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Pentagon To Provide Same-Sex Benefits Starting Next Month

The military will also allow troops to take leave to get married if they are stationed more than 100 miles from a state where same-sex marriage is legal. By Amelia Gruber

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How the Pentagon Found $1 Billion to Cut Civilian Furloughs to Just Six Days

Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel announces that civilian furlough days will be reduced from 11 to 6 days. Here's how he found $1 billion to pay for it. By Stephanie Gaskell

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Pentagon Cuts Furlough Days Down to Six

Defense managers found savings to avert additional mandatory unpaid days for civilian workers. By Kellie Lunney

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Obama's Intel Workers Need New Policies for Secrets, not Snitches

In the Snowden fallout, the administration should focus on developing a happier intelligence workforce, not outing insider threats. By Marc Ambinder

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House Approves 1.8 Percent Military Pay Raise

Measure also cancels possible civilian furloughs in fiscal year 2014. By Kellie Lunney

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Layoffs Loom for Hagel's Top Staff

With sequestration likely to continue into next fiscal year, Hagel warns that he might have to lay off some of his senior staff. By Stephanie Gaskell