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More troops in Afghanistan?
The Swampby Aamer Madhani The Pentagon continues to inch towards shifting troops from Iraq to Afghanistan. Adm. Mike Mullen, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, today said he continues to be pleased by the progress on the ground in......Tags: Social Issues, Government, National Government, Death, Defense
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U.S. death toll in Iraq may hit new low
The Swampby Aamer Madhani The good news is that July is on pace to be the least deadly month for U.S. troops in Iraq since the start of the war. The bad news is that nearly twice as many Americans have......Tags: Social Issues, Death, Wars and Interventions, International Military Interventions
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Pentagon pushing to finish tanker deal
The SwampAn F-16 aligns with the boom from a Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker as part of a training exercise over California. (AP Photo/Ben Margot, file) by Aamer Madhani and Julie Johnsson, updated at 4:20 pm ET Pentagon officials have re-opened the......Tags: Government, Parliament, Politics, Boeing Co., Justice System
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Bush: U.S. military taking aid to Georgia
The Swampby Mark Silva and updated with Russian and Bush statements. President Bush, declaring "solidarity'' with the people of Georgia, is dispatching Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice to Paris and then Tbilisi and sending a military and Naval armada of...Tags: Government, Missing in Action, Armed Conflicts, Disasters and Accidents, Religious Festivals
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Gates: U.S.-Russia relations could suffer
The Swampby Aamer Madhani It didn't seem that long ago that President Bush told the world about looking Vladimir Putin in the eye and "getting a sense of his soul." Today, Bush's defense secretary, Robert Gates, brushed aside the question of......Tags: Vladimir Putin, George W. Bush, Central Intelligence Agency, National Security, Defense
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McCain vs. Bush: Russians in Georgia
The Swampby Mark Silva President Bush will have lunch today at the George Bush Center for Intelligence, the headquarters compound of the Central Intelligence Agency in Langley, Va., named for his father, the former president and CIA director. He will get......Tags: Government, Stephen Hadley, Vladimir Putin, Hawaii, Foreign Aid
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Bush Texas-bound, eye on Georgia
The Swampby Mark Silva President Bush postponed his summer vacation at his Texas ranch because of the crisis in Georgia. A day. Bush plans to leave for Crawford tomorrow. "Got a lot of folks, smart folks analyzing the situation on the......Tags: Government, Career and Workplace, Political Development, Politics, National Government
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Gates raps Russia for "empty rhetoric"
The Swampby Aamer Madhani In the wake of Russian threats against Poland for agreeing to host part of a proposed U.S. missile shield, Defense Secretary Robert Gates today said the Russians are singing "an old song" in their attempts to intimidate......Tags: Government, Vladimir Putin, National Government, News Agency, Armed Forces
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Woodward tells tale of 'The War Within'
The Swampby Amanda Erickson Famed journalist Bob Woodward, who broke the stories that brought down former president Richard Nixon, strikes again. His latest book on the Bush administration will be released September 8, Politico's Mike Allen reports. Apparently,...Tags: Government, George W. Bush, Washington Post Co., National Government, Dick Cheney
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U.S., Russia tussle on missile shield
The Swampby Aamer Madhani The ongoing and increasingly sharp rhetorical exchange between Washington and Moscow escalated on Wednesday as the Bush administration moved one step closer to completing a deal to build an American missile shield in Poland, paving the...Tags: Government, Weaponry, Missile Systems, California, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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U.S. to transfer military control of Anbar
The Swampby Aamer Madhani For much of the first five years of the Iraq War, the U.S. struggle to pacify Anbar province seemed like a quixotic effort. The western province was where U.S. forces saw some of the fiercest fighting since......Tags: Government, David Petraeus, Law Enforcement, Population, Terrorism
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Pentagon cancels tanker competition
The SwampBy Aamer Madhani The Pentagon announced today that it has canceled the controversial competition to replace the Air Force's Eisenhower-era fleet of aerial refueling tankers after defense officials concluded they can't pick a winner before the conclusion...Tags: Government, Aerospace Manufacturing, Contracts, National Government, Boeing Co.
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