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WWII artifacts at veterans' facility
Historical artifacts from World War II are starting to line the walls of a state-run veterans' home in Pembroke Pines. Preserved U.S. military uniforms representing the Army, Navy, Marine Corps and Coast Guard are on display at the Alexander Nininger...Tags: U.S. Army, Arts and Culture, Pembroke Pines, Museums, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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Changing the mentality
Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel had strong words on Saturday in the commencement address at the United States Military Academy at West Point. He called the increasing reports of sexual assault a "scourge on the military." He was right when he called...Tags: Sexual Assault, Sex Crimes, U.S. Department of Defense, Abusive Behavior, West Point
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Obama cleans up Bush's national-security mess
In the days after the Sept. 11 attacks, the Bush administration made clear to the world that it had the Islamic Republic of Iran in its sights. Condoleezza Rice, who was then President George W. Bush's national security adviser, issued this warning in...Tags: Guantanamo Bay Detention Camp, National Security, White House, Boston Marathon Bombing (2013), Manufacturing and Engineering
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Editorial: The scramble for leverage in Syria
Anyone heading into a high-stakes negotiation knows that leverage is key. The more you have, the better the deal. In recent days, Syrian President Bashar Assad's allies in Russia and Lebanon have raised the ante ahead of a possible Geneva peace...
Tags: Rebellions, European Union, Weaponry, Bashar Assad, Wars and Interventions
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Drone strike reportedly kills a long-sought target in Pakistan
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — For three long years, the CIA hunted the Pakistani militant who had helped send a suicide bomber deep into a U.S. base in eastern Afghanistan. The audacious mission killed seven U.S. intelligence officers and contractors, one...Tags: Bombings, NATO, White House, Kabul (Afghanistan), Haqqani Network
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Sam Affendikis
On Memorial Day, Monday, May 27, 2013, a man well known and loved by many, Sam Affendikis died peacefully at McLaren Northern Michigan surrounded by his loving family. Sam was born Feb. 6, 1928, in Detroit to George and Madeline (Smith) Affendikis. ...
Tags: U.S. Marine Corps, American Legion, Human Interest, U.S. Army, Memorial Day
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Scanning the road for bombs on a final patrol in Afghanistan
KHOGIANO, Afghanistan — Spc. Kyle Klobuchar spends his days listening intently to the beeps, hums and warbles of a hand-held explosives detector known as a Minehound. He likes to think of the tones as the warble of either a baby turkey, adolescent...
Tags: Rebellions, Bombings, Suicide, Weaponry, Wars and Interventions
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Families, friends remember fallen Marylanders
For Theresa Mills, the "most emotional day" came last June when the Marine Corps notification team visited her Laurel home to tell her that her older son had been killed in Afghanistan. The second most emotional day, she said, came Monday. In the...
Tags: Severna Park, U.S. Department of Defense, United States Naval Academy, U.S. Army, Armed Forces
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US intelligence embraces debate in security issues
WASHINGTON (AP) — In the months leading up to the killing of Osama bin Laden, veteran intelligence analyst Robert Cardillo was given the nickname "Debbie Downer." With each new tidbit of information that tracked bin Laden to a high-walled compound...
Tags: White House, Defense Intelligence Agency, Osama bin Laden, Weaponry, John O. Brennan
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Perils of peace conferences
Getting into wars is easier than getting out of them. Could the same logic apply to peace conferences? Indeed, could U.S. diplomacy — however well intentioned — actually make matters worse? Secretary of State John F. Kerry has two diplomatic...
Tags: John Kerry, Peace Negotiations, Tehran (Iran), Muammar Gaddafi, Bashar Assad
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Choosing sides in Afghanistan
Hamid Karzai has been president of Afghanistan for a long time — since the end of 2001, when he was installed by a U.S.-led alliance. At the time, he seemed a charming, English-speaking leader with a colorful wardrobe who could craft a democratic,...
Tags: Richard Holbrooke, Qayum Karzai, George Washington, Kabul (Afghanistan), Armed Forces
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Are multiple concussions driving suicides in the military?
The U.S. military has faced two epidemics over the last decade of war in Afghanistan and Iraq. One is suicide. The annual rate of military personnel taking their own lives has doubled to about 20 per 100,000. That translated to a record 324 suicides...
Tags: Suicide, Suicidal Behavior, U.S. Army, Epidemics and Plagues, Behavioral Conditions
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