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Two Russian Tu-160 strategic bombers land in Venezuela
Two Russian strategic bombers landed in Venezuela on Wednesday as part of military maneuvers, President Hugo Chavez said, welcoming the unprecedented deployment at a time of increasing tensions between Moscow and the U.S. Two Russian strategic bombers landed in Venezuela on Wednesday as part of military maneuvers, President Hugo Chavez said, welcoming th... more
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Canadian deaths in Afghanistan
Ninety-seven Canadian soldiers, two aid workers and a diplomat have died since Canada's military deployed to Afghanistan to early 2002. Ninety-seven Canadian soldiers, two aid workers and a diplomat have died since Canada's military deployed to Afghanistan to early... more
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Soldiers' deployments to go back to 1 year
The Bush administration plans to announce next week that U.S. soldiers' combat tours will be reduced from 15 months to 12 months in Iraq and Afghanistan beginning later this summer, The Associated Press has learned.
The decision, expected to get final, formal approval in the days ahead, comes as Gen. David Petraeus, the top U.S. commander in Iraq, prepares to deliver a progress report to Congress next week on the improved security situation there. He is also expected to make recommendations for future troop levels.
I must admit, I am still a little skeptical. The Bush administration plans to announce next week that U.S. soldiers' combat tours will be reduced from 15 months to 12 months ... more -
Obama advisor calls for troops to stay in Iraq through 2010
WASHINGTON — A key adviser to Senator Obama’s campaign is recommending in a confidential paper that America keep between 60,000 and 80,000 troops in Iraq as of late 2010, a plan at odds with the public pledge of the Illinois senator to withdraw combat forces from Iraq within 16 months of taking office.
The paper, obtained by The New York Sun, was written by Colin Kahl for the center-left Center for a New American Security. In “Stay on Success: A Policy of Conditional Engagement,” Mr. Kahl writes that through negotiations with the Iraqi government “the U.S. should aim to transition to a sustainable over-watch posture (of perhaps 60,000–80,000 forces) by the end of 2010 (although the specific timelines should be the byproduct of negotiations and conditions on the ground).”
Mr. Kahl is the day-to-day coordinator of the Obama campaign’s working group on Iraq. A shorter and less detailed version of this paper appeared on the center’s Web site as a policy brief.
Both Mr. Kahl and a senior Obama campaign adviser reached yesterday said the paper does not represent the campaign’s Iraq position. Nonetheless, the paper could provide clues as to the ultimate size of the residual American force the candidate has said would remain in Iraq after the withdrawal of combat brigades. The campaign has not publicly discussed the size of such a force in the past.
This is not the first time the opinion of an adviser to the Obama campaign has differed with the candidate’s stated Iraq policy. In February, Mr. Obama’s first foreign policy tutor, Samantha Power, told BBC that the senator’s current Iraq plan would likely change based on the advice of military commanders in 2009. She has since resigned her position as a formal adviser. WASHINGTON — A key adviser to Senator Obama’s campaign is recommending in a confidential paper that America keep between 60,000 and 80... more -
Suspected Army Suicides Set Record
This is sad, tragic, and criminal. Our young taking their lives due to shattered relationships and lives all due to the stresses of this "war" they are trapped in. This is sad, tragic, and criminal. Our young taking their lives due to shattered relationships and lives all due to the stresses of th... more
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Inside Iraq: Going Home
In 2005, Army Lt. John Prettyman documented in intimate detail what life is really like for his fellow soldier's in Iraq. In this installment, eager soldiers find their ways home. In 2005, Army Lt. John Prettyman documented in intimate detail what life is really like for his fellow soldier's in Iraq. In thi... more
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Inside Iraq: Off to War
In 2005, Army Lt. John Prettyman documented in intimate detail what life is really like for his fellow soldiers in Iraq. In this installment, eager soldiers find that simply getting to their destination in Iraq is a battle in itself. In 2005, Army Lt. John Prettyman documented in intimate detail what life is really like for his fellow soldiers in Iraq. In this inst... more
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