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Vets groups raise funds for hard-hit Guardsman (www.armytimes.com)
Spc. Glenn Barker is trying to recover after suffering a traumatic brain injury while serving in Iraq, the death of his 15-year-old son earlier this year, and flood damage that left his home... More
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Cartwright: Afghanistan war tougher than Iraq (www.militarytimes.com)
The vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs warned Monday that U.S. troops and their families should not expect to relax if operations in Iraq wrap up soon. Marine Gen. James Cartwright, speaking Monday... More
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Deal on Iraq Withdrawal Poses a Pentagon Challenge (www.time.com)
The Pentagon, after pushing for nearly a year for new rules governing the presence of U.S. troops in Iraq, is already back-pedaling. On the one hand, the agreement between the Bush Administration and... More
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Mullen: I’ll give the new President the “best advice I can” (talkradionews.com)
This is the first administration transition during wartime in forty years, and traditionally, a crisis will occur during that period, said Admiral Michael Mullen, Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff,... More
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Mullen: Exit dates in Iraq deal not a problem (www.militarytimes.com)
The chairman of the Joint Chiefs confirmed Monday that the new U.S. agreement with Iraq calls for all U.S. troops to be completely out of Iraq by the end of 2011 and that he is “comfortable” with... More
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Gulf War illness is real, new federal report says (www.cnn.com)
An extensive federal report released Monday concludes that roughly one in four of the 697,000 U.S. veterans of the 1990-91 Gulf War suffer from Gulf War illness. That illness is a condition now... More
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Doctors can now detect mild brain injuries more easily (www.usatoday.com)
Scientists are coming up with new ways to detect mild traumatic brain injury (TBI) and treat it, according to research presented Sunday at the annual meeting of the Society for Neuroscience... More
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Indictment drafted in Blackwater shooting (www.marinecorpstimes.com)
Federal prosecutors have drafted an indictment against six Blackwater Worldwide security guards for the deadly shootings of 17 Iraqi civilians last year. People close to the case tell The... More
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Militants Turn to Small Bombs in Iraq Attacks (www.nytimes.com)
They are usually no bigger than a man’s fist and attached to a magnet or a strip of gummy adhesive — thus the name “obwah lasica” in Arabic, or “sticky bomb.” Light, portable and easy... More
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Violence Rises In Iraq, But How Bad Is It? (www.npr.org)
In Iraq, there's been an upsurge in violence in the past 10 days or so, mainly in the form of bombing attacks on police patrols and civilians. But it's difficult to gauge how serious the upsurge... More
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