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Tuesday | BAGnewsNotes

Fort Drum: The Sound of No Hands Clapping

If the disease is the war, and a culture of trauma, anger and violence at Fort Hood , applying meditation and stress management techniques sends the message to the soldier that the distress lies within the individual mind -- when, in fact, the problem is the political, cultural and programmatic insanity imposed on the person from the outside, by ...

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

Mon Nov 09, 2009

ABC News

Sources: Obama Near Decision on Afghanistan Troops

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.

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Related Topix: World News, Asia, Afghanistan, NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization), US Politics, US News, Barack Obama, US Military, US Army, Fort Drum, NY

Post-Standard

Maj. Gen. James L. Terry works to keep morale up at Fort Drum

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

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Related Topix: US Military, US Army, Fort Drum, NY

Sat Nov 07, 2009

WSTM-TV Syracuse

Details emerge about Fort Hood shooting suspect

The sentencing of Alan Jones for the murder of Erin Maxwell has been delayed after allegations of improper jury deliberations.

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

Fri Nov 06, 2009

WTVH Syracuse

Fort Drum security: business as usual

Thursday, November 05, 2009 at 4:44 p.m. FORT DRUM -- T he afternoon shooting at Fort Hood, Texas has soldiers and staff concerned at Fort Drum just north of Watertown, but it has not changed any security procedures on the North Country post.

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Related Topix: US Military, US Army, Fort Drum, NY, Watertown, NY, Fort Hood

Thu Nov 05, 2009

WSTM-TV Syracuse

Fort Drum soldiers react to shooting spree at Fort Hood

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.

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Related Topix: Fort Drum, NY, US Army, US Military, Fort Hood

Alaska Star

Green and gold colors signal new era of Army organization

Under the bright lights inside Buckner Physical Fitness Center on Fort Richardson Army Post Oct.

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Related Topix: US Military, Fort Richardson, US Army, Fort Leonard Wood, Fort Polk, Fort-Richardson, AK

Watertown Daily Times

Owens Takes Election

For the first time since the mid-19th century, a Democrat will represent Northern New York in the U.S. House of Representatives.

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Related Topix: US Politics, John McHugh, US News, Republican, US House of Representatives, US Military, US Army

Wed Nov 04, 2009

Las Vegas Sun

Democrat wins House seat in heavily GOP area in NY

President Barack Obama's decision in June to appoint a Republican congressman to a Pentagon post has paid dividends in November now that Democrats have gained the House seat by capitalizing on a split between moderates and conservatives in the GOP.

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Related Topix: US News, US Politics, John McHugh, Republican, US House of Representatives, 2008 Presidential Election, Barack Obama, US Military, US Army, Wedding

Tue Nov 03, 2009

Watertown Daily Times

Vice president takes shots at conservatives

While praising Democratic Congressional candidate William L. Owens as a man of values, Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr.

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Related Topix: Rush Limbaugh, US Military, US Army, US Politics, US News, 2008 Presidential Election, US Governors, Sarah Palin, George Bush

Mon Nov 02, 2009

Department of Defense News

Gates, Casey Welcome New Army Secretary

The new Army secretary received an official welcome from Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates and the Armya s top uniformed officer today at a ceremony held in Conmy Hall at Fort Myer, Va.

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Related Topix: US Military, US Army, Fort Myer, US Politics, John McHugh, US News, Republican, US House of Representatives, Fort Drum, NY, Waterville, NY

Sun Nov 01, 2009

Gouverneur Times

Earmarks...Pork....and What Really Happens in the Sausage Making Process

Earmarks have become a bit of an issue... not raised by a candidate... but because of assertions by reporters.

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Related Topix: US Army, US Military, Fort Drum, NY

Fri Oct 30, 2009

Examiner.com

War in Afghanistan takes huge toll on US Army

DoD Identifies Army Casualties The Department of Defense announced today the deaths of seven soldiers who were supporting Operation Enduring Freedom.

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Related Topix: US Military, US Army, Landstuhl Regional Medical Center, Department of Defense, US News

KPLR-11

Fort Drum soldier from Missouri dies in German hospital from non-combat related injuries

Fort Drum officials say a 10th Mountain Division soldier from Missouri has died in a German hospital from non-combat related injuries.

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Related Topix: US Army, US Military, Malden, MO, Landstuhl Regional Medical Center

B104.7

DeDe, Doug, Bill finally get a room together

It was a long time coming, but it finally happened five days before Election Day.

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Related Topix: US Politics, John McHugh, US News, Republican, US House of Representatives, US Military, US Army

Thu Oct 29, 2009

St. Joseph News-Press, St. Joseph, MO

Clinton County soldier reportedly killed

A soldier from Clinton County was among the nine U.S. military personnel killed in action Tuesday, according to numerous non-official sources.

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Related Topix: Clinton County, MO, Lathrop, MO, US Military, US Army, Fort Lewis, Plattsburg, MO

Tue Oct 27, 2009

Watertown Daily Times

Hoffman swears off all earmarks

Rep. John M. McHugh won a reputation as a friend of Fort Drum by securing tens of million of dollars in congressional earmarks that may have helped save the post from closure in 2005.

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Related Topix: US Military, US Army, Fort Drum, NY, US Politics, John McHugh, US News, Republican, US House of Representatives, Jeff Flake, Mike Pence

Sun Oct 25, 2009

Department of Defense News

McHugh Puts Soldiers, Families at Center of Agenda

Getting the Armya s personnel aspects right is the most important job for its leaders, Army Secretary John M. McHugh said today.

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Related Topix: US Military, US Army, US Politics, John McHugh, US News, Republican, US House of Representatives, Fort Drum, NY

Fri Oct 23, 2009

Watertown Daily Times

Scozzafava will build on Rep. McHugh's Fort Drum legacy

Scozzafava will continue McHugh's legacy. John M. McHugh, now serving as the secretary of the Army, will long be remembered for his unfailing support of the north country, Fort Drum, and our 10th Mountain Division soldiers and their families.

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Related Topix: US Army, US Military, Fort Drum, NY, Opinion

Thu Oct 22, 2009

Watertown Daily Times

Stop-loss program pay now available

Members of the armed forces who served extra time under the Pentagon's stop-loss program can now begin applying for retroactive, additional compensation, the Department of Defense announced Wednesday.

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Related Topix: US Military, US Army, US Marine Corps, US Air Force

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