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Rename Department of Navy to Include Marines? Not So Fast, Says Pentagon
By Tom Diemer - Politics DailyChanging the name of the Department of the Navy might not seem like a matter of national security when two wars are being fought and a major oil spill is threatening the environment of four states. But then again, to tens of thousands of active service members and veterans, maybe it is. The U.S. House, by unanimous consent, decided the agency should be re-titled the Department of the Navy and Marine Corps, giving proper respect to the United States Marines, The Hill newspaper reports. Sen. Pat Roberts, a Marine veteran, has 78 co-sponsors for a similar bill in the Senate, but he also has ...
Unfamiliar Questions Await Obama on Visit to Longtime Ally Japan
By David Nakamura - AOL NewsTOKYO -- Amidst the turmoil of health care reform and Afghanistan policy, President Barack Obama might have expected some calming certainties when he flies on Friday to Japan, long the staunchest of U.S. allies. But behind what is sure to be a cordial welcome in Tokyo, new and unfamiliar questions await the president. More than two months after historic elections swept Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama's Democratic Party of Japan into power, Japan still hasn't decided on the fate of a security alliance with the U.S. that has been in place for half a century. The country's new government has ...
A Death in Afghanistan
By David Wood - Politics DailyMore than 5,000 American servicemen and women have been killed in action since 9/11. Some of them I knew. Why is this one hitting me so hard? I think it's because Bill Cahir struggled so openly with the conflicting responsibilities of home and family, and service to his country. With painful honesty, he went hard at the difficult issues that many of us choose to ignore. ...
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