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McManus: All quiet on the war front
Here's an important fact you haven't heard much about in the presidential campaign: The armed forces of the United States are at war in at least four countries, and that number could increase any day. About 87,000 Americans are still fighting in...
Tags: Republican Party, Pakistan, Armed Forces, Chicago Council on Global Affairs, U.S. Senate
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Civilian casualties in Afghanistan fall in first half of year, U.N. says
World NowCivilian casualties in the Afghan war fell by 15% in the first half of this year compared with the same period a year ago, the first such decline in five years, the United Nations said.... -
Cut Medicare and Social Security? What's the rush?
The question that normally comes to mind when someone claims to know the future is why he's out hustling rubes for pennies with his purported clairvoyance, instead of using it to make a fortune and retiring to the South Seas. Of course, the answer is...
Tags: Hurricane Sandy (2012), Lobbying, Medicare, Federal Reserve, U.S. Department of Defense
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A letter from killed Marine continues to inspire others
L.A. NOWA letter that Marine Sgt. William Stacey sent to his parents is still inspiring others.... -
Sgt. Eric Williams blogged about war in Afghanistan
During his deployment to Afghanistan as a flight medic with the Army's 82nd Airborne Division, Sgt. Eric Williams kept a blog about the dangers and frustrations of a war zone. In his "Coming Home" entry of July 17, the 27-year-old Williams wrote that...
Tags: Injuries and Wounds, U.S. Army, Armed Forces, Social Media, Kabul (Afghanistan)
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Bomber kills four French troops in eastern Afghanistan
World NowKABUL, Afghanistan -- A suicide attack in eastern Afghanistan on Saturday killed four French troops and injured five others, French and Afghan officials said, deaths that increased pressure on an already wavering NATO ally. The new French president,... -
Rising numbers of children hurt, killed in Afghan conflict, UN says
World NowChildren have been increasingly bearing the brunt of the war in Afghanistan, a new United Nations report says.... -
New French president visits Afghanistan
World NowFrench President Francois Hollande made an unannounced visit to Afghanistan, days after a NATO summit at which he discomfited allies by insisting that France would pull out its combat troops by the end of the year.... -
President Obama shows signs of frustration with Pakistan
World NowA growing diplomatic dispute over Pakistan's refusal to reopen supply routes for U.S. and other troops in Afghanistan threatened to overshadow President Obama’s efforts on the final day of the NATO summit to finalize plans for ending the unpopular... -
Afghan war effort 'on track,' general tells Congress
World NowThe American war effort in Afghanistan is making progress despite recent setbacks, the top U.S. commander there told Congress on Tuesday.... -
Pakistani lawmakers approve new guidelines for ties with U.S.
World NowThe Pakistani parliament on Thursday approved guidelines that will frame a reset of their country’s relations with the United States, paving the way for an end to a nearly five-month disruption in ties that began when errant U.S. airstrikes killed... -
U.S. and Afghanistan ink strategic partnership agreement
World NowAfghan and U.S. officials said they had agreed to the broad outlines of an accord governing the long-term American presence in Afghanistan after the Western combat role ends in 2014....
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