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A roadside bomb attack in eastern Afghanistan has killed four US soldiers, Nato said.

Taliban insurgents wearing US military uniforms have attacked two coalition bases in eastern Afghanistan, Nato forces say.

“We’ve been playing the great game in Afghanistan for nine years now. After spending the time here that I have, I’m certain we will be nowhere close to pulling out by July 2011. At best, we probably have another five years here. The main reason is … our military is a superior killing force, and that is not what is called for here.”

The Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals ruling against 12-foot-high cross displays honoring fallen members of the Utah Highway Patrol (UHP) distorts the First Amendment Establishment Clause.

I wait for General George Casey, Chief of Staff of the U.S. Army, to send an e-mail to me and my fellow soldiers in regards to homosexual Bradley Manning’s reported treason in the WikiLeaks scandal.

Iran unveiled a prototype long-range unmanned bomber on Sunday, the latest in a stream of announcements of new Iranian-made military hardware as tension mounts over its nuclear program.

Defense spending, and the Iraq War in particular, was not the cause of our economic problems. I don’t care if you hear it from James Carville, Ron Paul, or a Nobel Prize-winning economist. It is a lie.

The bottom line: 48 percent of respondents favor keeping the ban; 45 percent want it repealed. A group opposed to ending the ban on openly gay troops in the military has released a national survey that challenges earlier independent polls asserting that a wide percentage of Americans favor repealing the ban.

Commander of U.S. and NATO forces in Afghanistan says in an interview that a surge in coalition troops has turned the tide on the Taliban’s ‘momentum’ in key areas there, but warns tough battles still lay ahead.

Not surprisingly voters expect Congress to get its priorities right. They expect Congress to focus on important issues like creating jobs (49%) and reducing government spending (23%). Only 1% of likely voters believe repealing the military’s homosexual ban should be a top priority for Congress.