thewashingtonnote.com - 11/13/2008
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Over the past five years, the ongoing U.S. military conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan have brought to the fore a host of challenges affecting America's armed forces. Few, however, have taken on greater prominence and touched on a wider array of management and oversight issues than the ...
pajamasmedia.com - 11/14/2008
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pajamasmedia.com —
November 14, 2008 "THE WAR IS OVER AND
WE WON:" Michael Yon just phoned from Baghdad, and...
reports that things are much better than he had expected, and he had expected things to be good. "There's nothing going on. I'm with the 10th Mountain Division, ...
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prnewswire.com - 11/11/2008
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prnewswire.com —
In Time for Veterans Day, Campaign Directs Veterans
to the First and Only Online Community Created Exclusively...
for Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans New York, NY (November 10, 2008) /PRNewswire/ In an effort to help ease the transition and readjustment ...
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IAVA and Ad Council Launch National PSA Campaign for ...
sfgate.com - 11/11/2008
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sfgate.com —
June Moss drove from Kuwait to Iraq as
an Army engineer in a truck convoy. When she...
returned to the United States, she lost her home, and drove her two young children from hotel to hotel across Northern California. Sean McKeen, a hardy, ...
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Iraq and Afghanistan war veterans join the homeless
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If I had listened to my first mind
The Sideshow —
... has been badly damaged by the executive branch that has so besmirched this country's good name. If we can't be represented by dignified, intellectually capable, attorneys in a trial concerning terrorist activities, we are horribly betrayed." One more thing that our troops have to worry about. I think it's sweet that they're having a big protest against Prop H8 Saturday, but I do think there are bigger fish to fry. I would feel better if it was called the De-Privatization of Foreign Policy Initiative, actually. I could be wrong, but I get the ...
Cleaning Up The Mess
Suburban Guerrilla —
It feels weird to think that problems like this will now get the attention they deserve. It’s almost like waking up in Canada!
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