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Obama: Congress briefed on every drone strike

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama says his administration informs Congress about every drone strike America orders. In a national security speech Thursday, Obama said the administration has briefed the appropriate congressional committees about all […]

2013/05/23

Marine, dog reunited in surprise ceremony

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — When Marine Sgt. Ross Gundlach served as a dog handler in Afghanistan, he told the yellow lab who was his constant companion that he’d look her up when he returned […]

2013/05/17

Girl gets surprise reunion with dad at Rays game

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — A Tampa Bay area girl throwing the first pitch at a Rays game got a big surprise from her father, who had been stationed in Afghanistan for the past two […]

2013/05/17

Aircraft crashes in a fireball at Spanish air show

MADRID (AP) — A historic jet plane crashed into a hangar and exploded in a fireball at an airshow southwest of the capital Sunday, severely injuring its pilot who later died in the hospital, officials […]

2013/05/06

Wreckage of US Air Force KC-135 Stratotanker, near the village of Chaldovar, Kyrgyzstan. (AP Photo)

New mother, aviator from Palmdale killed in Asia

PALMDALE (CNS) – An Air Force captain who is a new mother from Palmdale was identified by the Pentagon today as one of three airmen killed when their tanker plane crashed in Central Asia, while supporting American […]

2013/05/05

Photographer’s loss offers hope for Boston wounded

BARCELONA (AP) — In the first horrific moments after the Boston bombing, with smoke still billowing around the wounded, I know what is going through the minds of the maimed victims. They are at once conscious and unconscious. They want to scream, but they cannot scream.

2013/04/23

Taliban capture 11 foreigners in Afghanistan

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The Taliban took 11 civilians prisoner, including eight Turks and a Russian, after their cargo helicopter made an emergency landing in eastern Afghanistan in the first large scale capture of foreigners there in nearly six years.

2013/04/22

Joint Chiefs of Staff chairman General Martin Dempsey (AP Photo)

US general: Taliban likely to be long-term threat

BAGRAM AIR FIELD, Afghanistan (AP) — The United States accepts that a diminished but resilient Taliban is likely to remain a military threat in some parts of Afghanistan long after U.S. troops complete their combat mission next year.

2013/04/07

US preparing for possible further North Korea actions

BAGRAM, Afghanistan (AP) — The top U.S. military officer says the Pentagon has bolstered its missile defenses and taken other steps because he “can’t take the chance” that North Korea won’t soon engage in some military action.

2013/04/07

Army soldier recovering from TBI gets Silver Star

FORT CAMPBELL, Ky. (AP) — A Fort Campbell soldier who suffered a traumatic brain injury has received the Silver Star for his actions to help evacuate wounded troops during a mission in Afghanistan in 2010.

2013/04/06

6 Americans, doctor killed in Afghan attacks

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (AP) – It has been the deadliest for Americans in Afghanistan since August.

2013/04/06

John Kerry (c), US Secretary of State, poses for a picture with US Marines at the US Embassy, Baghdad, Iraq. (AP Photo)

Kerry praises plans for ‘safe’ Afghan elections

KABUL (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Afghan President Hamid Karzai made a show of unity Monday, shortly after the U.S. military ceded control of its last detention facility in Afghanistan, ending a longstanding irritant in relations between the two countries.

2013/03/25