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Biden and Palin: Make Military and Veterans' Issues a Priority Tonight

Paul Rieckhoff | Posted 11.02.2008 | Politics

Read More: Iava, Biden, Troops, Combat, Suicide, Iraq Veterans' Mental Health, Palin, President, Veterans, Politics News

As Friday's debate bounced from fiscal responsibility to offshore drilling and nuclear energy, one thing was notably absent: any real discussion of the overall readiness of our military or veterans' issues.

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McCain's Non-Support for Troops and Veterans: The Master List

Brandon Friedman | Posted 11.01.2008 | Politics

Read More: Veterans Affairs, John McCain, Iraq, Afghanistan, Soldiers, Troops, Mccain Military, John McCain Veterans, Mccain Vets, Mccain Veterans, McCain Iraq, Politics News

McCain has a very clear, long, and illustrious history of not supporting troops and veterans one bit.

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Voting Rights of Ohio Veterans and Deployed Troops Under Attack

Paul Rieckhoff | Posted 10.27.2008 | Politics

Read More: Democrat, Military, Troops, Mccain, Ohio, Republican, Obama, Absentee Ballots, 2008 Election, Veterans, Voting, Politics News

Regardless of which candidates they cast their ballots for, servicemen and women and hospitalized veterans, who rely on absentee voting, could find their ballots thrown out.

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Our Troops Don't Get a Time-Out for the Financial Crisis

Jon Soltz | Posted 10.25.2008 | Home

Read More: Iraq War, Debate, John McCain, Troops, Wall Street Crisis, John McCain 2008, US Troops, Multi-Tasking, 2008 Election, Afghanistan War, Obama McCain Debates, Mccain Debate, John Mccain Suspends Campaign, John Mccain Postpone Debate, Home News

Unfortunately, insurgents in Iraq don't stop shooting at us, or setting IEDs, because our Commander in Chief needs a breather to figure out Wall Street.

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Confront the Funk, Knock on a Door

Jonathan Leigh Solomon | Posted 10.17.2008 | Politics

Read More: Redeploy, Troops, Grateful Dead, Congress, Iraq, Mccain, Obama, Petitioning, Bush, Msnbc, Pelosi, Soldiers, Cnn, Mobilize, Maragaret Mead, Afghanistan, Data Base, A Million Doors for Peace, Fox, Reid, Warwire, Politics News

This Saturday, 25,000 volunteers from all 50 states will contact one million Americans and ask them to sign a petition urging the next Congress to bring U.S. troops home from Iraq within one year.

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Report: Troops Bury Two More In Afghanistan, Where 2008 Has Become The Bloodiest Year Since 2001

Washington Independent | Spencer Ackerman | Posted 10.09.2008 | Home

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BAGRAM AIR FIELD - In the predawn chill of 4 a.m., in uniform, in silence interrupted only by the morning chirp of hungry birds and a distant muezzin'...

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Maliki's Leverage Over Bush

Chris Weigant | Posted 10.09.2008 | Politics

Read More: George Bush, Negotiation, Concession, Troops, United Nations, 16 Month, Iraq, Mccain, Obama, Campaign, 2013, Withdrawal, President, Bob Woodward, 2010, 2008, Bugging, Sofa, Puppet, 2008 Campaign, Un, Status of Forces Agreement, Status of Forces, Parliament, John McCain, Time Horizon, Withdraw, Combat, Timeline, Forces, Spying, 2008 Elections, 08, 2011, 2008 Election, Barack Obama, Election, 08 Election, Elections, Spy, 08 Campaign, Barack, 2008 Presidential Race, Maliki, Senate, Aspirational Goal, Woodward, Politics News

Because the clock is running out on Bush and because his domestic popularity continues to fall, Maliki is using the international media to boost his own popularity with the voters in Iraq.

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Bush Advised To Delay Troop Cuts In Iraq: Report

AP | LOLITA C. BALDOR and ROBERT BURNS | Posted 10.05.2008 | Politics

Read More: Troops, US Troops, US Troops Iraq, Troop Cuts Iraq, Warwire, Politics News

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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Deployed Troops Donate to Obama 6-1 Over McCain

Jon Soltz | Posted 09.14.2008 | Politics

Read More: Campaign Donations, Iraq War, Barack Obama 2008, John McCain, Military, Troops, Afghanistan, George W. Bush, 2008 Campaign, Iraq, 2008 Election, Barack Obama, Afghanistan War, Politics News

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.

