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Pakistan Denies Agreement With U.S. On Drones

Reuters | Posted 06.15.2009 | World

Read More: US Drone Missiles, Cia, Pakistan Drones, Pakistan Taliban, Pakistan, Pakistan Us Relations, Taliban, U.S. Military, World News

Pakistan denied on Friday that it had an agreement with the United States under which it could request that Washington send surveillance drones over p...

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Time for the Military PR Folks to Come Up With a New Spin

Philip Slater | Posted 06.13.2009 | Politics

Read More: Civilian Casualties, Afghanistan War, Spin, US Military, Military, Pr, Public Relations, Politics News
Philip Slater

A little more honesty from the PR folks might be appropriate. Something like: "Look, folks, we're the military. Our job is to kill folks. If you're going to get picky about who, send someone else."

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Afghanistan: Casualties of War - Is it worth it?

Patricia DeGennaro | Posted 06.12.2009 | World

Read More: Military, War in Afghanistan, Afghanistan, Afghanistan War, US Military, Bombing, Civilian-Casulaties, World News
Patricia DeGennaro

The millions displaced and killed in Afghanistan continue to be devalued and labeled nothing more than "casualties of war." Many of which could and should be prevented.

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Code 1, Code 2, Code 3 at Bagram Airfield

Chris Rodda | Posted 06.12.2009 | World

Read More: Religion and the Military, Military Religious Freedom Foundation, US Military, Iraq, Al Jazeera, Mikey Weinstein, Afghanistan, World News
Chris Rodda

Obviously, by citing the regulation prohibiting the materials he was passing out as something that was hindering his proselytizing, Capt. Mickel was admitting that he knew what he was doing violated regulations.

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US Refutes 147 Afghan Civilian Death Toll

Associated Press | Fisnik Abrashi | Posted 06.08.2009 | World

Read More: Hamid Karzai, Civilian Deaths, US Military, Afghanistan, Farah, Foreign Affairs, Civilian Casualties, Taliban, Barack Obama, Afghanistan War, Elizabeth Mathias, Afghan Civilians, Hillary Clinton, Afghan Civilian Deaths, Afghan Taliban, Advocacy, World News

By Fisnik Abrashi, Associated Press The US military says reports that as many as 147 civilians died in fighting involving American forces and the Tal...

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Secretary Doomsday and the Empathy Gap

Tom Engelhardt | Posted 06.07.2009 | World

Read More: Obama Pakistan, Us Military Pakistan, US Military, Military, Pakistan Opposition, Pakistan, Drone War, Drones, World News
Tom Engelhardt

If Obama suspended the Bush-era drone war, it would represent a start down a different path, one not already strewn with the skeletons of failed policies.

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Surviving Within: Helen Benedict Uncovers the Harsh Realities of Women in the Military

Christian Avard | Posted 06.06.2009 | Politics

Read More: Iraq War, Sexual Violence, Department of Veterans Affairs, Iraq Veterans, Violence Against Women, Rape, Veterans Affairs, U.S. Military, Veterans Health Administratino, Iraq Veterans' Mental Health, Iraq, War in Iraq, Veterans, Politics News
Christian Avard

Their seclusion, combined with the military's history of gender discrimination and the uniquely challenging conditions in Iraq, has resulted in a mounting epidemic of sexual abuse, physical degeneration, and emotional distress.

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Leukemia: The New Army Camouflage

R. B. Stuart | Posted 06.06.2009 | World

Read More: Hawaii, US Military, Casket, Andrew's Air Force Base, 14 Juliet, SPC Andrew Rounds, Burn Pits, Iraq, Ptsd, Kirkuk Iraq, Radioactive, Aml, Coma, Portland Oregon, Cancer, Du, Scholfield Army Barracks, Ohsu, Icbuw, World News
R. B. Stuart

While the country is ravaged by a crippling economy, it is a lightweight problem compared to what's happening to a portion of military families. Their loved ones are coming home with cancer.

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MRFF Responds to Military's Denial That U.S. Troops Are Proselytizing Muslims

Chris Rodda | Posted 06.04.2009 | Politics

Read More: Religion and the Military, Military Religious Freedom Foundation, US Military, Iraq, Al Jazeera, Afghanistan, Mikey Weinstein, Politics News
Chris Rodda

The video released by Al Jazeera is just one of countless pieces of evidence proving that our military is actively proselytizing Muslims in both Iraq and Afghanistan.

