Military

National Health Care: Making a Trip to Antarctica Possible

Tamar Abrams | Posted 11.19.2009 | Politics

Read More: Elderly, Teabaggers, Senior Citizens, Military, Antarctica, Joe Wilson, Health Care Reform, Tricare, Health Care, Champus, Wiesbaden, Politics News
Tamar Abrams

I don't know that TRICARE is the best possible care, but I can point to my parents, who still ride their tandem bike every day and swim every day and are healthy enough to plan a January trip to Antarctica.

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Joe Klein: The Afghanistan Problem -- Why Are We In Helmand?

TIME | Joe Klein Thursday, Sep. 17, 2009 | Posted 11.17.2009 | World

Read More: u.s. Foreign Policy, Karzai, Military, U.S. Military, War in Afghanistan, Pakistan, Helmand, Afghanistan, Afghanistan Election, Karzai Goverment, World News

In addition to all the other problems we're facing -- the corruption of the Karzai government, the election chaos, the porous Pakistani border -- it h...

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No More Troops for Afghanistan

Malou Innocent | Posted 11.16.2009 | World

Read More: Afghanistan, Al Qaeda, Afghanistan War, Stanley McChrystal, Admiral Mike Mullen, Military, Troops for Afghanistan, World News
Malou Innocent

The U.S. and NATO military presence of roughly 110,000 troops is more than enough to carry out the focused mission of training Afghan forces.

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U.S. Spy Strategy Released; Intel Chief Dennis Blair Comments On 9/11

AP / Huffington Post | Posted 11.16.2009 | Politics

Read More: Spy Efforts,  , Intelligence, Cia, Terrorism, Spy, 9/11, Obama, Spy Agencies, Counter Intelligence, Nsa, Counterterrorism, Dennis Blair, Military, San Francisco, Spies, Fbi, National Intelligence Strategy, Nis, Politics News

WASHINGTON - The Sept. 11 terrorist attacks would not have happened had U.S. intelligence agencies been organized then the way they are now, the top U...

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Iraq Troops' PTSD Rate As High As 35 Percent: New Study

physorg.com | Posted 11.15.2009 | World

Read More: Iraq War, Iraq PTSD, US Military, Military, U.S. Military, Iraq War Veterans, Iraq Troops PTSD, Ptsd, Military Veterans, Iraq War Vets, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, World News

The Veterans' Administration should expect a high volume of Iraq veterans seeking treatment of post traumatic stress disorder, with researchers antici...

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OpedNews Journalist and Six Protesters Charged With Criminal Conspiracy After Arrest at "Army Experience Center"

Linda Milazzo | Posted 11.12.2009 | Media

Read More: Franklin Mills Mall, Philadelphia Independent Media, Philadelphia, Christopher Hedges, Elaine Brower, Debra Sweet, Pa, War on Afganistan, Weapons, Military Families Speak Out, United States Army, World Can't Wait, Military, The Army Experience Center, Afghanistan, Rob Kall, Opednews, Media News
Linda Milazzo

Cheryl Biren, OpedNews' Managing Editor: How can press be prevented from recording news in the making? It's shameful. It's anti-democracy.

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Army Officer Who Said Blacks Were Better Off as Slaves Promoted with Obama's Blessing

Chris Rodda | Posted 11.10.2009 | Politics

Read More: Religion and the Military, Military Religious Freedom Foundation, Racism, Military, U.S. Army, Barack Obama, Politics News
Chris Rodda

The president can't be expected to personally vet every military officer who is up for promotion, but I have to wonder how the president would feel about having rubber stamped the promotion of this particular officer.

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Three Clues to the Economy and Disney World

Blythe McGarvie | Posted 11.16.2009 | World

Read More: France, Krugman, Military, Savings, United Kingdom, Economy, Gdp Growth, Technology, Disney, Confidence Index, Blythe McGarvie, Confidence, China Economy, Shiller, Sapienza, World News
Blythe McGarvie

Lately, I've been reflecting about my first visit to EPCOT at Disney World. Many of the countries exhibit their natural beauty. The U.S. highlights technology and its prowess in military victories.

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U.S. Withdraws Forces From Iraq, Prepares To Spend Near $1 Billion Hiring Private Guards

washingtonpost.com | Walter Pincus | Posted 11.08.2009 | World

Read More: Military, U.S. Military, United States Foreign Interests, Iraq, United States Foreign Policy, War in Iraq, Private Guards in Iraq, World News

As the United States withdraws its combat forces from Iraq, the government is hiring more private guards to protect U.S. installations at a cost that ...

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Soldier Who Re-Enlisted For Health Care, Killed In Afghanistan (VIDEO)

The Huffington Post | Posted 11.08.2009 | Politics

Read More: Politics, Gregory Missman, Military, Afghanistan, Health Care, Health Care Benefits, Politics News

Army Spc. Gregory James Missman died in Afghanistan after suffering wounds from an improvised explosive device in July. Missman, 36, re-enlisted i...

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Recession Is Dangerously Good for the Arms Business

Nathan Schneider | Posted 10.23.2009 | Business

Read More: U.S. Economy, Cars, Military, War on Terror, Arms-Trade, Industry, Economic Crisis, Business News
Nathan Schneider

The more wages (and executive bonuses) come to hinge on the war business, the more war will seem like reasonable economic policy, and the less reluctance business leaders will have to wage it.

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Why Andrew Krepinevich Is Wrong About US Military Strategy

Antiwar.com | Jeff Huber | Posted 10.21.2009 | Politics

Read More: Military, Army, US Army, Andrew Krepinevich, US Military, Politics News

The problem with retired Army light colonel Andrew Krepinevich, the self-described "expert on US military strategy," isn't so much that he says silly ...

