Topic: U.S. Department of Defense
Results show a sharp net decline in the relative incidence of terrorist violence, with a 40 percent decline in the number of fatalities from terrorism and a dramatic collapse in the terror network linked with Osama bin Laden's al-Qaida. The number of ...
It's hard to fathom now, but an amazing thing happened in our country during the period that immediately followed the terrible 2001 terrorist attacks. If anything, the looming danger to this nation's safety and security has intensified beyond the scope of Osama ...
Pentagon: New all-terrain-type vehicles en route for troops facing IEDs in AfghanistanThe Defense Department says the U.S. military has started shipping new equipment to Afghanistan to help troops cope with the increasing threat of improvised explosive devices there.Pentagon Press Secretary Geoff Morrell, ...
As President Obama plans for the release of who knows how many terrorist suspects from Guantanamo, it is useful to hear what they are saying about their mission in life. In a declassified response to the government's nine accusations against five of ...
Responding to President Obama's executive order closing the terrorist suspect detention center at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, the Department of Defense (DoD) has dropped charges against Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri, suspected planning of the Oct. 12, 2000, bombing of the USS Cole. Quick to ...
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Casualty Return Afghanistan
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Afghanistan Medevac Unit
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Gays in Military
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