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Obama praises special ops forces after rescue

A member of a U.S. special operations team was killed during a weekend rescue mission in Afghanistan that freed an American doctor abducted by the Taliban outside of Kabul five days ago.

Tags: DoD , Afghanistan , Barack Obama , Leon Panetta

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Special ops teams first in, last out in Afghan war

Tags: DoD , Navy SEALS , Navy , Afghanistan ,

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Special operations expanding as wars recede

Tags: DoD , budget , Afghanistan , Iraq , Army

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New center will oversee special ops strikes

The Obama administration has ramped up its secret war on terror groups with a new military targeting center to oversee the growing use of special operations strikes against suspected militants in hot spots around the world.

Tags: Federal Drive , DoD Report , Defense , JSOC , Pentagon , security

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