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For Obama, The Latest News Is Not Good

Sandy Goodman | Posted 08.11.2008 | Politics

Read More: Paris, Ads, Gallup, Tracking Polls, Rasmussen, Obama, Mccain, Republicans, Democrats, Britney, Troops, Celebrities, New York Magazine, Heileman, Barack Obama, Politics News

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.

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Bush Hits Home

Darryle Pollack | Posted 08.09.2008 | Living

Read More: Military Families, George Bush, Iraq War, Troops, US Soldiers, Iraq Troops, Military Families Iraq, Iraq, Living News

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.

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Afghanistan: Good War or Quagmire? The Dilemma of Redeployment

Chuck Spinney | Posted 08.08.2008 | Politics

Read More: Obama Afghanistan, Afghanistan, Afghanistan War, Iraq War, Troops, Iraq Troop Withdrawal, Iraq, Progressive Cabinet, Backbone Campaign, Politics News

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.

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McCain's Bad Judgment Overshadows His Experience

Michael B. Ellis | Posted 08.08.2008 | Home

Read More: Iraq, Mccain, Hagel, Obama, Troops, Reed, Home News

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.

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13 Things To Know About The 3rd Straight Mac Attack Ad

William Bradley | Posted 08.06.2008 | Politics

Read More: Germany, Troops, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Barack Obama, Presidential Campaign, Veteran, George W. Bush, GI Bill, Iraq, Afghanistan, TV Ad, Jim Webb, Steve Schmidt, John McCain, Ramstein, Politics News

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.

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McCain/Bush Condemns Obama for Not Visiting the Troops Injured Due to McCain/Bush Policies

Steve Young | Posted 08.05.2008 | Media

Read More: John McCain, Barack Obama, Troops, George Bush Iraq, Media News

Does anything else need be said? Steve Young, author of "Great Failures of the Extremely Successful," blogs at steveyoungonpolitics.com...

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McCain To Obama: Welcome Home, Troop Hater

HuffingtonPost.com | Seth Colter Walls | Posted 08.03.2008 | Politics

Read More: John McCain, Troops, Campaign Ads, Iraq, Barack Obama, Politics News

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...

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The Peace Movement Needs a Strategy For Afghanistan

Medea Benjamin | Posted 08.01.2008 | Politics

Read More: John McCain, Military, Troops, Movement, Peace, Afghanistan, Afghan Taliban, Barack Obama, Politics News

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."

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The Pak-Afghan Riddle

The Real News | Posted 07.24.2008 | Politics

Read More: Iraq War, Iraq, Afghanistan, Troops, Pakistan, Nato, Bush, NATO Afghanistan, Afghanistan War, Politics News

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.

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Obama Camp: McCain's Positions On Afghanistan "Surreal" And "Confused"

HuffingtonPost.com | Seth Colter Walls | Posted 07.24.2008 | Politics

Read More: John McCain, Troops, Susan Rice, Afghanistan, Nato, Barack Obama, Politics News

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...

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Obama Frames Iraq Right, Bush And McCain Slow To React

Chris Weigant | Posted 07.22.2008 | Politics

Read More: Al Qaeda, Troops, Timetable, American, Iraq, Campaign, Withdrawal, Military, Surge, 2008, Occupation, 2008 Campaign, Status of Forces, Parliament, John McCain, War, 2008 Elections, Congress, Democracy, 08, 2008 Election, Surrender, Election, Barack Obama, 08 Election, Elections, 08 Campaign, 2008 Presidential Race, Maliki, Politics News

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.

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KBR Charged With 'Homicide'-- By Mother of Electrocuted Soldier

Greg Mitchell | Posted 07.20.2008 | Politics

Read More: Kbr, Warwire, Troops, Vets, Afghanistan, Casualties, Veterans, War, Politics News

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.

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5th Anniversary of Bush's "Bring 'em On" -- 4000 U.S. Deaths Later

Greg Mitchell | Posted 07.10.2008 | Politics

Read More: Warwire, Iraq, Troops, Casualties, Bring 'Em On, George W. Bush, Politics News

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.

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Death of My Friend's Son in Iraq Finally Sparks Pentagon Probe

Greg Mitchell | Posted 07.09.2008 | Politics

Read More: Iraq War, Kbr, Warwire, Troops, Iraq War Contractors, Iraq, Casualties, US Soldiers, Politics News

The Pentagon has just ordered electrical inspections of all buildings in Iraq maintained by KBR, the major military contractor.

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On the Brink of History

Paul Rieckhoff | Posted 07.05.2008 | Politics

Read More: Warner, Education, Troops, Iava, 21st Century GI Bill, Hagel, Iraq, Afghanistan, Webb, Veterans, Lautenberg, Politics News

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.

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