TROOPS

Source: www.moreover.com --- 1 hour ago
BERLIN, July 25 (UPI) -- America's NATO allies are crucial in fighting terror in Iraq and Afghanistan as well as easing economic troubles at home, U.S. Sen. Barack Obama said Friday. ...

Source: www.reuters.com --- 8 hours ago
BERLIN (Reuters) - U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama dropped a plan to visit wounded U.S. TROOPS in Germany on Friday after the Pentagon said such venues should not be used for political campaigns. ...

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Copyright © 2008 Big Dog. Visit the original article at http://www.onebigdog.net/obama-disrespects-the-TROOPS/.The right has been waiting for Barack Obama to screw up during his whirlwind campaign tour overseas and his campaign has been holding its breath hoping that he makes it through without a major gaffe. He has made a few but they have been [...] ...

Source: www.theglobeandmail.com --- 5 hours ago
Top Pentagon leaders are expected to recommend soon that Defence Secretary Robert Gates order hundreds of additional U.S. TROOPS to Afghanistan over the next month or so, according to a senior military official. ...

Source: www.prweb.com --- 4 hours ago
Soldiers' Angels to Distribute "Coffee from Home" (PRWeb Jul 25, 2008) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2008/07/prweb1140894.htm ...

Source: boards.hbo.com --- 12 hours ago
So Obama had time to work out at the ritz carlton gym, but didnt have time to visit our TROOPS stationed blocks away. Apparently the german people ...

Source: www.military.com --- 8 hours ago
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Source: hotair.com --- 9 hours ago
Priorities. ...

Source: www.moreover.com --- 13 hours ago
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Source: www.weeklystandard.com --- 7 hours ago
First Read reports : One military official who was working on the Obama visit said because political candidates are prohibited from using military installations as campaign backdrops, Obama's representatives were told, "he could only bring two or three of his Senate staff member, no campaign officials or workers." In addition, "Obama could not bring any media. Only military photographers would be permitted to record Obama's visit." The official said "We didn't know why" the request to visit the wounded TROOPS was withdrawn. "He (Obama) was more than welcome. We were all ready for him." Ed Morrissey writes that "those same rules applied for the CODEL trip to Iraq and Afghanistan." The Obama campaign's line that he couldn't visit TROOPS on a leg of the trip "funded by the campaign" is ludicrous . Obama could have left the press and his campaign staff behind for a few hours while he visited wounded TROOPS. But instead the senator and Democratic presidential nominee chose to leave the TROOPS behind while he enjoyed a " celebratory vodka martini " with the press corps. ...

Source: www.politico.com --- 5 hours ago
Blog: Obama's last visit to wounded TROOPS ...

Source: www.earthtimes.org --- 8 hours ago
Colombo - Government TROOPS repulsed an attack around a stronghold of Tamil separatist rebels in northern Sri Lanka, killing at least 29 guerillas, a military spokesman said Friday. TROOPS on Friday recovered 29 bodies of slain rebels after the clash... ...

Source: www.americablog.com --- 9 hours ago
How can this still be? After all the years of sloganeering by Bush, Cheney, McCain and the others who led this country into a war, our TROOPS still aren't being supported. The wounded soldiers are not getting the care they deserve. It's beyond shocking. The NY Times editorializes: Among other things, the Army failed to anticipate a flood of wounded soldiers. Some transition units have been overwhelmed and are thus severely understaffed. At Fort Hood, Tex., last month, staff members found 1,362 patients in a unit authorized for 649 — and more than 350 on a waiting list. Of the total, 311 were identified as being at high risk of drug overdose, suicide or other dangerous behavior. There were 38 nurse case managers when there should have been 74. Some soldiers have had to languish two months to a year before the Army decided what to do with them, far longer than the goal the Army set last year. Under skeptical questioning during a hearing in February, Lt. Gen. Eric Schoomaker, the Army surgeon general, told the subcommittee that “for all intents and purposes, we are entirely staffed at the point we need to be staffed.” He also said: “The Army’s unwavering commitment and a key element of our warrior ethos is that we never leave a soldier behind on the battlefield — or lost in a bureaucracy.” That was thousands of wounded, neglected soldiers ago. There are now about 12,500 soldiers assigned to the warrior transition units — more than tw ...

Source: www.bignewsnetwork.com --- 8 hours ago
BERLIN -- He was supposed to visit wounded members of the U.S. armed forces during his visit to Germany. But Barack Obama scrapped those plans -- and he's being criticized for it. ...

Source: allafrica.com --- 14 hours ago
At least 16 people have been killed in renewed clashes in central Somalia after Ethiopian TROOPS attacked and retook control of a key town near the Somali-Ethiopian border, Radio Garowe reported. ...

Source: www.gcn.com --- 14 hours ago
A pair of Internet cafes serving 15,000 U.S. TROOPS in Iraq saw their typical usage double when the service provider waived fees for the July 4 holiday, increasing to about 4,100 log-ins on Independence Day. ...

Source: www.thisiswiltshire.co.uk --- 14 hours ago
Shoeboxes full of treats bring joy to underprivileged children at Christmas but Cath Newman of the Devizes branch of the Royal British Legion believes our TROOPS need cheering up all year round. ...