17 Nov 2008 - Today’s Military, Veteran, War and National Security News
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US Troops Question Military No-Beard Rules in Afghanistan
http://www.usnews.com/articles/news/2008/11/17/us-troops-question-military-no-beard-rules-in-afghanistan.html
Gen. Ann E. Dunwoody
http://blog.seattlepi.nwsource.com/nowhearthis/archives/154418.asp
Stages of US military presence in Iraq
http://www.alsumaria.tv/en/Iraq-News/1-24658-Stages-of-US-military-presence-in-Iraq.html
Women in US military deserve better than rampant sexual harassment
http://www.freep.com/article/20081117/OPINION01/811170303/1069/OPINION
GA special report / Ex-IDF chief: Military option against Iran
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1038165.html
Cammaert: 'No military solution for Congo'
http://www.radionetherlands.nl/currentaffairs/region/africa/081117-congo-cammaert-mc
US troops leave more security in hands of Iraqis
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/feedarticle/8035154
Iraq and US sign military pact
http://www.radionetherlands.nl/news/international/6055410/Iraq-and-US-sign-military-pact
Tai Survey not meant to increase military instructors: MOE
http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2008/11/18/2003428930
Winter Case Spells Cold Climate For Military In the Courts
http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=29514
Sentence on MBC Journalist for 'Illegal' Military Report Upheld
http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/nation/2008/11/117_34577.html
Longtime Tri-City lawyer headed overseas to train Afghan military
http://www.tri-cityherald.com/kennewick_pasco_richland/story/386592.html
SKorea reviews ban on homosexuality in the military
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5gq3FxdLuz3DlQdWfnyXDQpf33uAA
Charity helps military kids ensure a bright future
http://www.news8austin.com/content/your_news/default.asp?ArID=224589
Cana Military hoping for $2B in new vehicles
http://www.canada.com/topics/news/national/story.html?id=bffc5122-9337-41f5-8763-e16ecdf24943
Aluminium shipbuilder to construct high speed ships for US military
http://www.metalworker.com.au/Article/Aluminium-shipbuilder-to-construct-high-speed-ships-for-US-military/430966.aspx
Task force release report on military growth impact
http://www.jdnews.com/news/task_60674___article.html/force_growth.html
Kor Military to Develop High-Tech Combat Uniform
http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/nation/2008/11/116_34570.html
Family Medical Leave Act for military families expanded
http://www.tucsoncitizen.com/daily/local/102764.php
Ban on Masks Upsets Iraqi Interpreters
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/11/16/AR2008111602040.html?hpid=topnews
Chet Edwards won't be Veterans Affairs secretary
http://trailblazersblog.dallasnews.com/archives/2008/11/chet-edwards-wont-be-veterans.html
Spain turns to Latinos to fill military ranks
http://www.nydailynews.com/latino/2008/11/17/2008-11-17_spain_turns_to_latinos_to_fill_military_-2.html
Tyndall Air Force Hosts Jr. Raptor Day for Military Children
http://www.wjhg.com/home/headlines/34531379.html
Taiw Military is watching China's moves
http://english.rti.org.tw/Content/GetSingleNews.aspx?ContentID=68450
Cana Schools are neglecting our military history
http://www.stcatharinesstandard.ca/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1300076
QNX system used in radios for US military
http://www.ottawabusinessjournal.com/293116524143410.php
Somalia: Somali military was accused of robbing
http://www.somaliweyn.org/pages/news/Nov_08/17Nov21.html
NH veterans cemetery names director
http://www.nashuatelegraph.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20081117/NEIGHBORS0303/811169923/-1/XML15
FL Military Families Get Free YMCA Memberships
http://www2.highlandstoday.com/content/2008/nov/17/la-military-families-get-free-ymca-memberships/
To Provide Mraps For Afghanistan, Army Looks To Navy, Marine Corps
http://defense.iwpnewsstand.com/showdoc.asp?docid=ARMY-20-46-2
UK Youngsters get military history lesson at Preston museum
http://www.prestoncitizen.co.uk/news/3854031.Youngsters_get_military_history_lesson_at_Preston_museum/
