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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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A $10 billion program to eliminate long wait times and other problems for veterans' health care hasn't worked out as planned. More veterans wait even longer for care now than they did a year ago. -
Petty Officer First Class Charles H. Keating IV, 31, was fatally shot in a May 3 battle with Islamic State forces in Tall Usquf, Iraq. -
Officials said Cmdr. Eric Rasch failed to provide effective leadership, leading to a lack of oversight, complacency and failure to maintain standards in the squadron that included the sailors at the time of the January incident. -
Petty Officer First Class Charles H. Keating IV, 31, was fatally shot in a May 3 battle with Islamic State forces in Tall Usquf, Iraq.
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The hospital ship USNS Mercy is scheduled to leave San Diego on Wednesday for the 11th annual Pacific Partnership humanitarian voyage. -
The body of Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Charles Keating IV will be laid to rest Friday after a private funeral in Coronado with his family. -
A 21-year-old Navy SEAL trainee died Friday during a basic training exercise at Naval Base Coronado. -
A New Mexico air force base has been home to Germany's largest foreign military installation for the past 20 years. But the Germans are preparing to leave, worrying the neighboring city of Alamogordo about the departure's economic impact. -
KPBS Midday EditionThe book "Freedom Flight: A True Account of the Cold War's Greatest Escape" describes how San Diego author Frank Iszak escaped from the Iron Curtain with his wife and five co-conspirators by completing the first documented commercial airplane hijacking in 1956. -
Military and civilian firefighters, sheriff's deputies and helicopter crews will practice responding to wildfires Thursday at Camp Pendleton.
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