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Pentagon lets media see return of US war dead
DOVER AIR FORCE BASE, Del. - The Pentagon's 18-year ban on media covering the return of fallen U.S. service members ended with a solemn ceremony for the arrival of a flag-draped casket of an airman felled in Afghanistan.
Nations:Afghanistan U.S. People:Robert Gates Barack Obama Bill Clinton Source:(AP)
2009-04-06
Analysis: Moscow uses base as tool in negotiation
WASHINGTON - A standoff over an obscure air base in a Central Asian country few Americans could find on a map is an opening salvo in a new kind of Cold War with Russia.
Nations:Russia Afghanistan Kyrgyzstan Pakistan Czech Republic Poland People:Dmitry Medvedev Joseph Biden George W. Bush Activities:U.S.-Russia Military Relations Source:(AP)
2009-02-06
5 convicted of plotting to kill Fort Dix soldiers
CAMDEN, N.J. - Five Muslim immigrants accused of scheming to massacre U.S. soldiers at Fort Dix were convicted of conspiracy Monday in a case that tested the FBI's post-Sept. 11 strategy of infiltrating and breaking up terrorist plots in their earliest stages. The men could get life in prison when they are sentenced in April.
Nations:U.S. Activities:U.S. War on Terror Jose Padilla Case 2001 Moussaoui Trial Source:(AP)
2008-12-22
Bases brace for surge in stress-related disorders
FORT CAMPBELL, Ky. - Some 15,000 soldiers are heading home to this sprawling base after spending more than a year at war in Iraq and Afghanistan, and military health officials are bracing for a surge in brain injuries and psychological problems among those troops.
Nations:Afghanistan Activities:Gulf War Coalition Forces Source:(AP)
2008-11-29
Flood of wounded GIs swamps care units
FORT CAMPBELL, Ky. - In a rush to correct reports of substandard care for wounded soldiers, the Army flung open the doors of new specialized treatment centers so wide that up to half the soldiers currently enrolled do not have injuries serious enough to justify being there, The Associated Press has learned.
Nations:Afghanistan U.S. People:Robert Gates Donald H. Rumsfeld Source:(AP)
2008-11-02
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