Report: Military Unprepared for Domestic Threats
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The U.S. military's reserves and National Guard forces are not prepared to meet catastrophic threats at home and face an "appalling" shortage of forces able to respond to chemical, biological or nuclear strikes on U.S. soil, according to a congressional commission report released today.
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Weapons of mass destruction, small boats packed with explosives and Islamic radicalization are the greatest terrorist threats facing the country, top U.S. security officials said Monday on the eve of the sixth anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.
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Other challenges â potential recession, budget deficits, and rising entitlement spending â could overshadow military priorities.
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The United States faces a range of  threats from North Korean and Iranian missiles to a Sept.  11-scale attack by Islamist militants, inspired by Osama bin  Laden and hardened by their experience in Iraq, top U.S.  intelligence officials warned on Wednesday.
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Intelligence-gathering by the front-line forces that need to know the most is proving difficult in a region increasingly gripped by fear.
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US troops are vital to security, but pressure is growing for them to leave.
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The Pentagon is not prepared to respond to a catastrophic chemical, biological or nuclear attack within the United States, placing Americans at risk, an independent panel reported to Congress on Thursday.
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The report takes the F.A.A. to task for failing to pursue domestic security measures that could conceivably have altered the events of Sept. 11, 2001.
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The Pentagon issued sharp criticism Friday of a new congressionally commissioned report on the National Guard and reserves, calling "fundamentally flawed" its assertion that the U.S. military is not adequately prepared to respond to nuclear, biological and chemical attacks on the United States.
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BAGHDAD - A senior Iraqi official cautioned yesterday against expecting "magical solutions" from the upcoming reports to Congress on military and political progress in Iraq and acknowledged the Iraqis are still not ready to defend the country on their own.
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The National Guard and Reserves don't get enough money or equipment and are left out of important planning for national emergencies, an independent panel concluded Thursday, long after the Iraq war and Hurricane Katrina exposed serious stresses on the services.
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The Bush administration has failed to fill roughly a quarter of the top leadership posts at the Department of Homeland Security, creating a "gaping hole" in the nation's preparedness for a terrorist attack or other threat, according to a congressional report to be released today.
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New Pentagon estimates of the Iraqi insurgency&#39;s numbers and funding reveal a military challenge vastly more daunting than anything planned for.
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The nation's defense relies on a small group that operates on a tiny budget and with little clout, experts say.
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A new report fueled jitters of a fresh Al Qaeda attack on America. But the document also shows how little intelligence officials really know about the state of terrorist threats.
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The unclassified report identified problems with nearly every organization that had a role in planning the war, including the White House and the Defense Department.
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The Pentagon, mindful of potential   threats to U.S. security emerging from Africa, is considering   creating a new military command responsible for the continent,   defense officials said on Wednesday.