Russia to showcase civil, military aircraft in Jakarta
http://en.rian.ru/russia/20081117/118354220.html
Local woman friend of military's first female four-star general
http://www.salisburypost.com/Area/111708-martinelli-friend-a-four-star-general
National Guard MPs honored
http://www.dailyamerican.com/articles/2008/11/16/news/news/news772.txt
Possibility of Military Intervention in North Korea
http://www.dailynk.com/english/read.php?cataId=nk00100&num=4287
Georgia claims Russian troops in its territory despite ceasefire
http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/242060,
georgia-claims-russian-troops-in-its-territory-despite-ceasefire.html
Kuw Military service draft law
http://www.kuwaittimes.net/read_news.php?newsid=NzM2NjUwMzk3
Retired officers want to help their juniors
http://www.daily-times.com/ci_11002382
Soldier Radio Waveform Electronic Warfare Physical Layer
http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/Soldier-Radio-Waveform-Electronic-Warfare/story.aspx?guid=%7B2BE83200-E8AF-4A51-BF04-9163A9CE7C05%7D
Faith and the Uniform
http://washingtonindependent.com/18788/faith-and-the-uniform
Iraq sets date for an end to the US war in error
http://www.theage.com.au/opinion/editorial/iraq-sets-date-for-an-end-to-the-us-war-in-error-20081117-695j.html?page=2
NATOs Lifeline to Afghanistan Threatened
http://www.weeklystandard.com/weblogs/TWSFP/2008/11/natos_lifeline_to_afghanistan.asp
Taliban reject Afghan president's offer for talks
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5i0c7_mR666jhM6lGSpq_AMgmYbSgD94GRS100
China denies media reports of sending troops to Afghanistan
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-11/17/content_10372671.htm
Hawaii Army National Guard Honors Over 150 Soldiers
http://kgmb9.com/main/content/view/11504/76/
Rathers Lawsuit Shows Role of GOP in Inquiry
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/17/business/media/17rather.html
Guardsman works to dispel myths about the Guard
http://www.theindependent.com/news/x541353598/Guardsman-works-to-dispel-myths-about-the-Guard
Humana Veterans Healthcare Services Appoints Former US Army Deputy
http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/Humana-Veterans-Healthcare-Services-Appoints/story.aspx?guid=%7BE4F02D9B-6E01-4A28-8C20-6DCEFA4E7825%7D
General Norman Schwartzkopf was Special Forces
http://www.skyhidailynews.com/article/20081116/LETTERS/811169993/1018&title=General%20Norman%20Schwartzkopf%20was%20Special%20Forces
Purple Heart recipient back into the fight after injury
http://www.af.mil/news/story.asp?id=123123987
John Ripley
http://www.inrich.com/cva/ric/opinion.apx.-content-articles-RTD-2008-11-17-0039.html
India: Navys sub induction suffers blow
http://indiatoday.digitaltoday.in/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=20342&sectionid=22&issueid=80&Itemid=1
Navy carrier makes maiden voyage in Pacific
http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/11/17/america/ship.php
Big dog on the block: US ship packs a global punch
http://www.etaiwannews.com/etn/news_content.php?id=790273
Fil Coast Guard tightens port security for Christmas rush
http://www.gmanews.tv/story/133917/Coast-Guard-tightens-port-security-for-Christmas-rush
Philip R. Johnson
http://www.pal-item.com/article/20081117/NEWS04/811170316
Navy plans to move carrier to Mayport within five years
http://hamptonroads.com/2008/11/navy-plans-move-carrier-mayport-within-five-years
Navy's Newest Ship Visits Buffalo
http://publicbroadcasting.net/wned/news.newsmain?action=article&ARTICLE_ID=1417060&sectionID=1
New Royal Navy destroyer to launch
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ukpress/article/ALeqM5hfy1jU0aHzsOA8P9hPHfxwOANUFw
VINELAND: Veteran's statue dedication to air on Channel 9
http://www.thedailyjournal.com/article/20081117/NEWS01/81117014
Full text of Lincoln's letter to Civil War mother
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/chi-ap-lincolnletter-glance, 0, 5589230.story
Copy of Lincoln letter of 'Saving Private Ryan' fame found
http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/holnus/003200811171840.htm
Society presents lecture on Duxbury Civil War nurse
