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America's Moms for Soldiers seeks new home
Mayo on the Side: Michael Mayo | Sun Sentinel BlogsAmerica's Moms for Soldiers has been doing good work on the local scene for a few years, an all-volunteer group that sends monthly care packages to overseas military from its Pompano Beach headquarters. Now the organization needs help. It is......Tags: Social Issues, Holiday Vacations, Pompano Beach, Trips and Vacations, Armed Forces
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Fleet week's here -- Give thanks to those who serve
Mayo on the Side: Michael Mayo | Sun Sentinel BlogsI wrote about the latest local war casualty for today's print column -- 22-year-old Michael Metcalf of Boynton Beach, an Army soldier who was killed in Afghanistan on Sunday when the Humvee he was driving detonated a roadside bomb. Metcalf,......Tags: Palm Beach County, Boynton Beach, Al-Qaeda, Armed Forces, U.S. Army
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Petraeus stays out of mosque debate
The Swampby Mike Memoli America's top commander in Afghanistan is staying out of the debate raging back home over a proposed Islamic community center and mosque to be constructed blocks from Ground Zero. David Petraeus, speaking with Fox News Channel's Jennifer......Tags: Wars and Interventions, New York, David Petraeus, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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GOP prebuttals: McCain, McConnell and Boehner
The Swampby Mike Memoli The common theme as Republicans comment ahead of President Obama's Iraq speech tonight is that he should acknowledge the surge strategy he opposed as a U.S. senator is what made tonight's announcement possible. From a speech given......Tags: John McCain, George W. Bush, Wars and Interventions, Kentucky, Republican Party
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Obama on Iraq, and the economy
The SwampPresident Obama's speech from the Oval Office, as prepared for delivery, is available after the jump.......Tags: George W. Bush, Politics, World War II (1939-1945), National Security, Injuries and Wounds
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Aghan buildup: Public, officials divided
The Swampby Mark Silva As President Barack Obama nears a decision about the deployment of new U.S. military forces in Afghanistan, the American public appears sharply divided: Just 42 percent support an increase in U.S. troops -- 35 percent at the......Tags: U.S. Military, Wars and Interventions, Karl Eikenberry, Government, Republican Party
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Petreaus 'realist:' Afghanistan 'hard'
The Swampby Mark Silva Afghanistan is not Sweden, says Army Gen. David Petreaus. Nor is it Vietnam, or Somalia. It is a place, however, where an effective counter-insurgency working in hand with the building of governmental institutions can have the impact......Tags: Vietnam, Somalia, Wars and Interventions, Kabul (Afghanistan), Defense
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Jack Reed: Afghanistan and health care
The Swampby Mark Silva Sen. Jack Reed, Democrat from Rhode Island and a West Point graduate, was fresh from a meeting at the Pentagon this morning when he was asked about the decision that President Barack Obama faces about troop deployments......Tags: Harry Reid, Heads of State, Government, Kabul (Afghanistan), Medical Services
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Obama: Human rights key to Asian future
The Swampby Mark Silva President Barack Obama, delivering the first major public address of his Asian tour, told an audience in Tokyo -- Saturday morning there, Friday evening here in Washington -- that the United States "will always stand on the......Tags: Economy, Productivity, U.S. Presidential Election (2008), Prague (Czech Republic), Democracy
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Palin: Obama 'backassward' on economy
The Swampby Mark Silva Sarah Palin, embarking on a natonal book tour with her Going Rogue memoirs, has one word for the way that President Barack Obama is handling the economy: "Backassward.'' That's how the former governor of Alaska and 2008......Tags: John McCain, Government, Republican Party, Tina Fey, National Security
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Obama: 'History will bear' him out, or not
The Swampby Mark Silva President Barack Obama, "very close'' to a decision about deploying troops in Afghanistan - a strategy that must provide for an "endgame'' as well as a way forward - maintains that he is "absolutely confident'' about getting......Tags: Harry Reid, Fox Broadcasting Company, New York, China, Politics
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Obama's war team suits up to testify
The Swampby Julian E. Barnes and Christi Parsons and updated Key players in President Barack Obama's war team are getting ready to testify before Congress about Afghanistan, a sign that a decision about a new war strategy -- and announcement about......Tags: Hillary Clinton, Karl Eikenberry, Robert Gates, Government, Heads of State
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