Friday's Top 100 Military, Defense & Security News & Stories
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The longest serving Yeoman Warder began the installation of hundreds of thousands of ceramic poppies in the moat at the Tower of London today. The installation entitled ‘Blood Swept Lands and Seas of Red’ and designed by ceramic artist P...
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Defence Watch
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Nearly 24 hours later, there's a consensus about the shooting down of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17: It's a game-changer for the conflict in Ukraine . The crash, which Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko called "a terrorist act," thrust t...
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Find out about the armed forces covenant veterans accommodation fund and how to apply.
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The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) launched a ground operation into the Gaza Strip late on 17 July after its use of stand-off weaponry during the first 10 days of Operation 'Protective Edge' failed to destroy the underground infrastructure ...
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Malaysia Airlines plane MH17 was shot down over eastern Ukraine on Thursday , killing all of the 298 passengers and crew on board. The plane, which was traveling from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur, was carrying primarily Dutch citizens, as w...
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The shootdown of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 over eastern Ukraine stunned the world. But in this incident, answers are emerging much more quickly than they did in the still unsolved disappearance of Malaysia Flight MH370 earlier this y...
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Doctors and experts at the Defense and Veterans Brain Injury Center want health care providers to try treating sleep disorders caused by traumatic brain injury with some common sense such as a quiet bedroom and staying away from coffee o...
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During an interview on the Fox News “Dealing with the Enemy” broadcast, former Navy SEAL Carl Higbie spoke out about Bergdahl and tough restrictions. The host of the broadcast introduced Higbie as a former Navy Seal who was punished, aft...
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Hillary Clinton sat down on "The "Charlie Rose Show" following Thursday's Malaysian Airlines plane crash in Ukraine and argued it was "obviously" an anti-aircraft missile that shot it down. She said Russian insurgents were "probably" res...
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Retired Marine General James Mattis has some advice for men and women looking to inspire and motivate employees in the corporate world: Lead by example. It's a lesson Mattis learned over more than 40 years of leading troops, which culmin...
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A group of former prostitutes has filed a lawsuit against the South Korean government seeking more than $1.2 million in compensation, alleging that it exercised significant control over their activities, according to a report in Japanese...
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A commercial aircraft operated by Malaysia Airlines crashed with nearly 300 passengers on board while flying over the contested Donetsk region in eastern Ukraine on 17 July. As of this writing it was unclear what caused the incident, but...
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Key Points There is growing evidence that Russian-backed Ukrainian separatists were responsible for the downing of Malaysia Airlines flight 017 over Ukraine A Buk (SA-11 'Gadfly') system captured by the separatists may have been responsi...
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NATO sources say the circumstances of the crash of Malaysian Airlines’ Flight MH17 in east Ukraine on 17 July point strongly to a sophisticated missile attack. “It seems pretty obvious that this was a missile attack,” a...
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Cost-pressured customers define fighter opportunities Cost-pressured customers define fighter opportunities read more
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Four months before opening at Le Bourget, the EURONAVAL professional exhibition, exclusively dedicated to naval defence and maritime security, is in a position to make the 2014 edition a particularly successful international event. In th...
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Footage of first flight. BAE’s systems new stealth UAV - Taranis has carried out second successful test flight.During this flight, Taranis flew only in stealth configuration making it virtually impossible to radar.The second flight was u...
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Unemployment fuels unrest and anger. Political instability tends to escalate in regions with lots of economic volatility and limited employment opportunities, particularly for young people. In a new presentation to clients, Deutsche Bank...
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Countries around the world are reeling in shock after a Malaysia Airlines passenger plane was shot down over Eastern Ukraine Thursday , killing the 298 people on board. The event, which many think could signal a new elevation in the grow...
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American intelligence authorities believe a surface-to-air missile took down a passenger jet in eastern Ukraine on Thursday, a U.S.
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Find out about the British Forces Post Office services, how to address mail, BFPO numbers, e-blueys and free mail.
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Court listings for the Military court centres.
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British Forces Post Office (BFPO) locations, numbers and postcodes.
