bloomberg.com:
Higher-income Americans should be taxed to pay for more troops sent to Afghanistan and NATO should provide half of the new soldiers, said Carl Levin, chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee.
An "additional income tax to the upper brackets, folks earning more than $200,000 or $250,000" a [...]
Staff Sgt. Matthew A. Pucino, 34, of Cockeysville, Md., died Nov. 23 in Pashay Kala, Afghanistan, of wounds sustained when enemy forces attacked his unit with an improvised explosive device. He was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 20th Special Forces Group of the Maryland Army National Guard in Glen [...]
While our indecisive Commander-in-Chief dithers about a troop surge in Afghanistan, Lawmakers are dawdling on funding the federal government. Congress didn't finish the nation's spending bills on time, yet Members of Congress are racing to establish government-run health care and (supposedly) combat non-existent global warming. Before the' [...]
While our indecisive Commander-in-Chief dithers about a troop surge in Afghanistan, Lawmakers are dawdling on funding the federal government. Congress didn't finish the nation's spending bills on time, yet Members of Congress are racing to establish government-run health care and (supposedly) combat non-existent global warming. Before the' [...]
An Army Reservist from Baltimore has died in a roadside bombing in Afghanistan.
The family of Specialist Christopher Coffland told WBAL-TV that Coffland was killed Friday in a roadside bombing in the Sayed Abud region. Two other Marines died in the attack.
The Pentagon has not released any information on Coffland’s [...]
Despite WBAL.com’s headline that a Maryland “Soldier” was killed in Afghanistan, the below excerpt from their piece is about a Marine:
The Pentagon says a Marine from Maryland has been killed while supporting combat operations in Afghanistan.
Twenty-six-year-old Sgt. Charles I. Cartwright of Union Bridge died Saturday in Farah province in [...]
We are fast approaching Obama being Coronated as President, and, he has finally made a decision on Afghanistan.
Tonight, after months of conferences with top advisors, President Obama has settled on a new strategy for Afghanistan. CBS News correspondent David Martin reports that the president will send a lot more [...]
The Dagger has a full report on Juanita L. Warman, who was one of the victims of Thursday’s shooting at Fort Hood, Texas.
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The recommended mailing date for the most economical postage to overseas military installations, including Iraq and Afghanistan, is Nov. 13.
Mail sent to overseas military addresses is charged only domestic mail prices. The domestic mail price for the Priority Mail Large Flat Rate Box is $13.95, but for packages to APO/FPO [...]
Let me see whether I have the facts straight.
In May, President Barack Obama removed Gen. David D. McKiernan as the top U.S. commander in Afghanistan and replaced him with Gen. Stanley A. McChrystal -- who, in September, issued a dire report warning that without as many as 40,000 more troops [...]
The Pentagon announced TODAY the formation of a new 500-man elite fighting unit called the Eastern Shore Redneck Special Forces (ESRSF)
Former vice president accuses the White House of indecision over Afghanistan and urges president to "do what it takes to win."
The Hill | Hoyer: GOP abandoned focus in Afghanistan for seven years | Jared Allen
An irritated House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) on Tuesday fired back at Republicans who have charged President Barack Obama with jeopardizing U.S. troops by deliberating over whether to send additional forces to Afghanistan.
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