Jan 27th 2010
If federal workers listen closely to the State of the Union address, they can get a good sense of what agency priorities are going to be for the upcoming year.
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Dec 29th 2009
Former NSC staffer under both George W. Bush and Barack Obama says the surge can work in Afghanistan as it did in Iraq.
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Dec 22nd 2009
A lack of basic infrastructure in Afghanistan is slowing the U.S. effort to build up the Afghan security forces.
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Dec 21st 2009
Expanding and improving the Afghan army and police is a key element in President Barack Obama's strategy for stabilizing Afghanistan so U.S. troops can begin to come home in July 2011.
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Dec 9th 2009
CNN's Brian Todd has details.
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Nov 24th 2009
"We are just beginning to get set in Afghanistan ... in doing everything that we can" says Ashton Carter, the Defense Department's chief weapons buyer...
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Nov 20th 2009
Gen. Charles Wald of Deloitte discusses a recent report he co-wrote.
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Nov 6th 2009
Medical source information suggests that Army Major Nidal Malik Hassan, who was shot after opening fire at Ft.Hood in Killeen, Texas on Thursday, is apsychiatrist who worked at Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington until leaving for Ft...
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Oct 30th 2009
The use of homemade bombs extends well beyond Afghanistan and Iraq, making the weapons a global problem that requires an international solution, a senior U...
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Oct 26th 2009
Iraq's government said at least 85,000 people were killed from 2004 to 2008, officially answering one of the biggest questions of the conflict - how many perished in the sectarian violence that nearly led to a civil war...
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Sep 16th 2009
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid on Monday asked the State Department and Pentagon to investigate the electrocution of a 25-year-old private securitycontractor while showering in his dormitory in Baghdad...
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Sep 1st 2009
Iraqai authorities are blaming Syria for the helping those responsible for the August 19th suicide attacks on government ministries in Baghdad that killed about 100 people...
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Aug 24th 2009
When a soldier goes to war, who will care for his or her four-legged friend? A non-profit group in Indiana - Guardian Angels for Soldier's Pet -- willfind foster homes for the pets of servicemembers deployed, training, or experiencing hardship...
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Armed Forces Update
Aug 19th 2009
There are some rather staggering numbers coming out of the war in Iraq. Four thousand soldiers killed in action, more than 34,000 wounded - and only six considered worthy of the nation's highest military award, the Medal of Honor, after nearly eight years of war in Iraq...
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Aug 17th 2009
We need more unmanned vehicles, ships and planes! That's the message of Lieutenant General Rick Lynch, commander of the Army's Third Corps and Fort Hood, Texas...
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