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to do together,” Cossa said. Investigators are recommending changes to help pilots make the cause of the accident was under investigation.
Ballistic missile defense is one area where increased coopera- better decisions in similar situations. AP
“We offer our heartfelt prayers and condolences to the families
tion is expected. Los Angeles to host Navy Fleet Week starting next year of the soldiers involved in this tragic incident,” Lt. Col. Mark
“With the new legislation, presumably now if the North Ko- Los Angeles will begin hosting U.S. Navy vessels in an annual Gillespie, deputy commander of 2nd Combat Aviation Brigade,
said in a U.S. Army statement.
reans shoot a missile toward Hawaii, and the Japanese detect it, Fleet Week starting next year.
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Nov. 23 aboard the USS Iowa, a retired World War II-era battle-
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Pearl Harbor. through each Labor Day.
About 28,500 U.S. troops are stationed in South Korea as deter-
The new law would also allow Japan to help defend a U.S. ship Los Angeles is making efforts to promote its waterfront as a rence against possible aggression from North Korea. The Korean
under attack. The U.S. has long been able to help a Japanese ship visitor destination. AP Peninsula remains in a technical state of war because the 1950-
in the same situation, but Japan’s prohibitions against collective 1953 Korean War ended with an armistice, not a peace treaty. AP
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The legislation sparked protests and debate in Japan about The New Mexico Environment Department has drafted a plan
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growing security challenges. The Daily Herald reports that sources at the company say the IRUWKDWZLOOJXLGHFOHDQXSRIDPDVVLYHSOXPHRIMHWIXHODW
the edge of Albuquerque.
The law’s supporters say Japan’s neighborhood has become employees at the Everett, Wash., plant were using company-issued
a more dangerous place, citing North Korean missile tests and phones to send sexually-explicit images via text message. The Cleanup began in earnest about two years ago. Tons of soil have
Chinese challenges to Japanese sovereignty over remote islands. sources were not allowed to discuss the matter publicly. been removed, and more than 16 million gallons of contamination
have been extracted and treated since June.
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China and North Korea and help preserve Japan’s peace and pros- disciplinary measures were taken have not been released. The plan calls for the installation of more monitoring and ex-
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work more closely with its main ally, the United States, strength- Boeing said in a statement that the employees’ actions are not 800 gallons per minute.
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The public has through Jan. 15 to comment.
Marines: Sandy conditions a factor in deadly aircraft crash Two dead in U.S. military helicopter crash in South Korea First detected in 1999, the leak at a fueling station at Kirtland
A military investigation has found a U.S. Marine Corps hybrid A U.S. military helicopter crashed in South Korea during a Air Force Base was believed to have been seeping into the ground
for decades. Estimates of the amount of fuel spilled have ranged
aircraft that crashed in Hawaii this year, killing two Marines, routine training mission Nov 23, killing both pilots on board, the from 6 million to 24 million gallons. AP
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Osprey in an unavoidable freefall. dition of anonymity because he wasn’t authorized to speak to the
media about the accident.
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Honolulu in May with 21 Marines and a Navy corpsman on board. Two bodies recovered from the helicopter were severely dam-

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