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4/20/08 Tanner, Reuters, Distressed war veterans get day in court
April 18, 2008
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April 14, 2008
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4/12/08 Davenport, WP, No Longer Held in Reserve
April 8, 2008
4/08/08 Beale, BBC, Grief hangs over Texas army town
April 3, 2008
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March 29, 2008
March 27, 2008
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3/26/08 Schenwar, Truthout, The "Rules" of War includes video testimony.
March 25, 2008
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March 20, 2008
3/20/08 Gutierrez & Drash, CNN, 'Green-card Marine' prepares for 3rd deployment
March 14, 2008
3/14/08 Cachola et al, FPIF, Gender and U.S. Bases in Asia-Pacific
March 13, 2008
3/13/08 Zweig, Nation, The War and the Working Class
March 11, 2008
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March 8, 2008
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3/03/08 Pupovac, ITT, Silenced in the Barracks
February 29, 2008
2/29/08 Glanz, IPS, Vets Break Silence on War Crimes
February 26, 2008
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2/18/08 Dobie, Nation, Denial in the Corps
February 16, 2008
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2/15/08 Alvarez & SOntag, NYT, When Strains on Military Families Turn Deadly
February 12, 2008
2/12/08 Vogel, WP, Homeless Vets Are in the Lurch
February 11, 2008
February 10, 2008
February 9, 2008
2/09/08 Abramowitz & Wright, WP, No Funds in Bush Budget For Troop-Benefits Plan
February 8, 2008
2/08/08 Galloway, McClatchy, Commentary: Doing right by our newest veterans
February 7, 2008
2/07/08 Shepard, Toronto Star, Soldier In ‘Shock’ Over Leaked Khadr Report
February 6, 2008
February 2, 2008
February 1, 2008
2/01/08 Philip, TimesOnline, US Soldier Suicides Reach A Record High
January 31, 2008
January 30, 2008
1/30/08 Jones & Yoshino, LAT, US Troops Allegedly Killed Detainees
1/30/08 Jones & Yoshino, LAT, US Troops Allegedly Killed Detainees
January 27, 2008
1/27/08 Whitaker & Macintyre, Independent, Bush: Pace of Withdrawal from Iraq May Have to Slow
1/27/08 Sontag & Alvarez, NYT, In More Cases, Combat Trauma Is Taking the Stand
January 25, 2008
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1/13/08 Sontag & Alvarez, NYT, Across America, Deadly Echoes of Foreign Battles
January 7, 2008
1/07/08 Berrigan, ITT, The Fog of War Crimes
January 6, 2008
1/06/08 Chivers & Rashbaum, NYT, Army Lets a Felon Join Up, but N.Y.P.D. Will Not
January 4, 2008
December 31, 2007
12/31/07 Stratton, Guardian, 2007 is America's Deadliest Year in Iraq
December 29, 2007
December 28, 2007
December 27, 2007
12/27/07 Barnes & Spiegel, LAT, New Armored Vehicles Drive Heated Debate
December 23, 2007
12/23/07 LaPlante, Salt Lake Tribune, Military Divorce On Rise
December 21, 2007
December 20, 2007
December 19, 2007
12/19/07 Shanker, NYT, Bush Approves Army Reorganization
12/19/07 Geist, IPS, FILM-US/IRAQ: Heart of Darkness
December 17, 2007
12/17/07 Abramowitz & Baker, WP, Bush Faces Pressure to Shift War Priorities
December 16, 2007
12/16/07 Bender & Baron, Boston Globe, Army Knew of Cheating on Tests for Eight Years
12/16/07 Goldstein, McClatchy, A distant war comes home to America
12/16/07 Beaumont, Guardian, Armed forces 'superbug' menaces UK
December 7, 2007
12/07/07 Tady, ITT, The Military's Stealth Test
December 3, 2007
12/03/07 Russell, Independent, Warlords replace Army in Basra
December 2, 2007
12/02/07 Priest & Hull, WP, 'A Soldier's Officer'
December 1, 2007
November 30, 2007
11/30/07 Lubold, CSM, For Marines, fewer bombproof trucks
November 17, 2007
November 16, 2007
11/16/07 Palmer & Olver, Reuters, US Deserters Lose Bid for Canada Refugee Status
November 15, 2007
November 14, 2007
11/14/07 Tyson, WP, Troops' Mental Distress Tracked
November 11, 2007
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October 27, 2007
10/27/07 Taylor & Addley, Guardian, Undiagnosed brain injury - the hidden legacy of Iraq
October 22, 2007
10/22/07 Knickerbocker, CSM, Wounded troops overwhelm care
October 19, 2007
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9/03/07 Leland, NYT, A Way Out of Debt by Way of Iraq
September 1, 2007
9/01/07 Abramowitz, WP, Military Briefs Bush On Troops' Welfare
August 29, 2007
8/29/07 Olson, ITT, Extending Tours, Stressing Troops
August 27, 2007
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8/12/07 Beaumont, Guardian, Fatigue cripples US army in Iraq
