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What Is a Warrior?

Logan Nakyanzi Pollard | Posted 11.13.2011

Read More: Gavin O'Connor, Brendan Conlon, Joel Edgerton, 9/11, Conan O?Brien, Film, Mma, Tom Hardy, Nick Nolte, Paddy Conlon, Tommy Conlon, Iraq War, Warrior, Awol, Vet, Mixed Martial Arts, Culture News

Warrior, the new film from Gavin O'Connor, couldn't be more fitting for the times we live in.

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AWOL Soldier Condemned 2009 Fort Hood Shootings

AP | JAMIE STENGLE | Posted 09.28.2011

Read More: Fort Hood, Naser Jason Abdo Arrest, Ft. Hood, Awol, Nasser Jason Abdo, Naser Jason Abdo Fort Hood, Naser Abdo, Naser Jason Abdo Arrested, Naser Jason Abdo Bomb, Video, Naser Jason Abdo, Fort Hood Attack, Naser Jason Abdo Charges, Naser Jason Abdo Ft. Hood, Fort Hood Shooting, Politics News

WACO, Texas — Coolly defiant, Pfc. Naser Abdo shouted "Nidal Hasan Fort Hood 2009!" as he was led out of the courtroom Friday, an apparent homag...

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AWOL Soldier Arrested With Weapons, Explosives, Planned Fort Hood Attack, Authorities Allege

HuffingtonPost.com | Ben Muessig | Posted 09.27.2011

Read More: Soldier, Video, Fort Hood, Army, Fort Hood 2011, Fort Hood Attack, Awol, Fort Hood Attack 2011, Fort Hood Bombing, Fort Hood Shootings, Crime News

Less than two years after an Army officer killed 13 people in a shooting attack on Fort Hood, police have arrested an AWOL soldier with weapons and ex...

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AWOL Soldier Returns On Veterans Day

AP | KRISTIN M. HALL | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Jeff Hanks, Army, Military, Awol, Army AWOL, Veterans Day, AWOL Veterans Day, Home News

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — AWOL soldier Jeff Hanks said he walked away from the Army in the middle of a deployment to Afghanistan because his problems w...

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If Democrats Want to Inspire Voters, They Should Take Their Cues From Candidate Obama

Jane Hamsher | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Politico, Social Security, Awol, Progressive Donors, 2008, Jonathan Martin, Barack Obama, Politics News

The only thing the president seems to have any passion for these days is lashing out at liberal critics -- not creating jobs, or protecting Social Security, or delivering on any of his campaign promises.

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Army: Rapes Up 236%, Child and Spousal Abuse Up 177%

Aaron Glantz | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Desertion, Child Abuse, Army, Rape, Awol, Spousal Abuse, Politics News

The number of sex offenses by active duty soldiers more than tripled -- from 302 in 2001 to more than 1,000 in 2009.

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Army Report: AWOLs Up 234%

Aaron Glantz | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Courage to Resist, Refuse to Fight, US Army, Military, Army, Awol, Military AWOL, Veterans, Politics News

After seven years of war in Iraq and nearly a decade in Afghanistan, American soldiers are increasingly unwilling to risk their lives for unpopular wars with an unclear path to victory.

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Alert Issued For 17 Afghan Military AWOL In Texas

AP | MICHELLE ROBERTS | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Afghan AWOL Texas, Afghan AWOL, Texas AWOL, Afghanistan, Awol, Afghan Army, World News

SAN ANTONIO — U.S. military investigators are asking law enforcement nationwide to be on the lookout for Afghan military members who went AWOL w...

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Dan Rather Wins Big Round In CBS/Bush National Guard AWOL Case

Jackson Williams | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: George Bush, Gunga Dan, Dan Rather Lawsuit, Mission Accomplished, New York Times, Awol, Cbs, Dan Rather, Bush National Guard Service, Birther Movement, Barack Obama, Politics News

Dan Rather won't let go of his 2007 lawsuit against CBS. There's a reason. He's holding a decent hand, and he's got sticktoitiveness.

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Warehousing Soldiers in the Homeland

Dahr Jamail | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Fort Bragg, Afghanistan War, Awol Iraq War, Conscientious Objector, Awol, Iraq War, Echo Platoon, Politics News

For soldiers who have gone AWOL and then voluntarily turned themselves in or were forcibly returned, detention conditions here in Echo Platoon serve to reinforce the inescapability of their situation.

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Refusing to Comply: The Tactics of Resistance in an All-Volunteer Military

Dahr Jamail | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Iraq War, Soldiers, US Soldiers, Awol, Soldier Suicides, Courage to Resist, Iraq, Iraq Soldiers, Politics News

In addition to small numbers of outright public refusals to deploy or redeploy, troops are going absent without official leave (AWOL) between deployments, and actual desertions may once again be on the rise.

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"The Great American Detour"

Current TV’s “Vanguard” | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Debt, Caledonia, Gas, Bus, Youth, St. Louis, Economy, Pollution, Election, America, Education, Unemployment, Port Arthur, Vote, Insurance, Environment, Berea, Awol, Houston, Tour, Healthcare, Detroit, Video, Healthy Living News

This summer, I took a road trip across the country to see what's really on the minds of young Americans at this critical moment in American history. ...

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Legalized Murder

Allison Kilkenny | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Baghdad, Iraq War Deserters, Awol, Iraq, US Soldiers, Afghanistan, Veterans, Politics News

Remember the wars, everyone? I know, it's easy to get distracted with all of this talk about pigs and lipstick, but in Iraq and Afghanistan, the killi...

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Ad Suggestion For Obama -- McCain AWOL On GI Bill

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: GI Bill, Vice President, John McCain, Veteran, Army Times, Va, Burden, 2008 Elections, Mccain, Obama, Campaign, 08, 2008 Election, President, Election, Barack Obama, Bush, Veterans, 08 Election, Elections, Web, 08 Campaign, 2008, Barack, Rationing, 2008 Presidential Race, Veterans Administration, 2008 Campaign, Too Generous, Health Care, Walter Reed, Awol, Politics News

It's time to fight fire with fire -- point out McCain's most embarassing votes, and paint him as an extremist or a party hack while doing so. Also paint him as anti-middle-class.

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