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The Pentagon is adding 14 missile interceptors on the West Coast at a cost of $1 billion to bolster US defenses against a North Korean attack. President Obama told Israel that Iran was more than year away from developing a nuclear weapon, and said the US would try to resolve the problem diplomatically but would “keep all options on the table.” A federal appellate court reinstated an ACLU case that seeks information on the CIA’s drone program.

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