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Full list of 13 Fort Hood victims released

Kham Xiong, 23, remembered as "a very fun, outgoing person" "What hurts the most is that one of her own killed her," Francheska Velez's father says Sister recalls Spc. Jason Dean Hunt's words: "He said he would die for a...

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Deployed soldier's home burglarized twice in a week

By Craig Johnson Special to CNN Twice thieves have broken into the home of Master Sgt. Sylvia Simmons Personal items, including credit cards were stolen from her home in Henry County, Georgia Stolen items totaled more than...

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Relatives say some victims recall chaos, heroism after shots - USATODAY.com

By Judy Keen, Emily Bazar and Donna Leinwand, USA TODAY George Stratton III was at Fort Hood's Soldier Readiness Center Thursday when an explosive torrent of gunfire erupted behind him. Then he dropped to the floor to take...

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Senator Kerry: Vietnam Could Not Have Been Won

We must dispense with a dangerous myth. In an effort to pressure the president to send 40,000 more troops to Afghanistan, armchair commanders have dusted off the old canard that "we could have won in Vietnam if only … " Some...

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Local families mourn soldiers' lives cut short

Chicago-area privates who found happiness in military are among 13 killed in Fort Hood rampage Two area soldiers were among the 13 people killed at Fort Hood. Their deaths stunned family members who never imagined the soldiers...

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Va. psychologist, Md. physician's assistant among victims at Fort Hood

An Army psychologist from Woodbridge who had just moved to Fort Hood one day before Thursday's mass shooting and a physician's assistant from Maryland who volunteered to help soldiers returning from war were among those killed...

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For Marines in Afghanistan, IEDs Are a Constant Fear

Few songs are as haunting as Taps played for a fallen warrior, and on an isolated combat outpost in southern Afghanistan it has been sounded for David Baker, a 22-year-old Marine just six weeks short of redeploying home when...

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Traveling To Afghanistan

Business Trip Jim Brosseau, 10.17.09, 09:30 AM EDT ForbesLife Magazine dated November 02, 2009 Cargo transport executive John Connolly's Kabul. "Kabul is not Afghanistan," says John Connolly, meaning the city of about 3 million...

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Shortage of military therapists creates strain

FILE - Dr. Layton McCurdy, a psychiatrist and dean emeritus at the Medical University of South Carolina who served on the task force, said the shortage continues with the thousands of troops needing help because of...

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US defence officials present mixed picture on Afghanistan (Roundup)

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