• The situation intensified further in November 2010 after Jeh Johnson briefed five top White House officials about the findings of the so-called Comprehensive Review Working Group (CRWG) - a Pentagon task force on the gays-in-the-military issue that he co-chaired.

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  • She said as the government's changes to the NHS settled in - they come into force on 1 April - it was essential the GP system was reviewed to ensure the problems did not mount.

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  • Clement Danes -- the Royal Air Force Chapel -- on the Strand, before being transferred to the gun carriage.

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  • At the conclusion of the debate on his amendment, Mr Chope, a supporter of the current first-past-the-post system, did not force a vote on the matter, but gave notice that he might re-visit it during later stages of the bill.

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  • It also underscores a little-remembered fact: Even in an era of high-tech drones, the Air Force still relies on manned spy planes such as modern versions of the U-2, five decades after the famous exchange.

    WSJ: Cold War U-2 Pilot Francis Gary Powers to Receive Silver Star

  • Whatever the degree to which Mr Obama might sanction intervention - and dreadful events on the ground might force his hand - it is clear that the diminished US appetite for warfare, combined with the breadth of the crises enfolding the region, would most likely mean that any direct Western military role would be short lived and of limited significance.

    BBC: Bashar al-Assad

  • Winged Foot was designed by A.W. Tillinghast in 1923 and hosted its first U.S. Open six years later, when amateur Bobby Jones delivered one of the biggest shots in championship history with a 12-foot putt on the final hole to force a 36-hole playoff.

    WSJ: US Open to return to Winged Foot

  • The Environment Food and Rural Affairs Committee hold their second session of the week on the outcome of the Farming Regulation Task Force - having heard from the task force chair on Tuesday, the interested parties duke it out on Wednesday.

    BBC: Viewing guide: The week ahead in Parliament

  • On that occasion, a privately-owned former Soviet air force L-39 military jet trainer came to rest on the motorway after going through the boundary fence at Duxford.

    BBC: Air show deaths inquiry starts

  • Unlike Minecraft, which mainly focuses on construction, Brick-Force has an emphasis on the combat side of the genre.

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  • The issue arises because Greece used so-called collective-action clauses to force a debt exchange on the vast bulk of its bondholders.

    WSJ: Greek Deal Highlights Flaws in Default Swaps

  • But, if a bank subsequently has to be wound down and national governments can't afford to save it, tough Cyprus-style bank "bail-in" procedures would force losses on bank creditors, large depositors or both.

    WSJ: In Cyprus Rescue, Germany Forged a New Vision for Bank Union

  • Musharraf said Pakistan, which is under U.S. economic sanctions that were imposed after its nuclear testing in 1998, must face a choice between joining the international community -- thereby gaining the ability to influence decisions on the use of force against Afghanistan -- or being cut off.

    CNN: Pakistan's delicate position

  • We need to really think seriously about a variety of alternative launch facilities and, also, a launch infrastructure that's really more suited to so-called launch-on- demand, which the Air Force has talked about at various times as a future requirement.

    CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: Space power: What is at stake, what will it take

  • While chess programs have played at a world-class level for two decades, backgammon software based on the same brute-force approach has never achieved more than a weak intermediate level of play.

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  • Many of the referenced studies by anti-military groups focus on Vietnam Era, pre-All Volunteer Force service, and the circumstances have changed drastically since.

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  • It requires refunds through a third-party administrator for homeowners with force-placed policies since 2008 who defaulted on mortgages because of them or were erroneously charged.

    WSJ: QBE to pay $10M over force-placed insurance

  • It requires refunds through a third-party administrator for homeowners with force-placed policies since 2008 who defaulted on mortgages because of them or who were erroneously charged wrong rates or for policies when their own were still in force.

    WSJ: QBE to pay $10M over force-placed insurance

  • The Transportation Security Administration said a "small percentage" of the undercover agents - authorized to use deadly force to thwart terrorist incidents - had been placed on administrative leave.

    BBC: Air marshals grounded over 'security'

  • According to Dr Andre Menache, one of Noah's senior members and a Jerusalem-based veterinary surgeon, the ruling's stress on cruelty means any alternative to force-feeding will have to be provably non-harmful.

    BBC: Israel court cans foie gras farms

  • Super Aguri folded earlier in the year after lengthy sponsorship struggles, and even those teams fortunate enough to have rich benefactors -- Red Bull, Toro Rosso and Force India -- rarely make an impression on the front of the grid.

    CNN: Mosley demands F1 cuts costs

  • Initial air operations are almost always the predominant responsibility of Navy-Marine air, while on-going sustainability is shared with the Air Force.

    FORBES: Where are the Carriers?

  • O'Flaherty, Atlanta's fourth pitcher of the inning, walked pinch-hitter Justin Turner to force in a run before striking out Byrd on a 3-2 pitch.

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  • It has set up an immigration task-force and on March 2nd announced a census to work out how many children might arrive.

    ECONOMIST: Hong Kong

  • Much progress has been made in the past year, said David Aufhauser, general counsel to the American Treasury and head of a joint agency task-force on terrorist finance.

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  • He says the decisions made in "Ultima Forever" are similar to the types of decisions he had to make while on the force -- just at a much slower pace.

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  • He has even more reason to be pleased since a task-force on the future of financial services in Canada has concluded that the proposed merger between his bank and Royal Bank of Canada should be considered on its own merits and not disallowed outright.

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  • Ten billion light-years distant, Mingus will help shed light on so-called dark energy, the force that appears to be speeding up cosmic expansion.

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  • Wal-Mart Stores Wal-Mart.com is also emerging as a major force on the Internet.

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  • We are not waiting for either some 30- or 60-day window to elapse before somebody serving on the task force and working closely with the team and the President gets into the communities and talks directly to workers that would be impacted by any event, either going forward or that has already resulted in cutbacks or unemployment.

    WHITEHOUSE: White House Press Briefing

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