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Memorial Day 2013: Keeping the memories alive
Tribune reporterAs soldiers in blue uniforms marched around Daley Plaza Saturday, Carlos Vazquez, 28, couldn't help but think about his 20-year-old brother who died in combat nearly three years ago. His brother, Frederik Vazquez, was killed in 2010 from an IED while...Tags: Human Interest, Memorial Day, Rahm Emanuel, Chicago Mayor
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Shake off your apathy, take a stand
I can no longer remain in one of the fastest growing groups in America, Apathy Anonymous. I've lived nearly 70 years and have marched, signed petitions, written letters to everyone from the president, to local, state and federal officials, concerning...Tags: Global Warming, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Weather, U.S. Military, Israel
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Socom's goal: Pre-empt wars
The Tampa TribuneThey make small footprints at the edges of the Earth. Sometimes they hunt and kill. Sometimes they teach rural tribes how to govern and farm. But after more than 12 years of war, special operations forces are frayed -- and in more demand than ever....Tags: Afghanistan, U.S. Department of State, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Pakistan, Al-Qaeda
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Fort Bliss Maj. Pittard 'has all the traits you look for in a military leader'
El Paso Times, TexasAs a boy growing up in El Paso, Maj. Gen. Dana J.H. Pittard found inspiration in a most unlikely place. In 1969, Pittard was 10 years old and was thumbing through the pages of National Geographic magazine when he came across an article on Dwight D....Tags: Afghanistan, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Human Interest, West Point, Fort Eustis
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Life Out Here: Hillary vs. The Angry Koala
If there is proof that Hillary Clinton was incompetent, indifferent or conspiratorial, or any combination of the aforementioned, in the Benghazi attack and subsequent scandal, she should never again be given serious consideration as a presidential...
Tags: Hurricane Sandy (2012), Politics, John McCain, Hillary Clinton, Republican Party
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Ambush, shootings a deadly betrayal by Afghan allies
The News TribuneThe killers bided their time for days, then weeks, waiting for a moment when American soldiers would be vulnerable. It came, finally, in the early hours of Sept. 16, 2012. Six soldiers in a Joint Base Lewis-McChord cavalry squadron had an overnight...Tags: NATO, Afghanistan, Government, Human Interest, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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Bad faith and Benghazi
Jonah Goldberg"Was it because of a protest or was it because of guys out for a walk one night and decided they'd go kill some Americans? What difference -- at this point, what difference does it make?" That was how then-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton famously...Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, U.S. Department of State, Hillary Clinton, White House, U.S. Department of Defense
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Welcome to the 'Stop Hillary Clinton' hearing
"Mirror, mirror, on the wall. Who's the most powerful woman of them all?" No doubt about it. Not Queen Elizabeth, Angela Merkel or Oprah Winfrey. The most powerful woman on the planet is former first lady, former senator from New York, former...
Tags: Oprah Winfrey, Government, U.S. Department of State, Eric Cantor, Hillary Clinton
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Pentagon reports sharp rise in military sexual assaults
WASHINGTON — The Pentagon estimated that 26,000 members of the military were sexually assaulted in unreported incidents last year — 35% more than in 2010 — a severe trend that senior officials warned could threaten recruiting and...
Tags: Assault, U.S. Congress, Barbara Boxer, Claire McCaskill, Chuck Hagel
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EDITORIAL: Security failure
The Akron Beacon JournalGregory Hicks proved a compelling witness during the Wednesday hearing of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. The veteran diplomat captured the drama, anxiety and confusion of the attack on the American diplomatic compound in Benghazi,...Tags: U.S. Department of State, U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Darrell E Issa, Benghazi, Christopher Stevens
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Tilting Syria
President Barack Obama painted himself into a corner last summer when he said Syrian President Bashar Assad's use of chemical weapons against rebel forces would be a "red line for us." Now there's evidence that chemical weapons have been used in Syria,...
Tags: Libyan No-Fly Zone (2011), Unrest, Conflicts and War, Hillary Clinton, David Petraeus, Martin Dempsey
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Obama on military sex assaults: 'No tolerance for this...I expect consequences'
WASHINGTON – President Obama said Tuesday that he has “no tolerance” for sexual assault in the U.S. military and pledged to crack down on the crime and any officials who turn a blind eye to it. Obama said he talked with Defense...
Tags: Assault, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Sexual Assault, Sex Crimes, U.S. Military
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May 15, 2013
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May 7, 2013
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May 4, 2013
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May 7, 2013
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