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Marines Seek Better Body Armor
Acting on widespread complaints from its troops in Iraq and Afghanistan, the Marine Corps has ordered major modifications to its body armor to improve comfort, mobility and safety, The Associated Press has learned. ...more
January 5, 2009 | 
Marines In Combat Still Seek Better Flak Vest
BAGHDAD (AP) -- Acting on widespread complaints from its troops in Iraq and Afghanistan, the Marine Corps has ordered major modifications to its body armor to improve comfort, mobility and safety, The Associated Press has learned. ...more
January 3, 2009 |
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$50 billion to $60 billion Original Bush administration estimate of the cost of the Iraq war ...more
December 26, 2008 | 
Jose's Homecoming Result Of A Lot Of Work, Hope
When the neurologist told Nelida Bagley her son wouldn't survive his brain injury, all she could do was scream. ...more
December 21, 2008 | 
Ex-General To Be VA Chief
President-elect Barack Obama has chosen retired Gen. Eric K. Shinseki to be the next secretary of Veterans Affairs, turning to a former Army chief of staff once vilified by the Bush administration for questioning its Iraq war strategy shortly before the U.S. invasion. ...more
December 7, 2008 | 
Long-Term Effects Of Troops' Brain Injuries Unclear
Many of the thousands of troops who suffered traumatic brain injuries in Iraq and Afghanistan are at risk of long-term health problems including depression and Alzheimer's-like symptoms, but it's impossible to predict how high those risks are, researchers say. ...more
December 5, 2008 |
Dog Park, Economy In Deep Doo-Doo
Leading a dog's life? You're in pretty classy company! ...more
November 24, 2008 |
Arkansas Anchorwoman Dies After Beating
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. - An Arkansas television anchorwoman died Saturday, several days after being found beaten in her home when she didn't answer her wake-up call, hospital officials said. ...more
October 25, 2008 |
Writer Offers A Sense Of Life In War-Torn Iraq
"The Forever War," by Dexter Filkins (Knopf, $25) ...more
October 19, 2008 |
Support Tom Rooney For U.S. House Seat In District 16
If voters in the 16th Congressional district were struggling to decide whom to vote for in our district's U.S. House of Representative race, the process got a lot easier this week. Rep. Tim Mahoney's troubles concerning an affair, and now allegations of another affair, are enough to knock him from consideration. Besides all that, his Republican challenger, Tom Rooney, is a quality candidate whom we endorse for the position. ...more
October 17, 2008 |
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