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5 more American troops die in Afghan fighting

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Five more American troops were killed in action in Afghanistan, ending August with a spike in bloodshed that has claimed the lives of 19 U.S. service members in only four days.

August 31, 2010

Pakistan’s leader says world losing Afghan war PressPass

LONDON (AP) — The U.S.-led coalition’s battle against the Taliban has already been lost because of its failure to win over the Afghan people, Pakistan’s president warned Tuesday before tough talks this week with Prime Minister David Cameron, who has accused the country of exporting terrorism.

August 03, 2010

Military dog comes home from Iraq traumatized PressPass

PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. (AP) — Gina was a playful 2-year-old German shepherd when she went to Iraq as a highly trained bomb-sniffing dog with the military, conducting door-to-door searches and witnessing all sorts of noisy explosions.

August 03, 2010

Obama: US to leave Iraq ’as promised, on schedule’ PressPass

ATLANTA (AP) — President Barack Obama declared Monday that the Iraq war was nearing an end “as promised and on schedule,” touting what he called a success of his administration though it comes amid persistent instability and uncertainty in Iraq.

August 02, 2010

As many as 6,600 Arlington graves mixed up PressPass

WASHINGTON (AP) — Estimates of the number of graves that might be affected by mix-ups at Arlington National Cemetery grew from hundreds to as many as 6,600 on Thursday, as the cemetery’s former superintendent blamed his staff and a lack of resources for the scandal that forced his ouster.

July 29, 2010

House votes on pared-down measure to fund war PressPass

WASHINGTON (AP) — The House votes Tuesday to send President Barack Obama legislation that funds the troop surge in Afghanistan but is shorn of financing for domestic programs that Democrats wanted to attach.

July 27, 2010

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