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Watching the Detectives

S.D. Liddick | Posted 02.02.2009 | World

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S.D. Liddick

The Marines have accompanied the Iraqis about as far as they can go. Now they're feeling like a parent with a toddler on a bicycle. The training wheels have to come off at some point.

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Detroit Drives to DC and Dr. Deming Invents Japan

Steve Parker | Posted 01.06.2009 | Business

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Steve Parker

We've had enough threats from our sworn enemies -- we don't need them from Detroit executives. These CEOs and their boards of directors must go, whether by car or jet or skateboard, they must go.

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Marines Plan Afghanistan Troop Redeployment

Los Angeles Times | Tony Perry | Posted 12.25.2008 | Politics

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Reporting from Marine Headquarters At Al Asad, Iraq -- Marine Corps leaders are devising a plan to send thousands of additional combat troops to Afgha...

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Pre-Election Anxiety Squeezes African American Women

Diane Tucker | Posted 11.29.2008 | Home

Read More: Polls, College Loans and Debt, John McCain, High Blood Pressure, Election Anxiety, Diane Tucker, 2008 Election, Stress Reduction, Barack Obama, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, Anti-Depressants, Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension, Wall Street Crisis, Media Coverage of 2008 Election, US Marines, Economic Anxiety, Meditation, Obama Kids, Barack Obama and African Americans, Diabetes, GOP African Americans, University of Virginia, Military Families, Offthebus, Home News
Diane Tucker

"On the news yesterday, they revealed a potential neo-Nazi plot against Barack Obama, and then they gave more details on the racially-motivated Ashley...

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Cindy McCain's Attack On Obama's Record Offends Military Spouses

Diane Tucker | Posted 11.12.2008 | Home

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Diane Tucker

"It ruffles our feathers when someone claims that Barack Obama doesn't support the troops, because the Obamas have gone out of their way to understand the military, its families, and its veterans."

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Younger Military Families Closing Ranks Around Obama

Diane Tucker | Posted 08.05.2009 | Home

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Diane Tucker

"Everyone I talk to wants change but on base you can't say certain things. At a bar or a party, everyone tells me they're voting for Obama... My military friends are tired of being lied to."

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Marines Ordered To Extend Tour In Afghanistan

AP | LOLITA C. BALDOR | Posted 08.13.2008 | Politics

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WASHINGTON — The Pentagon has ordered roughly 1,250 Marines serving as trainers for the Afghan security forces to stay on the warfront almost a ...

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Pentagon Extends Tours Of Duty For Marines In Afghanistan

AP | LOLITA C. BALDOR | Posted 07.11.2008 | Politics

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WASHINGTON — The Pentagon has extended the tour of 2,200 Marines in Afghanistan, after insisting for months the unit would come home on time. Th...

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Iraqis Claim US Marines Passing Out Gospel Verse To Muslims

McClatchy | Jamal Naji and Leila Fadel | Posted 06.05.2008 | Politics

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At the western entrance to the Iraqi city of Fallujah Tuesday, Muamar Anad handed his residence badge to the U.S. Marines guarding the city. They chec...

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US Marines deploying in Afghanistan for first time in years

AP | JASON STRAZIUSO | Posted 05.04.2008 | Politics

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HELMAND PROVINCE, Afghanistan — U.S. Marines are crossing the sands of southern Afghanistan for the first time in years, providing a boost to a ...

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Sick Iraqi Child Wins Strong Marines Friends

LA Times | Tony Perry | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

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At his home just off Sheik Said Road, Ala Thabit Fattah waits for word from America about whether doctors can save his 2-year-old daughter, Amenah. I...

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US To Send 3,000 Marines To Afghanistan

AP | LOLITA C. BALDOR | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

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The Pentagon is preparing to send at least 3,000 Marines to Afghanistan in April to bolster efforts to hold off another expected Taliban offensive in ...

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Romney To Fmr Marine: "Take A Close Look" At The Good News In Iraq

ABC News | Matt Stuart | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

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Former Gov. Mitt Romney, R-Mass., took his campaign to the streets of Manchester Saturday, going door to door for the first time, posing for pictures ...

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Marine Corps Wants To Withdraw From Iraq

New York Times | THOM SHANKER | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

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The Marine Corps is pressing to remove its forces from Iraq and to send marines instead to Afghanistan, to take over the leading role in combat there,...

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7 US Troops Killed In Iraq Attacks

AP | BUSHRA JUHI | Posted 03.28.2008 | Home

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Four U.S. Marines were killed in fighting in Anbar province, and three soldiers were killed by a roadside bomb in northern Iraq, the military said Fri...

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