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New Walter Reed is begun
Sun reporterPresident Bush turned a spade of dirt to ceremonially launch a major expansion of one of the nation's premier military hospitals yesterday, saying he hoped a new Walter Reed National Military Medical Center "will be the site of many miracles of healing."...Tags: Government, Anthony G Brown, National Government, George Bush, Washington Post Company
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Flora Wallace
Sun ReporterFlora Wallace, a retired social worker and former Sun music critic who established a scholarship at the Peabody Conservatory, died of pneumonia Sunday at the Roland Park Place retirement community. The former Homeland resident was 86. Born Flora Murray...Tags: Government, National Government, Roland Park, Awards and Prizes, Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
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$1.3 billion warship sets course for city
Sun reporterThe vessel's radar picks up objects as small as a fly, sensing potential hazards more than 100 miles away. Its 100,000-plus-horsepower jet engines go from full speed ahead - about 45 mph - to a dead stop in less than a length and a half of the 510-foot...Tags: Grumman, Tourism and Leisure, Aerospace Manufacturing, Weaponry, Defense
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2,000 Marines face longer Afghan tour
Sun reporterIn a decision reflecting the shortage of available combat troops, more than 2,000 Marines fighting the Taliban will be kept in Afghanistan 30 days beyond their original seven-month tour, the Marine Corps said yesterday. The decision by Defense...Tags: Rebellions, Defense, Wars and Interventions, International Military Interventions, Aerospace Manufacturing
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A 'perfect' operation
Associated PressIngrid Betancourt woke up, as always, at 4 a.m., for another numbing day in her seventh year of rebel captivity deep in Colombia's jungle. The former presidential candidate listened to news of her mother and daughter over the radio, then was told to pack...Tags: Elections, Defense, Wars and Interventions, Espionage and Intelligence, Terrorism
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Navy says sailor died of self-inflicted wound
The sailor shot and killed Tuesday night aboard the USS Theodore Roosevelt died of a self-inflicted wound, the Navy said Thursday. He was assigned to the ship's Auxiliary Security Force and was on duty at the time of the shooting. From Staff and Wire...Tags: Theodore Roosevelt, Defense
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Happy Fourth
Happy Birthday, America! You were built from the vision of freedom and equality for all by men willing to take risks. Progress came through the perseverance of these men who fearlessly took action and were unafraid of failures. We preciously guard this...Tags: Oak Lawn, Defense
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A Long Ordeal Ends
Independence Day could not be sweeter for Marc Gonsalves and his family. The 36-year-old defense contractor, who grew up in Connecticut and whose parents still live here, is one of three Americans and 15 hostages rescued this week from their guerrilla...Tags: Grumman, Elections, Wars and Interventions, Defense, Air and Space Accidents
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Freedom in Colombia
Independence Day came July 2 for 15 hostages held for years by guerrillas of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia. But their dramatic (and bloodless) rescue had an unmistakable April Fools feel to it. Colombian soldiers who managed to infiltrate...Tags: Government, Wars and Interventions, National Government, Diseases, Heads of State
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July 4, 1776
When in the Course of human events it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of...Tags: Defense, United States of America, Nature, Laws, Criminal Laws
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