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[America's Right] America's Right: Obama in Iraq: His language with regard to Iraq and Afghanistan, save for the obvious difference between the "Global War on Terror" and an "Overseas Contingency Operation," largely smacks of language used by his much maligned predecessor. Today's statement that troop withdrawal depends upon Iraq's ability to take care of itself, for example, is a longshot from the inflammatory talk of precipitous withdrawal posed by Obama during his presidential campaign in 2007 and 2008, and is instead very similar to language used by both Obama's rival in the campaign, Arizona Sen.

[News & Opinion - Rochester City Newspaper] COST OF WAR: Iraq & Afghanistan by the numbers (4/1/09): IRAQ TOTALS - 4260 U.S. servicemen and servicewomen, 318 Coalition servicemen and servicewomen, and approximately 91,337 to 99,724 Iraqi civilians have been killed in Iraq from the beginning of the war and occupation to March 30.

[PeakDemsBlog] PeakDemsBlog: Colorado pols feeling the heat on Iraq: "As Congress prepares to vote again on this issue, once in July when we consider the 2008 Defense Appropriations bill, and again in September on the 2008 Iraq Supplemental bill, I look forward to working on behalf of the American people who want to see real progress made in the Iraq war. I will continue to hold the Iraqi government and the President accountable, and move our country in a new direction."

[All Our Might] All Our Might » Blog Archive » Truman Series: Leaving Iraq: After the tremendous progress we have made in Iraq over the past two years, it would be foolhardy to pull out nearly all of our troops precipitously and put that progress at risk. Iraqi security forces remain a work in progress, and need our support””both for training and to assist them in difficult combat missions.

[News & Opinion - Rochester City Newspaper] COST OF WAR (3/25/09) - News Articles - Rochester City Newspaper: IRAQ TOTALS - 4258 U.S. servicemen and servicewomen, 318 Coalition servicemen and servicewomen, and approximately 91,241 to 99,622 Iraqi civilians have been killed in Iraq from the beginning of the war and occupation to March 23.

[Religious Freedom] Thomas More Law Center - News: These plaque-dedication ceremonies reveal that this memorial is a lasting tribute to our servicemen and servicewomen. It provides a place where family members, friends, and comrades of our war veterans can pay tribute to their heroes’

[NewsBusters.org - Exposing Liberal Media Bias] Not Even NBC Buys, or Can Fit, 'Overseas Contingency Operation ...: There were no questions about Iraq during the news conference.  It's been crowded off the national radar as of late, by the puposeful actions of those of us in the MSM who were against it from the beginning.  Afterall, if we would have been reporting the continuing progress, that clown McCain, who supported the Surge, whose success has allowed us to get to the place we're now at, would have gotten creidt, particularly compared to Sgt. Schultz, who opposed the surge and even to this very day can not speak of it in positive terms,successful or not.

[veteranjournal.com] Give An Hour | Veterans Mental Health Assistance | veteranjournal.com: Servicemen and servicewomen might be more inclined to seek help if they know that the services provided are completely independent of the military. By providing services that are separate from the military establishment, we offer an essential option for men and women who might otherwise fail to seek or receive appropriate services.

[communichi] Healing the Veterans - Preparing for the Big One at communichi: According to a RAND report released in April 2008, over 18 percent of troops who have served in Iraq and Afghanistan–nearly 300,000 troops–have symptoms of post-traumatic stress PTSD or major depression. At the same time, about 19 percent of service members reported that they experienced a possible traumatic brain injury.

[Semenaua's Weblog] Video Gamers Are Supporting The Troops In An Unusual Fashion ...: Although there certainly are differing views on the subject of current operations in Iraq, there is little if any debate as to the courage and professionalism of the U.S. military. Support for the troops is universal in that everyone wishes them well and prays for their safety.

[The Somerville News Blog] The Somerville News Blog: Veterans of Foreign Wars- 110 years of ...: Since the organization's founding, the VFW has provided services at no cost for Veterans and their family such as disability claims service, education & community service projects and legislative services which have resulted in concrete results dealing with Agent Orange health claims as well as a brand new 21st Century Post 9/11 GI Bill to assists our returning Iraq &

[Arnold Zwicky's Blog] X-men « Arnold Zwicky’s Blog: But if a Navy corpsman died while serving with the Marines: ”˜four American soldiers, Marines, and sailors were killed in Iraq today.’ Oh, hell, just say ”˜four servicemen were killed in Iraq today’ ”” oops! One soldier was a woman!

[Pat Dollard | Young Americans] Pat Dollard | Young Americans | Blog Archive » Coffin Politics: After a review ordered by defense secretary Robert Gates, the Pentagon has lifted an 18-year-old policy banning the media from photographing caskets of slain servicemen and servicewomen on their return home, most often to Dover Air Force Base. Overturning the ban had been a goal of President George W.

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