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corner.nationalreview.com - 24 days ago
Afghan Vets visit Capitol Hill Tomorrow -- By: Pete Hegseth
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Tomorrow morning -- Thursday, November 5 -- Afghanistan and Iraq veterans from across the country will be in Washington, D.C. to petition their members of Congress and the White House to fully support mission success in Afghanistan. Our message is simple: Provide our commander in Afghanistan, ...
mcclatchydc.com - 22 days ago
Obama leaning toward 34,000 more troops for Afghanistan
— mcclatchydc.com — By Jonathan S. Landay, John Walcott and Nancy A. Youssef | McClatchy Newspapers WASHINGTON President Barack Obama... is nearing a decision to send more than 30,000 additional U.S. troops to Afghanistan next year, but he may not announce it until after ... (more) Obama leaning toward 34,000 more troops for Afghanistan

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Suicide Toll Fuels Worry That Army Is Strained
online.wsj.com - 26 days ago
Suicide Toll Fuels Worry That Army Is Strained
— online.wsj.com — YOCHI J. DREAZEN Sixteen American soldiers killed themselves in October in the U.S. and on duty overseas,... an unusually high monthly toll that is fueling concerns about the mental health of the nation's military personnel after more than eight years of ... (more) Suicide Toll Fuels Worry That Army Is Strained

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Pentagon Expected to Request More War Funding
nytimes.com - 24 days ago
Pentagon Expected to Request More War Funding
— nytimes.com — WASHINGTON — The nation’s top military officer said Wednesday that he expected the Pentagon to ask Congress... in the next few months for emergency financing to support the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, even though President Obama has pledged to end the ... (more) Pentagon Expected to Request More War Funding

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Power Line:  A timely visit

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A timely visit
Power Line — ... to petition their members of Congress and the White House to fully support mission success in Afghanistan. Their message, in the Vets for Freedom leader Pete Hegseth, is simple: "provide our commander in Afghanistan, General Stan McChrystal, and his troops, the manpower, resources, and support they need to defeat America's enemies." Our friend Tom Cotton, a veteran of both Afghanistan and Iraq, is among those on hand. You can read more from Pete Hegseth here.

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Snooper here. Today’s militant Moozie attack on American Soldiers on an American Military Base today was a Moozie attack on American Soil on Czarboe’s Watch. Thanks Czarboe. As the Vets For Freedom came to a semi-close today In DC, the Vets On The Hill were in shell-shock ...