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Lawmakers seek to reclassify Fort Hood shootings as terror attack
Washington :: DC :: USA | 14 days ago
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Defense Department again to classify the 2009 shootings at Fort Hood, Texas, a terrorist attack. In a letter to Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel this week, Reps Tom Rooney, R-Fla.; Chaka Fattah, D-Pa.; and Frank Wolf , R-Va., said the decision soon
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Vietnam-era sailors' remains to be buried at Arlington
Ho Chi Minh City :: Vietnam | 20 days ago
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Human remains from the Vietnam War have been identified as four U.S. Navy sailors who were reported missing in 1967, officials said. The bodies of the men are to be buried together Thursday in Arlington National Cemetery , Stars and Stripes reported.
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Marine faces court-martial for urinating on Taliban corpses
Upi :: Philippines | 1 month ago
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Marine accused of urinating on the corpses of Taliban fighters in Afghanistan will be court-martialed, military officials said...Robert Richards, 27, was charged with dereliction of duty, violating a general order and conduct prejudicial to good
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VA still prescribing tranquilizers to veterans with PTSD, despite warnings
New York City :: NY :: USA | 1 month ago
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Valium and Xanax by doctors from the Department of Veterans Affairs, Stars and Stripes reported. This practice, however, is in direct contrast to VA guidelines, which advise against tranquilizer use for this purpose...Current clinical guidelines,
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VA still prescribing tranquilizers to veterans with PTSD, despite warnings
New York City :: NY :: USA | 1 month ago
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Valium and Xanax by doctors from the Department of Veterans Affairs, Stars and Stripes reported. This practice, however, is in direct contrast to VA guidelines, which advise against tranquilizer use for this purpose...Current clinical guidelines,
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Editor: A gift for you, the devoted baseball fan
Cincinnati :: OH :: USA | 3 months ago
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There's a photo in the family albums of me, in pajamas, intently reading the Pacific edition of Stars and Stripes. I grabbed the paper each morning and flipped to the back pages, where the baseball standings and box scores resided...Our contact with
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Minesweeper to be dismantled after running aground
Tōkyō :: Japan | 4 months ago
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Navy minesweeper that ran aground on a reef off the coast of the Philippines two weeks ago will be cut up and removed in sections, officials said. The 224-foot USS Guardian got stuck Jan. 17 on the Tubbataha Reef, in the Sulu Sea, after leaving a
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Stars and Stripes reporter Drake dies in Australia
Gold Coast :: Australia | 4 months ago
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Drake, whose diverse reporting career included the Vietnam War and interviews with global entertainers for Pacific Stars and Stripes, has died in Australia ...For almost 40 years, Hal Drake reported a range of Asian stories from his Tokyo base until
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Military made big mistake on housing pay
Washington :: DC :: USA | 7 months ago
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Civilian employees of the U.S. military in Europe could owe the government thousands of dollars in wrongly paid housing allowances, officials say. A memo obtained by the military newspaper Stars and Stripes said some commands misinterpreted the
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Boise Philharmonic's ‘Patriotic Pops’ features Curtis Stigers
Boise :: ID :: USA | 9 months ago
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This finale of the Boise Philharmonic's outdoor music series Picnic at the Pops will be a blast. The first half of Patriotic Pops will include songs of patriotism and American ideals, including Casey at the Bat, narrated by Ken Bass, and performances
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