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The first reinforcements of President Barack Obama's Afghanistan "surge" will give U.S. Marines the forces needed to tackle the last major Taliban stronghold on their patch, a commander said on Tuesday.
Midlothian student Alexis Moraski did not realize that her class assignment, a letter to the parents of Spc. Eric Burri (pictured), would provide comfort for the grieving family.
BOSTON (AP) — His father was a lifelong scalloper, his uncles are fishermen, and 23-year-old Chris Pinto realized as he got older that fishing is “in my blood.” It just didn’t look like it was in his future.
WASHINGTON — Congress is knocking nearly $1 billion off President Barack Obama’s request for Afghanistan’s security forces, and instead devoting the money to buying more mine-resistant vehicles for U.S. troops there.
WASHINGTON — Nobody wants to buy them a beer.
HARTFORD — Connecticut Gov. M. Jodi Rell says she has raised more than $253,000 to hire a fleet of buses that will transport about 700 National Guard troops home for Christmas and New Year celebrations.
A new vaccine against polio, being used for the first time on children in Afghanistan this week, will be critical in the drive to eradicate the crippling virus, the World Health Organization said on Tuesday.
On a frigid, bright day last week, about a dozen children gathered into a small meeting room at the Dawe Elementary School to celebrate their collection of socks for soldiers overseas.
The Paso Robles Moose Lodge recently adopted local soldiers deployed in Iraq and Afganistan. Millie Hedrick and Cindy Heaton mailed 10 Christmas gift packages to local soldiers, which they will receive by Christmas.
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ARLINGTON, Va. — The insurgent stronghold of Marjeh in southern Afghanistan needs to be “cracked open,” said Marine Corps Commandant Gen. James Conway.
Scott Shane examines the Pashtunistan region, and its implications for American foreign policy in the near future, commenting that "Mr. Obama's surge depends a lot on the hearts and minds of the Pashtuns - and who seems a winner."
The chemicals were for treating the swimming pool, which has been closed. A vapor was detected that alarmed staff members.
Ozark Constructors employees are getting ready to send care packages to soldiers for Thanksgiving.
Gary Folluo speaks during the annual Wreath Across America ceremony at the Keokuk National Cemetery Saturday. Directly behind Folluo are state Rep. Jerry Kearns, left, and state Sen. Gene Fraise.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 15 (UPI) -- A U.S. military official has acknowledged there might be a link between open-air burn pits in Iraq and Afghanistan and soldiers' chronic ill health.
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