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*Delivering a speech during a Sunday ceremony at the Memorial Amphitheater in Arlington National Cemetery, President Obama applauded the efforts of service members and celebrated the diminished number of U.S. military involvements. “This is the first Veterans Day in a decade in which there are no American troops fighting and dying in Iraq. Thirty-three thousand [...]
*U.S. Rep. Allen West (R-FL) is the latest politician to be caught in a sex scandal over a letter he sent his wife nine years ago during his tour as an Army lieutenant colonel in Iraq. [SUBSCRIBE TO EURWEB's RSS FEED] In the hand-written letter, West asks that his wife, Dr. Angela West, be his [...]
*If you are afraid to fly, this story is not for you. The captain is supposed to be the most level-headed and comforting member of the personnel servicing an airplane. (Are you a fan of EURweb? Like us on Facebook or Follow us on Twitter.) The crew depend on him or her for their direction [...]
*After winning the 13th season of “Dancing with the Stars,” J. R. Martinez is reaching higher heights. The dancing champion and Iraq war veteran has been named the Grand Marshal of the legendary Pasadena Tournament of Roses Parade to take place on Jan. 1. He’s also been personally invited to the Pentagon to meet with [...]
*The troops in Kuwait will be rockin’ out when “Uncle” Charlie Wilson returns once again to entertain U. S.troops in the Middle East. Wilson, whose latest album “Charlie, Last Name Wilson“ was certified gold, is returning to the war torn region for the fourth time in the past three years. The former lead singer of The [...]
*President Barack Obama announced Friday that the U.S. will pull out all of its troops from Iraq by the end of December, drawing the nine-year war to a conclusion. The announcement signals the imminent end of a war that has cost the U.S. more than $800 billion dollars and claimed the lives of 3,525 American [...]
*The nation state of Israel is at the center of the most of America’s foreign policy problems and the war on terror as both pertain to the Middle East. The state of Israel, with its establishment in 1948 came at a time when the United States was beginning to step into its role as the [...]
*Before the performance on X Factor, this young man held the crowd in complete shock with the story of his tragic beginning. One of the judges begins the audition with asking the him his age and he disturbingly answers, “I’m not sure.” (more…)
*The Bar-Kays are in the midst of bringing funk to U.S. troops in Iraq for a third time. Lead singer Larry Dodson and the band arrived during the Fourth of July weekend and are due to return on July 15, having played four concerts on the base, and one gig in Kuwait. Now that U.S. [...]
*Last week I detailed the reaction of Americans to the comments of NFL running back Rashard Mendenhall regarding the death of Osama bin Laden. The number one concept to get from RM’s comments is that the United States cannot claim the moral high ground in this case. This is partly because it seems particularly inhumane [...]
*Lupe Fiasco, an uncompromising lyricist recently shared his views about President Obama and the act of voting on a UK radio show. When asked by radio host Tim Westwood whether or not he voted for Obama in 2008, Fiasco responded, “Nah. I haven’t voted for anybody, for that matter, sticking to that.” He continued with, [...]
*An only slightly repentant former U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice told a well-heeled, prestigious conference crowd on the Future of Asia at the Chinese University of Hong Kong last March that she had doubts and misgivings over the way things ultimately turned out in Iraq. If she had it to do all over again [...]
*After recording and distributing an army diss, laced with threats against his fellow soldiers, judges decided to dismiss U.S. Army Spc. Marc A. Hall. He faced 15 years in jail if convicted of communicating a threat, but Hall chose a plea bargain that cost him his military benefits. He served more than four years and [...]
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