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Drop the 'two-war' plan
As defense strategists at the Pentagon carry out their review of how to make roughly $400 billion in cuts over 10 years, and Congress considers the possibility of reductions twice as large as required by the supercommittee's failure to reach agreement,...Tags: Armed Conflicts, U.S. Military, Dick Cheney, Iraq, George H.W. Bush
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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: Armed Conflicts, Iraq War (2003-2011), Iraq, Barack Obama, Baghdad (Iraq)
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The Taliban's olive branch
American officials are welcoming a Taliban statement that the Afghan insurgents will set up an office in the Persian Gulf state of Qatar. The move is being seen as a first step toward peace talks aimed at reconciling the Taliban and the Western-backed...Tags: Taliban, Burhanuddin Rabbani, Al-Qaeda, Qatar, Saudi Arabia
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October Fashions - Accenuating the Fall Colors
This season is filled with bright, warm colors that accentuate all that is beautiful about the natural beauty of fall. Enjoy the cool of autumn in some of these refreshing styles.
Makeup: Gina Bateman for Smashbox cosmetics.
Hair: Lisa Jones-Butz of...Tags: Bel Air (Harford, Maryland), Aberdeen, Civil Unrest
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Afghanistan, Pakistan and the U.S.: Repairing relations
After a year of calamitous turns in the relationship between Washington and Islamabad, many Americans are wondering how this troubled alliance can possibly be repaired. Even more may be wondering whether we can simply extricate ourselves from it,...Tags: Religious Conflicts, Joe Biden, File Sharing, Peace Negotiations, Armed Forces
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How the Whiskey Rebellion visited Westminster in July 1794
Many people believe that government gridlock and the fight over taxes is a new phenomenon, associated with the modern-day Tea Party movement and the dysfunction that (charitably) describes Washington, D.C., in recent years. Of course, nothing could be...Tags: History, Sociology, American Revolutionary War (1775-1783), Carroll County (Maryland), Tea Party Movement
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Jameel T. Freeman, specialist in U.S. Army, killed in Afghanistan
Baltimore native Army Spc. Jameel T. Freeman was killed in the line of duty in Afghanistan, military officials said Friday. He was 26. He is survived by his wife and two children, said his longtime friend and martial-arts instructor Del Ali Rawlings....Tags: Terrorism, Armed Conflicts, Annapolis, Taliban, Armed Forces
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U.S. risks wasting billions more in Afghanistan aid, report says
Baltimore Sun reporterReviewing the multibillion-dollar U.S. aid program in Afghanistan two years ago, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton pronounced it a "heartbreaking" failure and promised to make a successful aid program the centerpiece of a revamped strategy to...Tags: Fraud, Terrorism, John Kerry, Foreign Aid, Corporate Crime
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Tea party wants to destroy the USA in order to 'save' it
Congressional Republicans voted to increase the debt ceiling 7 times during the last Bush administration. They now refuse to raise the debt ceiling, threatening a serious financial crisis for all of us. As I see it, the tea party wants to destroy the U....Tags: Finance, Republican Party, Tea Party Movement, U.S. Department of the Treasury, Constitutional Issues
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Time to tell Pakistan: Game over
The search for Osama bin Laden lasted more than 10 years, through three U.S. presidencies. Under President Bill Clinton in the mid-1990s, our intelligence agencies began their relentless pursuit of bin Laden. The death of almost 3,000 innocent men,...Tags: Terrorism, U.S. Military, Osama bin Laden, Crisis, Foreign Aid
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Sarbanes: In Afghanistan, challenge and doubt
On March 25th, I returned with three other members of Congress from a six-day trip to Iraq and Afghanistan. I came away, as all do, tremendously impressed by the commitment of American soldiers and civilians to executing their mission. We were in...Tags: Terrorism, David Petraeus, Taliban, Armed Forces, Pakistan
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Deadliest day for U.S. in Iraq war
Chicago TribuneBAGHDAD, Iraq - A U.S. helicopter on a mission supporting Sunday's national election crashed amid sandstorms in western Iraq early yesterday, killing 30 Marines and one Navy sailor, the military said, marking the deadliest day for U.S. forces since the...Tags: U.S. Military, Chicago Tribune, Iraq, Mosul (Iraq), Bombings
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