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National Guard Troops Could Be Sent To Mexico Border To Fight Drug War

Washington Post | Mary Beth Sheridan, Spencer S. Hsu and Steve Fainaru | Posted 05.25.2009 | World

Read More: Pentagon, Homeland Security, Mexico Drug War, US Military, Mexico Drug Cartels, Obama Administration, Mexico, Obama, Us Mexico Drug Trafficking, Barack Obama, Mexico Drugs, US-Mexico Border, Mexico Drug Violence, Mexico Drug Wars, National Guard, World News

The Pentagon and Homeland Security Department are developing contingency plans to send National Guard troops to the U.S.-Mexican border under a $350 m...

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The Gates Revolution

Adam Elkus | Posted 05.23.2009 | Politics

Read More: Iraq War, Obama Defense Budget, Robert Gates, National Security, US Military, Department of Defense, Military, Army, Politics News
Adam Elkus

Gates is doing something far more radical than just canceling big-ticket weapons programs: he's finally fusing theory and policy.

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Ryan Grim

Bush Administration Ignored Military's Strong Opposition To Torture Program

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 05.23.2009 | Politics

Read More: Military Torture, Torture Memos, U.S. Military, Torture, Politics News

On Tuesday, President Obama reassured CIA agents that if they interrogated prisoners within the "four corners" of the legal authority given by the Bus...

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Army Chief of Chaplains Promotes Ministry That Called Navy Secretary Satanic

Chris Rodda | Posted 05.21.2009 | Politics

Read More: Military Religious Freedom Foundation, Religion and the Military, Religion, US Military, Douglas Carver, Evangelical Christians, Mikey Weinstein, Jon Kyl, Evangelicals, Politics News
Chris Rodda

According to past ADOF newsletters, the promotion of this ministry to the military chaplaincies has been a regular occurrence each spring by both the Air Force and the Army.

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US To Give Lebanon Unmanned Spy Drones

AP | SAM F. GHATTAS | Posted 05.15.2009 | Politics

Read More: Lebanon, Us Military Lebanon UAVs, US Military, Us Military to Give Lebanon Spy Drones, Us Lebanon Spy Drones, Politics News

BEIRUT — The United States said Tuesday it is providing Lebanon with 12 unmanned military aircraft in the coming months, the latest effort to bo...

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Ignorant Army Chief of Chaplains Proclaimed Day of Fasting for First Day of Passover

Chris Rodda | Posted 05.11.2009 | Politics

Read More: Religion and the Military, Religion, Douglas Carver, U.S. Military, Evangelical Christians, Passover, Politics News
Chris Rodda

Maj. Gen. Douglas Carver, the Army's Chief of Chaplains, has managed to piss off quite a few Jewish soldiers, as well as many other Jewish Americans. ...

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US Has Few Military Options To Deter Piracy

AP | ANNE GEARAN and PAULINE JELINEK | Posted 05.09.2009 | World

Read More: Options to Deal With Piracy, Military Options Piracy, Us Military Piracy, Piracy, US Military, World News

WASHINGTON — The U.S. sent warships speeding to the scene. But they were hours away when the brazen pirates attacked, and the world's greatest s...

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Ivies and the Military -- Toward Reconciliation (Harvard Administration Blows an Opportunity)

Frank Schaeffer | Posted 05.08.2009 | Politics

Read More: Gays in the Military, US Military, President Obama, Harvard Divinity School, Rotc, Ivies and the Military, Columbia, Politics News
Frank Schaeffer

It is past time for our elite universities to reconsider their sometime anti-military bias that is most clearly expressed in their continuing (often bitter) opposition to restoring ROTC to campus.

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New Report Reveals Why We'll Be Paying for the Iraq Occupation for Years to Come, Withdrawal or Not

Jeremy Scahill | Posted 04.30.2009 | World

Read More: Obama Afghanistan, Private Contractors, Afghanistan, President Obama, Ann Wright, Iraq Occupation, US Foreign Policy, Iraq War Funding, Barack Obama, Afghanistan War, Iraq War, Colonel Ann Wright, Iraq, Gao, Residual Force, Government Accountability Office, Iraq Bases, Afghanistan Surge, Us Afghanistan Surge, US Troops, US Military, US Military Afghanistan, Obama Afghanistan Troop Increase, Afganistan Troop Increase, Barack Obama Afghanistan, Hamid Karzai, Us Troops Afghanistan, US Afghanistan, Afghanistan Taliban, World News
Jeremy Scahill

With last week's announced escalation of the war in Afghanistan, Obama blew the lid off of any lingering perceptions that he represents a significant change in how the U.S. conducts its foreign policy.

