Major League Baseball is dedicating the first game of the 2009 World Series to Welcome Back Veterans. The organization assists returning veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan and military families with job placement and mental health treatment. Good Day NY's Greg Kelly- a veteran- spoke with Anthony Odierno-an Iraq veteran- and Bob Dupuy- the MLB Chief Executive Officer. [www.clipsyndicate.com | WNYW FOX 5 New York, NY]
It's a scene being played out over and over in cities and towns across the county since the Iraq war began: Young men and women heading from the home front to the battlefield. Alpha Company 323rd Military Intelligence Battalion was mobilized at a ceremony at Fort Meade, Maryland on Monday morning. [www.clipsyndicate.com | FOX WTTG Washington, DC]
Captain Michael Fontana sits down with KXAN after facing three counts of murder and a single count of conduct unbecoming an officer. [www.clipsyndicate.com | KXAN NBC 36 Austin]
Huddled in a small private terminal at the Gerald R. Ford International Airport, a year of waiting for loved ones deployed in Afghanistan turned into minutes with the sight of a military transport helicopter. [www.clipsyndicate.com | WOOD NBC 8 Grand Rapids]
Employees at the Pine Bluff Arsenal are working around the clock making sure troops in Iraq and Afghanistan have what they need to fight the War on Terror. [www.clipsyndicate.com | KLRT Fox 16 Little Rock]
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An inquiry into key decisions that led to British involvement in the Iraq war opens in London [www.clipsyndicate.com | Press Association UK]
Gypsies, or Rom, have lived in the Middle East for centuries and until the fall of Saddam Hussein, played an important, if marginal, role in the local culture. But since the war in 2003 and the subsequent rise of religious extremism, they have been pushed even further into poverty and exclusion.Duration: 01:59 [www.clipsyndicate.com | Agence France-Presse]
What started out as making a quilt for a son-in-law when he went to Iraq for the first time has become something much more. [www.clipsyndicate.com | WISN ABC 12 Milwaukee WI]
The war zone isn't just on the battlefield. Often times you hear reports about roadside bombings in Iraq and Afghanistan and how deadly they are. There is now an effort to keep soldiers safe on the road and it's happening right here in Arizona. [www.clipsyndicate.com | KSAZ FOX 10 Phoenix, AZ]
Covenant ceremony at Fort Hood more poignant. [www.clipsyndicate.com | KXAN NBC 36 Austin]
An Army infantryman who lost an eye fighting in Iraq six years ago isn’t letting his wound keep him out of the fight. [www.clipsyndicate.com | WAGA FOX 5 Atlanta, GA ]
A new generation of patriots are ready to take the front line.. On 9/11 some of these men and women heading to war were not able to drive, take a geometry class or even apply to college. Brad Feldman has the story of two soldiers preparing for their first tour of duty.... (Video of 9/11) It's a moment you never forget. (Erik Anderson/ ND National Guard) "I was sitting in home base class." (Chad Czeczok/ ND National Guard) "I was in spanish class." These two soldiers... Erik Anderson about to head to the front line in Iraq...and Chad Czeczok going to Afghanistan...were only in junior high when the United States was attacked on September 11th, 2001. (Erik Anderson/ ND NAtional Guard) "Being that young we just, I didn't, have any comprehension of actually being able to join themilitary when I was old enough and be fighting for." (Chad Czeczok/ ND NAtional Guard) "To be able to go after somebody that did that to us and to be a part of that is an honor." Preparing to fight for this country just eight short years later...it's an honor they never gave a second thought while sitting in their classrooms that fateful day. Here is a yearbook picture of ___ Chad Czeczok as a ninth grader... This is __ Erik Anderson when he was only in the seventh grade... (Erik Anderson/ ND National Guard) "I look back and see that and I can see how much I have grown since that picture. How much I have learned and the experiences that I have had between my military experiences and just graduating from high school and those kinds of things. Now that I am older and have a family it is just kind of unbelievable to look back and see that. Just two months from leaving family, friends, classmates and their favorite teachers behind...they prepare for another assignment.. (Chad Czeczok/ ND National Guard) "Look at the situation that we have all these people that have gone already more than once you know that is crazy and I havn't gone at all and it is not rightin my eyes. I have to put my foot forward." Brad Feldman KX News A sendoff ceremony will
Woody Harrelson and Samantha Morton talk about the message and themes in their new Iraq war film 'The Messenger.' (19 Nov.) [www.clipsyndicate.com | Associated Press]
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Workers at HondaJet in Greensboro will be sending care packages to troops who have been deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan. [www.clipsyndicate.com | WXII NBC 12 Greensboro NC]
Volunteers are making thousands of quilts. [www.clipsyndicate.com | WTMJ Milwaukee, WI]
A North Texas soldier stationed in Iraq watched the birth of his daughter as it happened back home in Arlington -- thanks to the magic of the Internet. [www.clipsyndicate.com | KDFW FOX4 Dallas-Ft Worth]
A treat for U.S. soldiers in Iraq, especially action movie buffs. California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger has visited with U.S. troops in Baghdad, thanking them for their service and sacrifices. (Nov. 17) [www.clipsyndicate.com | Associated Press]
A D.C. Superior Court judge just returned from a six-month tour of duty in Iraq, Afghanistan and Kuwait, where he presided over court martial trials. Judge Robert Rigsby is an Army reservist who earned the rank of colonel. He is the first judge sent to war full-time, and the first sitting D.C. judge to see active duty in war. [www.clipsyndicate.com | WTTG FOX 5 Washington, DC]
A Kuwaiti logistics company has been charged with multiple conspiracy counts to defraud the U.S. in connection with multibillion-dollar contracts to feed American troops in Iraq, Kuwait and Jordan. [www.clipsyndicate.com | WAGA FOX 5 Atlanta, GA ]
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