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GRAB A COFFEE POT AND READ THE MORNING REPORT FOR 8.29.14 >>> Obama calls on other nations to fight Islamic State. U.S. fighter planes conducted five airstrikes against Islamic State targets in northern Iraq on Thursday, continuing a limited campaign aimed at helping Iraqi and Kurdish forces retake key territory and degrade
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GRAB A COFFEE POT AND READ THE MORNING REPORT FOR 8.28.14 >>> Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko declared today that "Russian forces have entered Ukraine" and called an emergency meeting of the nation's security council to respond to what he said was a "sharp aggravation" in eastern Ukraine, where Ukrainian armed forces
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GRAB A COFFEE POT AND READ THE MORNING REPORT FOR 8.27.14 >>> President Obama's New VA Initiatives: Many of the 19 "new executive actions" aren't as novel as presented; just over a quarter represent fresh efforts while the remaining either have been in the works for months or were introduced by
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GRAB A POT OF COFFEE AND READ THE MORNING REPORT FOR 8.26.14 >>> The White House is unveiling a slate of executive actions today designed to ease troops' transition from military to civilian life and boost veterans medical-care options in the wake of scandals at the Veterans Affairs Department. The U.S. has
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GRAB A COFFEE POT AND READ THE MORNING REPORT FOR 8.25.14 >>> American Peter Theo Curtis held captive for two years by an al-Qaida-linked group in Syria was released Sunday. Islamic State fighters captured a major military air base in northeastern Syria, eliminating the last government-held outpost in a province dominated by
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GRAB A CUP AND READ THE MORNING REPORT FOR 8.23.14 >>> Two suicide bombers in Iraq killed at least 17 people in apparent revenge attacks after a major assault on a Sunni mosque heightened sectarian tensions. Unidentified war planes attacked positions of an armed faction in the Libyan capital Tripoli
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GRAB A COFFEE POT AND READ THE MORNING REPORT FOR 8.22.14 >>> After U.S. planes bombed its forces in Iraq, the jihadist juggernaut that calls itself the Islamic State threatened to attack Americans "in any place," adding for good measure: "We will drown all of you in blood." The sophistication, wealth and
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GRAB A COFFEE POT AND READ THE MORNING REPORT FOR 8.20.14 >>> Islamic State militants posted a video on Tuesday that purported to show the beheading of American journalist James Foley in revenge for U.S. air strikes against the insurgents in Iraq. Lawmakers mourned the death of freelance journalist James Foley after
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GRAB A COFFEE POT AND READ THE MORNING REPORT FOR 8.19/14 >>> As many as 700 heavily armed Taliban insurgents are battling Afghan security forces in Logar, a key province near the capital Kabul in a test of the Afghan military's strength as foreign forces pull out of the country. U.S. spends
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GRAB A COFFEE POT AND READ THE MORNING REPORT FOR 8.18.14 >>> Kurdish fighters and Iraq security forces say they have retaken Mosul Dam, a key piece of infrastructure that Islamic extremists might have used to cause chaos in the country. The U.S. military ramped up its air campaign on Sunday against
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GRAB A COFFEE POT AND READ THE MORNING REPORT FOR 8.16.14 >>> Islamic State insurgents "massacred" some 80 members of Iraq's Yazidi minority in a village in the country's north. Airstrikes pounded the area around Iraq's largest dam today in an effort to drive out militants who captured it earlier this month,
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GRAB A COFFEE POT AND READ THE MORNING REPORT FOR 8.15.14 >>> Israel secured supplies of ammunition from the Pentagon last month without the approval of the White House or the State Department. Op-ed: Time to rein in the Pentagon's mysterious slush fund. Late Thursday night armored vehicles and military trucks from Russia
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GRAB A COFFEE CUP AND READ THE MORNING REPORT FOR 8.14.14 >>> An Israeli request for a transfer of Hellfire missiles from the United States was put on hold after the White House and State Department learned they were kept in the dark concerning ammunition transfers to Israel in
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GRAB A COFFEE POT AND READ THE MORNING REPORT FOR 8.13.14 >>> There is no groundswell from U.S. lawmakers demanding President Barack Obama seek their approval for new airstrikes in Iraq, a sharp contrast from his flirtation with strikes in Syria. The military has sent 130 advisers to northern Iraq
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Capt. Tania Donovan of the 17th Field Artillery Brigade takes a few moments from her Thunder Rumble training to spread the word. ... JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD, Wash. - This year's 2nd Annual Thunder Rumble 5k/10k run will take place August 16, in Tumwater, Wash. More than 200 participants, military and military supporters,
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GRAB A COFFEE POT AND READ THE MORNING REPORT FOR 8.12.14 >>> U.S. airstrikes helped, but Kurds from Syria turned tide against Islamic State. Secretary of State John Kerry said today the United States doesn't plan to send additional troops to Iraq, according to The Wall Street Journal. The United States has begun
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GRAB A COFFEE POT AND READ THE MORNING REPORT FOR 8.11.14 >>> The U.S. government began directly arming Kurdish forces in Iraq who are battling the militant group Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, according to The Associated Press. The Pentagon is releasing images from a U.S. military airdrop
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GRAB A COFFEE POT AND READ THE MORNING REPORT FOR 8.9.14 >>> U.S. military aircraft dropped humanitarian aid to Iraqis under threat from hardline militants in northern Iraq for the second straight night. Islamic State insurgents who seized Iraq's biggest dam in an offensive that has caused international consternation have brought in
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GRAB A COFFEE POT AND READ THE MORNING REPORT FOR 8.8.14 >>> President Barack Obama authorized air strikes on Iraq to protect Christians and prevent "genocide" of tens of thousands of members of an ancient sect sheltering on a desert mountaintop from Islamic State fighters threatening to exterminate them. British Prime Minister
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GRAB A COFFEE POT AND READ THE MORNING REPORT FOR 8.7.14 >>> The deadly insider attack that killed an Army major general and wounded more than a dozen other troops has led to questions about the way ahead in Afghanistan and the strength of the partnership between coalition and Afghan troops. Sunni
