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    Dec 25, 2012 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  1. Republicans' infrastructure hypocrisy

    If you want to see where rank hypocrisy sits in full flower, you have only to observe Republicans at their desks in the House and Senate. There, they have been openly ridiculing President Barack Obama's proposed $50 billion stimulus bill for desperately needed infrastructure work.
    If you want to see where rank hypocrisy sits in full flower, you have only to observe Republicans at their desks in the House and Senate. There, they have been openly ridiculing President Barack Obama's proposed $50 billion stimulus bill for desperately...

    Tags: United Nations, National Government, Finance, Republican Party, Kabul (Afghanistan)

    2. Jan 23, 2013 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  2. Pentagon lifting ban on women in combat

    Defense Secretary Leon Panetta will end the long-standing prohibition on women serving in direct combat, Pentagon officials said Wednesday, opening hundreds of thousands of military jobs previously closed to female service members.
    Defense Secretary Leon Panetta will end the long-standing prohibition on women serving in direct combat, Pentagon officials said Wednesday, opening hundreds of thousands of military jobs previously closed to female service members. Panetta and Gen....

    Tags: Defense, Wars and Interventions, Trials, Iraq, Joint Chiefs of Staff

    3. Dec 11, 2012 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  3. Back in Baltimore, Wes Moore has big plans for his hometown

    When Wes Moore swings a sledgehammer, he does it with his whole body, with the easy confidence of someone who's used to manual labor.
    When Wes Moore swings a sledgehammer, he does it with his whole body, with the easy confidence of someone who's used to manual labor. It's early on a Saturday morning, and Wes is one of a couple dozen volunteers who have gathered in the Oliver...

    Tags: Poverty, Charity, Red Tails (movie), Locust Point, Peace Corps

    4. Nov 29, 2012 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  4. Judge accepts terms of Manning's proposed plea

    A military judge on Thursday accepted the terms under which an Army private would plead guilty to seven charges for sending classified documents to WikiLeaks.
    A military judge on Thursday accepted the terms under which an Army private would plead guilty to seven charges for sending classified documents to WikiLeaks. Col. Denise Lind ruled during the third day of a pretrial hearing at Fort Meade for Pfc....

    Tags: Trials, Fort Meade (military base), Suicide, The Pentagon, Photography Supplies and Services

    5. Nov 30, 2012 |Story| Associated Press
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    Tags: Suicidal Behavior, Trials, Iraq, Lawyers, Kuwait

    6. Dec 20, 2012 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  6. The shameful treatment of foreign children in U.S. custody

    The State Department revealed this month that the United States has detained more than 200 children at its military prison in Afghanistan. I represent one of them, a boy who left his parents' home in Karachi, Pakistan in July 2008, when he was 14, on a...

    Tags: Wars and Interventions, Sociology, Lawyers, Culture, Guantanamo Bay Detention Camp

    7. Nov 28, 2012 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  7. U.S. Taekwondo Academy presented with U.S. flag

    U.S. Taekwondo Academy (USTA) was recently been presented with a United States flag as a gesture of appreciation. The American flag was flown over Kabul, Afghanistan September 11, 2012 in honor of the U.S. Taekwondo Academy and the Chang family during...

    Tags: Taekwon-Do, Awards and Prizes, Johns Hopkins University, U.S. Army, George W. Bush

    8. Nov 25, 2012 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  8. The Paula Broadwell I know

    Events of the last two weeks have been very tough and sad for all of us as a nation. As a good friend of both Gen. David Petraeus and Paula Broadwell, they have been very hard for me personally as well.
    Events of the last two weeks have been very tough and sad for all of us as a nation. As a good friend of both Gen. David Petraeus and Paula Broadwell, they have been very hard for me personally as well. Both made big mistakes, and they know it more...

    Tags: Paula Broadwell, Brookings Institution, West Point, David Petraeus

    9. Nov 21, 2012 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  9. Ravens make long-distance connection to Afghanistan

    Wide receiver Torrey Smith, kicker Justin Tucker and punter Sam Koch were three of several Ravens players summoned to coach John Harbaugh’s office Wednesday morning, but they weren’t in trouble.
    Wide receiver Torrey Smith, kicker Justin Tucker and punter Sam Koch were three of several Ravens players summoned to coach John Harbaugh’s office Wednesday morning, but they weren’t in trouble. Eight players and Harbaugh convened in the...

    Tags: Justin Tucker, Army National Guard, Baltimore Ravens, Football, Antoine McClain

    10. Nov 19, 2012 |Column| Baltimore Sun

  10. It isn't easy to be good

    Defense Secretary Leon Panetta says he was planning this even before the recent scandals in the top ranks of the Pentagon and CIA, but he's ordered the military to double down on ethics training for its senior officers.
    Defense Secretary Leon Panetta says he was planning this even before the recent scandals in the top ranks of the Pentagon and CIA, but he's ordered the military to double down on ethics training for its senior officers. In a memo to Gen. Martin Dempsey,...

    Tags: Paula Broadwell, Sex Crimes, Iraq, David Petraeus, The New York Times

    11. Jan 12, 2013 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  11. Martin Guitar makes custom guitar for blind veteran

    Lt. Brad Snyder holds the acoustic guitar in his arms for the first time, strumming a few random chords, then moving into a sampling of Neil Young.
    Lt. Brad Snyder holds the acoustic guitar in his arms for the first time, strumming a few random chords, then moving into a sampling of Neil Young. The sounds take him back to the nights when he was deployed in Iraq and Afghanistan and sat around a...

    Tags: Nazareth, Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Bethesda (Montgomery, Maryland), Hospitals and Clinics, Iraq

    12. Jan 2, 2013 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  12. Obama needs Hagel in the Pentagon

    Absent from the discussion about whether former Senator Chuck Hagel would make a good secretary of defense is any focus on lessons learned from personal factors like combat in war, as well as loyalty to the president.
    Absent from the discussion about whether former Senator Chuck Hagel would make a good secretary of defense is any focus on lessons learned from personal factors like combat in war, as well as loyalty to the president. As I was grousing about this, my...

    Tags: Defense, Vietnam, Wars and Interventions, David Petraeus, The New York Times

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