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The war correspondent: Strange days on the battlefront
The Saudi lieutenant shouted an order in Arabic. Two dozen of his men, frenzied and hollering, lowered their weapons and backed away from an encircled knot of prisoners. Kneeling at the center of this commotion in the Kuwaiti desert were 10 unarmed...
Tags: Mark Watson, Pulitzer Prize Awards, Mecklenburg County (North Carolina), Radio, Michael Kelly
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Arabic teacher makes difficult journey from Iraq to Baltimore classroom
December 31, 2011
Eleven-year-old Sy'Keirra English strides confidently to the front of the classroom and greets her teacher in his native language — Arabic.
Atheed Azzet could not be more pleased. It has been three months, and the kids are...Tags: Customs and Tradition, Teachers, U.S. Department of State, Iraq, Concerts
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Maryland soldier gets Christmas phone call from President Obama
A soldier in the Maryland National Guard received a Christmas morning telephone call from President Obama expressing his gratitude — and that of the American people — for her service.
Sgt. Samantha Sherrill, an air traffic controller with...Tags: Air Transportation Industry, Randallstown, Barack Obama
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The language of empire
"Mr. Obama and his senior national security advisers have sought to reassure allies and answer critics, including many Republicans, that the United States will not abandon its commitments in the Persian Gulf even as it winds down the war in Iraq and looks...Tags: Saudi Arabia, Halloween, Iraq, U.S. Military, Iran
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U.S. brings Iraq war to an end
Flying over Iraq this week, Maryland National Guard Col. David W. Carey surveyed miles and miles of emptiness.
Where 500 U.S. bases once housed as many as 170,000 troops, the American military footprint had shrunk to two bases and 4,000 soldiers —...Tags: Iraq, Leon Panetta, Joint Chiefs of Staff, Afghanistan, Armed Conflicts
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D.C.'s Keystone Kops
The famously inept Keystone Kops from the silent-movie era have relocated inside the Washington Beltway, performing the same kinds of inexplicable actions that were their trademark in the 1920s. President Barack Obama has refused to approve the Keystone...Tags: Water Pollution, Natural Resources, Upstream Oil and Gas Activities, Renewable Energy, Natural Gas
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Iraq withdrawal: An end to the nonsense talk of 'American empire'
And so it ends. The United States is leaving Iraq.
I'm solidly in the camp that sees this as a strategic blunder. Iraqi democracy is fragile and Iran's desire to undermine it is strong. Also, announcing our withdrawal is a weird way to respond to a...Tags: Islam, Iraq, Iran, Petroleum Industry, John Kerry
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Md. guard unit back from Iraq ahead of schedule
A Maryland National Guard unit has returned from Iraq ahead of schedule, the first Marylanders to come home since President Barack Obama announced the withdrawal of all U.S. forces by the end of the year. The 17 members of the Baltimore-based 29th Mobile...Tags: Companies and Corporations, Iraq, Fort Hood (military base), Barack Obama
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Atheists at Fort Meade seek official recognition
Capt. Ryan Jean wanted to perform well on the Army's psychological evaluation for soldiers. But he also wanted to answer the questions honestly. So when he was asked whether he believed his life had a lasting purpose, Jean, an atheist, saw no choice but...Tags: Islam, Protestantism, Colleges and Universities, U.S. Military, U.S. Army
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Maryland National Guard troops welcomed home from Iraq
Kayden Hoskins can say "Daddy" now, but she could not when her father, Spc. Tom Hoskins of the Maryland National Guard, left for Iraq in February. The 15-month-old from Havre de Grace has known Daddy mostly as a voice on the phone, a man reading her a...Tags: Parkville, Defense, Iraq, Havre de Grace, International Military Interventions
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U.S. withdrawal from Iraq brings Marylanders home for holidays
Maj. Mark Zinno Citarella was scheduled to spend Thanksgiving in Baghdad. The commander of a public affairs unit in the Maryland National Guard, he figures he would have joined fellow officers on a chow line, serving the holiday meal to enlisted troops....Tags: Companies and Corporations, International Travel, Baghdad (Iraq), Iraq, Holidays
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Grace expanding Middle East joint venture
W.R. Grace & Co. is expanding one of its joint ventures to provide more products and services to petroleum refiners in places such as the Middle East, the Columbia-based chemical maker announced Wednesday. The joint venture, Advanced Refining...Tags: Joint Ventures, Chevron Corp., Shareholders, Restructuring and Recapitalization
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