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Hypocrites on the Military Budget

Steve Cobble | Posted 10.19.2009 | Politics

Read More: Blue Dogs, Military, Politics News
Steve Cobble

Most conservatives in the House and Senate are big hypocrites. They claim allegiance to attacking the deficit but can never find their cutting scissors when the funding for the Department of Defense climbs up on the table.

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Sailors' Sexual Abuse, Humiliation Kept Secret In Navy Canine Unit (VIDEO)

YouthRadio.org | Rachel Krantz | Posted 10.19.2009 | Politics

Read More: Navy Canine Unit Sexual Abuse, Navy Abuse, Military, Navy Sexual Abuse, Navy, Navy Canine Unit, Politics News

A Youth Radio investigation has found that between 2004 and 2006, sailors in the U.S. Navy's Bahrain Military Working Dogs Division, or "The Kennel," ...

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Wounded GIs in Afghanistan More Seriously Injured Than in Iraq

Politics Daily | David Wood | Posted 10.17.2009 | Politics

Read More: Injured Soldiers, Military, Wounded Troops, Casualties, Combat, Afghanistan War, Politics News

They are the invisible casualties of this war, the 2,194 Americans who have been badly wounded in battle here. More are coming. Stunned, torn and ble...

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The Science Fiction of Military Marketing

David Sirota | Posted 10.17.2009 | Politics

Read More: Military, Iraq, Afghanistan, Video Game Violence, Army Recruitment, Military Video Games, Politics News
David Sirota

Video games don't encourage individuals to be violent as much as they legitimize the broader concept of violence as acceptable. That's particularly true when the military embraces that theory.

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Afghanistan is Obama's Vietnam

Earl Ofari Hutchinson | Posted 09.30.2009 | Politics

Read More: Lbj, Military, Democrats. President Obama, Afghanistan, Vietnam War, Bill Clinton, Gop, George Bush, Us Troops Afghanistan, Afghanistan War, Afghan Election, Politics News
Earl Ofari Hutchinson

Public distaste for the Afghanistan War can easily make it Obama's Vietnam -- history should serve as a warning for him.

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More Troops Alone Won't Help Afghan Women

Kavita N. Ramdas | Posted 09.26.2009 | World

Read More: Women, Military, Democratic Republic of Congo, Conflict, Iraq, Afghanistan, Obama, Peace, Afghan Institute for Learning, Voting, World News
Kavita N. Ramdas

Even in the West, few believe any longer in the rhetoric that foreign troops are in Afghanistan primarily to rescue Afghan women from their oppressive culture and their tribal menfolk.

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The American Spirit Personified

Kate Kelly | Posted 09.25.2009 | Living

Read More: Holocaust, G.I. Bill, Military, Fred A. Kahn, Presidential Debates, Living News
Kate Kelly

Presidential debates are a relatively recent phenomenon, originally suggested in 1956 by a University of Maryland student by the name of Fred A. Kahn. I spoke with him about a month ago.

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New Protest Signs at Town Hall Rallies

Robbie Gennet | Posted 09.24.2009 | Politics

Read More: Abortion, Rush Limbaugh, George Orwell, Media, Barack Obama, Fascism, Military, Sean Hannity, Health, Protest, Health Care Reform, Racism, Fox News, Glenn Beck, Socialism, Medicare, Tea Party, Town Hall Meetings, Health Care, Bill O'Reilly, Comedy, Politics News
Robbie Gennet

If you haven't seen them, some clever folks started showing up at these town hall protests with faux signs that make light of these Fox-fed people ranting and raving about Nazis and whatnot.

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Hey, Don't Save Me From Government Health Care!

Jon Soltz | Posted 09.20.2009 | Politics

Read More: Politics, US Military, Department of Veterans Affairs, Veterans Affairs, Military, Health Care Reform, National Health Service, Votevets, Single Payer, Health Care, Obama Health Care, Tricare, Politics News
Jon Soltz

If government-run insurance and care is so evil and so horrible, then why do conservatives keep supporting leaving America's troops and veterans in that kind of system?

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Using Money To Make Peace -- Toward A New Kind of Warfare

Stephen C. Rose | Posted 09.20.2009 | Politics

Read More: Military, Money, Al Qaeda, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Obama, Afpak, Bribery, Taliban, Proportional Response, Politics News
Stephen C. Rose

We are pouring lives and billions down the drain all over the world and money could accomplish a whole lot more with less expense and fewer (or even no) lost lives.

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How Many Enemies, How Much Military Spending?

Doug Bandow | Posted 09.18.2009 | Politics

Read More: US Military Spending, US Military, US Military Afghanistan, Military, Cold War, US Military Iraq, Politics News
Doug Bandow

Washington is spending more today on its military now than it did when the U.S. was confronting the Soviet Union, Warsaw Pact, Maoist China, and assorted Third World autocracies. Whatever could justify such outlays?

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Sam Stein

Dem Rep: "Don't Ask Don't Tell" Will Be Repealed Shortly

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 09.14.2009 | Politics

Read More: Patrick Murphy, Clinton Don't Ask Don't Tell, Military, Gays Military, Dadt, Obama Don't Ask Don't Tell, Murphy Gay Politics, Murphy Don't Ask Don't Tell, Obama Murphy, Politics News

The point man in Congress on overturning a law banning openly gay people from serving in the military predicted on Friday that the repeal would come s...

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And the War Drags On: Hot Zones, Cold Logic, and the Challenge of Peace

Randall Amster | Posted 09.13.2009 | Politics

Read More: Geneva Conventions, Iraq War, Politics News, Military, Conflict, War, Environment, Woodstock, Gandhi, Conflict Resolution, Peace, Afghanistan War, Politics News
Randall Amster

Despite the gains reflected today in the legal and cultural shifts, we are still embroiled in military conflicts that appear long-term and intractable.

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