youtube.com - 11/12/2008
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On Veterans Day there have been ceremonies held across the US to honur the dead and wounded of its wars. Thousands of people have paid tribute to members of ...
pajamasmedia.com - 11/14/2008
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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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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 ...
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Obama Faces Major Challenge in Afghanistan/ Pakistan
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Karen DeYoung of the Washington Post reports that Obama is considering a regional approach to the Afghanistan war that would extend to negotiating with Iran and with "reconcilable" elements of the Taliban. Certainly, some new policies are desperately needed, and whatever Bush was doing over there was just making things worse over time. Afghans are still upset over Sunday's air strike, which killed dozens of innocent civilians at a wedding party. On the Pakistan side of the border, a suicide bomber killed 3 and wounded 20 outside the stadium in the major northwestern city of Peshawar. Embarrassingly enough, Pakistani Taliban ...
Obama Pledges Better Vet Care
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