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Tag Archives: New York
Obama makes Veterans Day visit to Arlington
ARLINGTON, Va. — On a cold, rain-soaked Veterans Day, President Barack Obama walked slowly through the white, stone markers at the section of Arlington National Cemetery reserved for troops killed in Iraq and Afghanistan, the two wars he oversees as … Continue reading
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Tagged Afghanistan, America, Camp Eggers, Fort Hood, Gen. Stanley McChrystal, I. Harvard, Iraq, Jill Biden, Kabul, Madison, Michelle Obama, Minnesota, navajo code talkers, New York, New York City, Pakistan, Ross McGinnis, Square Park, St. Paul, Texas, Tim Pawlenty, Tony Curtis, U.S., Uzbekistan, Va., Vice President Joe Biden, War
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Amphib built with WTC steel arrives in New York
NEW YORK — The new Navy assault ship New York, built with World Trade Center steel, arrived in its namesake city Monday with a rifle volley salute near the site of the 2001 terrorist attack.First responders, families of Sept. 11 … Continue reading
Senators back military student-loan relief
Service members carrying student loans that originated before Oct. 1, 2008, would get a 60-month reprieve from having interest accrue on their debt, under a bipartisan Senate bill.The proposal, which builds on a student loan bill enacted last year that … Continue reading
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Tagged Alabama, Amy Klobuchar, Ben Nelson, Christopher Dodd, Chuck Schumer, Colorado, Connecticut, Ind., interest, James Inhofe, Jeff Bingaman, Jeff Sessions, Joe Lieberman, Mark Udall, Max Baucus, Michael Bennet, Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska, New Mexico, New York, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Sen. Evan Bayh, senate health education labor and pensions committee, Sheldon Whitehouse
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Mourning, service meld on 9/11 anniversary
NEW YORK — Americans planned beach cleanups, packages for soldiers and save-the-tree fundraisers along with familiar remembrances in three cities to mark eight years since the attacks of Sept. 11, the first time the anniversary was named a national day … Continue reading
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Tagged american spectator magazine, Boston, D.C., Dan Nephin, Dave Matthews, day, Debra Burlingame, Jose, Los Angeles, Matthew Vadum, Nancy, New York, Ocean Beach, Pa., Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh, Robert Gates, Robert Gibbs, San Diego, Secretary of State Colin Powell, Stefan Lessard, Ted Tenenbaum, U.S., Vice President Joe Biden, Washington, western Pennsylvania
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39 years after jungle battle, unit awarded
The news filtered down to Capt. John Poindexter and his troops around noon.Four kilometers away from their position, an infantry company was surrounded by a battalion’s worth of North Vietnamese fighters. The Americans were running low on ammunition, and casualties … Continue reading
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Tagged award, Cambodia, Capt. John Poindexter, Keith William Nolan, New York, Ninh Province, North Vietnamese, U.S., Vietnam
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AF tracked reaction to infamous NYC flyover
Air Force One’s notorious flight over lower Manhattan on April 27, and the wrath of New Yorkers who thought the city was once again under attack, sent the Air Force into PowerPoint overdrive.More than 450 pages of e-mails and PowerPoint … Continue reading
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Tagged Air, Col. Steve Harrison, federal aviation administration, Louis, Maj. Gen. Brian Meenan, Manhattan, Md., New Jersey, New York, Utah
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