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Kabul - A US soldier was killed by a roadside bomb in southern Afghanistan on Tuesday, while television footage showed Taliban insurgents sorting and transporting what appeared to be US military ammunition sized by militants in two remote outposts in...
Retired Col. Chaplain Alvin M. “Sonny” Moore, III served around the world as an active-duty chaplain for the U.S. Army for over 26 years before settling in the Wiregrass area.
Authorities intercepted communications between Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan and a radical cleric but took no action, officials said.
Veterans of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars are benefiting from powerful scans that allow doctors to see just how the brain changes in soldiers with post-traumatic stress disorder and concussion-like brain injuries, The Associated Press reported.The procedures may lead to easier diagnosis for patients - civilian or military - who struggle to get help for these largely invisible disorders.
A comical blunder by a fuddled, senior East German official on 9 November, 1989, led to the opening of gates on the hated Berlin Wall....
FORT HOOD, Texas — Stepping for the first time into the role of national consoler, President Barack Obama plans to honor the 13 people slain in a shooting rampage here by remembering what they left behind, offering personal stories about the lives they touched and the service they provided to their country.
We come together filled with sorrow for the thirteen Americans that we have lost; with gratitude for the lives that they led; and with a determination to honor them through the work we carry on...
Some raise the specter of 'political correctness' in the treatment of theMuslim officer accused of the Fort Hood shootings
What's Your Reaction? We come together filled with sorrow for the thirteen Americans that we have lost; with gratitude for the lives that they led; and with a determination to honor them through the work we carry on.
Peter Galbraith, who was fired after alleging that the United Nations covered up fraud during the presidential election in Afghanistan, said Monday that sending more American troops to the war-torn nation won’t help.
"Your loved ones endure through the life of our nation," the president tells grieving families
Obama remembers what Fort Hood victims left behind By BEN FELLER Associated Press Writer FORT HOOD, Texas - Stepping for the first time into the role of national consoler, President Barack Obama plans to honor the 13 people slain in a shooting rampage here by remembering what they left behind, offering personal stories about the lives they touched and the service they provided to their country ...
KABUL -- International troops and Afghan police seized 250 tons of ammonium nitrate fertilizer -- enough to make up to a couple hundred roadside bombs, the Taliban's most lethal weapon in what has been the deadliest year of the war, NATO announced Tuesday.
One by one, President Barack Obama spoke the names and told the stories Tuesday of the 13 people slain in the Fort Hood shooting rampage, honoring their memories even as he denounced the "twisted logic" that led to their deaths. "No faith justifies these murderous and craven acts; no just and loving God looks upon them with favor," Obama told the crowd on a steamy Texas afternoon. "And for what ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Presidents get elected to run the nation. Some days that means knowing how to heal it. For the first time since winning the White House, President Barack Obama faces such a moment today at Fort Hood. It his job to offer comfort, if not answers, after the shooting that left 13 people dead and 29 wounded on the bustling Texas Army post five days ago.
Do you know someone who strives to make life better for others in your community? If you do, here’s a chance to recognize that special person. For the third year in a row, the Santa Rosa Press Gazette and Florida Freedom Newspapers will recognize a...
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