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Iraq War veteran rates 10 Iraq War battles in movies and television
Jay Dorleus, an Iraq War veteran, looks at how the Iraq War is portrayed in movies and TV shows.He …
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At the DNC, Harris and Democrats took back the American flag
Republicans have branded themselves as the party of patriotism for decades, but the Democratic Nati…
Alice Tecotzky,Brent D. Griffiths
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John Kelly lashes out over Trump saying a civilian award is better than the Medal of Honor: 'No equivalency of any kind
Veterans groups have criticized Donald Trump for saying that the Presidential Medal of Freedom is b…
Brent D. Griffiths
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Tim Walz's military career: What we know and what we don't know
Republicans say Gov. Tim Walz misrepresents his military career and retired to avoid combat. Here's…
Alice Tecotzky
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What Kamala Harris and Donald Trump's music choices say about the 2024 race
Harris, Trump, and their running mates have fine-tuned their playlists ahead of the election.
Brent D. Griffiths,Alice Tecotzky
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JD Vance leans head first into Trump populism in his first major moment
Sen. JD Vance of Ohio used his first big moment as Donald Trump's VP to tout his running mate and t…
Brent D. Griffiths
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Biden took a swipe at skeptical House Democrat's military service during tense Zoom call, report says
"Tell me who did something that you've never done with your Bronze Star like my son," the president…
Bryan Metzger
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I was a US Army tanker in the Iraq War and a gunner in the Abrams tank built to annihilate enemy armor
Glenn Girona served on the Abrams tank for years, including as a gunner in the Iraq War. He says it…
Chris Panella
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House Republicans have a wacky new plan to finally pass Ukraine aid and force a sale of TikTok
Speaker Mike Johnson plans to hold separate votes on Ukraine aid and Israel aid, then bundle it tog…
Bryan Metzger
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Middle East hawks are calling for another dangerous showdown in order to sink the Iran deal for good
Opinion | Those hawks claim that, thanks to failed policies they advocated, the US must prepare for…
Jeremy Ben-Ami
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Why Congressional Republicans are imploding before our eyes
Trump has clearly worsened the situation, but the rot was there long before him.
Brent D. Griffiths
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Democratic Rep. Ruben Gallego, an Iraq War vet, said he was prepared to 'kill somebody' on January 6
"I didn't find any weapons. The best thing I found was a pen and that was going to have to be it," …
Warren Rojas,Brent D. Griffiths
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The Pentagon spent $14 trillion after 9/11. Up to half of it went to for-profit defense contractors.
The US military budget grew by more than 10% the first year after 9/11, according to a new study fr…
Madison Hall,John Haltiwanger
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US should've trained the Afghan military to be 'more like the Taliban,' former NATO commander says
James Stavridis said Afghan forces should've been trained to be "lighter, quicker, more lethal," ad…
Bryan Metzger
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Almost two-thirds of Americans say the Afghanistan and Iraq wars were not worth fighting: poll
The AP-NORC poll, conducted August 12 - 16, also found that Americans have grown more concerned abo…
Bryan Metzger
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Donald Rumsfeld's legacy is defined by the disastrous Iraq War and America's disgraceful use of torture
Rumsfeld expressed no regrets about the Iraq War, a disastrous conflict that claimed roughly 300,00…
John Haltiwanger
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The US House voted to repeal the 2002 Iraq War authorization
The House vote is part of a growing bipartisan effort to scrap post-9/11 laws that gave presidents …
Kelly McLaughlin,John Haltiwanger
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The former Blackwater guards Trump pardoned were convicted of killing 14 Iraqi civilians, including 2 children
The youngest victim of the infamous Nisour Square massacre was a 9-year-old boy who was shot in the…
John Haltiwanger,Ryan Pickrell
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Iraq war veteran who volunteered to fight with Ukrainian military dies after recent Russian attack, reports say
"He was always willing to help. He was a hard worker, and he certainly cared about his family," Dan…
Taylor Ardrey
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A 1980s showdown with Iran was US Special Operations Command's first test in combat
From 1987 to 1989, US special-operation units deployed to the Persian Gulf for Operation Prime Chan…