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Sequestration cuts are deep

...military support across the globe. As Iran spins its centrifuges faster, we cut our aircraft carriers patrolling the Persian Gulf from two to one. As North Korea threatens to detonate nuclear weapons, sequestration cuts have grounded one-third...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/opinion/letters/2013-04-28/sequestration-cuts-are-d
Rants & Raves

...tries to scare Americans by refusing to cut Defense Department waste while he cuts our aircraft carrier force in the Persian Gulf in half.I WISH I HAD A dash camera driving down Peach Orchard Road during the day to show the sheriff all the people...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/metro/2013-02-19/rants-raves
Gun range to be dedicated to Lt. Gen. Robert Gray

...installation and is widely credited with managing the expansion of Fort Gordon with the arrival of new units after the first Persian Gulf War.He was inducted as a distinguished member of the Signal Regiment in 2000.After his retirement from the Army...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/metro/2012-12-12/gun-range-be-dedicated-lt-gen
Augusta doctor going back to Kuwait 22 years after being trapped

...among the Americans suddenly trapped in Kuwait when Iraq invaded. They were allowed to leave just before the first Persian Gulf War erupted. Now he is returning for six months to help treat patients and to do some epidemiological studies.Carroll...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/health/2012-12-15/augusta-doctor-going-back-ku
Killer ended lives that held dreams, promise

...plans to re-enlist in the Navy and the goal of becoming a Navy SEAL.The 26-year-old served three tours in the Persian Gulf and North Arabian Sea between 2004 and 2009, said close friend James Gill of Brighton, Colo."It was guts or glory...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/2012-07-24/killer-ended-lives-held-dreams-prom
Bridge named for Fort Gordon's first black commander, Lt. Gen. Robert E. Gray

...1994. In 1997, he retired from the Army after more than 31 years.He oversaw Fort Gordon's expansion after the Persian Gulf War and initiated technological changes.During the dedication, Col. Robert Barker, garrison commander at Fort Gordon...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/latest-news/2012-06-05/bridge-named-fort-gordons-fi
Draft order would give companies cyberthreat info

...speech last week in New York by pointing to the Shamoon virus that destroyed thousands of computer systems owned by Persian Gulf oil and gas companies. Shamoon, which spreads quickly through networked computers and ultimately wipes out files by...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/business/2012-10-19/draft-order-would-give-com
FACT CHECK: Missteps in final presidential debate

...stumbled in saying Syria was Iran's "route to the sea." Iran has a large southern coastline with access to the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman. It has no land border with Syria.___ROMNEY: Said that when he was Massachusetts governor...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/latest-news/2012-10-22/fact-check-missteps-final-pr
Benchmark crude jumps 4 percent on fears of renewed tensions with Iran

...threatening to block a critical Persian Gulf shipping route in response to a...seaborne oil is shipped out of the Persian Gulf, so any move by Iran to shut the...military reinforcements into the Persian Gulf to deter the Iranian military from...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/business/2012-07-03/benchmark-crude-jumps-4-pe
Middle East turmoil pushing oil higher again

...yet again ? that Iran will try to block oil shipments through the Strait of Hormuz, a narrow waterway in the Persian Gulf through which one-fifth of the world's oil travels every day.Iran raised this threat late last year after the...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/business/2012-07-19/middle-east-turmoil-pushin