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  • Taliban using fear campaign in Marjah
    MARJAH, Afghanistan — A month after losing control of their southern base in Marjah, the Taliban have begun to fight back, launching a campaign of assassination and intimidation to frighten...
    Posted Wednesday Mar 17, 2010 20:22:02 EDT
  • Report alleges Afghan contractor shot Marine
    INDIANAPOLIS — The Marine Corps’ investigation of the February death of an Indiana Marine in Afghanistan concludes that he was fatally shot when an Afghan security contractor fired shots...
    Posted Thursday Mar 18, 2010 9:57:44 EDT
  • April cutting scores released
    Cutting scores are published each month by Marine Corps headquarters in Washington. To get promoted, a Marine’s individual composite score must meet or exceed the cutting score. The following...
    Posted Wednesday Mar 17, 2010 17:18:42 EDT
  • Gunny dies from combat wounds
    A Marine staff noncommissioned officer died Tuesday night from wounds suffered last week in Afghanistan, according to media reports.
    Posted Wednesday Mar 17, 2010 15:08:00 EDT
  • Corps pushes tighter Internet ban than Pentagon
    The Defense Department has loosened guidelines on the use of social-networking Web sites such as Facebook and Twitter, but Marine officials say a servicewide ban on them remains in place with limited...
    Posted Wednesday Mar 17, 2010 13:01:41 EDT
  • Officials: Fund programs, not bigger raise
    Defense and service personnel officials continue to resist efforts by Congress to provide troops a bigger 2011 military raise, telling a House panel that they would rather see more money spent on...
    Posted Thursday Mar 18, 2010 9:56:31 EDT
  • F-35B hovers for first time
    Hanging about 150 feet in the air, the F-35B short-takeoff, vertical-landing (STOVL) stealth fighter hovered at zero airspeed for the first time Wednesday.
    Posted Wednesday Mar 17, 2010 21:28:49 EDT
  • New Marine Corps commander in Pacific nominated
    HONOLULU — Defense Secretary Robert Gates has nominated a new commander for the Marine Corps in the Pacific.
    Posted Thursday Mar 18, 2010 10:24:05 EDT
  • McChrystal: Goal still to get bin Laden alive
    WASHINGTON — The top U.S. commander in Afghanistan said Wednesday that it remains the goal of U.S. troops to capture Osama bin Laden alive and “bring him to justice.”
    Posted Wednesday Mar 17, 2010 21:23:01 EDT
  • Personnel chiefs warn against cuts to bonuses
    Despite meeting all recruiting and retention goals, the service personnel chiefs pleaded with a House panel Wednesday to keep paying enlistment and selective re-enlistment bonuses.
    Posted Thursday Mar 18, 2010 9:57:08 EDT
  • McChrystal lays out campaign for Kandahar
    Efforts to lay political and security groundwork in the Taliban stronghold of Kandahar have already begun, even as the U.S.-led coalition continues efforts to pacify Marjah, the U.S. general leading...
    Posted Thursday Mar 18, 2010 10:30:47 EDT
  • Both sides to testify at gay ban hearing
    Thursday’s Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on the “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy that bars open service by gays — the second in six weeks — will...
    Posted Wednesday Mar 17, 2010 11:58:02 EDT
  • Fundraiser who vanished says he has new event
    A Maryland man who vanished in January 2009 with thousands of dollars that he raised for a presidential inaugural ball for veterans that never happened — leaving sponsors, entertainers and...
    Posted Thursday Mar 18, 2010 9:36:41 EDT
  • Death of Pendleton Marine under investigation
    OCEANSIDE, Calif. — Authorities are investigating the death of a Camp Pendleton Marine who was found unresponsive in his off-base apartment Sunday.
    Posted Wednesday Mar 17, 2010 20:32:30 EDT
  • NavAir admiral tapped to run JSF program
    A three-star Navy admiral has been nominated to take over the troubled Joint Strike Fighter program, the Pentagon announced Tuesday.
    Posted Wednesday Mar 17, 2010 17:14:59 EDT
  • Lejeune corporal killed in Helmand fighting
    A North Carolina-based Marine died Sunday during combat operations in Helmand province, Afghanistan, the Defense Department announced Tuesday.
    Posted Wednesday Mar 17, 2010 10:15:35 EDT
  • Readiness woes loom on horizon, lawmaker says
    A key lawmaker said Tuesday that strains on equipment and people are causing declining readiness in the Navy and Air Force, while the Army and Marine Corps are keeping pace only through a reliance on...
