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Obama urges new officers to 'carry forth' academy's values
President Barack Obama told Naval Academy graduates Friday that declining faith in government and other institutions makes it more important than ever that they retain their moral center as they embark on military careers. As a cold rain fell on the 1,...Tags: Annapolis, Martin O'Malley, White House, Sex Crimes, U.S. Congress
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Saluting Sacrifice: Pause At 3 To Remember
As the nation continues to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the Civil War, it is worth remembering that Memorial Day — formerly known as Decoration Day — was established to honor those who died in that terrible conflict. Of the more than...Tags: Wars and Interventions, Human Interest, Memorial Day, Holidays, U.S. Congress
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SPECIAL REPORT: 'Expendable veterans' - the life of service dogs in Vietnam
In 1970, 173rd Airborne dog handler Johnny Mayo lost his first service dog, Tiger, when he tripped a Vietnamese booby trap. His second dog, Kelly, remained by his side until his tour was over. Kelly was put down instead of getting to go home with his...
Tags: Wars and Interventions, U.S. Military, Vietnam War (1955-1975), International Military Interventions
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Military Losing Fight Against Sexual Assault
The Hartford CourantApparently, May was Harass Your Female Subordinates Month in the U.S. military. I didn't get the press release, but a number of news items brought me up to speed. A sergeant at West Point is being investigated for secretly videotaping at least a dozen...Tags: Wars and Interventions, Sex Crimes, U.S. Congress, U.S. Department of Defense, Sexual Assault
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Returning soldier will celebrate Memorial Day — and Christmas, Thanksgiving, Halloween, more
Away at war, Celina Yebba missed a thousand little things about her family back in Sanford. Especially the holidays. Not just Christmas, as one might expect. The Yebbas are people who have always celebrated holidays — no matter how small —...
Tags: Personal Service, Orlando International Airport, Science and Technology, St. Patrick's Day, U.S. Air Force
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Sharpsburg Elementary School fifth-graders honor fallen soldiers
caleb.calhoun@herald-mail.comSharpsburg Elementary School fifth-grader Kahlin Stydinger said placing American flags on the graves at Antietam National Cemetery was a way to reward the Civil War soldiers buried there because of what they fought for. “That’s the only...Tags: Students, Wars and Interventions, Human Interest, Memorial Day, Spanish-American War
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Stockholm in relative calm after five nights of rioting
LONDON — The streets of Stockholm were quieter late Friday after five consecutive nights of rioting that rocked the Swedish capital and shook the Scandinavian country's self-image as a tolerant, liberal place. Since Sunday, sections of northwest...
Tags: Sociology, Shootings, Racism, Police Arrests, Arts and Culture
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Volunteers To Fix Veterans' Homes in Berlin, New Britain, Plainville
The Hartford Courant— Three veterans struggling to make much-needed repairs to their homes will get help this Memorial Day weekend from squads of volunteers deployed by a charity called House Of Heroes. The workers will be assembled by the year-old Connecticut chapter...Tags: Home Improvement, Hamden (New Haven, Connecticut), Memorial Day, Plainville, Car Repair and Maintenance Tips
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LETTER: Perpetual War Not Answer To Terrorism
President Obama's speech Thursday was one of the greatest and most logical cases made against justifying war as a solution to terrorism [May 24, news, "Obama Curbs Drone Strategy"]. His speech made the clearest distinction between terrorist...Tags: Barack Obama, Terrorism
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LETTER: Know The Enemy
Regarding President Obama's speech Thursday [May 24, news, "Obama Curbs Drone Strategy"]: We've seen this before -- a president not giving terrorism its rightful definition. While Bill Clinton was president, we had the World Trade Center bombing (1993),...Tags: Saudi Arabia, Bill Clinton, Barack Obama, Terrorism
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Missing St. Cloud soldier Kelli Bordeaux declared dead
Pfc. Kelli Bordeaux, the St. Cloud soldier who went missing last year, has been declared dead by the Army. Bordeaux was 23 when she vanished April 14, 2012 after leaving Froggy Bottoms Bar in Fayetteville, N.C. Army officials reported her missing to city...
Tags: Interior Policy, Pension and Welfare, Apple iPhone, Armed Conflicts, Politics
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On Benghazi, Obama vs. Republicans again
This post has been updated as indicated below.Maybe because President Obama said so many other things in his speech Thursday -- about drones, Guantanamo and a “new phase” in the war against terrorism -- a reference to Benghazi didn’t attract much attention. But, at the risk of over-...Tags: Republican Party, Benghazi, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, September 11, 2001 Attacks, Pakistan
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