September 4, 2010

Rolling Stone writer denied embed permission

By Anne Gearan – The Associated Press

WASHINGTON — The author of the Rolling Stone article that ended the military career of Army Gen. Stanley McChrystal, the former top commander in Afghanistan, has been denied permission to join U.S. troops fighting in Afghanistan, the Pentagon said Tuesday.

Defense Department spokesman Col. David Lapan told reporters that freelance writer Michael Hastings was rebuffed when he asked to accompany, or “embed,” with American forces next month.

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Afghan war overtakes Vietnam to become the longest conflict in U.S. history

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A little boy sits and holds the hand of U.S. Army Sgt. Resolve Savage, from Charlie Company, 1st Battalion, 158th Infantry Regiment, Arizona National Guard, while he pulls security outside of a hospital during a medical capabilities program and humanitarian assistance supply hand out in the Nuristan province of Afghanistan June 28, 2007. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Isaac A. Graham)

Daily Mail Reporter

Afghanistan has become the longest conflict in American history – surpassing even the Vietnam war.

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Billions of Dollars Later, Military Docs Still Can’t Spot Brain Injuries

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By Katie Drummond
WIRED

Despite billions in research dollars and a vow to improve their handling of this war’s “signature wound,” the military’s ability to diagnose troops with traumatic brain injuries, or TBIs, is “about as reliable as a coin flip.”
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Military Still Failing To Diagnose, Treat Brain Injuries

NPR

Traumatic brain injury is considered the “signature injury” of soldiers fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan.
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Military to appeal overturning of ex-Marine’s conviction

By Tony Perry
LOS ANGELES TIMES

Lawrence Hutchins had originally been found guilty in the execution-style killing of an Iraqi man.
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Why Japan and the U.S. Can’t Live Without Okinawa

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By Mark Thompson
TIME

The continued U.S. military presence in Japan has been a growing concern for the Japanese public, and last week it became a lever to pry Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama from office.
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At least $500 million has been spent since 9/11 on renovating Guantanamo Bay

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By Scott Higham and Peter Finn
WASHINGTON POST

Since 9/11, the U.S. government has spent at least $500 million to transform Guantanamo Bay into a secure military and prison installation.
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U.S. military holds soldier in classified video leak

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REUTERS

A U.S. soldier has been arrested in connection with the release of a classified video showing a 2007 helicopter attack that killed a dozen people in Baghdad, including two Reuters news staff, the U.S. military said on Monday.
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Military families face private battles as loved ones are sent to war

By David Tarrant
THE DALLAS MORNING NEWS

The story of war is not just about combat on the battlefield.
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U.S., China Military Wariness Seen at Singapore Summit

By Evan Ramstad
WALL STREET JOURNAL

The wary relationship between the militaries of the U.S. and China flared openly—though courteously—at a conference here this weekend, a brief flash of the long-standing tension that’s centered on Taiwan but extends to their broader alliances and differing worldviews.

Read this article at the Wall Street Journal.