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Afghan War Casualties, Stuxnet, Student Loans: Stories We Didn't Hear Enough About
By Eleanor Clift - Politics DailyIn a world of wrap-around media and 24-hour connectivity, it's hard to believe that anything is under-covered. One man declaring, "If you touch my junk, I'm going to have you arrested," launched a pseudo nationwide panic about Transportation Security Administration pat-downs that fizzled faster than anyone dared hope. Lindsay Lohan, as she went in and out of rehab, got way more attention than any poor little rich girl should. The stories that are under-covered tend to be more sobering. They lack entertainment value, or they're too complicated for a quick hit on cable television. But they're ...
4 US Troops Killed in Eastern Afghanistan
By not in system - AOL NewsKABUL, Afghanistan (Aug. 22) -- Four U.S. troops were killed in fighting in eastern and southern Afghanistan on Sunday, and a former guerrilla leader who battled Soviet invaders decades ago was killed by a roadside bomb in the country's north. Three of the U.S. casualties died in insurgent attacks and one was killed by a homemade bomb, NATO said. The deaths bring the number of international forces killed in Afghanistan this month to 42, including 28 Americans, according to a count by The Associated Press. Sixty-six American troops were killed in July, making it the deadliest month for U.S. ...
Three Western Women Followed Their Hearts to Afghanistan, and Died There
By Donna Trussell - Politics DailyThe good die young. Not surprising, since they're always running off to where the trouble is. Three weeks ago, the trouble was poverty and lack of health care in an isolated part of Afghanistan. The Kabul-based group International Assistance Mission, or IAM, put together a group of volunteers that included six Americans. The team leader was optometrist Tom Little, a New Yorker who'd lived in Afghanistan for three decades. The volunteers included three women, all from different countries: 36-year-old British surgeon Dr. Karen Woo, 35-year-old German linguist Daniela Beyer and 32-year-old ...
Roadside Bombs Kill 5 NATO Troops in Afghanistan
By not in system - AOL NewsKABUL, Afghanistan (July 17) -- Five NATO troops died in roadside bombs in Afghanistan, the alliance said Saturday, as international forces announced that they had foiled a terrorist attack on an upcoming conference in Kabul to be attended by leaders from more than 60 nations. Security is being tightened across the capital for Tuesday's conference, which is attracting the heads of NATO, the United Nations and top diplomats, including U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton. In May, Taliban fighters had a gunbattle with security forces and militants launched a rocket that landed with a ...
On Memorial Day, Remember the Mothers, Children, Wives and Lovers Too
By Donna Trussell - Politics DailyThe famous photograph of Mary McHugh prostrated on the grave of her late fiance, James Regan, was taken by photo journalist John Moore three years ago. It could have been yesterday. Arlington Cemetery's Section 60 is where military service members who died in Iraq and Afghanistan lie. The place still makes the news -- the superintendent, John Metzler Jr., just resigned -- but for most Americans, Section 60 is not a place to talk of scandal or mismanagement. It's a place to remember, a place to mourn. On a Getty Images blog, John Moore wrote: You watch a mother kiss her son's tombstone. ...
U.S. Combat Death in Iraq Is the First in 43 Days
By David Sessions - Politics DailyA U.S. soldier killed in Iraq Thursday was the first in 43 days, the longest stretch since the war began, USA Today reports. It came as the military is intensifying its withdrawal from Iraq, where President Obama has said combat missions will cease at the end of 2010. All of the remaining 112,000 U.S. troops are expected to leave the country by 2011. Spc. David A. Croft Jr., 22, of Plant City, Fla., died Tuesday in Baghdad when his unit was attacked with a makeshift bomb and small-arms fire. Roadside bombs are the number one cause of deaths for U.S. forces. Combat deaths have fallen since ...
Obama Makes Overnight Trip to Meet Fallen Soldiers
By David Sessions - Politics DailyPresident Obama flew late Wednesday night to Dover Air Force Base in Delaware to meet the flag-draped burial cases of 18 American military personnel killed in Afghanistan this week. The solemn, midnight visit was the president's first trip to the Dover base, where the remains of American soldiers are brought from abroad. Obama is in the midst of mulling major strategy decisions about the war in Afghanistan, including whether or not to increase the number of U.S. forces. October has been the deadliest month for American forces there since the war began eight years ago. After the president's ...
Obama Administration Drops Controversial Veterans Health Plan
By Mark Impomeni - Politics DailyThe White House announced on Wednesday that the Administration is abandoning a planned change to veterans' health care that had angered members of Congress of both parties and representatives of veterans groups. The Obama Administration first acknowledged last week that it was considering a plan to charge wounded veterans' private health insurance for treatment of their service-related injuries. The plan was included in the Administration's budget proposal presented to Congress last month and was expected to generate $540 million in additional funding for the Veterans Administration.The ...
Administration Considering Plan to Charge Vets for Care
By Mark Impomeni - Politics DailyThe Obama Administration confirmed that it is considering a controversial plan to make veterans pay for health care they receive at government-run hospitals with private insurance. Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki confirmed that that plan is under consideration at a hearing on Capitol Hill yesteray. Although not a formal proposal, the idea was met with bipartisan derision from members of the Senate Veterans Affairs Committee, who declared it "dead on arrival."The Administration included in its 2010 budget proposal an increase in "third-party collections" at VA health care centers. ...
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