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Dick Cheney: Signs 'solidarity' w/ Georgia
The Swampby Mark Silva Dick Cheney dropped in at the Georgian embassy in Washington to declare his "solidarity'' with the Georgian people. Our colleague, Jim Gerstenzang, who is recording the closing days of the Bush administration at the L.A. Times' Countdown.......Tags: Government, National Government, Diplomacy, Defense, Heads of State
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Musharraf leaves Pakistan at crossroads
The Swampby Kim Barker ISLAMABAD, Pakistan -- The resignation of President Pervez Musharraf on Monday ends an era in Pakistan and could pave the way for a stronger civilian government that is more independent from the army than any government in......Tags: Coup d'Etat, Emergency Incidents, Civil Unrest, Crisis, Judges
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Katrina plus three: 'Hopeful progress'
The Swampby Mark Silva Nearly three years after Hurricane Katrina made landfall on the Gulf Coast, blasting the shore towns of Louisiana and Mississippi and inundating New Orleans, President Bush plans to return to the scene of the storm today. Bush......Tags: Natural Disasters, Renovation, Restaurant and Catering Industry, Moving and Storage, Martin Luther King Jr.
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Afghan militants kill 10 French, strike at U.S. base
The Associated PressInsurgents mounted two of the biggest attacks in years on Western forces in Afghanistan, killing 10 French soldiers in a mountain ambush and then sending a squad of suicide bombers in a failed assault early yesterday on a U.S. base near the Pakistan...Tags: Robert Wood, Guerrilla Activity, Terrorism, Bombings, Mountains
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Md. warns Army of lawsuit
Sun reporterMaryland Attorney General Douglas F. Gansler notified the Army Tuesday that the state plans to sue to get it to finish cleaning up groundwater and soil contamination at Fort Meade. Ratcheting up a long-running dispute, Gansler sent the Army a notice of...Tags: Robert Gates, John R Leopold, Regional Authority, Defense, Pollution
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Army Facility
Opposition to the Army's preferred site for a regional training facility in Middletown has led Army officials to reopen the site selection process. Page B3Tags: Defense, Middletown
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Army arsenal to catch exploded shells
Army officials are planning to spend millions to keep exploded artillery shells from flying off Picatinny Arsenal in Rockaway Township. A piece of an exploded shell damaged a home and killed a cat in Jefferson in April. The concept calls for...Tags: Defense
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Indiana native killed in Afghanistan
A 29-year-old soldier who went to high school in Indiana has been killed while serving in Afghanistan. The U.S. Department of Defense says staff Sgt. Kristopher Dan Rodgers of Burr Oak, Michigan, died Saturday in the Korengal Valley when a roadside bomb...Tags: Defense
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$15 billion helicopter bid pick due in fall
The Air Force is on track to select a winner this fall on a disputed $15 billion helicopter deal originally won by Chicago-based Boeing Co., despite an ongoing review by the Pentagon, a senior service official said Tuesday. The Pentagon inspector...Tags: Aerospace Manufacturing, Defense, Boeing Co., Lockheed Martin Corporation, United Technologies Corporation
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Obama touts patriotism in appeal to VFW convention in Orlando
Sentinel Staff Writeralmost defensive -- speech to veterans Tuesday, Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama stressed his patriotism and called on his Republican opponent to stop questioning it. Obama, appearing at the Veterans of Foreign Wars convention in Orlando,...Tags: International Military Interventions, Wars and Interventions, People, Elections, Defense
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Vietnam veteran is hero, deserves medal
In 1969, Terry Calandra of Easton was nominated for the Medal of Honor. Before and since, he was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross, Silver Star, Bronze Star, five Purple Hearts and more. He was and is a hero, and quite humble, to say the least....Tags: Awards and Prizes, Defense, Nazareth
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Lawmaker's husband dies after battle with cancer
Harvey F. Waite, the husband of Republican U.S. Rep. Ginny Brown-Waite, has died in Brooksville. He was 68. Brown-Waite's communications director Charlie Keller said Waite died at home Tuesday after suffering from pancreatic cancer. Waite was born in...Tags: Lawyers, Defense, Ginny Brown-Waite, Diseases, Cancer
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