    Posted Tuesday Mar 16, 2010 14:47:56 EDT
  • Petraeus: Afghan war faces difficult year ahead
    The general who oversees the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq gave a mixed grade to the Senate on efforts in the two conflicts Tuesday, saying that making headway in the former “will be incremental...
    Posted Thursday Mar 18, 2010 8:46:06 EDT
  • Sex assault reports up 11 percent last year
    Total incidents of reported sexual assaults involving service members — both as victims and perpetrators — rose 11 percent in the fiscal year that ended Sept. 30, the Pentagon said...
    Posted Tuesday Mar 16, 2010 17:19:15 EDT
  • Next retiree COLA could be tiny, analysts say
    The cost-of-living adjustment for retirees next year could test the idea if something really is better than nothing.
    Posted Tuesday Mar 16, 2010 20:31:00 EDT
  • Faker sentenced to year of probation
    A Palm Springs man was sentenced to a year of probation Monday and ordered to undergo mental health counseling for impersonating a Marine and wearing medals he never earned.
    Posted Tuesday Mar 16, 2010 19:43:43 EDT
  • DoD family programs chief resigns
    The Pentagon official responsible for family programs has resigned.
    Posted Wednesday Mar 17, 2010 20:27:41 EDT
  • Pentagon investigating alleged spy operation
    WASHINGTON — A Defense Department official is under investigation for allegedly hiring private contractors to gather intelligence on suspected insurgents in Afghanistan and Pakistan, a U.S....
    Posted Monday Mar 15, 2010 14:09:13 EDT
  • Rocket attack kills 1 at Afghan NATO base
    KABUL — An early morning rocket attack on the largest U.S. military hub in Afghanistan killed one person Monday, NATO said. In the east, meanwhile, Afghan authorities thwarted three would-be...
    Posted Monday Mar 15, 2010 11:23:28 EDT
  • Lejeune Marine killed in head-on crash in Ga.
    AUSTELL, Ga. — A 21-year-old Marine on his way home to Alabama after a tour of duty in Iraq was killed in a head-on collision near Six Flags.
    Posted Monday Mar 15, 2010 15:34:11 EDT
  • U.S. struggles to track arms in Afghanistan
    KANDAHAR, Afghanistan — Before stepping inside the underground bunker at the Afghan National Police headquarters in this southern city last week, U.S. troops were warned that there might be...
    Posted Monday Mar 15, 2010 9:26:36 EDT
  • Marines would be required to make green belt
    MARINE CORPS BASE QUANTICO, Va. — If you had hoped to skate by with a tan belt for the rest of your enlistment, think again.
    Posted Tuesday Mar 16, 2010 19:43:38 EDT
  • Marine says thieves took 7 Vietnam medals
    SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — A Sioux Falls man said thieves stole the medals he earned during the Vietnam War.
    Posted Sunday Mar 14, 2010 17:34:26 EDT
  • Taliban: Kandahar bombings a warning to NATO
    KANDAHAR, Afghanistan — Deadly bomb attacks in the southern Afghan city of Kandahar were a warning to NATO’s top general that the Taliban are ready for a coming offensive in their...
    Posted Sunday Mar 14, 2010 12:46:42 EDT
  • Ermey speaks his mind on Corps issues
    R. Lee Ermey made his reputation using words and expletives as blunt-force instruments as a drill instructor in the iconic movie “Full Metal Jacket.”
    Posted Tuesday Mar 16, 2010 8:58:09 EDT
  • Multiple claimants for stolen Civil War cannon
    ATLANTA — When a 5-foot-long Civil War cannon turned up during a search for stolen goods at a Spalding County house, that was just the beginning of a mystery. Now investigators have to sort...
    Posted Sunday Mar 14, 2010 8:52:37 EDT
  • Military voting law could affect Hawaii primary
    HONOLULU — Uncertainty is rising within Hawaii political circles over whether the state’s primary election in September will be moved to an earlier date and, if so, the impact that will...
    Posted Monday Mar 15, 2010 15:31:29 EDT
  • Vail ski program gives boost to injured vets
    VAIL, Colo. — Sgt. 1st Class Joe Kapacziewski’s 2005 injury in Iraq might have gotten the best of his right leg, but it certainly didn’t get the best of him.
    Posted Saturday Mar 13, 2010 16:15:15 EST
  • New reserve center to open at Fort Detrick
    FREDERICK, Md. — Military officials are opening a new center for Army and Marine reservists in Frederick.
