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The draft defense budget sets a new spending record for the 12th straight year amid mounting regional threats and U.S.

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NARA, Japan >> The Japan Service Dog Association, a nonprofit organization based in the city of Katsuragi, Nara prefecture, ...

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Just in time for a blizzard of packages, the Military Postal Service unveiled self-service parcel lockers at Yokota Air Base ...