Vision 21 Care is dedicated to helping military veterans and their families with post-traumatic stress issues. Sergeant Ross Beurmann, who served in Iraq, joined us to tell us about the program. [www.clipsyndicate.com | WTTG FOX 5 Washington, DC]
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]
military minutue - dec 3 [www.clipsyndicate.com | WAVY NBC 10 Norfolk]
Several donors have offered to foot the entire bill for a group of high school students trying to send gifts to the troops in Iraq. [www.clipsyndicate.com | KMGH ABC Denver]
different obama now [www.clipsyndicate.com | WWLP NBC 22 Springfield M]
Many members of a Brooksville National Guard Unit watched President Obama last night order 30,000 additional troops into Afghanistan. They watched while packing their bags for the other war, the one in Iraq. [www.clipsyndicate.com | WTVT FOX 13 Tampa, FL]
Soldiers return to Ft. Hood [www.clipsyndicate.com | KXAN NBC 36 Austin]
350 soldiers who just returned from Iraq had a heroes welcome at Fort Hood. [www.clipsyndicate.com | KXAN NBC 36 Austin]
Race to the Senate: The Democrats Debate Part 2 [www.clipsyndicate.com | WWLP NBC 22 Springfield M]
Hundreds of soldiers are returning from Iraq Wednesday. [www.clipsyndicate.com | KXAN NBC 36 Austin]
On the heels of President Obama's announcement of more troops to Afghanistan, more soldiers come home from Iraq. [www.clipsyndicate.com | KXAN NBC 36 Austin]
Race to the Senate: The Democrats Debate [www.clipsyndicate.com | WWLP NBC 22 Springfield M]
"Most of all, I know that this decision asks even more of you," said President Obama speaking directly to cadets. Almost all will eventually join troops in the warzone, who also heard Obama�s decision, "To send an additional 30-thousand U.S. troops to Afghanistan.� The Smith family in New York is split over the President's words. With her grandson just shipped off to Iraq, June Smith said, "I feel that Obama's doing the best that he can in the situation he was left in." However, Jamila Smith, whose nephew is serving in Iraq said, �The reason we voted Obama into office is because he was gonna go into the process of bringing them home." Today in hearings to fund the war plan, Secretary Of State Clinton, Defense Secretary Gates and Joint Chiefs Chairman Mullen defend it to critics. Wisconsin Senator Russ Feingold said, "I think it's possible it'll be a bipartisan vote that could prevent such funding." The President will need GOP backing. President Barack Obama said, "After 18 months, our troops will begin to come home." Arizona Senator John McCain said, "I'm most concerned about sending the wrong signal that we're leaving on an arbitrary date." The President's War Commander General McChrystal sounds satisfied, in a statement saying, �The President has provided me with a clear military mission and the resources to accomplish our task." [www.clipsyndicate.com | KOB Albuquerque]
Military Headlines - Dec 1 [www.clipsyndicate.com | WAVY NBC 10 Norfolk]
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Obama Says Afghan Troop Plan Vital to National Interest: Video
Dec. 2 (Bloomberg) -- President Barack Obama said he’s deploying 30,000 more troops to Afghanistan by the middle of next year to serve a “vital national interest” in stabilizing the country and disabling al-Qaeda. Obama coupled the military surge with a timeline to begin withdrawing forces by July 2011. Bloomberg's Hans Nichols reports. (Source: Bloomberg) [www.clipsyndicate.com | Bloomberg]
Recap of local headlines [www.clipsyndicate.com | WANE CBS 14 Fort Wayne]
A Minnesota woman is suing the federal government after a letter she mailed to her son in Iraq was returned with the word "deceased" stamped on the envelope, even though the soldier is alive. (Dec. 2) [www.clipsyndicate.com | Associated Press]
An IPFW professor says an eventual U.S. troop withdrawal from Afghanistan is realistic. [www.clipsyndicate.com | WANE CBS 14 Fort Wayne]
Declaring "our security is at stake," President Barack Obama ordered an additional 30,000 U.S. troops into the long war in Afghanistan on Tuesday night, nearly tripling the force he inherited but promising an impatient public to begin withdrawal in 18 months. The buildup will begin almost immediately — the first Marines will be in place by Christmas — and will cost $30 billion for the first year alone. [www.clipsyndicate.com | WOOD NBC 8 Grand Rapids]
Eddy Krogman spent a year in Iraq. [www.clipsyndicate.com | WTMJ Milwaukee, WI]
President's new Afghanistan plans 1Dec [www.clipsyndicate.com | WAVY NBC 10 Norfolk]
This story aired during the 5 PM news on December 1, 2009. [www.clipsyndicate.com | WANE CBS 14 Fort Wayne]
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