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The White House said late Thursday it is "shocked" that a Malaysia Airlines passenger plane carrying nearly 300 people had been shot down near the Ukrainian border, urging a full and transparent investigation to determine who...
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In 2012, the U.S. military hit a record for the number of suicides among troops on active duty - 319 - since the Pentagon began closely tracking the numbers in 2001.
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Raytheon Company and Kongsberg Gruppen have formed a teaming agreement to provide new solutions for the Offensive Anti-Surface Warfare (OASuW) mission. As a centerpiece of the agreement, the companies will develop the Joint Strike Missil...
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Beechcraft Corporation announced during the Farnborough International Airshow that it has delivered the first of four Beechcraft King Air 350ER aircraft ordered by the Mexican Navy Secretaría de Marina (SEMAR). In addition to the aircraf...
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In the wake of yesterday's Malaysia Airlines crash and the start of ground operations by Israeli forces in Gaza , the world is again attuned to the various geopolitical hotspots where risk exists for major conflict to crop up. Deutsche B...
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High court quashes 1995 open verdict into death of Pte Cheryl James, one of four soldiers who died amid bullying claims An answer to the long-running mystery surrounding unexplained fatal shootings of army recruits at the Deepcut barrack...
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If you've been having trouble figuring out just what the impact of the U.S.' latest round of sanctions against Russia is going to be, don't worry: That is exactly what the Treasury Department intended. In an interview with the FT's Neil ...
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According Reuters, Ukrainian separatists killed 23 Ukrainian soldiers and wounded nearly 100 in a missile attack on Friday, July 11, 2014. A picture released on Reuters website shows Pro-Russian separatist fighters with 9K35 Strela 10 (N...
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Celebrating the armed forces covenant UK defence secretary supports Japan self-defence stance Typhoon jets to get long-range strike capability Veterans' accommodation to receive £20 million funding
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Michael Fallon welcomes Japanese announcement on collective self-defence.
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After months of posturing from Russia and the West, yesterday's shooting down of Malaysia Airlines MH17 over Ukrainian airspace could accelerate the conflict. While many had hoped that the tragedy might spark Russia to reverse its suppor...
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Pro-Russian separatists in eastern Ukraine agreed Friday to allow investigators access to the scattered crash site of a Malaysian airliner that was shot down, killing all 298 aboard.
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High Court says original inquest was "insufficient" and quash its open verdict, after family obtained mass of evidence they claim was not properly examined - including witnesses who may have lied
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The largest indigenously- developed offshore patrol vessel INS Sumitra was on Thursday delivered to the Indian Navy here by the state-owned Goa Shipyard Limited delivered. The warship delivered to the Navy was the fourth in the series of...
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While Marine Sgt. Andrew Tahmooressi was living on a base and eating MREs in Afghanistan and earning a battlefield promotion, his paychecks from Uncle Sam were piling up in the bank. Now Tahmooressi languishes in a Mexican prison, plague...
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Navy Recognition learned during the Farnborough International Airshow 2014 that NHIndustries and MBDA started integration of the MARTE ER (Extended Range) anti-ship missile on the NH90 NFH maritime helicopter. NHI and MBDA representative...
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Michael Cohen, Politico Magazine
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James Kirchick, Daily Beast
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Jacob Heilbrunn, Natl Int
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The Prime Minister recognised the work of service personnel and employers at his annual armed forces reception last night.
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Israeli troops pushed deeper into Gaza on Friday to destroy rocket launching sites and tunnels, firing volleys of tank shells and clashing with Palestinian fighters in a high-stakes ground offensive meant to weaken the enclave's Hamas ru...
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Major Carleton Forsling, Proceedings Magazine
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A powerful Iranian general has emerged as the chief tactician in Iraq's fight against Sunni militants, working on the front lines alongside 120 advisers from his country's Revolutionary Guard to direct Shiite militiamen and government fo...
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John Correll, Air Force Magazine
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Summary The Wall Street Journal reports that Afghan security forces yesterday thwarted an attempt by Taliban militants to attack Kabul's international airport. | The Telegraph has published a picture of Yeoman Warder Crawford Butler layi...
