Troops
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Suicides among U.S. troops surging
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Suicides among active-duty U.S. troops are surging, averaging nearly one per day this year.
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Chris Hayes apologizes for fallen soldiers 'heroes' comments
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MSNBC host Chris Hayes says he's sorry for his comments about his discomfort with the use of the word "heroes" to describe fallen soldiers.
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No public events planned to mark 10th anniversary of Afghanistan war
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Friday marks a full decade since the United States began operations to eliminate terrorism in Afghanistan. Today, the United States will mark the 10th anniversary of the war's beginning with little commemoration.
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Troops making digital record of Arlington National Cemetery graves
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Night after night this summer, troops from the Army's historic Old Guard have left their immaculately pressed dress blues, white gloves and shiny black boots at home to slip into Arlington National Cemetery in T-shirts and flip-flops to photograph each and every grave with an iPhone.
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Five NATO service members killed by roadside bomb
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The U.S.-led coalition says five NATO service members have been killed in a roadside bombing in southern Afghanistan.
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SEALs killed in helicopter crash on rescue mission
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The Navy SEALs and other troops lost in Saturday's helicopter crash in Afghanistan had rushed to help fellow U.S. troops under fire, an official tells the Associated Press.
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Obama speech: Surge troops home by 2012
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President Barack Obama says 10,000 troops will come home from Afghanistan by the end of this year as the threat from al-Qaeda has been reduced.
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