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Welcome to "Obama's War"

Tom Andrews | Posted 04.27.2009 | Politics

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Tom Andrews

As someone who was growing up as LBJ's war was tearing his administration down, I had a pit in my stomach as I watched President Obama announce his "Af-Pak" policy.

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Weekly Foreign Affairs Roundup

Christopher Herbert and Victoria Kataoka Rebuffet | Posted 04.27.2009 | World

Read More: Pentagon, Hugo Chavez, Venezuela, US Military, Sco, World Cup, Afghanistan, Drug War, Ignoramus, Dalai Lama, Pakistan, North Korea, Mexico, Iran, Drugs, Tibet, Shanghai Cooperation Organization, War on Drugs, Taliban, South Africa, g20, Barack Obama, Pyongyang, Lisbon Treaty, Missile Launch, Chinese Military, American Journalists, Benjamin Netanyahu, Ali Larijani, China, Czech Republic, Foreign Affairs, Advocacy, World News
Christopher Herbert and Victoria Kataoka Rebuffet

The Week's Top Stories in Foreign Affairs: A Failed Mexican State? Facts: US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton traveled to Mexico and committed more ...

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Obama Got Afghanistan/Pakistan Right

Jon Soltz | Posted 04.27.2009 | Politics

Read More: Politics, Obama Afghanistan, Warwire, Afghanistan, Pakistan Taliban, Pakistan, President Obama, Breaking Politics News, Obama Administration, Taliban, Afghan Taliban, Barack Obama, Afghanistan War, Hamid Karzai, Afghanistan Surge, Us Afghanistan Surge, US Troops, US Military, US Military Afghanistan, Us Troops Afghanistan, US Afghanistan, Obama Afghanistan Troop Increase, Afganistan Troop Increase, Barack Obama Afghanistan, Afghanistan Taliban, Kabul-Afghanistan, Politics News
Jon Soltz

We've finally left fantasy-land, where America can simply go somewhere, topple a government, and western-style democracies will pop up and thrive. Afghanistan is a very different beast.

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As Obesity Rises, Our Military Shrinks

Charlotte Hilton Andersen | Posted 04.26.2009 | Living

Read More: Fat, Emergency Responders, Army, Obesity, Firefighters, U.S. Military, Obesity Epidemic, Emts, Living News
Charlotte Hilton Andersen

In what I think may be the most poignant picture of the obesity epidemic, it was reported today that 3 out of 4 military-age Americans are unfit for service.

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Iraqi Interior Minister: Iraqis Ready And Eager To Be Free Of US Control

AJC | Jawad al-Bolani | Posted 04.26.2009 | World

Read More: Interior Minister Iraq, US Military, Operation Iraqi Freedom, Middle East, Iraq Us Troops, Jawad-Al-Bolani, Iraqi Freedom, US in Iraq, Iraq, Us Iraq Withdrawal, Iraq Security Forces, World News

When America launched "Operation Iraqi Freedom" in 2003, there was an explicit promise made to Iraqis that they would in fact one day be free. Free fr...

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US: Iraq Attacks At Lowest Levels Since 2003

AP | DAVID RISING | Posted 04.25.2009 | World

Read More: Iraq, Iraq War, War Wire, Iraq War Wire, Middle East, US Troops, US Troops Iraq, US Iraq, US Iraq Invasion, US Military, US Military Iraq, US Military Withdrawal, US Troops Withdrawal, Iraq US Troop Withdrawal, Baghdad-Iraq, World News

CAMP STRIKER, Iraq — Attacks on Iraqi security forces have increased in an area south of Baghdad where the Iraqis are in control, even as violen...

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Past Time to Join the Landmine Treaty

Lt. General Robert G. Gard Jr. (USA, Ret.) | Posted 04.18.2009 | World

Read More: Russia, Pentagon, Bill Clinton, US Military, Persian Gulf, Reputation, Department of Defense, President Obama, Retired-Military, Landmines, Retired General, International Treaty, Operation Desert Storm, China, Veterans, World News
Lt. General Robert G. Gard Jr. (USA, Ret.)

While 156 countries have signed on, the United States has not yet agreed to join the ban on the production, use, sale, and stockpiling of anti-personnel landmines.

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