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Japanese Protest US Marine Base

News America Now — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 08:33:31 +0000

“The row over the re-siting of the Futenma air base threatens to stall a realignment of the 47,000 U.S. military personnel in Japan and sour defense ties between the two countries, seen as key in a region home to a rising China and an unpredictable North Korea.” Link

General McChrystal Wants More Troops For Afghanistan

News America Now — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 05:52:24 +0000

“The grim assessment is contained in a 66-page report that the commander, Gen. Stanley A. McChrystal, submitted to Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates on Aug. 30, and which is now under review by President Obama and his top national security advisers.” Link

Keira Kensley: Ex-Marine From Northern Ireland Is Porn Star

News America Now — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 22:58:39 +0000

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“Dundonald girl Keira Kensley spent 15 years in the US military after leaving Northern Ireland as a teenager. Now the 36-year-old is one of America’s leading adult film stars and she says her Ulster accent has been an even bigger asset than her curvy 38-26-36 figure.” Link

Senate Chops F-22 Raptor

News America Now — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 19:21:02 +0000

“The Senate voted Tuesday to halt production of the Air Force’s missile-eluding F-22 Raptor fighter jets in a high-stakes showdown over President Barack Obama’s efforts to shift defense spending to a new generation of smaller F-35 Joint Strike Fighters.” Link

Bowe Bergdahl: US Soldier Captured In Afghanistan

News America Now — Sun, 19 Jul 2009 15:24:30 +0000

“The Pentagon Sunday identified the soldier captured in Afghanistan on July 3 as 23-year-old private Bowe Bergdahl of Ketchum, Idaho.” Link

Obama Orders Probe Of Mass Grave in Afghanistan

News America Now — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 23:08:41 +0000

“President Barack Obama has ordered his national security team to investigate reports that U.S. allies were responsible for the deaths of as many as 2,000 Taliban prisoners of war during the opening days of the war in Afghanistan.” Link

U.S. Soldier Captured By Taliban In Afghanistan

News America Now — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 16:17:22 +0000

“A U.S. soldier missing from his base in eastern Afghanistan since Tuesday is believed to have been captured by Taliban militants, the military said Thursday. In a statement issued from U.S. military headquarters in Kabul, officials said ‘we are exhausting all available resources to ascertain his whereabouts and provide for his safe return.’ ” Link

Report: Billions Lost With Private War Contractors During Bush Admin

News America Now — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 05:29:06 +0000

Report: Billions Lost With Private War Contractors During Bush Admin

“In its first report to Congress, the Wartime Contracting Commission presents a bleak assessment of how tens of billions of dollars have been spent since 2001. The 111-page report, obtained by The Associated Press, documents poor management, weak oversight, and a failure to learn from past mistakes as recurring themes in wartime contracting.”

Stephen Colbert Invades Iraq

News America Now — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 04:39:25 +0000

Stephen Colbert Invades Iraq

“He is taping four episodes of “The Colbert Report,” the Comedy Central show featuring his egotistical, fake-macho, nationalist blowhard alter ego, in Baghdad this week. It’s the first time in the history of the U.S.O. that a full-length nonnews show has been filmed, edited and broadcast from a combat zone.”

Obama Honors War Dead On Memorial Day

News America Now — Mon, 25 May 2009 20:39:15 +0000

Obama Honors War Dead On Memorial Day

Obama Visits Arlington National Cemetary… Lays Wreath On Tomb Of The Unknown Soldier…