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| How to Leave a War New York Times (blog) The pace of the president's withdrawal plans — removing 10000 troops by the end of the year, and 23000 more by next summer — was too fast for top military brass, it was said, too slow for anti-war Democrats. Beyond that, a parsing of the president's ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| House Votes Against Libyan War — and Against Restricting Its Funding The New American For the second time this month House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) has maneuvered to prevent Congress from demanding that Obama abide by the Constitution's requirement that wars be initiated by the legislative branch, not the executive. ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Mayor: 3-year War of 1812 fetes begin, end in NO Boston Globe By Janet McConnaughey AP / June 24, 2011 NEW ORLEANS—Tall ships will visit New Orleans to kick off and end a three-year national celebration of the War of 1812 and the Star-Spangled Banner, Mayor Mitch Landrieu said Friday. US Navy ships and tall ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Ending the War in Afghanistan Wheeling News Register It isn't difficult to understand where McCain is coming from on the war in Afghanistan. The senator from Arizona is a genuine war hero, in part because of several years as a POW in North Vietnam. He understands clearly the US experience in Southeast ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| 61st Anniversary of Start of The Korean War Patch.com By Bobbi Bowman | Email the author | 5:58am We have many McLean neighbors who are Korean War veterans. Sixty-one years ago today that war began and continued for three years. That war brought us Mig Alley, F86's, Chosin Reservoir, Inchon and the firing ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| When Cotton Wasn't King Wall Street Journal By MICHAEL BURLINGAME If the oddsmaker Jimmy the Greek had been alive 150 years ago, when the American Civil War broke out, he would have probably given the South a better-than-even chance of winning, for it was widely assumed that Great Britain would ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| War in Afghanistan caused surge in Canadian Forces applicants, more IED training Winnipeg Free Press TORONTO - War may be hell, but that didn't seem to deter tens of thousands of would-be soldiers who applied to join the ranks of the Canadian Forces over the course of Canada's combat mission in Afghanistan. Military statistics compiled over the past ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Civil War submarine rotated to upright position USA Today Starting Wednesday, conservation specialists at Clemson University's Warren Lasch Conservation Center in Charleston began the process of rotating the 7-ton, 40-foot submarine to expose a side of its hull never before seen in the post-Civil War era. ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Williams could wind up in bidding war for Southern Union Tulsa World Inc. may have started a pricey bidding war for pipeline competitor Southern Union Co. with its $4.86 billion offer Thursday. Shares of Houston-based Southern Union leaped above Williams' $39 all-cash bid price in trading Friday, a sign that investors ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| Preckwinkle right on drug war Chicago Sun-Times That's why County Board President Toni Preckwinkle's presence at a June 17 rally in downtown Chicago calling for an "End to the War on Drugs" was a singular event. Showing up might seem to have been a no-brainer. She was given the opportunity to make ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| Trimming defense is the third rail in US politics Boston Globe After winning the Cold War, reaching a stage where we are pulling out of Iraq and plan to reduce forces in Afghanistan, taking Osama bin Laden out of the picture, and generally making significant progress against international terrorism, ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| No evidence of Libya Viagra rape claims. But war crimes? Plenty. Christian Science Monitor The stunning but unproven claim that Libya's Muammar Qaddafi gave Viagra to his forces and ordered them to rape obscures a series of war crimes by his forces. By Dan Murphy, Staff writer / June 24, 2011 Allegations that Muammar Qaddafi ordered the mass ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Bidding war seen at Nortel patent auction MarketWatch By Marie Beaudette Nortel Networks Corp. will auction off its portfolio of patents on Monday, with Internet giant Google Inc. /quotes/zigman/93888/quotes/nls/goog GOOG -1.11% expected to open bidding with a $900 million lead offer. ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Civil War marches into Shippensburg Chambersburg Public Opinion By JIM HOOK Senior writer Tent life: Emmitt Baker, Westminster, Md., makes a bed in his tent Friday during a weekend of Civil War history at March to Destiny in Shippensburg. Shippensburg is a town occupied by Union and Confederate troops this weekend. ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Bankers Declare War on Commodities: Opinion TheStreet.com By Jeff Nielson 06/24/11 - 02:37 PM EDT The following commentary comes from an independent investor or market observer as part of TheStreet's guest contributor program, which is separate from the company's news coverage. NEW YORK (Bullion Bulls Canada) ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Darnell Chadwick Grisby: High-speed rail and the culture war Merced Sun-Star Republican President Lincoln made construction of the Transcontinental Railroad a national priority -- in the middle of fighting the Civil War. Republican President Dwight Eisenhower approved what may be the largest infrastructure project in human ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| The War Against Savers Wall Street Pit By David Merkel Jun 25, 2011, 1:16 AM Author's Website Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke continues to be the enemy of savers. Yesterday, the Boston Red Sox fan reiterated his belief that interest rates should be kept at rock-bottom levels for an ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Politics, Party, & War The League of Ordinary Gentlemen by Will Truman on June 24, 2011 Mitch McConnell's candid admission that partisan politics is playing some role in Republican opposition to the war in Libya is refreshing. The fact that partisan politics no longer stops at the water's edge, however, ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| So exactly how many wars will be enough? Asheville Citizen-Times When I marched against the war in Vietnam in the early 1970s I never thought that 40 years later, my country would still be fighting wars we can never win. I was naive then. I thought we would learn from our mistakes and be the wiser for it. ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| In The War Over Tech IPOs, The New York Stock Exchange Is Drawing Some Blood Washington Post By TechCrunch.com, There's a war going on in the tech world, and it doesn't involve Google, Facebook, Apple, or Microsoft. In fact, the foes are not based in Silicon Valley, but rather in New York City. As the tech IPO market heats up, ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| In Egypt, a tug-of-war over freedom to criticize Washington Post By Mary Beth Sheridan, CAIRO — It was an idea born of desperation. Ibrahim Issa, a prominent opposition journalist, was livid about the way Egypt's government-owned media was covering the revolution. So he decided to launch a TV station of his own. ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| War vet makes amazing catch at Stadium MLB.com By Matt Fortuna / MLB.com | 06/24/11 9:34 PM ET NEW YORK -- In a stadium filled with eight Gold Glove Award winners Friday, Michael Kacer made the play of the night. Kacer, a 29-year-old from Scranton, Pa., stuck his cap out over a railing with his ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| David Wise's 'Tiger Trap: America's Secret Spy War With China' Washington Post 'Tiger Trap: America's Secret Spy War with China' by David Wise (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. 292 pp. $28) For decades during the Cold War, the most captivating spy-vs.-spy battle was the one waged between Moscow and Washington. With the rise of China, ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| Cooper, Corker seek shift in war in Afghanistan The Tennessean Obama's Wednesday speech came 18 months after he announced a surge of 33000 troops, to a total of about 100000, in what has become America's longest war. He announced he would bring 10000 troops home this year and 23000 by September 2012. ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Civil War exhibit to open Saturday in Osage Mason City Globe Gazette Don and Deb Gage, whose Civil War memorabilia - including a cannon -- will be on display at the Mitchell County Historical Society Museum. OSAGE - An exhibit commemorating the 150th anniversary of the Civil War will open Saturday at the Mitchell County ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| Hacker Civil War Heats Up PCWorld By Eric Mack, PCWorld Jun 24, 2011 7:13 AM In the midst of all the high-profile hacks rolling out almost daily, a hacker civil war is also under way. It's become almost as hard to keep up with the number of attacks carried out against hackers as it is ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| The surreal world of Nato Times of Oman In the real world, the war in Afghanistan isn't Nato-led; it is led by the United States, which would never let its forces in Afghanistan be run by Nato. That would be a disaster. Just look at the Nato-led war in Libya in which only six out of the 28 ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| World War II veteran receives Bronze Star WTVR When Langhorne returned from war in 1945 the native Richmonder rolled up his sleeves and went to work at CSX never asking for the Bronze Star. His exploits remained tucked away collecting dust in a file. Randy Sullivan volunteers with veterans at the ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| NOW protests 'war' on women Tbo.com That, Wood said, is why she was sitting in the lobby of the Embassy Suites, 3705 Spectrum Blvd., waiting to join a rally to protest what National Organization for Women President Terry O'Neill calls a "war against women." A news release from NOW said ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Letters blog: The war on the Constitution OCRegister -CHINO HILLS, James M. Dorn: When it comes to opposition to the US military attacks on Libya and US support of NATO forces in that war, Sen. John McCain and some GOP leaders decry what they describe as GOP isolationism ["GOP split over US role," News, ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Sudan pipeline threat could spark oil war UPI.com The political process, begun under the Comprehensive Peace Agreement of 2005 that ended a 22-year civil war that began in 1983 -- the consequence on a 1955-72 civil war -- appears to be perilously close to collapse. This shows all the signs of ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| MURRIETA: Pawnshop owner finds stolen war medals Press-Enterprise By KEVIN PEARSON When John Geurts was going through a pile of items brought into his shop this spring, he never expected to find a piece of American history and a missing link between an Idyllwild family and their war hero father. ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Unions pour money into Dems recall war chests Chippewa Herald MADISON — Union dollars are flowing into the campaign coffers for three Democratic state senators facing recall elections this summer, a largely unsurprising development in a political battle spurred mostly by the passage of Gov. ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| TN's Civil War app is nation's first The Tennessean AP A news release from the Tennessee Department of State says the Tennessee Civil War Geographic System Survey is the first of its kind in the country. The website allows modern aerial photography, street maps and land-use maps to be overlaid onto ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Civil War History Comes to Life in Northern Virginia July 23-24, 2011 PR Newswire (press release) MANASSAS, Va., June 24, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Visitors to the metropolitan Washington DC area will travel back in time to the summer of 1861 during a reenactment of the first major battle of the Civil War, the Battle of First Manassas/Bull Run, ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Historical Museum Reopens with Abraham Lincoln & the Civil War Exhibit Patch.com By Brittney Moody | Email the author | 2:03pm This is one of Royal Oak Historical Society Museum curator Muriel Versagi's favorite photos in the new Abraham Lincoln & the Civil War display. After 10 weeks of revamping the museum, the Royal Oak ... See all stories on this topic » |
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