Witherspoon:  &quot;I'm an American&quot;</title>
<description><![CDATA[A cooperative Reese Witherspoon is harassed, then arrested by a Georgia State Trooper for excercising her right to free movement to stand where she pleased.&nbsp; Was she wrong?]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[BXURZ]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[BXURZ]]></source><link>http://bxurz.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/06/18077006-reese-witherspoon-im-an-american</link><guid>http://bxurz.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/06/18077006-reese-witherspoon-im-an-american</guid><category>us-news</category><category>georgia-state-police</category><pubDate>Mon, 6 May 2013 05:56:08 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=bxurzEB260C72-D6A7-77BA-9FB8-B2066B254EC2.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="240" width="320" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=bxurzEB260C72-D6A7-77BA-9FB8-B2066B254EC2.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="90" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>U.S. believes Israel has conducted an airstrike into Syria</title>
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U.S. and Western intelligence agencies are reviewing classified data  showing Israel most likely conducted a strike in the Thursday-Friday  time frame, according to both officials. This is the same time frame  that the U.S. collected additional data showing Israel was flying a &nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[BXURZ]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[BXURZ]]></source><link>http://bxurz.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/03/18044203-us-believes-israel-has-conducted-an-airstrike-into-syria</link><guid>http://bxurz.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/03/18044203-us-believes-israel-has-conducted-an-airstrike-into-syria</guid><category>united-states</category><category>world-news</category><pubDate>Sat, 4 May 2013 01:46:55 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=bxurz8863C1BC-850E-2B9E-8E83-8E9AEF97BE77.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="225" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=bxurz8863C1BC-850E-2B9E-8E83-8E9AEF97BE77.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="68" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>The Syrian Vaccuum gets filled - Hezbollah warns it may intervene in Syria war </title>
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"Syria has real friends in the region and in the world who will not allow Syria to fall into the hands of America or Israel."
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[BXURZ]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[BXURZ]]></source><link>http://bxurz.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/01/18001517-the-syrian-vaccuum-gets-filled-hezbollah-warns-it-may-intervene-in-syria-war</link><guid>http://bxurz.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/01/18001517-the-syrian-vaccuum-gets-filled-hezbollah-warns-it-may-intervene-in-syria-war</guid><category>middle-east</category><category>shiite-muslim</category><category>world-news</category><category>prophet-muhammad</category><category>sheik-hassan-nasrallah</category><category>lebanon-based-hezbollah</category><category>bashar-assads</category><category>related-obama</category><pubDate>Wed, 1 May 2013 15:19:07 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=bxurzBC7CAFAC-4C6B-87A5-1722-047A2AB38692.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="300" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=bxurzBC7CAFAC-4C6B-87A5-1722-047A2AB38692.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="90" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Graham Calls for U.S. action in Syria - &quot;The next bomb may not have nails and glass in it&quot;</title>
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Without U.S. intervention, Graham said, the U.S. risks not only war  with Iran but also letting Syria become a failed state by the end of the  year -- and a safe haven for terrorists. The situation may also  destabilize the kingdom of Jordan, a strong U.S. ally. It may also lea&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[BXURZ]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[BXURZ]]></source><link>http://bxurz.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/29/17963099-graham-calls-for-us-action-in-syria-the-next-bomb-may-not-have-nails-and-glass-in-it</link><guid>http://bxurz.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/29/17963099-graham-calls-for-us-action-in-syria-the-next-bomb-may-not-have-nails-and-glass-in-it</guid><category>us-news</category><category>russian-arms</category><category>assad-regime</category><category>sryia-conflict</category><category>rebel-opposition</category><pubDate>Mon, 29 Apr 2013 04:43:56 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=bxurz15E30D4B-ECC1-1F6E-A1AE-FDCA5186BB3A.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="285" width="380" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=bxurz15E30D4B-ECC1-1F6E-A1AE-FDCA5186BB3A.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="90" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>'Ready to die for my new country': </title>
<description><![CDATA[Not since the time of the Civil War has the US boosted it's military with non-citizens.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[BXURZ]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[BXURZ]]></source><link>http://bxurz.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/28/17951049-ready-to-die-for-my-new-country</link><guid>http://bxurz.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/28/17951049-ready-to-die-for-my-new-country</guid><category>us-news</category><pubDate>Sun, 28 Apr 2013 04:39:44 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Nasa Mars Rover Accidentally Draws Penis On Red Planet</title>
<description><![CDATA[According to Nasa, since then the rovers have driven over more than 10km of Martian land, directed by teams back on Earth combined with autonomous cameras designed to avoid potential problems with the terrain.
