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Videos Explode Teabaggers' Health Care Myths

The Uptake | Posted 09.10.2009 | Politics

Read More: Small Business, Marines, Military, Army, Teabaggers, Vets, Insurance, Obamacare, Air Force, Health Insurance, Navy, Teabagger, Medicare, Health Care, Healthcare, Veterans, Politics News

You may have heard that "Obamacare" will euthanize Grandma and force you to lose your medicare coverage. You may have heard that veterans will lose co...

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Army Works to Cut Carbon "Bootprint"

nytimes.com | Kate Galbraith | Posted 08.22.2009 | Green

Read More: Army Carbon Footprint, Army, Army Carbon Emissions, Climate Change, Carbon Footprint, Green News

The army is beginning to measure its carbon footprint, as part of a broader emphasis on the costs of climate change....

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Pitchforks, Torches and Tivos (A Conniption Over Harsh Words About A Captive U.S. Soldier)

David Quigg | Posted 08.21.2009 | Politics

Read More: Msnbc, Bowe Bergdahl, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Donald Rumsfeld, Guantanamo, Prisoner of War, Taliban, Ralph Peters, Daily Kos, Afghanistan War, Cnn, Jonathan Turley, Army, Military, Anti-War Movement, Activism, Fox News, Torture, Politics News

However bizarre, however stupefyingly premature the Fox pundit's words are, they are something other than what they have become in the re-telling.

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Gates Announces Army Being Increased By 22,000

AP | PAULINE JELINEK | Posted 08.20.2009 | Politics

Read More: US Army, US Troops, Army, Troops, Army Troops, Politics News

WASHINGTON — Defense Secretary Robert Gates announced Monday that the size of the Army will be increased temporarily by 22,000 soldiers to help ...

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Gates: Army Ranks To Increase By 22,000

AP | PAULINE JELINEK | Posted 08.20.2009 | World

Read More: War Wire, Foreign Affairs, Advocacy, Robert Gates, US Army, Army, U.S. Army, Army Recruitment, Army Size, Army Ranks, Afghanistan War, Afghanistan, Iraq, Iraq War, World News

WASHINGTON — Defense Secretary Robert Gates announced Monday that the size of the Army will be increased temporarily by 22,000 soldiers to help ...

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Punting on Israeli Army Boot Camp

Robert David Jaffee | Posted 08.11.2009 | World

Read More: Israel, Mental Health, Boot Camp, Mental Illness, Soldiers, Israeli Military, Army, Miliary, Israei Military Exercises, World News

Inside a firing simulator, someone says that I am shaking my head. I am, not because I am afraid of shooting but because I am convinced that nearly all of the guys are against me.

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Harlem Memorializes Michael Jackson at Apollo Theater

Lauri Lyons | Posted 08.06.2009 | New York

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The Apollo Theater's memorial tribute to Michael Jackson might as well have been Mardi Gras in Harlem.

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The Military Industrial Complex: Truck You, Detroit, or Tanks for Nuttin' Update

Reese Schonfeld | Posted 08.02.2009 | Politics

Read More: Mraps, Contractors, Afghanistan, Detroit Three, Gm, Obama, Chysler, Ford, Oshkosh-Truck-Corp, Marines, Military, Army, Iraqs, Detroit, Navistar, Ieds, General Petraeus, Dod, Detroit Bailout, Atvs, Politics News

Our military procurement system is a mess. Our automobile industry is a mess. We might have helped both if we had gotten them to agree to build the next generation of military vehicles together.

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Army's Videogame Recruiting Backed By Lawmakers Despite Controversy

The National Journal | Posted 07.31.2009 | Politics

Read More: House, Afghanistan War, Army, Videogames, Iraq War, U.S. Army, Army Recruitment, Army Experience, House Armed Services Committee, Politics News

The House Armed Services Committee last week offered its support to the Army's controversial high-tech effort to increase awareness and knowledge of t...

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The Road Map For Repealing "Don't Ask, Don't Tell"

Center for American Progress | Posted 07.25.2009 | Politics

Read More: Cap, Don't Ask Don't Tell, Gays in Military, Army, Gay Rights, Military, Armed Forces, President Obama, Dadt, Obama, US Army, Center for American Progress, Politics News

Then-Senator Barack Obama pledged during the 2008 presidential campaign that he would work with military leaders and Congress to repeal the law that b...

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Common Sense vs. the Military-Industrial-Political-Complex on the Floor of the U.S. House Today

Tom Andrews | Posted 07.25.2009 | Politics

Read More: Congress, Army, Military, Department of Defense, Afghanistan, George W. Bush, Appropriations, F-22, Pork, Iraq, Democrats, Defense Budget, House Armed Services Committee, Barack Obama, Politics News

The Defense bill Congress takes up today is less about meeting the national defense needs of the United States and more about meeting the pork-barrel political needs of Washington politicians.

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Army Bans Stars and Stripes Reporter From Embedding With Unit In Mosul

Stars and Stripes | Stars and StripesMideast Edition, Wednesday, June 24, 2009 | Posted 07.24.2009 | Media

Read More: Iraq War, Army Press, Embedded Journalists, Freedom of the Press, Army, Stars and Stripes, Media News

Asserting that Stars and Stripes "refused to highlight" good news in Iraq that the U.S. military wanted to emphasize, Army officials have barred a Str...

