Pentagon Protest

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  Pentagon Withdraws 700 Marines From Los Angeles

  The Pentagon ordered the U.S. Marines to leave Los Angeles on Monday, more than a month after President Donald Trump deployed them to the city against the objections of local leaders.

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  Pentagon Ends Deployment Of 2,000 National Guard In Los Angeles

  The Pentagon said Tuesday it is ending the deployment of 2,000 National Guard troops in Los Angeles, accounting for nearly half of the soldiers sent to the city to deal with protests over the Trump administration's immigration crackdown.

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  "Free Palestine": US Airman Dies After Setting Himself On Fire Over Gaza

  An active member of the US Air Force has died after setting himself on fire outside the Israeli embassy in Washington over the weekend in protest of the war in Gaza, the Pentagon said Monday.

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  Pentagon Chief Holds Israel Talks Amid Protests Over Legal Reform Plans

  Pentagon chief Lloyd Austin held talks in Israel Thursday as flaring violence killed three suspected Palestinian militants and protesters again rallied against the hard-right government of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

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  Microsoft Protests Amazon Win of $10-Billion NSA Cloud Contract

  Microsoft confirmed it is challenging a decision to award a multi-billion-dollar cloud computing contract to its rival Amazon.

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  Amazon Sues Pentagon Over $10 Billion Contract Awarded to Microsoft

  Amazon is suing the Pentagon over a $10 billion cloud-computing contract awarded to Microsoft. Amazon said it filed a legal complaint Friday with the US Court of Federal Claims seeking to challenge the decision.

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  Amazon Could Challenge Loss of $10 Billion Pentagon Cloud Deal as Early as Next Week

  If Amazon.com decides to fight the Pentagon's decision to award a highly contested $10 billion (£7.78 billion) cloud computing contract to Microsoft, it could act as early as next week.

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  Microsoft Beats Amazon for Pentagon's $10 Billion Cloud Computing Contract

  Microsoft has won the Pentagon's $10 billion cloud computing contract, the Defense Department said on Friday, beating out favourite Amazon.com.

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  Google Drops Out of Bidding for $10 Billion Pentagon Data Deal

  Google said it was no longer vying for a cloud computing contract with the US Defense Department, in part because its new ethical guidelines do not align with the project.

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  US Troops Gather Outside Pentagon In #MeTooMilitary Protest

  A group of active and retired US troops gathered in freezing temperatures outside the Pentagon on Monday to bring attention to sexual assault and harassment in the military.

• Egypt clashes: US urges calm after scores killed in violent protests

  The US, Canada and the United Nations has called for calm and peace in Egypt amidst escalation of violence in the country leaving 72 people dead and some 4,500 injured.

• Egypt's prime ministerial dispute stalls government, Islamists call more protests

  Egypt's political transition after President Mohamed Mursi was ousted by the military stumbled at the first hurdle, after the choice of liberal politician Mohamed ElBaradei as interim prime minister was thrown into doubt by Islamist objections.

• US and Japan reach agreement on Osprey deployment

  The United States and Japan have reached an agreement allowing the MV-22 Osprey military aircraft to begin flight operations in Japan, officials said Wednesday. The deal had been in question because of protests by Japanese citizens who feared the hybrid aircraft was not safe.

• Campaign to end ban on Sikhs joining US army

  Two Sikh military trainees initiated a protest in front of Marine Corps War Memorial near Pentagon.