It appears that part of the robots' programming involves spinning in &nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[BXURZ]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[BXURZ]]></source><link>http://bxurz.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/26/17920952-nasa-mars-rover-accidentally-draws-penis-on-red-planet</link><guid>http://bxurz.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/26/17920952-nasa-mars-rover-accidentally-draws-penis-on-red-planet</guid><category>science</category><category>curiosity-and-descent-stage-this</category><category>martian-atmosphere-this</category><category>mars-curiosity-this</category><category>mars-curiosity-file</category><pubDate>Fri, 26 Apr 2013 04:48:55 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=bxurz004C36CA-D916-CDBD-B8FD-D3AF33DC543B.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="358" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=bxurz004C36CA-D916-CDBD-B8FD-D3AF33DC543B.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="108" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Wallops Island to secure spotlight with Orbita Antares rocket test launch - SlashGear</title>
<description><![CDATA[Wallops Island jumps into the spotlight this week as Orbital launches commercial space freighter test run. William  Wrobel, director of the Wallops Island-based NASA facility hopes that  this test launch will show that the facility is more than just a  research facility, and that&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[BXURZ]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[BXURZ]]></source><link>http://bxurz.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/16/17785740-wallops-island-to-secure-spotlight-with-orbita-antares-rocket-test-launch-slashgear</link><guid>http://bxurz.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/16/17785740-wallops-island-to-secure-spotlight-with-orbita-antares-rocket-test-launch-slashgear</guid><category>science</category><category>international-space-station</category><category>wallops-island-based-nasa</category><category>spacex8217-s-dragon</category><category>cygnus-capsule</category><pubDate>Wed, 17 Apr 2013 03:25:58 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=bxurz95B5F767-9C65-38B0-F437-8E33E5ED3750.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="264" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=bxurz95B5F767-9C65-38B0-F437-8E33E5ED3750.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Domestic Terrorism: A Persistent Threat in the United States</title>
<description><![CDATA[Despite the intense, decadelong focus on the jihadist threat, domestic terrorism is still an issue in the United States.
Domestic terrorism in the United States is a cyclical phenomenon. There are discernable peaks in that cycle,
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[BXURZ]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[BXURZ]]></source><link>http://bxurz.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/16/17774642-domestic-terrorism-a-persistent-threat-in-the-united-states</link><guid>http://bxurz.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/16/17774642-domestic-terrorism-a-persistent-threat-in-the-united-states</guid><category>us-news</category><category>timothy-mcveigh</category><category>terry-nichols</category><category>brian-smith</category><category>murrah-building</category><category>gordon-kahl</category><category>gilbert-murray</category><category>unabomber-theodore-kaczynskis</category><pubDate>Tue, 16 Apr 2013 08:59:25 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=bxurzAB31ABEF-9192-DCBD-B252-DE44AE2AC2D2.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="200" width="390" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=bxurzAB31ABEF-9192-DCBD-B252-DE44AE2AC2D2.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="62" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Drug Cartels Operating out of Dallas</title>
<description><![CDATA[Texas DA slain in his home]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[BXURZ]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[BXURZ]]></source><link>http://bxurz.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/31/17542926-drug-cartels-operating-out-of-dallas</link><guid>http://bxurz.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/31/17542926-drug-cartels-operating-out-of-dallas</guid><category>us-news</category><category>lol-la-familia-have</category><pubDate>Sun, 31 Mar 2013 23:44:50 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=bxurzEE63C591-A1C1-03B8-74FC-DF3B7F0BFF2E.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="121" width="360" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=bxurzEE63C591-A1C1-03B8-74FC-DF3B7F0BFF2E.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="41" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Civilians in Afghanistan: last in, first out; Afghanistan: &quot;no longer the sexy place to go&quot;</title>
<description><![CDATA[In some locations, the pace of the civilians' withdrawal is much speedier than the military's, suggesting a rush for the exits and creating the perception that their commitment to Afghanistan is weakening.
