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SEALs Killed in Afghan Helicopter Crash Were on Rescue Mission

The U.S. Navy SEALs and other troops whose helicopter was shot down by the Taliban in eastern Afghanistan Saturday had rushed to the mountainous area to help a U.S. Army Ranger unit that was under fire from insurgents, two U.S. officials said Sunday.
Aden's City in southern Yemen

U.S. to Try Somali Terror Suspect in Civilian Court

A Somali terror suspect captured and interrogated by the U.S. military in the Gulf of Aden will face a federal indictment in New York, placing the man at the center of an ongoing debate about how and where to try terror suspects.
File handout image of U.S. Representative Gabrielle Giffords is seen with her husband Mark Kelly in an undated handout photo

Mark Kelly Leaving NASA, Navy to Be By Gabrielle Giffords’ Side

Three weeks after landing the Space Shuttle Endeavour at the end of its final voyage, Captain Mark Kelly said he’ll be retiring from NASA and the U.S. Navy to be with his wife, U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, D-Arizona, as she recovers from gunshot wounds suffered in January, Reuters reported.

Fleet week hits New York [PHOTOS]

Thousands of Sailors, Marines and Coast Guardsmen from the U.S. Navy, Marine Corps and Coast Guard will participate in the 21st anniversary of Fleet Week New York, which will take place May 21 - 28.

Cat fight in Bin Laden's harem: 'Youngest wife tipped him off to US'

Some wives of Osama Bin Laden think his youngest wife, Amal al-Sadah from Yemen, may have tipped off the terror mastermind to the Americans. This is apparently the latest juicy detail to have escaped closed door questioning of Bin Laden's captured family by Pakistani interrogators.

Pakistan returns wreckage of U.S. helicopter

The wreckage of a U.S. radar-evading helicopter that was abandoned by U.S. Navy SEAL team after the raid that killed Osama bin Laden in Pakistan has returned to the United States, a Pentagon official told Reuters on Tuesday.

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