Miss. lawmakers pass incentives for tire maker
A Japanese company will get incentives that could be worth more than $330 million to build a tire manufacturing plant in Clay County. Full story
How to Get Into a Military Academy
Gabby Flamm wants to become a professor of military history some day, and figures a good way to achieve that goal will be to attend West Point. Full story
Expanding hallowed ground at West Point cemetery
The West Point Cemetery has taken in graduates of the Long Gray Line from the age of the cavalry charge to the dawn of drone strikes. Headstones etched with names like Custer and Westmoreland stand near plots with freshly turned earth. Full story
Traditions threatened by cuts, military academies brace for impact
NEW YORK (Reuters) - United States military academies have trained America's future presidents, astronauts and generals, one of them for more than 200 years. But the schools' illustrious histories are not enough to spare them from looming budget cuts from sequestration, and they are preparing to fur Full story
An excerpt from Fred Kaplan’s “The Insurgents”
An excerpt from Fred Kaplan's "The Insurgents: David Petraeus and the Plot to Change the American Way of War" Full story
Petraeus’ stunning fall from grace
The respected West Point graduate led combat forces in Iraq and Afghanistan before retiring from the military and leading the CIA. On Friday, he made the startling admission that he had engaged in an extramarital affair, and announced he was resigning from his post. NBC’s Andrea Mitchell reports.
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Campaigns ramp up as surrogates stump and stumble
President Obama and presumptive Republican nominee Mitt Romney are accelerating their campaigns, with Vice President Joe Biden visiting West Point and Newt Gingrich speaking out on Romney’s behalf. But other surrogates deliver off-message opinions. NBC’s Kristen Welker reports.
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A giant American flag is unfurled by cadets from the U.S. military academy at West Point in center field at the Yankee Stadium before the opening day MLB American League baseball game between the New York Yankees and the Boston Red Sox
A giant American flag is unfurled by cadets from the U.S. military academy at West Point in center field at the Yankee Stadium before the opening day MLB American League baseball game between the New York Yankees and the Boston Red Sox in New York, April 1, 2013. REUTERS/Mike Segar (UNITED STATE
A giant American flag is unfurled by cadets from the U.S. military academy from West Point in New York
A giant American flag is unfurled by cadets from the U.S. military academy from West Point in center field at Yankee Stadium before the opening day of the MLB American League baseball game between the New York Yankees and the Boston Red Sox in New York, April 1, 2013. REUTERS/Mike Segar (UNITED
A giant American flag is held by cadets from the U.S. military academy from West Point in center field at Yankee Stadium
A giant American flag is held by cadets from the U.S. military academy from West Point in center field at Yankee Stadium during the singing of the national anthem before the opening day MLB American League baseball game between the New York Yankees and the Boston Red Sox in New York, April 1, 2013.