by December 2014, the difference between the size of the military footpri&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[BXURZ]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[BXURZ]]></source><link>http://bxurz.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/24/17442473-civilians-in-afghanistan-last-in-first-out-afghanistan-no-longer-the-sexy-place-to-go</link><guid>http://bxurz.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/24/17442473-civilians-in-afghanistan-last-in-first-out-afghanistan-no-longer-the-sexy-place-to-go</guid><category>defense-department</category><category>world-news</category><category>situation-report</category><category>afghanistan-withdrawal</category><category>defense-ash-carter</category><category>surge-in-afghan</category><category>drawdaown</category><pubDate>Sun, 24 Mar 2013 18:35:49 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>The Nation's ICBM Force: Increasingly Creaky Broken Missiles  </title>
<description><![CDATA[&nbsp;
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The purpose of our strategic deterrent is simple: prevent nuclear  weapons from ever being used. And the current Minuteman III  inter-continental ballistic missile system, long in the tooth at 40  years old, is the foundation of that strategy.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[BXURZ]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[BXURZ]]></source><link>http://bxurz.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/11/17262604-the-nations-icbm-force-increasingly-creaky-broken-missiles</link><guid>http://bxurz.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/11/17262604-the-nations-icbm-force-increasingly-creaky-broken-missiles</guid><category>technology</category><category>vulnerable</category><category>icbm</category><category>triad</category><category>straegic-missile-forces</category><category>missile-deterrent</category><pubDate>Mon, 11 Mar 2013 04:30:31 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content medium="video" url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f2MNZE-ZFhQ" ><media:thumbnail url="http://i.ytimg.com/vi/f2MNZE-ZFhQ/default.jpg" /><media:description type="plain">Launch of a Minuteman III ICBM from Vandenberg AFB, CA.</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Jeb Bush sees no family 'baggage' - POLITICO.com</title>
<description><![CDATA[&ldquo;I don&rsquo;t think there&rsquo;s any Bush baggage at all,&rdquo; Bush said on &ldquo;Fox News Sunday&rdquo; when confronted with a poll that showed almost a full majority of Americans have an unfavorable impression of former President George W. Bush.
He told host Chris W&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[BXURZ]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[BXURZ]]></source><link>http://bxurz.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/10/17262153-jeb-bush-sees-no-family-baggage-politicocom</link><guid>http://bxurz.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/10/17262153-jeb-bush-sees-no-family-baggage-politicocom</guid><category>politics</category><category>jeb-bush</category><category>chris-wallace</category><category>bush-legacy</category><category>repubilcans</category><category>fox-candy-crowley</category><pubDate>Mon, 11 Mar 2013 03:19:41 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=bxurz2E94210C-5BBD-BC63-9C53-97841B3FCF9E.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="195" width="259" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=bxurz2E94210C-5BBD-BC63-9C53-97841B3FCF9E.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="91" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Has the DPRK and Iran signed a Defacto Defense Pact?</title>
<description><![CDATA[
The U.S. is paying new attention to the pact after recent North Korean  nuclear and missile tests, at a time when Tehran has come closer to  producing enough enriched nuclear fuel for a bomb, U.S. officials said.
The agreement, reached in September, bears a close resemblance t&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[BXURZ]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[BXURZ]]></source><link>http://bxurz.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/09/17252381-has-the-dprk-and-iran-signed-a-defacto-defense-pact</link><guid>http://bxurz.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/09/17252381-has-the-dprk-and-iran-signed-a-defacto-defense-pact</guid><category>syria</category><category>nuclear-weapons</category><category>world-news</category><category>nuclear-test</category><category>defense-pact</category><category>iran-dprk</category><category>missile-shot</category><pubDate>Sun, 10 Mar 2013 01:40:32 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=bxurz150729CF-C7EB-A5A1-7B9D-DFC194F37737.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="174" width="262" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=bxurz150729CF-C7EB-A5A1-7B9D-DFC194F37737.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Defense and Aerospace comes in for a Crash Landing</title>
<description><![CDATA[A recap of Defense Industry efforts to resist Sequestration.
