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House Dem pushes for repeal of military force law

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on June 10th

By DONNA CASSATAAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama and Congress need to rethink the broad authority for the use of military force in the war on terror, a law written when many U.S. troops now on the battlefield were on playgrounds, a House Democrat who wants the law repealed

House Dem pushes for repeal of military force law

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on June 10th

Army leaders walk fine line as Afghan advisers

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on June 9th

By KRISTIN M. HALLAssociated Press FORWARD OPERATING BASE FINLEY-SHIELDS, Afghanistan (AP) - - In previous years, the U.S. Army would have helped the Afghan National Army if their troops had run out of fuel or money or run into some other logistical problem, but with the U.S. getting ready for a

Insider Attack Kills 3 Americans In Afghanistan

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on June 8th

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - An insider attack has killed three Americans in eastern Afghanistan today. The governor's office in Paktika province says an Afghan soldier turned his weapon on his trainers during an argument. The international military coalition in Afghanistan says two American

Female 2-star heads Air Force sex abuse prevention

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on June 7th

By ROBERT BURNSAP National Security Writer WASHINGTON (AP) - The Air Force has put a female two-star general in charge of a beefed-up office responsible for sexual assault prevention and response, elevating its status at a time of increasing political pressure to crack down on sexual abuses. Maj.

Female 2-star heads Air Force sex abuse prevention

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on June 7th

Idaho Family Says It Received Letter From POW

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on June 6th

BOISE, Idaho (AP) - The family of an American prisoner of war captured four years ago in Afghanistan says it has received a letter it believes was written by him. Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl of Hailey, Idaho, disappeared from his base in Afghanistan on June 30, 2009, and is believed held

Idaho Family Says It Received Letter From POW

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on June 6th

Lawmakers press forward on sexual assault bill

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on June 6th

By RICHARD LARDNER and DONNA CASSATAAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Lawmakers are pressing forward with legislation aimed at stemming an epidemic of sexual assaults in the military. The House is scheduled to vote next week on a defense policy bill that would take away the power of military

Soldier pleads guilty in massacre of 16 Afghans

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on June 6th

By GENE JOHNSONAssociated Press JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD, Wash. (AP) - Seated at a table with his hands folded in front of him, twiddling his thumbs, an American soldier dryly spoke about how he slipped away from his base in Afghanistan last year in the middle of the night and killed 16 civilians,