    Posted Saturday Mar 13, 2010 10:43:17 EST
  • LCACs receive service-life extensions
    CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. — The latest round of upgrades is underway for the Navy’s air-cushioned landing craft, an effort that will stretch their service life while a next-generation craft...
    Posted Monday Mar 15, 2010 8:31:08 EDT
  • Twin suicide bombs kill 43 in Pakistani city
    LAHORE, Pakistan — Two suicide bombers killed 43 people in near-simultaneous blasts, the fourth major attack in Pakistan this week and a clear sign that militants have the power to strike...
    Posted Friday Mar 12, 2010 20:56:35 EST
  • VA investigating medical record breach
    ATLANTA — The Veterans Affairs Office of Inspector General has launched a criminal investigation into a security breach of veterans’ medical information at the Atlanta Veterans...
    Posted Friday Mar 12, 2010 20:25:08 EST
  • 12 medical training trips to Haiti
    MIAMI — The training schedule for U.S. military operations in Latin American and the Caribbean is changing because of ongoing relief efforts in Haiti.
    Posted Friday Mar 12, 2010 18:02:57 EST
  • Unemployment rate for young vets hit 21.1%
    WASHINGTON — The unemployment rate last year for young Iraq and Afghanistan veterans hit 21.1 percent, the Labor Department said Friday, reflecting a tough obstacle combat veterans face as they...
    Posted Friday Mar 12, 2010 16:09:52 EST
  • Lance corporal killed in Helmand province
    A North Carolina-based Marine was killed in Afghanistan while supporting combat operations, the Defense Department announced Friday.
    Posted Monday Mar 15, 2010 21:24:20 EDT
  • 104 Hornets grounded after cracks discovered
    Naval Air Systems Command grounded 104 Navy and Marine F/A-18 Hornet fighter jets Friday after inspectors discovered the airframes were developing cracks much earlier than engineers had thought.
    Posted Monday Mar 15, 2010 21:24:14 EDT
  • Americans may be among those in Nazi mass grave
    VIENNA — At least two mass graves containing dozens of people killed by the Nazis have been found on property used by the Austrian army, government officials said Friday. An army statement...
    Posted Sunday Mar 14, 2010 9:16:00 EDT
  • New fed leave ruling benefits military families
    Federal employees can now use their Family and Medical Leave Act benefits — up to 12 weeks of leave each year — to help a family member who is in the military and deployed overseas,...
    Posted Friday Mar 12, 2010 15:01:41 EST
  • Troops: Ops tempo challenges mental care
    Service members and veterans praise legislation that would expand access to mental health care — but they question the military’s ability to improve treatment given the challenges of...
    Posted Friday Mar 12, 2010 11:36:22 EST
  • MarSOC officer awarded Bronze Star
    The officer in charge of Marine Corps Forces Special Operations Command’s assessment and selection received a Bronze Star with “V” device on Tuesday for his actions in Afghanistan.
    Posted Friday Mar 12, 2010 9:37:04 EST
  • Marjah: Ups and downs are lessons for future
    MARJAH, Afghanistan — After a day spent pinned down in gunbattles or caught in a maze of roadside bombs, with little hope of air support and an erratic Afghan army to coax along, Lance Cpl....
    Posted Monday Mar 15, 2010 21:24:27 EDT
  • NC Marines dedicate clinic to slain corpsman
    CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. — A new medical clinic will be named in honor of a Navy Corpsman who was killed in Afghanistan.
    Posted Friday Mar 12, 2010 8:34:02 EST
  • Fisher House gets $250K of Obama prize money
    The Fisher House Foundation will receive $250,000 from President Obama, who is donating to charities the $1.4 million award that came with his Nobel peace prize, the White House announced March 11.
    Posted Thursday Mar 11, 2010 20:56:48 EST
  • VFW criticizes Stanley over cost comments
    After only 16 days on the job, the Pentagon’s new personnel chief has drawn the ire of the nation’s largest organization for combat veterans.
    Posted Thursday Mar 11, 2010 17:55:15 EST
  • Rethink alcohol ban in war zones, Webb says
    Sen. Jim Webb, D-Va., a Vietnam veteran and former war correspondent who now chairs the Senate panel that oversees military personnel policy, seemed to endorse the idea of letting troops in war zones...
    Posted Friday Mar 12, 2010 12:44:43 EST
  • Iraq war vet to carry U.S. flag at Paralympics
    VANCOUVER, British Columbia — Alpine skier Heath Calhoun will carry the flag for the U.S. Paralympic Team at the opening ceremonies of the Paralympic Games.