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Older Recruits Joining The Army Due To Rising Unemployment

New York Times | James Dao | Posted 07.19.2009 | Politics

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And while the number of such recruits, more than 3,800, is small by Army standards, the pace of over-35 enlistment jumped sharply in the first months ...

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Army Opens Doors To White Supremacists: Salon

Salon | Posted 07.16.2009 | Politics

Read More: Iraq War, Afghanistan War, Soldiers, White-Supremicists, Neo-Nazi, Army, Irag, Afghanistan, Neo Nazi, Skinheds, U.S. Army, Army Recruiting, Veterans, Politics News

In a muggy Florida evening in 2008, I meet Iraq War veteran Forrest Fogarty in the Winghouse, a little bar-restaurant on the outskirts of Tampa, his f...

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Donald Remy, Obama's Nominee To Be Army's Top Lawyer, Withdraws

Congressional Quarterly | Josh Rogin | Posted 07.13.2009 | Politics

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President Obama's choice to be general counsel of the Army, Donald M. Remy, withdrew his nomination late Friday....

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Why Army Suicides Continued to Rise in May, and What We Can Do

Jon Soltz | Posted 07.13.2009 | Politics

Read More: Stop-Loss, Depression, Army Suicides, votevets.org, Combat Stress, Chuck Hagel, Jim Webb, Army Suicides Increase, Iraq PTSD, Army, Military, Dwell Time Amendment, Breaking Politics News, Ptsd, Votevets, Army Suicide, Politics News

The root causes of combat stress leading to suicide are three-fold, mostly out of the hands of our generals, and therefore must be addressed by the Federal government.

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Gay Pride Reminds Us That Love Can't Be Legislated

Jason Mannino | Posted 07.12.2009 | Living

Read More: Army, Gay Rights, Ronald Reagan, Obama Gay Rights, Dan Choi, Don't Ask Dont Tell, Pride, Gay Pride, Gay Marriage, Barack Obama, Living News

Love is not something for which we can fight. Fortunately, love is not tangible. It cannot be given or taken away by government legislation.

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Veteran Stigma: "What Does My Country think of Me?"

Luis Carlos Montalván | Posted 07.05.2009 | Politics

The stigma that veterans face has turned into widespread employment discrimination, precisely at a time when getting a job is especially difficult.

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With McHugh at the Helm, Christian Fundamentalist Permeation of the Army Likely to Continue

Chris Rodda | Posted 07.03.2009 | Politics

Read More: Religion and the Military, Military Religious Freedom Foundation, Army, Military, John Mchugh, Mikey Weinstein, Barack Obama, Politics News

John McHugh's record in Congress indicates that he is no friend of the protections guaranteed by the First Amendment.

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John McHugh, GOP Congressman, Obama's Pick For Army Secretary

Associated Press | Posted 07.03.2009 | Politics

Read More: Gop, John M. Mchugh, Army, John Mchugh, Army Secretary, Obama, Representative John Mchugh, President Obama, Mchugh, Politics News

WASHINGTON (AP) - A White House official says President Barack Obama will nominate Republican Rep. John McHugh as secretary of the Army. McHugh has r...

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The 1%: America Insourcing Sacrifice

Sean Gilfillan | Posted 07.02.2009 | Politics

Read More: Iraq War, Suicides, Marines, Army, Military, Afghanistan, Suicide, Iraq, Afghanistan War, US Navy, Politics News

Why is America insourcing sacrifice to 1% of its population when it is deemed necessary to our national security and interests?

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Army Revives Body Count Of Enemy Dead In Afghanistan

Wall Street Journal | MICHAEL M. PHILLIPS | Posted 07.01.2009 | World

Read More: Body Count of Enemy Fighter, Army, Enemy Body Count, Body Count, World News

BAGRAM AIRFIELD, Afghanistan -- Body counts are back, reigniting the decades-old debate about whether victory in war can be judged by measuring the st...

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My Memorial Day Reflections

Abdul Malik Mujahid | Posted 06.29.2009 | World

Read More: Patrick Tillman, Afghanistan, Army, Memorial Day, Peace, Pakistan, War, Memorial Day Weekend, Iraq, World News

How many of us can turn down money for a higher cause? How many of us will leave a life of comfort and go for some thing which has substantial risks and dangers?

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Army Launching Program To Train Soldiers To Combat Post-Traumatic Stress

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 06.29.2009 | Politics

Read More: Army Personel, Army, Army Mental, Army Mentality, George Casey, Stress Disorder, Army Post-Traumatic Stress, Iraq War, Comprehensive Soldier Fitness, Ptsd, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, Politics News

Faced with a growing number of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder cases in the armed forces, the U.S. Army will begin a program this summer to proactively...

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Obama Really Had No Choice on Torture Pictures

Earl Ofari Hutchinson | Posted 06.18.2009 | Politics

Read More: Army, Torture Photos, Cia, Bush, National Security, Iraqi Prisoners, Terrorism, Interrogation, President Obama, Gop, Military Preparedness, John McCain, Politics News

Obama's decision was based on a recognition that he's a young, untested, and perceived liberal Democrat, and therefore widely suspected as weak on national security and military toughness.

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