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In Benghazi and eyond, fallen workers remembered
Let's take a break from the raging discord that has dominated Washington lately by remembering federal employees who died abroad in service to their country. With so much attention focused on what the government has done wrong, we'll end the week with...Tags: Hillary Clinton, John Kerry, Christopher Stevens, Benghazi, Central Intelligence Agency
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Transcript of Obama's remarks to U.S. Naval Academy graduates
Hello, Midshipmen! (Applause.) Well, thank you, Governor O'Malley, for your kind introduction and the great support that Maryland gives this Academy. To Secretary Mabus, Admiral Greenert, General Paxton -- thank you all for your incredible leadership of...
Tags: United States Naval Academy, Philosophy, Barack Obama, 2012 Summer Paralympics, Finance
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Eldersburg's Knutson-Cullen among honorees at Memorial Day service
U.S. Army Capt. Sara M. Knutson-Cullen, a former Eldersburg resident who died in a helicopter crash in Kandahar, Afghanistan, on March 11, will be among the honorees at the May 27 Memorial Day service at Dulaney Valley Memorial Gardens in Timonium....
Tags: Air and Space Accidents, Armed Forces, U.S. Army, Timonium, Iraq War (2003-2011)
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Harford Friends seventh-graders learning about Afghanistan
Seventh-graders at Harford Friends School have a new opportunity to let their voices be heard as far away as Afghanistan. The only school in Maryland selected to participate in an interactive program entitled "Afghanistan Hearts and Minds," Harford...Tags: Teaching and Learning, Students, Quakerism
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Author Lisa Scottoline talks grief, crabs, podiatry
On paper, Lisa Scottoline is a little intimidating. She's got more than 30 million copies in print of her books, including 20 best-selling novels. She writes a weekly column, with her daughter, for The Philadelphia Inquirer. She's a graduate of...
Tags: New York City, Physical Fitness and Exercise, Harvard University, University of Pennsylvania, Authors
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Md. National Guard preparing final Afghan deployment
As the Maryland National Guard prepares for what could be its final deployment to Afghanistan, its commander sees a "pivotal point" in the nation's history. More than a decade of deployments to Afghanistan, Iraq and other battlegrounds since Sept. 11,...
Tags: Armed Forces, Barack Obama, U.S. Department of Defense, Iraq
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Bel Air area residents blast county council on 'Walmart bill'
Residents of Bel Air South and their supporters lambasted members the Harford County Council earlier this week for not voting on a bill which the residents expected would stop Walmart from building a store in their community. Bill 13-16, dubbed the...
Tags: Voting, Walmart, Bel Air (Harford, Maryland), U.S. Marine Corps, Elections
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Maryland National Guard celebrates foreign partnerships
For Capt. Martin Noorsalu, deploying to Afghanistan with the Maryland National Guard last year was an unusual opportunity. Noorsalu is one of only a dozen helicopter pilots in the Estonian Air Force. The sole air defense service of the former Soviet...
Tags: Bosnia and Herzegovina, NATO, Armed Forces, Balkan Peninsula, Martin O'Malley
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Anne Arundel County health briefs
Rabies prevention The Department of Health offers information on how to prevent the spread of rabies and what to do in the event of exposure. Rabies is most often seen in raccoons, bats, foxes and skunks. Information: 410-222-7168 or visit aahealth.org....Tags: Report Cards, Veterans Affairs, Behavioral Conditions, Guilford (Baltimore, Maryland), Diseases and Illnesses
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Should we continue to be the indispensable nation?
In Hillary Clinton's farewell remarks in February on stepping down as President Barack Obama's secretary of state, she echoed one of her predecessors, Madeleine Albright, declaring America to be "the indispensable nation." "We are the force for...
Tags: Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, Bill Clinton, Mitt Romney, NATO
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Keep Md. Guard safe — and home
I wish to express how delighted I am that the Maryland National Guard is seeing its final deployment to Afghanistan ("Md. Guard preparing for Afghanistan, and after," May 10). Now, let's bring all of them home from the all the other hellholes. (Kosovo,...
Tags: Vietnam War (1955-1975), Wars and Interventions, International Military Interventions, Hillary Clinton, Iraq
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