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Date: Friday, 20 Nov 2009 03:57

US Army Specialist Ryan Hill and his daughter pray together as they light a candle and lay flowers at the front gate to Fort Hood following a shooting rampage on the grounds November 7, in Killeen, Texas. A former White House security adviser has alleged the Muslim army psychiatrist accused of the Texas military base attack may not have been investigated because of AFP - A former White House security adviser has alleged that the Muslim army psychiatrist accused of killing 13 at a Texas military base may not have been investigated because of "political correctness."


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Date: Friday, 20 Nov 2009 01:06

President Barack Obama waves as he exits Air Force One at Andrews Air Force Base in Maryland, Thursday, Nov. 19, 2009. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)AP - President Barack Obama will have scant time to rest up from his eight-day Asia trip. On Saturday, two days after his return to Washington, the Senate plans a make-or-break vote on his hard-fought plan to overhaul the nation's health care system. Obama also confronts a difficult choice on strategy and troop levels in Afghanistan, which will be criticized no matter what he decides.


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Date: Friday, 20 Nov 2009 00:59

The US Army plans to restrict media coverage of an appearance by Sarah Palin, pictured on November 18, at a military base to prevent the event from turning into a political protest against President Barack Obama, officials said.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Bill Pugliano)AFP - The US Army plans to restrict media coverage of an appearance by Sarah Palin at a military base to prevent the event from turning into a political protest against President Barack Obama, officials said.


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Date: Thursday, 19 Nov 2009 21:29
AP - Congressional investigators said Thursday that tens of thousands of questionnaires aimed at measuring the mental and physical health of returning combat troops can't be found.
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Date: Thursday, 19 Nov 2009 20:46

Defense Secretary Robert Gates, left, accompanied by Joint Chiefs Chairman Adm. Michael Mullen, gestures during a news conference at the Pentagon, Thursday, Nov. 19, 2009, to discuss the Fort Hood shootings. (AP Photo/Kevin Wolf)AP - Trying to avert another tragedy like the Fort Hood shootings, Defense Secretary Robert Gates named a former Army secretary and former Navy chief to review a broad range of Pentagon programs, ranging from medical and personnel policies to how well military bases are secured.


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Date: Thursday, 19 Nov 2009 19:18

US Secretary of Defense Robert Gates holds a press conference in the briefing room of the Pentagon in Washington, DC speaking about the shooting at Fort Hood. Gates announced Thursday a thorough investigation into the Fort Hood shootings to examine if warning signs were missed and to ensure such a AFP - US Defense Secretary Robert Gates on Thursday announced a major review of the Fort Hood shootings to examine if the military had missed warning signs or remained "vulnerable" to similar assaults.


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Date: Thursday, 19 Nov 2009 18:49
Reuters - Germany, the third largest contributor to the NATO-led mission in Afghanistan, on Thursday held out the possibility of sending more troops to the stalled, eight-year-old war after a review early next year.
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Date: Thursday, 19 Nov 2009 18:29
Reuters - U.S. defense spending in coming years must rise roughly 6 percent on average from the record sum sought by President Barack Obama this year just to meet current plans, Congress's budget office said Wednesday.
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Date: Thursday, 19 Nov 2009 14:43

US Army Specialist Ryan Hill and his daughter pray together as they light a candle and lay flowers at the front gate to Fort Hood following a shooting rampage on the grounds November 7, in Killeen, Texas. US lawmakers Thursday sought to unravel how an army psychiatrist was allegedly able to unleash a shooting spree on a US army base, warning it was part of a larger pattern of home-grown terrorism.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Joe Raedle)AFP - The US army major accused of the deadly shooting spree in the Fort Hood army base which left 13 dead was warned repeatedly over his poor job performance, US media reported Thursday.


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Date: Thursday, 19 Nov 2009 10:34
Reuters - A website set up by China's Defense Ministry said it was hit by 2.3 million hacker attacks in its first month of operation, but none of them were successful.
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Date: Thursday, 19 Nov 2009 02:07
AP - As of Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2009, at least 841 members of the U.S. military had died in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Uzbekistan as a result of the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan in late 2001, according to the Defense Department. The department last updated its figures Wednesday at 10 a.m. EST.
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Date: Wednesday, 18 Nov 2009 21:49
AP - Three Marines and a Navy man convicted of aiding the kidnapping and murder of an Iraqi man have been ordered removed from the military, the Navy said Wednesday.
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Date: Wednesday, 18 Nov 2009 17:32

This 2000 picture obtained November 10, from the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USUHS) shows Major Nidal Malik Hasan when was a medical student. US Attorney General Eric Holder said Wednesday he found contacts between the alleged gunman behind a deadly shooting spree at a US military base and a radical Yemeni cleric AFP - US Attorney General Eric Holder said Wednesday he found contacts between the alleged gunman behind a deadly shooting spree at a US military base and a radical Yemeni cleric "disturbing."


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Date: Wednesday, 18 Nov 2009 13:52
Reuters - Suicides in the U.S. Army will hit a new high this year, a top general said on Tuesday in a disclosure likely to increase concerns about stress on U.S. forces ahead of an expected buildup in Afghanistan.
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Date: Wednesday, 18 Nov 2009 11:28

U.S. Army soldiers of 3/509 infantry 4BDE25ID Task Force Geronimo sing around a fire at Forward Operating Base (FOB) Tillman in Afghanistan November 17, 2009. REUTERS/Bruno DomingosReuters - U.S. President Barack Obama said in an interview with CNN on Wednesday he is "very close" to a decision on boosting troop levels in Afghanistan and would make an announcement "in the next several weeks."


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Date: Wednesday, 18 Nov 2009 01:40

A US soldier during a curfew enforcement operation in Baghdad. Suicides in the US Army are headed to a new record this year but it remains unclear if repeated combat tours in Afghanistan and Iraq are causing more soldiers to take their lives, a top general has said.(AFP/File/Mauricio Lima)AFP - Suicides in the US Army are headed to a new record this year but it remains unclear if repeated combat tours in Afghanistan and Iraq are causing more soldiers to take their lives, a top general has said.


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Date: Wednesday, 18 Nov 2009 00:52

Top military officer Admiral Mike Mullen, pictured in September 2009, said on Tuesday that US forces were under strain from fighting wars in Afghanistan and Iraq but were not at a AFP - Top military officer Admiral Mike Mullen said on Tuesday that US forces were under strain from fighting wars in Afghanistan and Iraq but were not at a "tipping point."


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Date: Tuesday, 17 Nov 2009 23:22

Military funeral personel carry the casket of Michael Grant Cahill, 62, Sunday, Nov. 15, 2009, to Saint Monica's Church in Cameron, Texas. Cahill was killed at Fort Hood military base Nov. 3, along with twelve others. (AP Photo/ Jerry Larson)AP - Worried that the Army may have missed red flags about the alleged shooter in the Fort Hood massacre, the Pentagon will likely launch an inquiry into how all the military services keep watch on other volatile soldiers hidden in their ranks, officials said Tuesday.


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Date: Tuesday, 17 Nov 2009 23:13
AP - Defense contractor Science Applications International Corp., or SAIC Inc., has completed the reclassification of its class A preferred stock into common stock.
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Date: Tuesday, 17 Nov 2009 14:39
Reuters - Afghan officials said Tuesday 14 civilians had been killed by rockets fired by the Taliban into a crowded market a day earlier, almost trebling the original toll given for the attack in the country's northeast. "In total 14 people were martyred and 38 of our countrymen were wounded," Afghan Army General Paikan Zamaray told reporters after visiting some of the wounded at a medical facility in a NATO military base at Kabul airport.
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