    Posted Thursday Mar 11, 2010 17:58:05 EST
  • U.S. troops shoot, kill Iraqi journalist
    BAGHDAD — U.S. troops opened fire on a car in western Baghdad, killing an Iraqi journalist and her husband, a police official said Thursday.
    Posted Thursday Mar 11, 2010 15:05:34 EST
  • DoD: F-35 costs rise at least 50 percent
    The F-35 Lightning II strike fighter program will breach the Nunn-McCurdy limits with a cost growth of more than 50 percent from the original 2001 program baseline, said a top Pentagon program...
    Posted Friday Mar 12, 2010 10:46:59 EST
  • Corps says fire forced pilots to ditch Hornet
    MARINE CORPS AIR STATION BEAUFORT, S.C. — Two Marine aviators aboard a flaming F/A-18D reacted quickly enough to slow their jet so they could safely eject over the Atlantic Ocean, their...
    Posted Saturday Mar 13, 2010 8:36:00 EST
  • Campaign stars approved for latest OIF phases
    Bronze campaign stars recognizing the 2007-08 surge of U.S. troops into Iraq, as well as current stabilization efforts, have been authorized for wear on the Iraq Campaign Medal, the Pentagon...
    Posted Thursday Mar 11, 2010 11:21:17 EST
  • DoD to restart stalled spouse tuition program
    The Pentagon will resume the stalled My Career Advancement Accounts spouse education benefit program as of noon Saturday, restoring tuition benefits to 136,583 military spouses who had applied for...
    Posted Friday Mar 12, 2010 15:43:17 EST
  • Mattis pushed for 6.8mm ammo
    Before Marines in Afghanistan received enhanced 5.56mm rounds last month, an influential four-star general advocated behind the scenes for an option that packs even more punch: 6.8mm ammunition.
    Posted Friday Mar 12, 2010 15:01:07 EST
  • World War II vets stream toward DC monument
    EFFINGHAM, Ill. — The chance viewing of a segment on a television news program gave Don Niehart an idea that has enriched the golden years of 296 World War II veterans from the southeastern...
    Posted Thursday Mar 11, 2010 14:43:03 EST
  • Man charged with faking medals goes to court
    HUNTSVILLE, Ala. — A 26-year-old man accused of wearing military medals he didn't earn is due in federal court in Huntsville on Thursday for arraignment.
    Posted Thursday Mar 11, 2010 9:14:52 EST
  • House rejects call for Afghanistan withdrawal
    WASHINGTON — The House on Wednesday soundly rejected an effort by anti-war lawmakers to force a withdrawal of all U.S. troops from Afghanistan by the end of the year.
    Posted Thursday Mar 11, 2010 20:56:13 EST
  • Former Marine sues city to get back police job
    LOS ANGELES — A former Marine acquitted on charges of killing unarmed Iraqi detainees sued the city of Riverside Wednesday over not being rehired as a police officer.
    Posted Wednesday Mar 10, 2010 21:57:08 EST
  • Retired E-9 fights off armed home intruder
    A 63-year-old retired sergeant major fought off an intruder March 5 in his Jacksonville, N.C., home, according to police.
    Posted Wednesday Mar 10, 2010 14:03:54 EST
  • Senators seek funds for concurrent receipt
    The Senate Armed Services Committee has given a sliver of hope to some disabled military retirees still waiting for the right to receive their full military retirement pay and veterans disability...
    Posted Thursday Mar 11, 2010 20:53:17 EST
  • Mental health evacuations spike in war zones
    More than 10 percent of medical evacuations from Iraq and Afghanistan over the past eight years have been for mental health reasons.
    Posted Thursday Mar 11, 2010 15:25:18 EST
  • Gates watches Afghan army training exercises
    POLE CHAKI TRAINING BASE, Afghanistan — U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates was watching Afghan army recruits go through training Wednesday.
    Posted Wednesday Mar 10, 2010 8:18:18 EST
  • Marines name kennel for slain dog handler
    ALBANY, Ga. — An Albany military base is naming its kennel in honor of a Marine canine handler whose parents were allowed to adopt his bomb-sniffing dog after the young Marine was killed in...
    Posted Wednesday Mar 10, 2010 8:10:18 EST
  • 1-star: Marjah strategy has been effective
    No one was surprised in February when U.S. military and coalition forces launched one of the largest operations in Afghanistan since the war began. After all, officials had been advertising the...
