Bush Advised To Delay Troop Cuts In Iraq: Report
WASHINGTON — President Bush's top defense advisers have recommended he maintain 15 combat brigades in Iraq until the end of the year contrary to...
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Top Ten Actions the New President Must Take to Support Our Troops and Veterans
Paul Rieckhoff | Posted 09.03.2008 | Politics
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Both McCain and Obama have pledged their support for our troops and new veterans -- but will they put their money where their mouth is?
On Supporting Our Troops
Barbara Gordon and Gary Gilson | Posted 08.26.2008 | Politics
"Support Our Troops" is a noble ideal honored in the actions of civilians at home who send our fighting forces needed equipment, gifts and love. But in the mouths of policy makers, it is an empty slogan.
Deployed Troops Donate to Obama 6-1 Over McCain
Jon Soltz | Posted 08.14.2008 | Politics
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Members of the military are speaking with their checkbooks, and reiterating just how strongly they believe we need to begin to redeploy from Iraq, and go on the offense against al Qaeda.
We Owe it to Them
Arnold Fisher | Posted 08.07.2008 | Politics
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We are no longer embarrassed to talk about mental health issues like post-traumatic stress disorder for our brave soldiers. They deserve the best care and this new Center will be the core of that effort.
For Obama, The Latest News Is Not Good
Sandy Goodman | Posted 08.03.2008 | Politics
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Obama has his work cut out for him. He must find a way to combat McCain's so far successful campaign of character assassination or risk losing the election.
Bush Hits Home
Darryle Pollack | Posted 08.01.2008 | Living
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My daughter is a military wife. Which makes me a military mother-in-law. Which means that I have a personal interest in Bush's announcement about shorter combat tours.
Afghanistan: Good War or Quagmire? The Dilemma of Redeployment
Chuck Spinney | Posted 07.31.2008 | Politics
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The knee jerk, lemming-like calls of beltway politicos for redeployment of troops from Iraq to the so-called "good war" in Afghanistan may merely lead our country into another counter-productive quagmire.
McCain's Bad Judgment Overshadows His Experience
Michael B. Ellis | Posted 07.31.2008 | Home
McCain should not portray his dedication to the troops as being stronger than that of Obama. Not only is McCain incorrect in this assumption, but he is unfairly politicizing the military.
13 Things To Know About The 3rd Straight Mac Attack Ad
William Bradley | Posted 07.29.2008 | Politics
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The reason the McCain campaign is so worried is that the Olympics start in less than two weeks. The next big event after the Olympics? The Democratic National Convention.
McCain/Bush Condemns Obama for Not Visiting the Troops Injured Due to McCain/Bush Policies
Steve Young | Posted 07.28.2008 | Media
Does anything else need be said? Steve Young, author of "Great Failures of the Extremely Successful," blogs at steveyoungonpolitics.com...
McCain To Obama: Welcome Home, Troop Hater
HuffingtonPost.com | Seth Colter Walls | Posted 07.26.2008 | Politics
John McCain is welcoming Barack Obama back to America with a hard right cross. The message of the Republican's new attack ad that debuted Saturday bo...
The Peace Movement Needs a Strategy For Afghanistan
Medea Benjamin | Posted 07.24.2008 | Politics
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Both Obama and McCain are advocating the exact same "solution" in Afghanistan: more troops -- Yet sending more troops will only mean more violence. And it's also not enough to simply say "Troops Out Now."
The Pak-Afghan Riddle
The Real News | Posted 07.16.2008 | Politics
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According to NYU's Barnett Rubin, the US has put Afghanistan "on auto-pilot" while concentrating on Iraq, forcing NATO to implement post-conflict operations while conflicts in Afghanistan are still escalating.
Obama Camp: McCain's Positions On Afghanistan "Surreal" And "Confused"
HuffingtonPost.com | Seth Colter Walls | Posted 07.16.2008 | Politics
The conventional wisdom is that any day spent discussing national security is a good day for the McCain campaign. But Barack Obama's team appears to b...
Obama Frames Iraq Right, Bush And McCain Slow To React
Chris Weigant | Posted 07.14.2008 | Politics
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McCain's going to have to come up with some new spin to explain why Obama and Maliki are now singing from the same songbook on timetables for withdrawal.
KBR Charged With 'Homicide'-- By Mother of Electrocuted Soldier
Greg Mitchell | Posted 07.12.2008 | Politics
I've written often here about my friend Cheryl Harris, whose son Ryan Maseth was electrocuted and died in Iraq. She finally testified before Democrats in Congress yesterday.
5th Anniversary of Bush's "Bring 'em On" -- 4000 U.S. Deaths Later
Greg Mitchell | Posted 07.02.2008 | Politics
In 2003 when Bush made his "Bring 'em on" comment, 186 Americans had lost their lives in Irag. More than 4000 American military personnel, and tens of thousands of Iraqi civilians, have died since then.
Death of My Friend's Son in Iraq Finally Sparks Pentagon Probe
Greg Mitchell | Posted 07.01.2008 | Politics
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The Pentagon has just ordered electrical inspections of all buildings in Iraq maintained by KBR, the major military contractor.
On the Brink of History
Paul Rieckhoff | Posted 06.27.2008 | Politics
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With the 92-6 victory in the Senate last night, the new GI Bill will now make its way to the president's desk for his signature. Here are some of the responses from veterans around the country.
'Stop-Loss' Leads to Yet Another Soldier Suicide
Greg Mitchell | Posted 06.26.2008 | Politics
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"I'm not going back to Iraq," Army Sgt. Benjamin Miller, 24, told friends back home in Minnesota. And, indeed, he is not. Three days ago, he was buri...
'Soldier Suicide' Epidemic Continues in Iraq -- This One Was Still a Teen
Greg Mitchell | Posted 06.23.2008 | Politics
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Another young U.S. soldier, this one age 19, has apparently killed himself in Iraq, and at least two other reports of "noncombat" deaths in the past week may fall in the same category.
Exposed: Military Lied About Murder of U.S. Soldier in Iraq
Greg Mitchell | Posted 06.21.2008 | Politics
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A horrible truth has emerged: It turns out that Spc. Kamisha Block was actually murdered, and the killer, another soldier, Staff Sgt. Brandon Norris, then turned the gun on himself.
On Father's Day: Remember the Kids Left Fatherless by the War
Greg Mitchell | Posted 06.15.2008 | Politics
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As many of us celebrate Father's Day today, feel free to spend at least a moment to ponder the countless children left fatherless by our war in Iraq.
John McCain Dismisses the War's Collateral Damage
Laila Al-Arian | Posted 06.12.2008 | Politics
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America's occupation of Iraq has destroyed not only the people suffering under it, but the troops who were asked to carry it out.
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