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3 hrs ago | UPI

Report: Petraeus urges troop cuts in Iraq

U.S. Army Gen. David Petraeus is recommending a reduction of nearly 8,000 U.S. troops in Iraq because of improved conditions, a military official said Friday.

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Related Topix: US Military, George Bush, W.

7 hrs ago | Rocky Mount Telegram

NC military bases prepares for Hanna's arrival

Some North Carolina military bases are securing equipment and readying emergency shelters as they prepared Friday for fast-moving Tropical Storm Hanna to make landfall.

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Related Topix: US Military, Camp Lejeune, US Marine Corps, US News

11 hrs ago | WWTI

Governor orders flags to half-staff in honor of fallen Fort Drum soldier

Governor David Paterson has ordered flags across the State be flown at half-staff Wednesday in memory of a Fort Drum soldier killed in Iraq earlier this week.

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Related Topix: David Paterson, US Governors, Fort Drum, NY, US Military, Fort Drum, Iraq, World News

Fri Sep 05, 2008

Salon.com

Palin's son to guard Iraq commanders

Iraq is about to become an unusual common ground for the presidential candidates, despite its divisiveness as a campaign issue.

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Related Topix: US Politics, John McCain, US News, US Military, Fort Wainwright

Abc11tv.com

Fort Bragg soldier's death investigated

The military is investigating the death of a Fort Bragg paratrooper who died near the base from a gunshot wound.

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Related Topix: Fort Bragg, NC, US Military, Fort Bragg

LA Observed

Wrong Walter Reed?

The backdrop photo chosen to illustrate John McCain's speech last night sure appears to be Walter Reed Middle School in North Hollywood.

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Related Topix: North-Hollywood, CA, US Military, Walter Reed Army Medical Center

The Leaf Chronicle

Post opens barracks months early

Nearly four months ahead of schedule, Fort Campbell officially opened two new barracks spaces Thursday, with a third to be open by the end of the month.

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KAKE-TV Wichita

Fort Riley To Mark 9/11 Anniversary

Fort Riley and 1st Infantry Division leaders will hold an observance Sept. 11 to mark the 2001 terrorist attack on the United States.

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

Thu Sep 04, 2008

The Ledger Independent - Maysville, K...

Sources: Bush advised to delay troop cuts in Iraq

By LOLITA C. BALDOR and ROBERT BURNS Thursday, September 4, 2008 6:45 PM EDT WASHINGTON - President Bush's top defense advisers have recommended he maintain 15 combat brigades in Iraq until the end of the year, ...

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Related Topix: George Bush, US Military, Iraq, World News

CBS2

Army Receives Oscar For Capra's 'Prelude To War'

Sep 4, 2008 7:30 am US/Central The Army, with a hand from Hollywood, has received a long-lost Oscar back into its ranks.

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Related Topix: Metal, Lost Horizon, US Military, Entertainment

99.3 the FOX

Pentagon Briefs Bush on Iraq Troop Cuts

Top U.S. defense officials gave President George W. Bush their views this week on the pace and size of future U.S. troop cuts in Iraq after a substantial drop in violence there, officials said on Thursday.

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Related Topix: US Military, W., US Politics, George Bush, US News, 2008 Presidential Election

CBS 6 Albany

Investigation underway into Fort Drum soldier's death

Fort Drum authorities are investigating the death of a 39-year-old soldier. Military police say Private First Class Michael Harford was found dead early Tuesday morning in his rented quarters at the Fort Drum ...

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

The Frederick News Post

Reporter's Notebook: Military Intelligence - Area B formally proposed as Superfund site

The Environmental Protection Agency has proposed adding the contaminated groundwater at Fort Detrick's Area B to the Superfund National Priorities List.

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Related Topix: Washington, DC, US Military, Fort Detrick, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Environmental Law, Law

Asbury Park Press

Judge may rule Thursday on delaying Fort Dix trial

A judge could decide on Thursday whether to delay the trial of five men accused of planning an attack on soldiers on Fort Dix.

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Related Topix: Fort Dix, NJ, US Military, Fort Dix

Wed Sep 03, 2008

KansasCity.com

Fort Leavenworth to host stability symposium

Army officers, military historians and leading academics will gather later this month at Fort Leavenworth to discuss U.S. military stability operations.The event od hosted by the fort's Combat Studies Institute ...

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Related Topix: Combined Arms Center, US Military, Combat Studies Institute, Fort Leavenworth

WUSA9.com Washington, DC

Fort Detrick Proposed As Superfund Site

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has formally proposed adding a Fort Detrick dump site in Frederick to its list of the nation's most polluted places.

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Related Topix: US Military, Fort Detrick, Environmental Law, Law, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

UPI

Sears to sell Army-approved clothing line

Sears Roebuck and Co. said it had become the first retailer officially licensed to sell U.S. Army marks and insignias with a clothing line.

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Related Topix: Retail, Sears Roebuck , US Military

The London News.Net

Futuristic laser guns to be US army

The London News.Net Wednesday 3rd September, 2008 London, September 3 : If the US army has its way, the fictional world of Star Trek will come a step closer to reality, what with plans underway for the ...

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Rocky Mountain News

Army denies soldier was killed in Iraq without armor

Fitzmorris was fatally shot Aug. 25 in Baghdad. The Army said Tuesday that all Fort Carson soldiers wear their body armor and helmets on patrol in Iraq, including a 3rd Brigade Combat Team soldier whose family ...

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Related Topix: Opelika, AL, US Military, Fort Carson, Iraq, World News, Auburn Metro

Tue Sep 02, 2008

KAUZ

Fort Hood soldier killed in Iraq

The Army says a 26-year-old Fort Hood soldier has died in what it describes as "a vehicle incident" in Mosul, Iraq.

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Related Topix: Iraq, World News, Middle East, US Military, Fort Hood, Fort Hood, TX

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