Quote, "No uniformed military officer,.. whom we trust,... agrees that these cuts would do anything other but devastation." UnQuote
- Senator John Mc Cain]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[BXURZ]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[BXURZ]]></source><link>http://bxurz.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/09/17251710-defense-and-aerospace-comes-in-for-a-crash-landing</link><guid>http://bxurz.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/09/17251710-defense-and-aerospace-comes-in-for-a-crash-landing</guid><category>business</category><category>layoffs</category><category>sequestration</category><category>defense-industry</category><category>looking-for-work</category><pubDate>Sat, 9 Mar 2013 23:54:01 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content medium="video" url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m2TyiGgHb_o" ><media:thumbnail url="http://i.ytimg.com/vi/m2TyiGgHb_o/default.jpg" /><media:description type="plain">Top executives from some of the biggest U.S. defense contractors descend on Washington, pressuring Congress and the White House to avoid going over the &quot;fiscal cliff&quot;. Failure to strike a deal by the end of the year triggers painful across-the-board cuts in defense spending that contractors warn could force mass layoffs. (December 3, 2012)</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content medium="video" url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3PCcZN1LudY" ><media:thumbnail url="http://i.ytimg.com/vi/3PCcZN1LudY/default.jpg" /><media:description type="plain">Defense contractor Lockheed Martin should, by law, give layoff notices to all 123,000 employees that might be laid off, due to sequestration.  Federal government told Lockheed not to give layoff notices to their employees and if there are lawsuits or fines that the Federal Government will cover the costs of any liability.</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content medium="video" url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kHFGbnjpm0k" ><media:thumbnail url="http://i.ytimg.com/vi/kHFGbnjpm0k/default.jpg" /><media:description type="plain">Lockheed-Martin heeded a request from the WH and announced it will not issue layoff notices to thousands of employees before the election.

GBTV - http://www.theblaze.com/tv/</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content medium="video" url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a0j2RipwZso" ><media:thumbnail url="http://i.ytimg.com/vi/a0j2RipwZso/default.jpg" /><media:description type="plain">Obama's labor department tells defense contractor's to break the law and not send out notice of layoffs that will happen due to the budget cuts until AFTER the election. Even though there is a law that says 60 days notice must be given for layoffs it would be embarrassing and possibly damaging to Obama's claims of &quot;jobs focus.&quot; But laws mean nothing to this administration as they continue to do as they please in ignoring laws that they don't like and making new ones by executive order or regulations when they can't get them passed in congress. 

Can we stand four more years of this tyrannical thugocracy?</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content medium="video" url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e2CEnpsJZ0I" ><media:thumbnail url="http://i.ytimg.com/vi/e2CEnpsJZ0I/default.jpg" /><media:description type="plain">Should Congress fail to pass a deficit reduction plan by the end of the year, the 2011 Budget Control Act will trigger budget cuts of $1.2 trillion, evenly split between defense and non-defense spending. The result has been a political brawl on the campaign trail and between the political parties. Margaret Warner reports.</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content medium="video" url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2tM4ZvxiMPo" ><media:thumbnail url="http://i.ytimg.com/vi/2tM4ZvxiMPo/default.jpg" /><media:description type="plain">On Tuesday, June 26, U.S. Senator Kelly Ayotte (R-NH), Ranking Member of the Senate Armed Services Readiness Subcommittee, delivered the keynote address at a forum, &quot;Sequestration and the Nation's Defense: Prospects and Perils,&quot; hosted by the Brookings Institution.</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Russia, Vietnam agree on submarine fleet deal </title>
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The Russian minister said that they reached an agreement on synchronization in preparing both the submarines and their crews.
In particular, the two sides discussed the possibility for Russian specialists to use the naval base and the military airport in Cam Rahn. All talks we&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[BXURZ]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[BXURZ]]></source><link>http://bxurz.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/09/17251242-russia-vietnam-agree-on-submarine-fleet-deal</link><guid>http://bxurz.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/09/17251242-russia-vietnam-agree-on-submarine-fleet-deal</guid><category>world-news</category><category>south-china-sea</category><category>nezavisimaya-gazeta</category><category>russian-navy-hq</category><category>cam-rahn</category><pubDate>Sat, 9 Mar 2013 22:16:01 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=bxurz296A67FC-6EFD-45EC-BD4A-AD26D9912340.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="56" width="56" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=bxurz296A67FC-6EFD-45EC-BD4A-AD26D9912340.jpg&amp;width=120" width="56" height="56" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Why I got Plastic Surgery - Greta Van Sustern</title>
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Plane looking pundits and anchors were not the exception     but the norm until the mid 90's, when Murdoch's network, a bastion of journalistic     integrity if we've ever seen one, first emerged. CNN has inevitably followed the trend, hiring such anchors     as the aforementio&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[BXURZ]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[BXURZ]]></source><link>http://bxurz.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/08/17239241-why-i-got-plastic-surgery-greta-van-sustern</link><guid>http://bxurz.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/08/17239241-why-i-got-plastic-surgery-greta-van-sustern</guid><category>health</category><category>larry-king-live</category><category>greta-van-susterens</category><category>murdochs</category><category>is-greta</category><category>normal-versus-beautiful</category><pubDate>Fri, 8 Mar 2013 19:52:12 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=bxurz101960E4-935D-4D18-5803-218E86702A10.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="259" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=bxurz101960E4-935D-4D18-5803-218E86702A10.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="78" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Back Door to War Today... Front Door to War Tomorrow</title>
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"First, you make the argument containment is not a good idea. [...] Then  weeks or months pass. If the Iranians are still moving toward a nuclear  capability then the next logical step would be to say, 'Mr. President, here is force authorization.'"
