San Diego Union Tribune – Sub damaged in fatal crash rejoins fleet in S.D.
Four and a half years after its collision with an undersea mountain, the submarine USS San Francisco has rejoined the fleet in its new home port of San Diego. It took an unprecedented repair that involved cutting off the submarine’s front end and transplanting about 50 feet – more than 1 million pounds of metal – from the bow of a retired sister sub, the Honolulu.
Washington Post – Afghan-Pakistani Hostility Impedes U.S. Troops
Greg Jaffe writes that while senior U.S. and Pakistani officials have stepped up efforts in recent months to tame the chaotic border area, used by the Taliban as a base from which to fire rockets at U.S. positions in Afghanistan and smuggle fighters and weapons. But high-level talks have not led to cooperation on the ground, where U.S. troops are struggling to overcome decades of enmity between Afghanistan and Pakistan.
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