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WASHINGTON (AP) — Americans probably won’t be seeing a huge ticker-tape parade anytime soon for troops returning from Iraq, and it’s not clear if veterans of the nine-year campaign will ever enjoy the grand, flag-waving, red-white-and-blue homecoming that the nation’s fighting men and women received after World War II and the Gulf War. RELATED: Obama […]

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LOS ANGELES (AP) — A soldier who survived a suicide bombing attack in Afghanistan continues to fight for his life after he was critically wounded at his Southern California homecoming party. SEE ALSO: Detroit Cops Link Double Trunk Murders To Website Babysitter Arrested For Little Girl’s Death Police on Monday arrested Ruben Ray Jurado after […]

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A contestant on TLC’s “Next Great Baker,” Sgt. Wesley Durden, died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound after production wrapped in October.

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NEW YORK– Eight U.S. soldiers have been charged in the death of a fellow GI, a Chinese-American who apparently shot himself in Afghanistan after being subjected to what a community activist said were assaults and ethnic taunts from his comrades. SEE ALSO: Man Acquitted Of Sexual Assault Charges Because Of Oysters Pvt. Danny Chen, a […]

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JOINT BASE ANDREWS, Md. — Blending solemn tradition with joyous reunion, the top commander of U.S. forces in Iraq returned home to U.S. soil Tuesday, greeted by his wife and his president in an understated ceremony to mark the end of a nine-year conflict that has defined a generation. SEE ALSO: Condi For VP? President […]

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WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama will mark the end of the war in Iraq at a special ceremony Tuesday. RELATED: The War Is Over! The president will be joined by Vice President Joe Biden at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland for the return of the United States Forces-Iraq colors, the flag that was lowered […]

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WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama heralded the end of the divisive Iraq war Monday, and warned Iraq’s neighbors that the United States would remain a major player in the region even as it brings its troops home. “Our strong presence in the Middle East endures,” Obama said. “And the United States will never waver in […]

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BAGHDAD (AP) — After more than eight years in Iraq, the departing American military’s legacy includes a fledgling democracy, bitter memories of war, and for the nation’s youth, rap music, tattoos and slang. In other words, as the Dec. 31 deadline for completing their withdrawal approaches, U.S. troops are leaving behind the good, the bad […]

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Presidential candidate Mitt Romney issued a harsh rebuke of President Obama’s decision to withdraw all troops from Iraq by the end of year. “President Obama’s astonishing failure to secure an orderly transition in Iraq has unnecessarily put at risk the victories that were won through the blood and sacrifice of thousands of American men and […]

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The Obama administration will  reduce the number of U.S. troops in Iraq at the end of the year down to 3,000, according to Fox News’ sources. Military generals requested that the number of troops remaining in Iraq reach 27,000, but issues with “the cost and the political optics” reduced the projected number to much lower […]

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A new report from WikiLeaks claims that U.S. soldiers killed Iraqi children execution style and then called for an air raid to cover up the evidence. The cable from WikiLeaks details a 2006 incident in southern Iraq in which 10 Iraqi civilians were killed, including four children and a 5-month-old baby. McClatchy reports: The unclassified […]

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The New Yorker has unearthed a horrible secret related to the staffing of military bases in the Middle East. Companies that are contracted by the United States to provide support services to bases in locations like Afghanistan routinely lure women far from their homes to be employees, where they become trapped. After traveling from locations […]