    Posted Thursday Mar 11, 2010 9:56:27 EST
  • Gates visits Afghan town cleared by Marines
    NOW ZAD, Afghanistan — Defense Secretary Robert Gates, aiming to show progress in the expanded war against insurgents in south Afghanistan, took a brief, heavily guarded walk Tuesday down a...
    Posted Wednesday Mar 10, 2010 22:03:05 EST
  • Plan would expand leave for some families
    Military family members who are ineligible for family and medical leave still could get time off for deployment-related issues under potentially controversial legislation pending before two...
    Posted Tuesday Mar 9, 2010 14:41:53 EST
  • Lawmakers push for big VA budget increase
    Despite plans to give the Veterans Affairs Department a 7 percent budget increase at a time when most federal spending is frozen, key congressional committees are pushing for even bigger veterans...
    Posted Tuesday Mar 9, 2010 22:03:40 EST
  • VA to automate Agent Orange claims process
    WASHINGTON — The Veterans Affairs Department plans to announce Tuesday that it will fully automate how it pays claims for illnesses related to exposure to the chemical Agent Orange to keep an...
    Posted Wednesday Mar 10, 2010 21:21:59 EST
  • Obama seeks deal to try Gitmo suspects
    WASHINGTON — White House aides are increasingly convinced that accused 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed will never face trial in a civilian court and are trying to cut a deal that would...
    Posted Monday Mar 8, 2010 18:09:11 EST
  • Court to rule in military funeral protest case
    WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court is entering an emotionally charged dispute between the grieving father of a Marine who died in Iraq and the anti-gay protesters who picket military funerals with...
    Posted Tuesday Mar 9, 2010 20:03:32 EST
  • Military academies teach more cyberwarfare
    ANNAPOLIS, Md. — As cybersecurity grows in importance to national security, the nation’s three major military academies are teaching students how to be effective cyber warriors, both by...
    Posted Monday Mar 8, 2010 13:28:56 EST
  • Air Force veteran wants memorial to war dogs
    FULTON, Texas — A former Air Force sentry dog handler in Vietnam has one last mission.
    Posted Monday Mar 8, 2010 12:49:19 EST
  • Iraqis vote, await 'new beginning'
    BAGHDAD — Millions of Iraqis voted in national elections on Sunday despite bomb and grenade attacks in a test of democracy and Iraq's ability to take over security from U.S. troops.
    Posted Monday Mar 8, 2010 10:45:18 EST
  • 2 Utah Marines killed in Afghanistan
    A California-based reservist recently died in Afghanistan, the Defense Department announced Friday.
    Posted Monday Mar 8, 2010 10:07:35 EST
  • U.S. troops withdrawing en masse from Haiti
    PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — U.S. troops are withdrawing from the shattered capital, leaving many Haitians anxious that the most visible portion of international aid is ending even as the city is...
    Posted Monday Mar 8, 2010 8:41:45 EST
  • McChrystal speaks on Marjah, Kandahar efforts
    KABUL — The top U.S. general in Afghanistan says the military campaign around the southern Afghan town of Marjah could have been faster, but the cost in civilian casualties would have been too...
    Posted Monday Mar 8, 2010 8:25:13 EST
  • Gates meeting with leaders in Afghanistan
    KABUL — Preparations have begun for a crucial campaign to assert Afghan government control over Kandahar, spiritual home of the Taliban, the top U.S. and NATO commander in Afghanistan said...
    Posted Monday Mar 8, 2010 7:48:29 EST
  • Odierno: Troop withdrawal plan on schedule
    WASHINGTON — The top U.S. general in Iraq says the Iraqi military performed superbly on Sunday's mostly peaceful election day and that President Barack Obama's plan to remove American...
    Posted Monday Mar 8, 2010 7:45:28 EST
  • Some airmen want to train like Marines
    It’s been about four months since an Air Force basic military training instructor boasted in a recruiting ad that airmen emerge from the program “in better shape than most Marines...
    Posted Wednesday Mar 10, 2010 22:02:57 EST
  • Historic Camp Talega due for a facelift
    OCEANSIDE, Calif. — The construction boom at Camp Pendleton may mark the end of an era at one of its historic training camps.
    Posted Monday Mar 8, 2010 18:31:19 EST
  • NATO suspends training of Kosovo security force
    PRISTINA, Kosovo — NATO is suspending the training of Kosovo’s security troops after a military-style parade that broke the force’s agreement to focus only on civil emergencies, it...
