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Pakistan contradicts US Gen. McChrystal's strategy of pulling back from Afghanistan borders, and disagrees with the strategy of a surge to defeat the Taliban.
Talking about religion isn't so taboo anymore, and may actually be the solution to otherwise unsolvable global problems, two...
Sapulpa High School ended Freedom Week with an assembly Friday afternoon with guest speaker alumni Maj. Bryan Corneilius, U.S.M.C., who was welcomed with open arms.
Afghan government plans to boost army and police numbers massively have been greeted with scepticism by diplomats and military experts who say the figures are too ambitious.
The following is the transcript of the keynote speech delivered by Benjamin S. Akins during Tewksbury’s 2009 Veterans Day ceremony. It is being published here with the permission of the author.
``Going Rogue: An American Life'' (HarperCollins, 413 pages, $28.99), by Sarah Palin -- There should be a feeling of palpable glee running through Sarah Palin's memoir: Now, finally, she gets to talk, unfiltered and unedited.
Operation Shoebox is still looking for donations and volunteers for Saturdayâs fifth annual Christmas packing at the Veterans of Foreign Wars on Washington Avenue. The packages prepared at the event will be sent overseas for serviceman and women in Iraq and Afghanistan for the holiday season.
To ensure delivery in time for Christmas, priority and first- class mail to military addresses through the U.S. Postal Service, must be made by Dec. 4 or Dec. 11.
The long days getting up at 5 a.m., going to sleep anytime between 10 p.m. and midnight didnât bother them, the days being just another âGroundhog Day,â they said, referencing the Bill Murray movie.
The Pakistan-based militant group that attacked the Indian city of Mumbai a year ago remains an implacable Indian foe and could strike again despite Pakistani efforts to rein it in.
South Brunswickâs Cub Scouts are making a habit of being the best.
Nov. 23 (Bloomberg) -- Taliban fleeing a Pakistani offensive are regrouping in the country’s northwest, threatening to spread and prolong a conflict that has strained the nation’s economy and may hamper efforts to attract foreign investment.
John Pinkney’s suggestion to his Alternative Development and Academic Program Training classmates to collect gifts for men and women serving in the military resulted in a project that gathered up 18 boxes of items for the troops.
KANEOHE BAY, Hawaii — Military personnel, family and friends gathered on Tuesday at Marines Corps Base Hawaii to honor the nine Marines — including Lance Cp. Alfonso Ochoa Jr. of Hanford — and one Navy corpsman killed in action during deployment this year in Afghanistan.
Afghan government plans to massively boost army and police numbers have been greeted with scepticism by diplomats and military experts who say the figures are too ambitious.
By EDMUND L. ANDREWS The New York Times The U.S. government is financing its more than trillion-dollar-a-year borrowing with IOUs on terms that seem too good to be true.
