Paws for Purple hearts helps bodies, souls (www.theleafchronicle.com)
Two of my passions are veterans' rights and benefits and the welfare of animals, especially pets. That's why I love it when I come across programs that combine both these passions. Last week, I saw... More
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Corps mandates predeployment TBI test (www.marinecorpstimes.com)
Marines readying for deployment to war zones must now undergo a battery of computerized tests assessing whether they have suffered a traumatic brain injury. “Baseline predeployment neurocognitive... More
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U.S. troops may be out of Iraq in 16 months: Obama (www.reuters.com)
President-elect Barack Obama said on Monday he believed U.S. combat troops should leave Iraq within 16 months of his taking office but he would listen to advice from military commanders. "I believe... More
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Dozens killed, scores wounded in spate of Iraq attacks (www.mcclatchydc.com)
As many as 38 people were killed and more than 100 were wounded Monday in multiple attacks across Iraq, including one in which a man detonated a suicide vest near a convoy of coalition vehicles in... More
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Military Analysis - Afghan Strategy Poses Stiff Challenge for Obama (www.nytimes.com)
One of the most difficult challenges President-elect Barack Obama’s national security team faces is Mr. Obama’s vow to send thousands of American troops to help defeat the Taliban in Afghanistan.... More
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Bush: ‘I Was Unprepared for War’ (thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com)
In what might be considered one of the first exit interviews, President Bush told ABC News’s Charles Gibson that during the eight years of his administration, the thing he was most “unprepared”... More
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Obama Names National Security Team (www.washingtonpost.com)
President-elect Barack Obama's high-powered national security team, introduced yesterday at a Chicago news conference, faces the challenge of managing two wars and various ongoing foreign policy... More
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Show troops the money (www.militarytimes.com)
Hundreds of extra dollars a month might come in pretty handy right now. And if you’re among the active-duty soldiers who qualify for up to $500 a month because you are stop-lossed, you might be... More
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Sarin vapor leak detected at Ky. depot (www.militarytimes.com)
Inspectors at the Blue Grass Army Depot in central Kentucky have discovered a GB, or sarin, vapor leak there. The Lexington Herald-Leader reports that the Blue Grass Chemical Activity says the leak... More
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Akaka wants DoD, VA to review war-zone toxins (www.militarytimes.com)
Sen. Daniel Akaka, D-Hawaii, chairman of the Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee, has asked that the co-chairs of the Defense Department and Veterans Affairs Oversight Committee begin a review of... More
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