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Nathaniel Frank: Another Phony Rationale for Delay on Gay Troops »
Posted by: david_nwpa 5 months, 3 weeks ago in Political News
In recent weeks, this and other forums have seen heated debate, largely among the left, about whether, when, and how to end discrimination against gays ...
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Senator: Shoddy work by same contractor involved in deaths of U.S. troops »
Posted by: TechnologyExpert 5 months, 3 weeks ago in Political News
Military contractor KBR Inc. was paid $83.4 million in bonuses for electrical work in Iraq — much of it after the U.S. military's ...
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White House chief of staff says Afghan war‘adrift,’calls more troops‘reckless’ »
Posted by: Tumultuous 3 weeks ago in Political News
Calling the eight year war in Afghanistan "adrift," White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel explained on Sunday that the Obama administration considers sending more ...
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Obama quietly deploying 13,000 more US troops to Afghanistan »
Posted by: Katie21 3 weeks, 5 days ago in Political News
President Barack Obama is quietly deploying an extra 13,000 troops to Afghanistan, an unannounced move that is separate from a request by the US ...
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US broke bombing rules in Afghanistan »
Posted by: STONERS 5 months, 1 week ago in Political News
American troops made substantial errors and did not strictly follow rules for avoiding casualties during an air assault on Taliban fighters last month, a U ...
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Nigerian Rebels Say They Ruptured 2 Chevron Pipelines »
Posted by: STONERS 5 months, 3 weeks ago in News
Nigeria’s rebel Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta said it damaged two pipelines supplying oil and natural gas from a Chevron Corp ...
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Obama vows no hot US troop pursuit into Pakistan »
Posted by: STONERS 7 months, 1 week ago in Political News
President Barack Obama ruled out sending US troops on a hot pursuit of extremists across the Afghan border into Pakistan -- but demanded Islamabad hold up ...
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U.S. Sets Fight in the Poppies to Stop Taliban »
Posted by: suzanek 6 months, 1 week ago in News
American commanders are planning to cut off the Taliban’s main source of money, the country’s multimillion-dollar opium crop, by pouring thousands of troops ...
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Generals Can't Be Trusted »
Posted by: Tumultuous 1 week, 1 day ago in Political Opinion
There is a reason why the nation’s commander in chief is a civilian and not a military man. The generals can’t be trusted ...
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Iraqis Take Formal Control of Baghdad »
Posted by: orndorffter 4 months, 1 week ago in News
Iraqi forces assumed formal control of Baghdad and other cities Tuesday after American troops handed over security in urban areas in a defining step toward ...
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10,000+ troops to Afghanistan »
Posted by: Shana4Liberty 8 months, 3 weeks ago in Political News
The White House is expected to announce the deployment of more than 10,000 additional U.S. forces to Afghanistan "within the hour," according to ...
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The rules murdering our troops »
Posted by: Tasine 2 weeks, 5 days ago in Political News
When enemy action kills our troops, it's unfortu nate. When our own moral fecklessness murders those in uniform, it's unforgivable.
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DoD Denies Role in Honduras Coup »
Posted by: gbudavid 2 months, 3 weeks ago in Political News
TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras -- The U.S. military said Sunday its troops in Honduras did not know of and played no role in a flight that took ...
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Obama honors soldier killed in battle »
Posted by: luvuobama2 1 month, 3 weeks ago in News
Presenting his first Medal of Honor, President Barack Obama on Thursday praised the sacrifice of a soldier who braved enemy fire while attempting to save ...
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Mass. man accused of plot to kill shoppers, troops »
Posted by: orndorffter 2 weeks, 3 days ago in News
Tarek Mehanna grew up in Boston\'s upscale suburbs, earned a doctorate in pharmacology, taught religion and math at a Muslim middle school and was ...
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