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Panetta tells Naval Academy graduates to look to Asia-Pacific
With Osama bin Laden dead, the war in Iraq over and the war in Afghanistan winding down, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta told graduating midshipmen Tuesday to prepare themselves for "one of the key projects" of their generation: building American...Tags: Asia, Annapolis, Iraq, Armed Forces, Singapore
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15 years later, CIA acknowledges fallen Marylander worked for agency
The report from the State Department was brief: Thomas M. Jennings Jr., a federal worker from Burtonsville on a temporary assignment with NATO peacekeepers, had died in a car crash in Southern Bosnia.
Fifteen years later, it turns out that was only...Tags: Central Intelligence Agency, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Sarajevo (Bosnia & Herzegovina), David Petraeus, College Sports
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We are being outsmarted by the Taliban in Afghanistan
It is quite obvious that the U.S. and NATO are being outsmarted by the Taliban, who are wearing fake Afghan soldiers' uniforms to kill our soldiers and sow discord among the alliance. Moreover, the restrictions placed on our peace keeping forces prevent...Tags: Taliban
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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: Murder, Terrorism, Armed Conflicts, C.A. Dutch Ruppersberger, Taliban
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Afghans ill-prepared to govern
No doubt millions of Americans will regard it as great that 10 years after the start of our involvement in Afghanistan and one year after the elimination of Osama bin Laden, President Barack Obama signed the accord with President Hamid Karzai affirming...Tags: Afghanistan, Taliban, Hamid Karzai, Paul Harvey
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Mission redefined
Addressing the nation from Kabul on Tuesday, President Barack Obama offered what may be his clearest statement yet about what he sees as the American role in Afghanistan after the withdrawal of U.S. and NATO combat troops in 2014 — along with a...
Tags: Afghanistan, Taliban, Elections, Wars and Interventions, Kabul (Afghanistan)
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Rachel Marsden: Lame attempts to shut off Afghan heroin spigot have been futile
A Russian source recently brought an obscure but disturbing article to my attention. Published last month by a little-known online journal called the Oriental Review, the piece, "Active Endeavour And Drug Trafficking," proposed that not a single gram of...
Tags: Fox News Channel (tv network), Heroin, Rachel Marsden, Taliban, U.S. Department of State
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Violence in Kabul requires stronger response
Afghan President Hamid Karzai made a very weak excuse recently when, in response to recent insurgent strikes in Kabul, he stated that the "attack showed a 'failure' by Afghanistan intelligence and NATO" ("Attacks in Kabul show vulnerability," April 17)....Tags: Afghanistan, Armed Forces, Kabul (Afghanistan), Hamid Karzai
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Afghanistan: what 'victory' looks like
Where is Afghanistan policy headed at this crucial moment? As the nation's excellent if unsung war commander, Gen. John Allen, testifies on Capitol Hill this week, and as Republican presidential aspirants continue to attack President Barack Obama from...Tags: David Petraeus, Taliban, Iraq, White House, Pakistan
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Services today for Army officer killed in Afghanistan
Funeral services for Maj. Robert J. Marchanti II, an Army National Guard officer killed Feb. 25 in Afghanistan, are set for today at Trinity Assembly of God Church in Lutherville.
The 48-year-old major left his Gardenville home in September on his...Tags: Army National Guard, Afghanistan, Kabul (Afghanistan)
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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: Skype, Dundalk, Martin O'Malley, Kabul (Afghanistan), Fishing
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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, Baltimore County, Martin O'Malley, Kabul (Afghanistan)
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