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Megan P. Tatu, a good soldier
Soldier, Megan P. Tatu has your back. And just about anything else you might need. The two-star Army Reserve general has just taken charge of the 79th Sustainment Support Command, the modern iteration of an Army logistics branch that is a year older...
Tags: Michael Buble, Germany, September 11, 2001 Attacks, Colleges and Universities, Crime, Law and Justice
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Petraeus to speak at USC event, expected to apologize for affair
This post has been corrected; see note at bottom for details.Former CIA Director David Patraeus will speak Tuesday night at USC's annual dinner for veterans and ROTC students, his first public speech since resigning as head of the intelligence agency because of an extramarital affair. According to an advance copy...Tags: Central Intelligence Agency, Iraq War (2003-2011), International Military Interventions
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The war in Iraq: Embedded with the U.S. Military
FrameworkAfter returning from assignment in Afghanistan in 2003, Times photojournalist Rick Loomis asked to be sent out in the first wave of journalists to cover the Invasion of Iraq. He spent several weeks traveling in the back of a canvas topped Humvee with U.S.... -
Iraq's great divider
Iraq is on its way to dissolution, and the United States is doing nothing to stop it. And if you ask people in Iraq, it may even be abetting it. With very few exceptions, an important event in Iraq went unnoticed in the U.S. media this month. Prime...
Tags: Baghdad (Iraq), Religion and Belief, Arab Spring, Islam, Jalal Talabani
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The story behind the photo: A U.S. Marine salutes the flag in Iraq
FrameworkAs U.S. and allied forces advanced toward Baghdad 10 years ago, a military public affairs sergeant snapped a photograph of a Marine saluting the flag at sunset at a desert airfield in southern Iraq. Taken on April 3, 2003, it was one of many images... -
Maliki resists Kerry's call to halt flow of Iranian arms to Syria
BAGHDAD – Secretary of State John Kerry pressed Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri Maliki on Sunday to stop Iran from flying arms across Iraqi territory to the beleaguered Syrian regime, but found him unwilling to give ground. In a visit to Baghdad that...
Tags: Baghdad (Iraq), Central African Republic, Iran, Palestinian National Authority, Government
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Mothers aid military personnel in the names of their fallen sons
They didn't know each other before the war. But loss united them, and friendship helps sustain them. "Every one of us wants our child to be remembered," said Sue Pollard, who, like her friend Debi Win'E, lost a son in Iraq. "Our main thing is to do...
Tags: Human Interest, Religion and Belief, George W. Bush, Belief and Faith, Iraq War (2003-2011)
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Charity helps foreign troops take Afghanistan pets home
KABUL, Afghanistan — She was just an ordinary brown mutt, a stray, but Pvt. Conrad Lewis loved her. Lewis, a British paratrooper in Afghanistan's Helmand province, adopted the dog and named her Pegasus. Everyone called her Peg. In his letters...Tags: Vaccines, Post-traumatic Stress Disorder , Viral Diseases and Infections, Military Equipment, Social Issues
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Former Californian gets Medal of Honor for valor in Afghanistan
A former Californian was awarded the nation’s highest military honor on Monday for his efforts against a 2009 Taliban attack on his Afghanistan outpost that U.S. officials have described as tactically indefensible. Former Staff Sgt. Clinton...
Tags: Petroleum Industry, Barack Obama, Heroism, Armed Conflicts, Taliban
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Marine takes over as U.S. commander in Afghanistan
KABUL, Afghanistan – Gen. Joseph F. Dunford Jr. took over Sunday as the newest and probably last U.S. commander in Afghanistan, tasked with ending America’s longest war even as insurgents continue to challenge the U.S.-backed Afghan...
Tags: John Allen, U.S. Senate, White House, Armed Conflicts, State of the Union Address
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'American Sniper' Chris Kyle shot dead in a post-combat world
Military sniper Chris Kyle had survived the dust-worn places where he had to worry about enemy fire — or even friendly fire — until this weekend. Kyle, 38, an author and former Navy SEAL, was shot dead Saturday by an unemployed, 25-year-...
Tags: Substance Abuse, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Post-traumatic Stress Disorder , Fox News Channel (tv network), Behavioral Conditions
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WikiLeaks case: What's fair?
After ruling last week that Army Pfc. Bradley Manning was subjected to overly restrictive confinement at a Marine Corps brig, a military judge postponed proceedings in Manning's court-martial until June. The Army should use that delay to consider a plea...
Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Prisons, Entertainment Events, Osama bin Laden, Armed Conflicts
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