http://www.wickedlocal.com/duxbury/news/x541349311/Society-presents-lecture-on-Duxbury-Civil-War-nurse
Civil War reenactment proves vital to the past, and future
http://www.wnct.com/nct/news/local/article/civil_war_reenactment_proves_vital_to_the_past_and_future/23793/
Doomed British infantry officer describes siege of Charleston
http://www.charleston.net/news/2008/nov/17/captains_letter61950/
Soldiers train in field, classroom, to be MPs
http://www.hannibal.net/business/x541354158/Soldiers-train-in-field-classroom-to-be-MPs
Iraqi held over Redcap deaths
http://www.sunderlandecho.com/news/Iraqi-held-over-Redcap-deaths.4700308.jp
Time to remember our fallen heroes
http://www.wetaskiwintimes.com/News/422324.html
Hiroshima historian returns fragments of shot-down bomber to loved
http://www.stripes.com/article.asp?section=104&article=58865
National Gulf War Resource Center Calls on VA Secretary to Improve
http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/National-Gulf-War-Resource-Center/story.aspx?guid=%7BF96B47E6-919B-4DDC-9848-5C00061F5136%7D
A victory in fight for veterans cemetery
http://www.mcall.com/news/local/all-a1_5cemetery.6673437nov17, 0, 7364246.story
Medicare Part D Enrollment Kicked Off
http://www.efluxmedia.com/news_Medicare_Part_D_Enrollment_Kicked_Off_29201.html
"Gulf War Syndrome" is real, report finds
http://www.reuters.com/article/domesticNews/idUSTRE4AG6HU20081117
Toxic Chemicals Blamed for Gulf War Illness
http://www.forbes.com/forbeslife/health/feeds/hscout/2008/11/17/hscout621409.html
German prisoners housed here remembered by local veteran
http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=20199566&BRD=2188&PAG=461&dept_id=414962&rfi=6
Medal Of Honor Ceremony At MacDill Salutes 2 SEALs
http://www2.tbo.com/content/2008/nov/17/medal-honor-ceremony-macdill-salutes-2-seals/
Vietnam vets gathering toys
http://www.cheboygannews.com/news/x1751717825/Vietnam-vets-gathering-toys
VFW post to honor Caledonia police officer's heroism
http://www.journaltimes.com/articles/2008/11/16/local_news/doc492103d2e2217958848040.txt
Korean demilitarized zone has become pristine wildlife habitat
http://news.mongabay.com/2008/1117-hance_dmz.html
Russia erects memorial to Hungarian invaders
http://www.russiatoday.com/features/news/33369
Women in US military deserve better than rampant sexual harassment
http://www.freep.com/article/20081117/OPINION01/811170303/1069/OPINION
France 'overstepped mandate' on missile shield moratorium
http://euobserver.com/?aid=27115
ETA's military chief reportedly arrested in France
http://www.iht.com/articles/reuters/2008/11/17/europe/OUKWD-UK-FRANCE-ETA.php
British Army Antarctic Expedition
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/court_and_social/article5167213.ece
Israel, Germany reportedly develop missile warning system
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1226404751066&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull
Germany stockpiled hundreds of atomic weapons: report
http://balita.ph/2008/11/17/germany-stockpiled-hundreds-of-atomic-weapons-report/
Britain's most intimate defence secrets may have been passed to
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1086710/Britains-intimate-defence-secrets-passed-Russia-spy-big-fish-catastrophic-leak.html
MI chief: Low probability of war between Israel, enemies in '09
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1226404760231&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull
Israel promises to free Palestinian prisoners
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/israel/3473488/Israel-promises-to-free-Palestinian-prisoners.html
Stanford University Press Publishes The CIA and the Culture of Failure
http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/Stanford-University-Press-Publishes-The/story.aspx?guid=%7B4424AADE-9ADC-4F95-8C9D-DBF9514B3B13%7D
Fly Girls Exhibit
http://dodvclips.mil/index.jsp?fr_story=FRdamp319081&rf=rss
DODEA schools plan activities to promote education week
http://www.stripes.com/article.asp?section=104&article=58849
Operation Soldier Filmmaker
http://dodvclips.mil/index.jsp?fr_story=f46450a477c00b444f39a36722e9900b5c07ab46&rf=rss
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