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2 hrs ago | Boston Herald

FBIa s judgment lacking on Maj. Hasan

The real tragedy at Fort Hood is that like 9/11 it could have been prevented with even the slightest cooperation among government agencies that had reason to suspect things were not right with Maj.

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Related Topix: US Military, Fort Hood, US Federal Bureau of Investigation, US News, Opinion

Fri Nov 27, 2009

The Peninsula

Obama to unveil Afghan plan on Tuesday

WASHINGTON: President Barack Obama will announce his new Afghan strategy in an address to the nation on Tuesday from the prestigious West Point military academy, the White House said.

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Related Topix: World News, Asia, Afghanistan, US Politics, US News, Barack Obama, US Military

WisInfo

A soldier's Thanksgiving

In early October, Army Spc. Brian Meindl was lying beside a dirt road in the Afghanistan desert wondering whether he was still alive or getting his first glimpse of the afterlife.

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Related Topix: Life, Holidays, Thanksgiving, Travel, US Military, Afghanistan Travel, Fort Sam Houston, Fort Lewis, Explosion

WTNH

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A Wisconsin soldier injured in the Fort Hood shootings spent Thanksgiving with his family, reminding all of everything they have to be thankful for.

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Related Topix: US Military, Fort Hood, Wisconsin Government, Wisconsin, Life, Holidays, Thanksgiving

Newsday.com

US buildup seen as helpful in 2 Afghan provinces

In this Monday, Nov. 23, 2009 file photo, U.S. Army 1st Lt. Kevin Elllenbrock, fom Cincinnati , Ohio , belonging to Alpha troop of the 3-71 Cavalry squadron, left, conducts a survey with townspeople near the town of Baraki Barak, Logar province, Afghanistan .

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Related Topix: World News, Asia, Afghanistan, US Military, Vero Beach, FL

Atwater Signal

Soldier from Fresno faces long road to recovery from wounds

Army Staff Sgt. Christian Hughes fingers his scar, the first of four. One bullet, he says, went in here.

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Related Topix: US Military, Fresno, CA, Fort Drum, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Morphine (generic), MS Contin, Kadian, Medicine, Medication

Thu Nov 26, 2009

KDVR

Denver, Colorado Springs volunteers serve thousands of free Thanksgiving meals

Volunteers are helping serve thousands of free Thanksgiving meals in Colorado. Gov. Bill Ritter, his family and volunteers from the Sheraton Hotel and Westin Tabor Center werfe serving 300 Thanksgiving dinners at the Samaritan House in Denver Thursday.

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Related Topix: Life, Holidays, Thanksgiving, Colorado Springs Metro, Denver Metro, Colorado Springs, CO, US Military, Fort Carson

Kypost.Com

Obama will speak Tuesday on Afghan plan

US Army soldiers in the 1/501st of the 25th Infantry Division race toward a Blackhawk helicopter as they are picked up from a mission October 15, 2009 in Paktika Province, Afghanistan.

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Related Topix: Asia, Afghanistan, World News, US Military

Military Officer

Leaders of Pentagon probe come to Fort Hood

Former top Pentagon officials investigating the attack at a Texas Army post have visited the site of the shootings and a military hospital.

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Related Topix: US Military, Fort Hood, Fort Hood, TX, US Navy

KXMD-TV Williston

Ft. Benning to feed an army for Thanksgiving

Military cooks at Fort Benning in west Georgia are literally feeding an Army this Thanksgiving .

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Related Topix: US Military, Fort Benning, Life, Holidays, Thanksgiving, Fort Benning, GA

Army Times

Fort Lewis museum closes for $10M renovation

If you've always wanted to check out the huge metal head and sword of Saddam Hussein brought back from Iraq, dioramas of famous battles, the jeep Gen.

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Related Topix: US Military, Fort Lewis, Fort Lewis, WA

WIBW-TV Topeka

Medic Found Dead At Fort Riley

Authorities are still investigating the death of Sgt. Craig Gaglia, who died at Fort Riley on Monday, according to officials at the base.

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Related Topix: Fort Riley, KS, US Military, Fort Riley

Wed Nov 25, 2009

WAND-TV Decatur

Fort Carson soldier from Illinois killed

A Fort Carson soldier from Illinois has died after an attack in Afghanistan. The Defense Department said Tuesday that 22-year-old Spc.

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Related Topix: Fort Carson, US Military, Fort Carson, CO

KBCI CBS 2

Family: Northwest soldier murdered in Iraq

The family of a Fort Lewis soldier who died in a non-combat shooting in Iraq says she was killed execution-style, with a bullet in the back of the head.

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Related Topix: US Military, Fort Lewis, US Politics, US News, US Senate, Democrat, Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, Colonie, NY

KVIA-TV El Paso

NC head of Muslim group criticizes Texas shooter

A North Carolina politician who heads a national Muslim civil rights group has condemned the Army psychiatrist charged in a deadly shooting rampage at Fort Hood.

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Related Topix: US Military, Fort Hood, Fort Hood, TX, Religion, Islam

Richmond Times-Dispatch

Woman pleads guilty to role in Fort Eustis attack

A Virginia Beach woman has admitted participating in the stabbing of a soldier at Fort Eustis and to helping the suspect flee.

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Related Topix: US Military, Fort Eustis, Norfolk Metro

Jane's Information Group

US Army to conduct Hellfire live-fire test from Sky Warrior

The US Army is building up its Sky Warrior UAV's offensive capability in anticipation of a late-2010 deployment to either Iraq or Afghanistan The US Army's General Atomics Aeronautical Systems MQ-1C Sky Warrior unmanned aerial vehicle is expected to conduct a live-fire test of a Hellfire air-to-ground missile for the first time during a flight ...

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Related Topix: US Military, Redstone Arsenal, Aerospace-Defense, Redstone Arsenal, AL, Huntsville Metro, Huntsville, AL

Tue Nov 24, 2009

Edge San Francisco

Dan Choi tells Penn students now is the time to end Dona t Ask, Dona t Tell

Lieutenant Dan Choi, who came out on the Rachel Maddow Show earlier this year and faces discharge from the military under Don't Ask, Don't Tell, spoke to students at the University of Pennsylvania's LGBT Center in Philadelphia on Nov.

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Related Topix: Pennsylvania, University of Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania Government, US Politics, US News, Barack Obama, Activism, US Military

KXRM-TV Colorado Springs

US Army, Salvation Army team up for Thanksgiving

Tuesday, November 24, 2009 at 8:26 a.m. Read more: Local , Community , Military , Thanksgiving , Salvation Army , Colorado Springs , Meals , Fort Carson FORT CARSON, Colo.

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Related Topix: US Military, Fort Carson, Life, Holidays, Thanksgiving, Colorado Springs Metro, Colorado Springs, CO, Fort Carson, CO

KFSM-TV Fort Smith

Fort Sill-based troops return after yearlong deployment to Iraq and Afghanistan

About 90 soldiers from a Fort Sill-based battalion have returned home in time for Thanksgiving after being deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan.

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Related Topix: US Military, Fort Sill, Fort Sill, OK, US Marine Corps, Cell Phones, Cellphones, Electronics

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