    Posted Sunday Mar 7, 2010 16:45:46 EST
  • Death of 3/4 Marine in Afghanistan investigated
    The death of a lance corporal in Afghanistan last month is under investigation, and may have been caused by a rogue Afghan security guard hired by the U.S. government to fend off the Taliban.
    Posted Monday Mar 8, 2010 6:22:26 EST
  • McChrystal, Karzai visit reclaimed Marjah
    MARJAH, Afghanistan — Afghan President Hamid Karzai heard a litany of complaints Sunday from residents of Marjah, the town in the south that thousands of U.S., NATO and Afghan troops just...
    Posted Tuesday Mar 9, 2010 8:53:43 EST
  • Al-Qaida urges troops to follow lead of Hasan
    CAIRO — Al-Qaida’s American-born spokesman Sunday called on Muslims serving in the U.S. armed forces to emulate the Army major charged with killing 13 people in Fort Hood.
    Posted Sunday Mar 7, 2010 14:03:09 EST
  • N. Korea makes more threats ahead of exercises
    SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea’s military threatened to use “merciless physical force” in response to annual military drills by the United States and South Korea that begin...
    Posted Sunday Mar 7, 2010 9:41:14 EST
  • Off to war again for 1st Marine Division
    CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. — With its first groups of Marines leaving home Friday for the military surge into Afghanistan, the 1st Marine Division gathered this week to honor its combat heritage...
    Posted Monday Mar 8, 2010 6:22:14 EST
  • Court ruling could complicate gay ban debate
    SEATTLE — A pressing legal reality for the “don’t ask, don’t tell” standard for gays serving in the military is that the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has already...
    Posted Saturday Mar 6, 2010 14:28:01 EST
  • British leader: New patrol vehicles for troops
    KABUL — British Prime Minister Gordon Brown promised British troops 200 new patrol vehicles that can resist roadside bombs more effectively during an unannounced visit Saturday to southern...
    Posted Saturday Mar 6, 2010 16:03:55 EST
  • Report: Top Pakistani Taliban member killed
    ISLAMABAD — A top Pakistani Taliban commander close to al-Qaida is believed to have been killed in an army airstrike, officials said Saturday, in the latest apparent blow to insurgents who have...
    Posted Saturday Mar 6, 2010 9:49:24 EST
  • Early Marine Marathon registration begins
    If you want a leg up on fellow runners, active-duty and reserve service members can register now for the 35th Marine Corps Marathon at a 15 percent discount.
    Posted Sunday Mar 7, 2010 10:37:55 EST
  • Report not sold on Afghan civilian surge
    WASHINGTON — The so-called “civilian surge” in Afghanistan is mired in bureaucracy and may not succeed in time to help the war effort, a State Department report found.
    Posted Friday Mar 5, 2010 18:13:21 EST
  • Military trials possible for 9/11 suspects
    WASHINGTON — Looking to breathe life into President Obama’s stalled pledge to close the Guantanamo Bay prison, White House advisers are inching toward recommending military trials for...
    Posted Friday Mar 5, 2010 18:01:42 EST
  • HBO paying for honor flight for Marine vets
    NEW YORK — HBO is paying to send 250 veterans to Washington next week to visit the World War II memorial, coinciding with the networks’ premiere of a miniseries about the war.
    Posted Friday Mar 5, 2010 18:08:33 EST
  • British PM: U.S. to blame for early Iraq woes
    LONDON — British Prime Minister Gordon Brown insisted Friday the decision to invade Iraq was justified, but told a major inquiry into the war that the United States dismissed warnings of chaos...
    Posted Sunday Mar 7, 2010 10:08:24 EST
  • Vietnam vet claims $9M Ind. lottery jackpot
    INDIANAPOLIS — A Vietnam veteran who has played the same numbers for 20 years is $9 million richer after winning a Hoosier Lotto jackpot.
    Posted Friday Mar 5, 2010 15:33:42 EST
  • Parents of Pentagon gunman warned authorities
    HOLLISTER, Calif. — The Pentagon shooter had been behaving erratically, and his family feared in January that he had bought a gun, a law enforcement official said Friday.
    Posted Saturday Mar 6, 2010 8:31:00 EST
  • Futenma chief defends need for Marine base
    MARINE CORPS AIR STATION FUTENMA, Japan — Located smack in the center of a crowded city, the Marine base on Okinawa is at the epicenter of a yawning rift between Tokyo and Washington, posing a...
    Posted Friday Mar 5, 2010 13:50:50 EST

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