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Rear Adm. John Kirby, the Pentagon spokesman, fielded questions about events in the Middle East and Ukraine on Friday.
               
U.S. Weighs Direct Military Action Against ISIS in Syria

By PETER BAKER and MICHAEL D. SHEAR

A top national security adviser to President Obama said the United States was "not going to be restricted by borders" to protect its interests, including possibly pursuing direct military action in Syria.
Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel called the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria an
U.S. Isn't Sure Just How Much to Fear ISIS

By MARK MAZZETTI and HELENE COOPER

With the rapid advance of the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria, the rhetoric the Obama administration is using to describe the danger the group poses to the United States has escalated.
A Russian aid convoy on Friday passed into Ukraine from Russia at a checkpoint in Izvaryne.
Russians Open Fire in Ukraine, NATO Reports

By ANDREW HIGGINS and MICHAEL R. GORDON

NATO officials said that the Russian military had moved artillery units inside Ukrainian territory in recent days and was using them to fire at Ukrainian forces.

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