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Hagel: Military is at breaking point

Don Walton, the Lincoln Journal Star (Nebraska)

U.S. policies in Iraq, Afghanistan aren’t sustainable, Nebraska senator says.

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Off to War…Again and Again

John Koopman, the San Francisco Chronicle

A California regiment, part of the 1st Marine Division that invaded Iraq, heads back for its fifth tour of duty

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Bipolar disorder shatters family, ends in death

Joel Currier, St. Louis Post-Dispatch

WELDON SPRING — The veins in Marshall Fink’s neck bulged with fury as he pumped his fist, telling his parents they should stick a shotgun in their mouths and pull the trigger.

His mother and stepfather begged…

Slow Response

The Post-Standard (Syracuse, NY)

Government pattern is to deny and downplay rather than act

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Governor tells Pentagon to return Guard gear

Zachary Coile, the San Francisco Chronicle

Wars’ needs have left California at risk, he tells White House

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Official: 140,000 troops will be in Iraq after ‘surge’ ends

Lisa Burgess, Stars and Stripes

ARLINGTON, Va. — There will be 140,000 U.S. troops deployed to Iraq by late July, after the “surge” troops have been removed, a senior Pentagon official said Monday.

A Helping Hand for Vets

Sally Satel, the Wall Street Journal

Imagine you are a young soldier wounded in Iraq. Your physical injuries heal, but your mind remains tormented. You are flooded with memories of the bloody firefight you survived, you can’t concentrate, and sudden noise…

‘I understand … the sacrifice’

Army Times

Drawdown to be ‘conditions-based,’ Petraeus says

Battle Company Is Out There

Elizabeth Rubin, the New York Times Sunday Magazine

WE TUMBLED OUT of two Black Hawks onto a shrub-dusted mountainside. It was a windy, cold October evening. A half-moon illuminated the tall pines and peaks. Through night-vision goggles the soldiers and landscape…

Testing breakthrough for mild TBI

Kelly Kennedy, Marine Corps Times

After months of military officials and medical personnel lamenting the lack of an immediate, unequivocal, physical proof of mild traumatic brain injury, an anesthesiologist thinks he has found a solution.

And it may be as simple as…