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Heavy jail sentences doled out to phisherfolk - cops A pair of phishing fraudsters each received long jail terms after they were convicted of making £15,000 through online scams before using the funds to finance the travel of other crook...
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EFF-endorsed SOHOpelessly Broken challenge will air routers' dirty zero day laundry Gird your loins router-makers: a throng of hackers are set to pry apart your woefully insecure hardware in a competition to expose bad firmware and hard-...
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Top Priority Sector: infrastructure_protection Editor’s Note: Government Security News is excited that its 2014 Airport/Seaport/Border Security Awards will be announced today! Homepage position: 1 read more
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Ukrainian intelligence has released telephone intercepts said to contain direct admissions by pro-Russian rebels that they shot down a civilian airliner that crashed on Thursday in eastern Ukraine.
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Hacker's gonna tell a lie, hacker's gonna p0wn WiFi, hacker's gonna make you cry Chromecast-owning households may be set to endure Rick Astley's ghastly oeuvre, thanks to a new device that can hijack victims' TV sticks and insert replace...
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Swapping other people's sexts is a fringe benefit, says Snowden Edward Snowden has given an interview to The Guardian from his Russian hideout and warned that, among other things, those naked selfies people send to their loved ones are c...
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New Ponemon Institute data shows enterprise executives rarely if ever talk with their security teams, and that threat modeling may be underused.
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Probe reveals US banks just as wide open to hacking NASDAQ servers were infected by malware that exploited two mystery zero-day vulnerabilities, according to a magazine cover story published today.…
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Germany demanded spy chief's expulsion after two alleged German double agents working for the US were unmasked The CIA station chief in Germany left the country on Thursday after Berlin's shock decision last week to demand his expulsion,...
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Apple quietly began encrypting virtually all of the email flowing in and out of its servers for its iCloud.com, mac.com and me.com domains, a move that throws up an important roadblock for attackers and others attempting to snoop on thos...
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The latest update to Chrome on Android fixes two bugs, including a critical flaw in the browser that could have let an attacker trick a user into visiting a malicious site.
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Exclusive: Whistleblower says NSA revelations mean those with duty to protect confidentiality must urgently upgrade security Watch Snowden's interview with the Guardian in Moscow Read the full interview with Snowden by Alan Rusbridger an...
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The cleanup aimed at disrupting GameOver Zeus and CryptoLocker offers an instructive template for managing mass cyber infections.
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Forty-five percent of IT staff say they monitor network and application performance manually instead of using network monitoring tools.
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What Caused The Latest Round Of Violence
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Cyber criminals have kicked it up a notch with nasty malware that locks you out of your machine and holds it for ransom.
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Greek extremist shootout triggers mass search for other militant suspects
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Cisco patched a critical remote code execution bug in its Cisco Wireless Residential Gateway product.
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There's a public spat between BlackBerry and Blackphone, the spunky start-up company trying to break into the crowded mobile market with promises of air-tight security. Can BlackBerry survive the competition?
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It’s a bit of a dichotomy. We’ve been told many times to be careful about giving out our Social Security numbers, but it seems like we’re being asked for all or part of it in almost every business transaction. I … Read More ...
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There are five vulnerabilities fixed in the latest release of the Apache Web server, including a buffer overflow and several denial-of-service vulnerabilities. Fixes for these flaws have landed in the developer release of the server, 2.4...
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Israeli Defense Ministry rules that murder of Palestinian teenager Muhammad Abu Khdeir will now be considered a terror attack, and he a terror victim - @Benhartman
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The emergency surveillance bill being rushed through parliament could put personal data at greater risk, says (ISC)²
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The Institute of Engineering and Technology has warned that filtering of internet content, websites and search terms is an ineffective child protection measure, following a major anti-paedophile operation
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Awards for the bravest and best in the fields of manned guarding, security installation and cash-in-transit were dished up along with a three-course lunch in London yesterday as part of the BSIA Annual Luncheon. Currently in ... The post...
