US Marines launch offensive in Afghanistan
AP - 1 hour 37 minutes agoU.S. Marines swooped down behind Taliban lines in helicopters and Osprey aircraft Friday in the first offensive since President Barack Obama announced an American troop surge.
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Retired generals weigh in on Obama's Afghanistan plan
McClatchy Washington Bureau - 1 hour 36 minutes agoPresident Barack Obama's plan to send 30,000 additional troops to Afghanistan has proven divisive. Supporters hail it as a clear-eyed approach to a limited engagement. Some detractors want fewer troops; others want more. The issue of declaring a planned drawdown to begin in 18 months also is controversial.
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Lawmakers rally to sailors' aid in court martial
San Francisco Chronicle - Fri Dec 4, 2:39 pm ETLawmakers are seeking a reprieve for three Navy SEALs facing court-martial because one allegedly punched a suspect in an ambush killing of U.S. contractors in Iraq. One of the SEALs is reported to have punched Ahmed Hashim Abed during Abed's September arrest,... Iraq - United States - United States Navy SEALs - Court-martial - Navy SEAL
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Gates: No deadlines for troops to leave
Denver Post - Fri Dec 4, 3:29 am ETThe withdrawal of U.S. forces from Afghanistan, scheduled to begin in July 2011, will "probably" take two or three years, Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Thursday, although he added that "there are no deadlines in terms of when our troops will all be out."
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Clinton meets with NATO amid talk of new momentum
AP via Yahoo! News - Fri Dec 4, 4:35 am ETU.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton joined a NATO foreign ministers meeting Friday to sell the new U.S. war plan for Afghanistan to wary allies, and the top NATO official predicted a "new momentum" in the war effort in 2010.
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Fort Hood unit deploys despite losing soldiers
USA Today - Fri Dec 4, 9:57 am ETThe day after arriving at Fort Hood, Army reservists dedicated to counseling troubled soldiers in war zones were overcome with their own grief.
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National Guard to mark closure of Roanoke armory
WDBJ 7 Roanoke - Fri Dec 4, 12:05 pm ETSoldiers will hold a closure ceremony at the Reserve Avenue site at 10:00 a.m. Saturday.
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Site of Kent State shootings clears first step toward listing on National Register of Historic Places
The Cleveland Plain Dealer - 1 hour 58 minutes agoThe areas on the Kent State University campus where protesters were shot by the National Guard in 1970 could be part of the National Register of Historic Places by the 40th anniversary of the shootings in May.
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Northrop Grumman wins $171M US Navy contract
AP via Yahoo! News - Wed Dec 2, 6:34 pm ETNorthrop Grumman Corp. said Wednesday it has won a $171 million contract from the U.S. Navy to provide parts used in the construction of Aegis-class DDG destroyers.
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Department of Veterans Affairs Secretary Ken Black fires Wisconsin Veterans Home at King Commandant Bill Crowley ...
The Appleton Post-Crescent - Fri Dec 4, 11:36 am ETMADISON The administrator who oversees the states largest nursing home for veterans has been fired for a second time in three months.
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US Marines launch large offensive
AP via Yahoo! News - Fri Dec 4, 10:13 am ETU.S. Marines and Afghan troops Friday launched the first offensive since President Barack Obama announced an American troop surge, striking against Taliban communications and supply lines in a southern insurgent stronghold, a military spokesman said.
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DoD nixes vendor of online monitoring software over privacy concerns
Computerworld - Fri Dec 4, 3:26 pm ETComputerworld - Echometrix Inc., a vendor of parental control software that is already under fire for alleged violations of an online children's privacy law, has been suspended from selling its products on a Department of Defense shopping portal because of privacy concerns.
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Report slams flaws in DoD sex assault program - Navy News, news from Iraq - Navy Times
Navy Times - Fri Dec 4, 2:26 pm ETThe Pentagon office charged with oversight of military sexual assault prevention and response policy is not doing an effective job — and responsibility should be placed, at least temporarily, directly in the hands of the deputy secretary of defense, a task force has recommended.
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US Marines launch offensive in Afghanistan
KXXV Waco - Fri Dec 4, 5:07 pm ETU.S. Marines swooped down behind Taliban lines in helicopters and Osprey aircraft Friday in the first offensive since President Barack Obama announced an American troop surge.
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U.S. Marines launch large Afghan offensive
Newsday - Fri Dec 4, 9:27 am ETU.S. Marines and Afghan troops have launched the first offensive since President Barack Obama announced an American troop surge.
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US Marines launch large offensive in Afghanistan
Daily Record - Fri Dec 4, 1:49 pm ETKABUL (AP) — U.S. Marines and Afghan troops on Friday launched the first offensive since President Barack Obama announced an American troop surge, striking against Taliban communications and supply lines in a southern insurgent stronghold, a military spokesman said.
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U.S. Marines launch large offensive in Afghanistan
FOX30 / CBS47 Jacksonville - Fri Dec 4, 12:05 pm ETKABUL, Afghanistan (AP) -- U.S. Marines and Afghan troops have launched the first offensive since President Barack Obama announced an American troop surge.
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Lonoke High getting ROTC program
The Lonoke Democrat - Fri Dec 4, 3:32 pm ETLonoke High School will have an Army Junior Reserve Officers Training Corps program for the next school year.
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National Guard armory groundbreaking is set
Cabot Star-Herald - Fri Dec 4, 3:25 pm ETAfter about a 100-year absence, an Arkansas National Guard unit soon will call Cabot home. Construction of the long-awaited National Guard armory will begin Thursday with a ceremonial groundbreaking, at 10:30 a.m. at the armory site on Commerce Park Drive in the Cabot Commerce Center.
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US Marines launch large Afghan offensive
WTOC 11 Savannah - Fri Dec 4, 10:06 am ETU.S. Marines and Afghan troops have launched the first offensive since President Barack Obama announced an American troop surge.
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U.S. Marines move against Taliban
Journal Inquirer - Fri Dec 4, 11:08 am ETKABUL, Afghanistan — U.S. Marines and Afghan troops today launched the first offensive since President Barack Obama announced an American troop surge, striking against Taliban communications and supply lines in a southern insurgent stronghold, a military spokesman said.
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