August 10, 2007
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8/03/07 Curtis, Guardian, Iraq veterans suffer stress and alcoholism
August 1, 2007
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7/13/07 Bender, Boston Globe, More Entering Army with Criminal Records
July 12, 2007
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6/15/07 Anderson & Partlow, WP, U.S. Says Iraq Troop Surge Complete
June 14, 2007
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6/09/07 McCaffrey, WP, Naval Academy Gets New Leader
June 8, 2007
June 4, 2007
6/04/07 Hari, Independnent, Iraq's Mercenaries - With A Licence To Kill
June 3, 2007
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5/21/07 Powell, Hearst, Second Iraq Troop Surge Starts
May 17, 2007
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5/05/07 Ricks & Tyson, WP, Troops at Odds With Ethics Standards
May 3, 2007
5/03/07 Philpot, Military.com, Military Gets Big Pay Raise
May 2, 2007
5/02/07 Lubold, CSM, Key US Army ranks begin to thin
April 26, 2007
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4/20/07 von Zelbauer, NYT, Killings of Afghan Civilians Recall Haditha
April 14, 2007
4/14/07 Tyson & White, WP, Excessive Force By Marines Alleged
April 13, 2007
4/13/07 Benjamin, Salon, New Walter Reed questions
April 12, 2007
4/12/07 Shactman, Wired, Billion-Dollar Recruits
4/12/07 Cloud, NYT, U.S. Is Extending Tours of Army
April 10, 2007
April 9, 2007
4/09/07 Zielbauer, NYT, Army Is Cracking Down on Deserters
April 8, 2007
4/08/07 Glasser, WP, A Shock Wave of Brain Injuries
April 7, 2007
4/07/07 Garofoli, SF Chron, The Few. The Proud. The Disillusioned
April 4, 2007
April 1, 2007
4/01/07 Goodchild & Owen, Independent, Armed forces' suicides surpass combat deaths
March 27, 2007
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3/22/07 Vogel & Ruane, WP, Pentagon Is Probing Veterans Home
March 21, 2007
3/21/07 Brulliard, WP, Accounts Differ on Raid in Baghdad
March 20, 2007
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March 15, 2007
3/15/07 Mark, Nation, Swords Into Plowshares
March 14, 2007
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3/13/07 Rutenberg, SMH, Bush wants blank cheque for more troops
March 12, 2007
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March 10, 2007
March 9, 2007
3/09/07 Urbina & Nixon, NYT, Veterans Face Vast Inequities Over Disability
March 8, 2007
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3/07/07 Peterson, Independent, US medic in Germany guilty of desertion
March 6, 2007
March 5, 2007
3/05/07 Hull & Priest, WP, 'It Is Just Not Walter Reed'
March 4, 2007
March 3, 2007
3/03/07 Abramowitz & Vogel, WP, Army Secretary Ousted
March 2, 2007
February 27, 2007
February 26, 2007
2/26/07 Tapper & Giusto, ABC, Congress Reexamining 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell'
February 24, 2007
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2/21/07 Priest & Hull, WP, Swift Action Promised at Walter Reed
February 20, 2007
2/20/07 Priest & Hull, WP, Army Fixing Patients' Housing
February 19, 2007
2/19/07 Randerson, Guardian, Virtual war helps US soldiers deal with trauma
February 18, 2007
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2/17/07 St. George, WP, The Forgotten Families
February 15, 2007
February 14, 2007
February 11, 2007
2/11/07 Whitaker et al, Independent, Fratricide: That's what the military calls 'friendly fire'
February 10, 2007
2/10/07 Boston Herald, Pentagon lies with stats
February 9, 2007
2/09/07 Fair, WP, An Iraq Interrogator's Nightmare or here
February 8, 2007
2/08/07 Layton & Weisman, WP, Veterans Group Speaks Out on War
February 7, 2007
2/07/07 Santora & Elsen, NYT, Baghdad Push Begins, U.S. Military Says
February 6, 2007
2/06/07 Simpich, Truthout, Hope and Resistance
February 4, 2007
January 29, 2007
1/29/07 Englehardt, Nation, The Forgotten American Dead
January 28, 2007
1/28/07 Brown, McClatchy, Should America return to the draft?
January 27, 2007
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January 11, 2007
1/11/07 White & Schneider, WP, Gates Calls for Military Troop Increase
January 10, 2007
1/10/06 Karl, ABC, Iraq Troop Surge Begins
January 8, 2007
January 7, 2007
1/07/07 Luce, Financial Times, White Small-Town America Pays Price in Iraq
January 6, 2007
1/06/07 White, WP, Death in Haditha
January 2, 2007
1/02/07 Kim, Nation, Gays: Uncle Sam Wants You
January 1, 2007
1/01/07 Trejos, WP, U.S. Toll In Iraq Reaches 3,000