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Gates Acknowledges Mistakes In Treatment Of Troops

Reuters | David Morgan | May 1, 2008 09:24 PM

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U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates on Thursday said the military had made mistakes in treating returning combat troops including in their physical and mental health care and by providing some sub-standard housing. In a visit to Fort Bliss, Texas, Gates...

3 US soldiers killed in vehicle accidents in Iraq, Kuwait

AP | April 24, 2008

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BAGHDAD — The U.S. military says two of its soldiers in Iraq died when their vehicle rolled onto its side north of Baghdad. A third American soldier died in a road accident in neighboring Kuwait....

Nearly 1 in 5 troops has mental problems after war service

AP | PAULINE JELINEK | April 17, 2008

WASHINGTON — Roughly one in every five U.S. troops who have survived the bombs and other dangers of Iraq and Afghanistan now suffers from major depression or post-traumatic stress, an independent study said Thursday. It estimated the toll at 300,000...

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McCain Does The View, Faces Behar Railing Against Bush

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | April 10, 2008 12:40 PM

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John McCain made a campaign appearance on ABC's chatfest The View this morning, and answered a range of questions from his support of the Iraq War "surge" and his own admissions of not being well educated on the economy. One...

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Joe Biden: The Surge Is A Failure

AP | April 5, 2008

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WASHINGTON — A leading Democrat on Saturday declared last year's troop buildup in Iraq a failure. Sen. Joe Biden, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, said the military push didn't succeed because U.S. troops remain committed there in large...

Six Fallen US Soldiers, In The Words They Sent Home

New York Times | LIZETTE ALVAREZ and ANDREW W. LEHREN | March 25, 2008 12:31 PM

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By the time Specialist Jerry Ryen King decided to write about his experiences in Iraq, the teen-age paratrooper had more to share than most other soldiers. In two operations to clear the outskirts of the village of Turki in the...

Studies: Iraq Costs US $12B Per Month

AP | CHARLES J. HANLEY | March 10, 2008

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The flow of blood may be ebbing, but the flood of money into the Iraq war is steadily rising, new analyses show. In 2008, its sixth year, the war will cost approximately $12 billion a month, triple the "burn" rate...

AP: Water Makes US Troops in Iraq Sick

AP | LARRY MARGASAK | March 9, 2008

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WASHINGTON — Dozens of U.S. troops in Iraq fell sick at bases using "unmonitored and potentially unsafe" water supplied by the military and a contractor once owned by Vice President Dick Cheney's former company, the Pentagon's internal watchdog says. A...

Surge in Suicides Among Iraq Vets Hits Close to Home

Greg Mitchell | Posted March 8, 2008 | Politics

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For almost five years, I have been writing, at Editor & Publisher, about suicides among our troops in Iraq or when they return home. Several chapters on this subject are featured in my new book, So Wrong for So Long: How the Press, the Pundits -- and the President --...

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US Troops Losing Hearing

AP | CHELSEA J. CARTER | March 7, 2008

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SAN DIEGO — Soldiers and Marines caught in roadside bombings and firefights in Iraq and Afghanistan are coming home in epidemic numbers with permanent hearing loss and ringing in their ears, prompting the military to redouble its efforts to protect...

Army: Psychiatrists Needed on Warfronts

AP | PAULINE JELINEK | March 6, 2008

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WASHINGTON — U.S. troops on the battlefield found it harder to get the mental health care they needed last year, when violence rose in Afghanistan and new tactics pushed soldiers in Iraq farther from their operating bases. A report the...

GOP Sen: Iraq Bill "A Bullet Right In The Hearts Of Our Troops"

Politico | Martin Kady II | February 26, 2008 09:18 PM

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In the war of words over Iraq, Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-Texas) may want this one back. Speaking about a Democratic proposal to force Iraq troop withdrawal within 120 days, Hutchison said Tuesday that such a proposal would "put a...

A Troop Draw-Down or Another Free Pass?

Dorothy Bendel | Posted February 11, 2008 | Off The Bus

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Recently, I started reading about the possibility of a troop draw-down in Iraq. Five of the twenty brigades ordered there could be pulled out by July. It isn't exactly a withdrawal on the scale that many of us would like to see, but it is something. And it is certainly...

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Roadside Blasts Kill 5 US Soldiers In Iraq

Reuters | Michael Holden | February 9, 2008 09:56 AM

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Five American soldiers were killed in roadside bombings in Iraq on Friday, the U.S. military said on Saturday, while Iraqi police detained 22 suspects in raids against Shi'ite militiamen. The latest arrests come as the U.S. military aggressively pursues what...

War Demands Strain US Military Readiness

AP | LOLITA C. BALDOR | February 8, 2008

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WASHINGTON — A classified Pentagon assessment concludes that long battlefield tours in Iraq and Afghanistan, along with persistent terrorist activity and other threats, have prevented the U.S. military from improving its ability to respond to any new crisis, The Associated...

Anti-War Candidates Top Recipients Of '08 Donations From US Troops

Think Progress | February 5, 2008 02:01 PM

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Conservatives opposed to redeployment in Iraq have consistently claimed that U.S. troops are on their side: President Bush: The [military] families gathered here understand that our troops want to finish the job. [Link] Sen. John McCain (R-AZ): I want...

Germany: US Demand To Increase Afghanistan Deployment Is "Impertinent"

The Independent | Tony Paterson | February 2, 2008 02:22 PM

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A bitter diplomatic row between Germany and the United States deepened yesterday after Berlin flatly rejected demands from Washington that it deploy troops in war-torn southern Afghanistan and angrily dismissed the request as "impertinent" and a "fantastic cheek". Germany currently...

Envoy: US Troops to Be in Iraq Into '09

AP | ANNE GEARAN and MATTHEW LEE | February 1, 2008

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WASHINGTON — President Bush's top diplomat in Iraq said Friday that the U.S. plans to keep combat troops there into 2009, seen as the tipping point for establishing the nation's long-term security, and he offered no deadline for a full...

Bush: "Fine With Me" If Troop Levels Remain The Same

AP | ANNE GEARAN | January 12, 2008 09:49 AM

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Facing another decision about U.S. troop levels in Iraq by spring, President Bush said Saturday it's "fine with me" if generals recommend no more reductions than those already planned to take the force posture down to about 130,000. Traveling for...

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Pentagon Wants 3,000 More Troops For Afghanistan

New York Times | THOM SHANKER | January 10, 2008 10:34 AM

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Senior military officers will soon propose deploying about 3,000 additional American troops to Afghanistan, where the NATO-led security and stabilization effort is short of combat forces and trainers, Pentagon officials said Wednesday. The proposal has not yet been presented to...

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