MILITARY
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
Former ND National Guard commander dies
August 31, 2010
Obama to honor troops as Iraq combat mission ends
August 31, 2010
Goodbye Iraq: Last US combat brigade heads home 
August 19, 2010
Happy Hooligans welcome home airmen
August 17, 2010
Baghdad suicide bomb hits army recruits, kills 61
August 17, 2010
Remains identified as missing Vietnam War soldiers
August 12, 2010
Marine with ND ties wounded in Afghanistan
August 04, 2010
Pakistan’s leader says world losing Afghan war
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
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’
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
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
2nd US sailor's body recovered in Afghanistan
July 29, 2010
Last of ND Guard soldiers return from Kosovo
July 28, 2010
House votes on pared-down measure to fund war
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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