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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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As Suicides Climb, a Search for 'Why?' (www.military.com)
"Do you think that God's going to send me to hell for killing innocent people?" former Sgt. Joshua Barber asked his wife one day last summer. Kelly Barber tried to reassure her distraught husband.... More
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Official: Long deployments less effective (www.stripes.com)
The Army has concluded it is very difficult to sustain effective unit deployments longer than 12 months, a top Army official said. Undersecretary of the Army Nelson Ford was responding to a... More
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Webb wants to put dwell-time rule into law (www.militarytimes.com)
Sen. Jim Webb, D-Va., is not giving up on his so-far unsuccessful bid to guarantee in law that troops will get as much time at home as they spend deployed. Although the services generally have a... More
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Army science conference to focus on 'disruptive technology' (nanotechwire.com)
Research that may one day help better train Soldiers, along with helping them heal both physically and psychologically, will be showcased at the 26th Army Science Conference Dec. 1-4 in Orlando, Fla.... More
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Military veterans can help other veterans beat addiction (www.nydailynews.com)
Mental distress from the rigors of military service and the horrors of combat can lead veterans to abuse drugs and alcohol. But those same experiences also make veterans ideally suited to helping... More
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Pentagon to Detail Troops to Bolster Domestic Security (www.washingtonpost.com)
The U.S. military expects to have 20,000 uniformed troops inside the United States by 2011 trained to help state and local officials respond to a nuclear terrorist attack or other domestic... More
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Bush Hails Passage of New U.S.-Iraq Security Pact (www.defenselink.mil)
President George W. Bush and other senior U.S. officials hailed the new U.S.-Iraq security pact that was approved by Iraqi lawmakers in Baghdad yesterday. The two-part security pact consists of a... More
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Family: Capt. slain while distributing food (www.militarytimes.com)
The family of a Marine from Ohio killed in Iraq says he was shot while distributing food during a humanitarian mission. Marine Capt. Warren Frank of Cincinnati died Tuesday in Ninewa province in... More
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Vt. 4-H expanding effort to aid military kids (www.militarytimes.com)
Vermont’s 4-H clubs are expanding programs across the state to work with an estimated 3,000 children whose military parents have been or might be deployed to Iraq, Afghanistan or elsewhere. For... More
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