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2 Marines killed in attack in southern Afghanistan

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on September 14th

By ROBERT BURNSAP National Security Writer WASHINGTON (AP) - Heavily armed insurgents attacked a British air base in southern Afghanistan Friday, killing two U.S. Marines and wounding several other troops, U.S. officials said. An estimated 16 Taliban fighters were also killed in the assault,

Oregon soldier on probation can go to Afghanistan

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on September 14th

By STEVEN DUBOISAssociated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - An Army Reserve corporal can deploy to Afghanistan without the fear he will be arrested when returning home, the Oregon Supreme Court ruled Friday. Derrick James McDonald, 22, had asked the state's highest court to resolve a conflict

A look at the Americans killed in embassy attack

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on September 14th

By The Associated Press Ambassador Chris Stevens and three other Americans were killed during an attack on the Benghazi consulate in Libya on Tuesday. A look at the victims: -Chris Stevens: The career diplomat spoke Arabic and French and had served two tours in Libya, including running the

Obama leads mourning for Americans killed in Libya

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on September 14th

By DAVID ESPO and JIM KUHNHENNAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - On a day mixing somber ceremony with campaign clamor, President Barack Obama on Friday eulogized four Americans killed in a suspected terrorist attack on a diplomatic post overseas while Republicans pledged a tougher foreign

State Department IDs 2 Americans killed in Libya

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on September 14th

WASHINGTON (AP) - The State Department has identified the other two Americans who were killed this week in the attack on the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, Libya. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said they were Tyrone S. Woods and Glen A. Doherty, former Navy SEALs who provided security at

A look at the Americans killed in embassy attack

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on September 13th

Forgetting Afghan war, until death brings it home

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on September 13th

By ADAM GELLERAP National Writer Staring out the window of his pickup, slowly trailing the hearse bearing his brother's body, Will Copes' eyes blurred with tears. In a few minutes he and his brother would be home, back to a town preoccupied with the first week of school and plans for

Report: US strikes on Iran would risk major war

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on September 13th

By ROBERT BURNSAP National Security Writer WASHINGTON (AP) - U.S. military strikes on Iran would shake the regime's political control and damage its ability to launch counterstrikes, but the Iranians probably would manage to retaliate, directly and through surrogates, in ways that risked

Chris Stevens: US envoy to the Arab world

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on September 12th

By BRADLEY KLAPPERAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - At the height of Libya's civil war, Chris Stevens dashed off to the rebel stronghold of Benghazi by cargo boat to help shape an assortment of Libyan politicians and militias into the cohesive unit that would defeat Moammar Gadhafi. A year

Generals deny trying to stop Afghan hospital probe

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on September 12th

By LARRY MARGASAKAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Two U.S. generals denied Wednesday that they tried to stop an inspector general's investigation in 2010 into corruption and patient neglect at a U.S.-funded Afghan military hospital. Lt. Gen. William Caldwell and Maj. Gen. Gary Patton