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The effort began after a former Afghan interpreter was detained after his San Diego asylum hearing this month.
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KPBS Midday EditionHector Barajas-Varela, the director and founder of Deported Veterans Support House in Tijuana, is among 3 deported veterans who was pardoned by Gov. Jerry Brown on Easter Sunday. -
The crew of the USS Coronado was forced to remain deployed while the Navy overhauled the training program for the littoral combat ship. -
The Navy's amphibious ships USS America and USS San Diego are part of a massive exercise at a time when Pentagon leaders question whether the U.S. is spending enough on readiness. -
U.S. forces in Afghanistan on Thursday struck an Islamic State tunnel complex in eastern Afghanistan with "the mother of all bombs," the largest non-nuclear weapon ever used in combat by the U.S. military, Pentagon officials said. -
KPBS Midday EditionPresident Donald Trump's national security adviser on Sunday left open the possibility of additional U.S. military action against Syria following last week's missile strike but indicated that the United States was not seeking to act unilaterally to oust Syrian President Bashar Assad. -
KPBS Midday EditionThe United States fired a barrage of cruise missiles into Syria Thursday night in retaliation for this week's gruesome chemical weapons attack against civilians, U.S. officials said. -
The somber ceremony on the green rolling hills of Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery in Point Loma included a tribute, wreath laying, gun salute and the playing of taps. But no one from the public showed up for the event. -
Reports indicate pilots of the T-45C Goshawk began grounding their aircraft last week over concerns that incidents of pilots passing out in the cockpit are happening at an increasing rate. -
KPBS Midday EditionAmong the thousands of soldiers and sailors to take part in World War I, a group of women trained as telephone operators were the first women deployed overseas by the U.S. Army. -
KPBS Midday EditionLawrence Livermore National Laboratory is in the process of restoring and releasing the most complete record of America's involvement in above ground nuclear testing.
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