In other words, this resolut&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[BXURZ]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[BXURZ]]></source><link>http://bxurz.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/08/17238464-back-door-to-war-today-front-door-to-war-tomorrow</link><guid>http://bxurz.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/08/17238464-back-door-to-war-today-front-door-to-war-tomorrow</guid><category>us-news</category><category>defense-robert-gates</category><category>iran-crisis</category><category>friends-committee</category><category>after-iraq</category><category>war-authorization</category><pubDate>Fri, 8 Mar 2013 18:08:20 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=bxurz089BAD38-4173-F3E2-334A-E15741532F95.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="245" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=bxurz089BAD38-4173-F3E2-334A-E15741532F95.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="74" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Clock Runs as Obama Faces Pressure for Military Strike on Iran - SFGate</title>
<description><![CDATA[The Pentagon is pursuing &ldquo;serious contingency planning&rdquo; - - along with the  administration&rsquo;s strategy of &ldquo;tough-minded&rdquo; and &ldquo;crippling&rdquo; sanctions --  &ldquo;with the objective of preventing Iran from acquiring a nuclear  weapon,&rdquo; De&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[BXURZ]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[BXURZ]]></source><link>http://bxurz.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/07/17229746-clock-runs-as-obama-faces-pressure-for-military-strike-on-iran-sfgate</link><guid>http://bxurz.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/07/17229746-clock-runs-as-obama-faces-pressure-for-military-strike-on-iran-sfgate</guid><category>politics</category><category>san-francisco-chronicle</category><category>west-texas-intermediate</category><category>barack-obama-s</category><category>iran-bloomberg-copyright</category><category>clock-runs</category><pubDate>Fri, 8 Mar 2013 03:35:45 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Iranian Spies in Our Midst- UPI.com</title>
<description><![CDATA[Vienna  Photo: REUTERS/Leonhard Foeger
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WASHINGTON, March 7 (UPI) -- A new  report commissioned by the Pentagon and released by the Library of  Congress provides a frightening look into the operations of Iran's  Ministry of Intelligence Services right here in the United S&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[BXURZ]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[BXURZ]]></source><link>http://bxurz.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/07/17227792-iranian-spies-in-our-midst-upicom</link><guid>http://bxurz.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/07/17227792-iranian-spies-in-our-midst-upicom</guid><category>us-news</category><category>press-tv</category><category>foreign-terrorist-organizations</category><category>iranian-ex-pats</category><category>massoud-khodabandeh</category><category>fbi-special-weapons</category><category>new-york-westminster</category><pubDate>Thu, 7 Mar 2013 23:24:48 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=bxurzB871C06F-C56D-78FF-EB09-515D8ED02396.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="223" width="370" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=bxurzB871C06F-C56D-78FF-EB09-515D8ED02396.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="73" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Former South Korea strongman's daughter sworn in as first female president</title>
<description><![CDATA[The atmosphere was electric as the daughter of former South Korean strongman late Park Chung-Hee took the oath of office. The new president, like her father, took a zero tolerance of North Korea's increasingly bellicose language&nbsp; towards the South and told on lookers that it&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[BXURZ]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[BXURZ]]></source><link>http://bxurz.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/05/17199027-former-south-korea-strongmans-daughter-sworn-in-as-first-female-president</link><guid>http://bxurz.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/05/17199027-former-south-korea-strongmans-daughter-sworn-in-as-first-female-president</guid><category>south-korea</category><category>world-news</category><category>nuclear-tests</category><category>presidential-elections</category><category>missile-tests</category><category>kim-siong-un</category><category>38-paralell</category><pubDate>Tue, 5 Mar 2013 23:41:51 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content medium="video" url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0GE_lPoy-Qo" ><media:thumbnail url="http://i.ytimg.com/vi/0GE_lPoy-Qo/default.jpg" /><media:description type="plain">Park Geun-Hye is sworn in as South Korea's first female president, vowing zero tolerance with provocation from North Korea and demanding Pyongyang &quot;abandon its nuclear ambitions&quot; immediately. Duration: 00:57</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content medium="video" url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CLZtkeBd8NA" ><media:thumbnail url="http://i.ytimg.com/vi/CLZtkeBd8NA/default.jpg" /><media:description type="plain">South Korea swears in first female president</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content medium="video" url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0iqCrgUG8k8" ><media:thumbnail url="http://i.ytimg.com/vi/0iqCrgUG8k8/default.jpg" /><media:description type="plain">Park Geun-hye inaugurated as presidentPark Geun-hye is inaugurated as South Korea's first female president. Julie Noce reports.</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Chad is now regional superpower in Mali conflict </title>
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Chad, which between 2005 and 2010 was wrought with its own civil war, has shown few signs of its troubled past since joining the French-led offensive in Mali.