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7/17/14 Congress Enable IntenseDebate Comments: Enable IntenseDebate Comments Brendan Shields, the new staff director for House Homeland Security Committee chairman Michael McCaul (R-Texas), fired five top policy staffers on 20 Jun...
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7/16/14 Immigration Enable IntenseDebate Comments: Enable IntenseDebate Comments A new report by DHS Office of Inspector General concludes that the department’s $1.7 billion Electronic Immigration System ( ELIS ), used to pro...
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7/16/14 Search and rescue Enable IntenseDebate Comments: Enable IntenseDebate Comments During his semester project in Computer Science at the École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne ( EPFL ), Jonathan Cheseaux developed a system f...
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7/16/14 Privacy Enable IntenseDebate Comments: Enable IntenseDebate Comments People with higher job status may be more willing to compromise privacy for security reasons and also be more determined to carry out those decisions, acc...
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7/16/14 Public health Enable IntenseDebate Comments: Enable IntenseDebate Comments Chemists and students in science and engineering at Oregon State University have created a new type of chemical test, or assay, which is inexpensive...
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7/16/14 Infrastructure protection Enable IntenseDebate Comments: Enable IntenseDebate Comments Scientists say that Japan might be one of the most at-risk nations when it comes to the consequences of sea-level rise. read more
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7/17/14 Infrastructure protection Enable IntenseDebate Comments: Enable IntenseDebate Comments Texas officials tout the state’s economic growth, which is due in part to the state’s energy sector. That same energy sector puts ...
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Despite specific threats to kill a 12-year-old cancer patient along with the entire population of a Texas town, Facebook initially stonewalled police's efforts to find the identity of whoever was making the terrorist threats. It baffled ...
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Just 77 machines in the UK, though A wave of attacks by cybercrooks pushing a new variant of the resilient Pushdo Trojan has compromised more than 11,000 systems in just 24 hours.…
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Botnets - a secretly compromised networks of ordinary home and office computers with rogue software or "malware" that are controlled by an individual criminal or a group - has dramatically increased over the past several years and are co...
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Lyon-Saint Exupéry Airport is working with Boon Edam to offer frequent flyers smoother transit with Airport Swinglane self-service gates. The post Boon Edam and Lyon-Saint Exupéry put passengers in control appeared first on Security News .
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UK's privacy watchdog investigated itself after ‘non-trivial’ incident, but claims it didn't get special treatment.
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Extreme measures considered in response to allegations of ongoing US spying.
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ASSA ABLOY Security Solutions has had a range of ASSA products specified for a school that is part of the largest primary-only academy trust. The post Fingers on the pulse for ASSA ABLOY appeared first on Security News .
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Two words: Default passcodes... and there's MORE Hotel safes are far less secure than guests are led to believe. Widespread use of default codes and other issues mean that it is relatively easy for criminals to get at hotel guests' valua...
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Israeli military reports Hamas fired 3 mortars at Israel, not rockets as was reported by police - @IDFSpokesperson
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Imperva data shows sudden drop in activity when Argentina lined up against Germany on Sunday.
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France reorganizes its 3,000 troops in northwest Africa to better fight terrorism
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Publisher says it would fight any measure that restricted free speech amid furore over new security laws Australias biggest newspaper publisher and the media union have warned the government against elements of a planned new national sec...
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Opengear brings new features with IM and ACM management appliance firmware 3.11 and Lighthouse centralised management 4.5, now available for download. The post Opengear lights the way with lighthouse software features appeared first on S...
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Multiple Cisco Wireless Residential Gateway products have a security vulnerability in the web server that could allow a remote attacker to hijack the devices remotely. Cisco announced that a number of its Wireless Residential Gateway pro...
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Hardcoded GravityZone creds to be wiped at month's end Holes have been reported in Bitdefender's Gravity end-point protection platform that allow hackers to target corporate infrastructure.…
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Toll from militant attack on Tunisia troops in Chaambi rises to 14 soldiers killed, 20 wounded, government says - @Reuters
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Senate panel, delving into GM recall delay, to ask executive about role of legal department
