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President Obama met Monday evening with his national security team to finalize a plan to dispatch some 34,000 additional U.S. troops over the next year to what he's called "a war of necessity" in Afghanistan, U.S. officials told McClatchy.

Evoking memories of wars long past, knitters of Watertown, NY have been busy all year making wool stocking caps for Ft.

Fort Drum will host the 2009 annual Christmas Tree and Menorah Lighting Ceremony on December 2 at 5:15pm. Christmas carols and a visit from Santa Claus arriving on a fire truck will also be highlights of this yearly tradition on post.

Rep. Bill Owens, D-Plattsburgh, tonight picked up his party's support for a seat on the House Armed Services Committee, an appointment that would allow him to continue in the footsteps of former Rep.

The following were charged with driving while intoxicated and related offenses: Cory M. Almond, 34, of 388 Route 122, Constable, was charged Sunday by state police, who said his BAC was 0.14 percent when he was pulled over at 11:51 a.m. for running a stop sign on Cushman Road, Fort Covington.

The following were charged with driving while intoxicated and related offenses: Anthony W. Oaks, 46, Constableville, was arrested by state police at 8:15 p.m. Thursday on charges of felony aggravated DWI and felony aggravated unlicensed operation on Route 12 in the town of Martinsburg.

The internet tubes are all abuzz this morning with the news that a recanvassing of the special election in New York's 23rd Congressional District revealed a closer race than was apparent on election night: A recanvassing in the 11-county district shows that Owens' lead has narrowed to 3,026 votes over Hoffman, 66,698 to 63,672, according to the ...

Three enlisted Fort Drum soldiers face indictments alleging they participated in the assault of two 10th Mountain Division officers.

Soldiers, veterans, their supporters and elected officials gathered Thursday morning at the base's Memorial Park for a formal military celebration of Veterans Day, one day after the federal holiday.

A soldier from Colonie has become the first woman from the Capital Region to die in the Iraq or Afghanistan conflicts, according to family members.

Comment on this story TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 2009 Fort Drum is trying to boost its profile beyond Watertown and Jefferson County.

Colonel Kenneth Riddle, Garrison Commander, US Army, Fort Drum, will be hosting a Town Hall style meeting to gather and share information with St.

A U.S. army soldier pass by a burning fuel truck on a road outside Jalalabad, Nangarhar province,... A U.S. army soldier pass by a burning fuel truck on a road outside Jalalabad, Nangarhar province, east of Kabul, Afghanistan, Sunday, Nov.

In September, as 10th Mountain Division soldiers were engaged in one of their toughest Afghanistan deployments in recent years, Maj.

Some may think that Scozzafava's exit and subsequent endorsement of Owens will somehow swing the race to the Dems, but it isn't going to happen.

An Afghan child watches from the door of her house as soldiers from the U.S. Army's Charlie troop, 371 Cavalry, 3rd brigade of 10th Mountain Division based in Fort Drum, New York, patrol in Kherwar district in Logar province October 2, 2009.

While soldiers and their families will bear the biggest burden of upcoming deployments to Afghanistan, the north country, too, should start planning now for the economic impact if more Fort Drum soldiers receive orders to deploy as part of a change in war strategy expected in coming weeks from President Barack Obama's administration.

Thursday, November 05, 2009 at 11:39 p.m. I t wasn't long before news of the dead and A dozens A wounded at A F ort A H ood started to spread to the thousands of soldiers stationed at A F ort A D rum.

A Fort Drum soldier and a Philadelphia woman were seriously hurt in a head-on crash north of Watertown Wednesday morning.

Lawrence U: Jonah, I live in NY 23 and you are exactly right about it being Republican not conservative.