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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...
Tags: Parties and Movements, National Government, Mitch McConnell, Government Health Care, Afghanistan
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Generals' indiscretions have real consequences for U.S. policy
Gens. John Allen and David Petraeus have been stupid in their misuse of technology, for a flirtation in the case of the former and an affair in the case of the latter ("Pieces of a puzzle," Nov. 14). As philanderers, these two men are abject failures, and...Tags: National Government, Afghanistan, Government, John Allen, Taliban
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Seven Marylanders honored in Memorial Day ceremony
Last year, Aaron Marchanti invited his father to the annual Memorial Day ceremony at Dulaney Valley Memorial Gardens.
On Monday, he returned to the event to honor him.
Maj. Robert J. Marchanti II, a member of the Maryland National Guard who went to...Tags: Memorial Day, Murder, Afghanistan, Timonium, Vietnam
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Unexploded ordnance in Afghanistan poses hidden threat
The hulking old tanks, left to rust when Soviet forces pulled out of Afghanistan in 1989, still packed a threat when Albert Whittington arrived. Whittington, an ordnance and explosives specialist with the Baltimore district of the Army Corps of...
Tags: National Government, Military Equipment, Afghanistan, Ordinance Clearance, United Nations
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Military police headed to Afghanistan
Maryland National Guard Sgt. Darren Lebowitz is leaving soon for Afghanistan as many U.S. troops return home. Lebowitz, who has served three tours in Iraq, volunteered for the mission. "I'm a glutton for punishment," he said as he trained Tuesday at...
Tags: Indiantown, Afghanistan, Salisbury (Wicomico, Maryland), Parkville, NATO
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Maj. Robert J. Marchanti II buried at Arlington National Cemetery
Maj. Robert J. Marchanti II, 48, was buried Tuesday at Arlington National Cemetery. Marchanti, a 25-year member of the Maryland National Guard, was one of two officers killed last month in Afghanistan. Violence erupted in Kabul, where Marchanti was...Tags: Afghanistan, Martin O'Malley, NATO, Baltimore County
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Family pays tribute to fallen soldier
The wife and four children of Maj. Robert J. Marchanti II stood silently before his casket Monday. Their arms were wrapped firmly around one another in a display of family solidarity and devotion for the soldier killed in Afghanistan.
Hundreds of...Tags: Afghanistan, Skype, Fishing, Dundalk, Executive Branch
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Md. Guard major who taught in Balto. Co. is killed in Afghan ministry shooting
As violent protests continued in Afghanistan over the burning of copies of the Muslim holy book by NATO forces, the Pentagon confirmed Monday that a Maryland National Guard major was one of two U.S. military officers shot to death inside a ministry...Tags: Military Equipment, Murder, Shootings, Leon Panetta, C.A. Dutch Ruppersberger
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Maryland Guard travels dangerous road in hopes of Afghan peace
For the soldiers of Task Force Raven in Afghanistan, the tempo is high, the roads are rough, and the work is dangerous.
The Maryland National Guardsmen, members of the 1297th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion, carry equipment through insurgent-...Tags: National Government, United States Naval Academy, Afghanistan, Taliban, Hamid Karzai
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As Afghanistan drawdown looms, concerns about Pakistan
Back from a visit to Kabul, Rep. C.A. Dutch Ruppersberger expressed confidence in relations between the U.S. and Afghanistan. It's Pakistan that concerns him. "A lot of terrorists are being trained and harbored in Pakistan," said Ruppersberger, the top...
Tags: Conservation, Murder, Terrorism, Haqqani Network, Afghanistan
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Despite Obama's posturing, Afghanistan was not a war of choice
In his address from Kabul, President Barack Obama said that the war that began in Afghanistan will end there because it is necessary to "finish the job" even though many Americans are tired of war. To my mind, the president's trip was a selfish political...Tags: Afghanistan
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Good morning, Baltimore: Need to know for Tuesday
WEATHER
Today's forecast calls for cloudy skies, with a chance of showers this afternoon and a high temperature near 74 degrees. Tonight is expected to be cloudy, with a low temperature around 62 degrees.
TRAFFIC
Check our traffic updates for this...Tags: Weather Reports, Baltimore Orioles, Afghanistan, Executive Branch, C.A. Dutch Ruppersberger
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