While ECOWAS -- to which Chad does not belong -- is slowly despatching 6,000 troops to Mali, Chad was quick to respond&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[BXURZ]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[BXURZ]]></source><link>http://bxurz.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/05/17191428-chad-is-now-regional-superpower-in-mali-conflict</link><guid>http://bxurz.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/05/17191428-chad-is-now-regional-superpower-in-mali-conflict</guid><category>world-news</category><category>al-qaeda</category><category>west-africans</category><category>islamic-maghreb</category><category>regional-power</category><category>economic-community</category><category>mokhtar-belmokhtar</category><category>since-france</category><category>sahel-saharan-states</category><category>abdelhamid-abou-zeid</category><category>mali-civiil-war</category><category>african-states</category><pubDate>Tue, 5 Mar 2013 09:42:58 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=bxurz016A8FF9-1D54-9CD3-006F-53B4AC0B73CB.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="10" width="310" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=bxurz016A8FF9-1D54-9CD3-006F-53B4AC0B73CB.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="4" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>3 Small Wars That Could Become the Next Vietnam</title>
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[H]idden from the public eye is the cost of these programs. U.S. Africa Command, known as AFRICOM, had a budget of $298 million in 2012, a pittance within a defense budget of more than $800 billion. But since many of the programs that are  active in Africa are clandestine, it&r&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[BXURZ]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[BXURZ]]></source><link>http://bxurz.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/04/17180210-3-small-wars-that-could-become-the-next-vietnam</link><guid>http://bxurz.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/04/17180210-3-small-wars-that-could-become-the-next-vietnam</guid><category>defense-department</category><category>world-news</category><category>sustainable-security</category><category>south-sudan-s</category><category>south-sudan-south-sudan</category><category>qaeda-islamic-maghreb</category><category>if-mali</category><category>peacebuilding-initiative</category><category>small-african-wars</category><pubDate>Mon, 4 Mar 2013 14:25:23 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=bxurz79D8D6C2-1C64-C750-F3AD-210D0034CF23.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="225" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=bxurz79D8D6C2-1C64-C750-F3AD-210D0034CF23.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="68" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>The US Will Re-Open Massive Philippine Bases Not Occupied Since The Cold War</title>
<description><![CDATA[The U.S. had a falling out with the island nation in the early  nineties and pulled out of the bases, which were then built-up by a  series of private developers and builders. How useful what's left is a matter of debate, but the locations used to be major centers of operation fo&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[BXURZ]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[BXURZ]]></source><link>http://bxurz.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/03/17169160-the-us-will-re-open-massive-philippine-bases-not-occupied-since-the-cold-war</link><guid>http://bxurz.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/03/17169160-the-us-will-re-open-massive-philippine-bases-not-occupied-since-the-cold-war</guid><category>china</category><category>politics</category><category>south-china-sea</category><category>philipines</category><category>u-s-naval-base</category><category>clark-air-base</category><category>subic-naval-base</category><category>south-cina-sea</category><category>asian-islands-dispute</category><pubDate>Sun, 3 Mar 2013 18:30:41 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=bxurzCA751DF4-85E1-DF13-4779-FD500ECFF546.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="300" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=bxurzCA751DF4-85E1-DF13-4779-FD500ECFF546.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="90" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item></channel></rss>