Armed Forces

Army puts football star's NFL dream on hold

cnn.com     11 hrs ago   126 related          

Being drafted by a professional sports team is a dream of almost every college athlete, but, in a time of war, the Pentagon has decided duty should come before athletic glory for officers graduating from the nation's military...                

French fries helped calm bin Laden driver: witnesses

reuters.com     13 hrs ago   1,330 related          

GUANTANAMO BAY U.S. NAVAL BASE, Cuba (Reuters) - Hot McDonald's french fries and a call home encouraged Salim Hamdan to cooperate under interrogation but Osama bin Laden's driver did not like cold fries and isolation upset him,...                

Obama drops visit to wounded US troops in Germany

christiantoday.com     20 hrs ago   3,649 related          

U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama dropped a plan to visit wounded U.S. troops in Germany on Friday after the Pentagon said such venues should not be used for political campaigns. The Pentagon in a statement...                

Crews make progress on Mississippi River oil slick

cnn.com     17 hrs ago   309 related          

NEW: River bends and swift currents helping to isolate oil against banks Four vessels were being allowed to move on the river channel, says Coast Guard "We're getting the important cargo to the important places," official says...                

Former Argentine army chief sentenced to life in 'dirty war' trial

hnn.us     12 hrs ago   56 related          

Source: AP (7-25-08)A court sentenced one of Argentina's most feared former military leaders to life in prison on Thursday for the 1977 kidnapping, torture and killing of four leftist activists. Luciano Benjamin Menendez, 81,...                

Obama camp cites Pentagon in scrapping troop visit

iht.com     13 hrs ago   34 related          

An aide to Sen. Barack Obama said Friday the Democratic presidential contender believed he could visit wounded troops at a military hospital in Germany without involving them in a campaign controversy and scrapped his plans...                

Foreign troops take casualties in Afghanistan

alarabiya.net     18 hrs ago   124 related          

Forty Taliban were killed in air strikes to take back a district of Afghanistan captured by Islamist rebels while British and Danish units with the international force in the violence-wracked country took more casualties,...                

Obama drops visit to wounded U.S. troops in Germany

washingtonpost.com     21 hrs ago   27 related          

BERLIN (Reuters) - U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama dropped a plan to visit wounded U.S. troops in Germany on Friday after the Pentagon said such venues should not be used for political campaigns. The...                

Pentagon Takes on Obama on Visit

go.com     16 hrs ago   29 related          

Obama Camp says Pentagon Tried to Limit Planned Troop Visit in Germany; Pentagon Pushes Back By SUNLEN MILLER and LUIS MARTINEZ Sen. Barack Obama's campaign staff and the Pentagon are putting forth different versions of what...                

Diversity in the military: a balanced view

cdrsalamander.blogspot.com     19 hrs ago   57 related          

Must give credit where credit is due. Via the AP's Lolita C. Baldor, we have one of the rare MSM bits that I would be willing to give to someone as a "Ref. A" to understanding the numbers the Diversity Bullies hand out like...                

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