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Judge: False Claims trial of Blackwater successor to go ahead as scheduled

by Brian Seay

A federal judge denied a private security firm’s request last week to delay a trial which claims the company overbilled the government and falsified firearms qualifications for U.S. State Department guards in Afghanistan.

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Travel warning issued after U.S. consular shot in Mexico (VIDEO)

by Jacki Billings

The U.S. State Department issued a travel warning Saturday after a U.S. consular official was shot and wounded in an attack in Guadalajara, Mexico.

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Lawmakers ‘confident’ in release of Marine jailed in Mexico (VIDEO)

by Chris Eger

Following tearful pleading from Jill Tahmooressi and Montel Williams in front of Congress Wednesday, lawmakers feel "confident" Mexican authorities will free jailed Marine Sgt. Andrew Tahmooressi.

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Surveillance video of Marine crossing Mexico border with guns viewed in court (VIDEO)

by Jared Morgan

A Mexican court will review video surveillance footage Tuesday of 25-year-old Marine veteran Sgt. Andrew Tahmooressi crossing the border from the U.S. into Mexico with several firearms and more than 400 rounds of ammunition.

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