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• Marine released in Iraqi war crimes case

  Created: Monday, 14 June 2010 11:37 Author:

  SAN DIEGO — A Camp Pendleton Marine whose murder conviction was recently overturned was released Monday after serving four years in prison for a major Iraqi war crimes case, his lawyer said. read full article ...

• Amos expected to be named commandant

  Created: Monday, 14 June 2010 11:37 Author:

  Gen. James Amos is expected to be named the 35th commandant of the U.S. Marine Corps, sources told Defense News on Monday. If nominated, Amos could become the first Marine jet aviator named to the top post, and he would alter recent custom by becoming the...

• FBI checks gay attack as possible hate crime

  Created: Monday, 14 June 2010 11:37 Author:

  SAVANNAH, Ga. — An attack on a gay man who witnesses say was knocked unconscious by two Marines who thought he winked at them has prompted a preliminary investigation into whether the case warrants federal charges as a hate crime. read full a...

• U.S. removing waste during Iraq withdrawal

  Created: Monday, 14 June 2010 11:37 Author:

  BAGHDAD — The U.S. military is removing tens of millions of pounds of hazardous waste accumulated during seven years of war amid concerns about America’s environmental legacy in Iraq, officials said Monday. read full article ...

• F-35B STOVL fighter goes supersonic

  Created: Monday, 14 June 2010 11:37 Author:

  The short-takeoff and vertical-landing version of the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter flew past the sound barrier June 10, becoming the first U.S. STOVL aircraft to exceed that milestone. read full article ...

• Report: 90% of youth in Philly cannot serve

  Created: Monday, 14 June 2010 11:37 Author:

  PHILADELPHIA — A nonprofit group says that up to 90 percent of young Philadelphians are ineligible for military service because of criminal records, obesity or lack of education. read full article ...

• Search restores lost dog tags to family of vet

  Created: Monday, 14 June 2010 11:37 Author:

  MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Rob Boyce lifted the top off the secondhand board game he’d just paid $2 for at Goodwill in the Mountaineer Mall. read full article ...

• Families worry about graves at Arlington

  Created: Monday, 14 June 2010 11:37 Author:

  ARLINGTON, Va. — After the Army announced that Arlington National Cemetery mishandled the remains of more than 200 troops, Margaret Timmons decided to trek out to her husband's headstone on Sunday to make sure he was still where she laid him to...

• State Department wants a mini-army in Iraq

  Created: Monday, 14 June 2010 11:37 Author:

  WASHINGTON — The State Department is quietly forming a small army to protect diplomatic personnel in Iraq after U.S. military forces leave the country at the end of 2011, taking their firepower with them. read full article ...

• Huge mineral discovery could alter Afghan war

  Created: Monday, 14 June 2010 11:37 Author:

  KABUL, Afghanistan — U.S. geologists have discovered vast mineral wealth in Afghanistan, possibly amounting to $1 trillion, President Hamid Karzai’s spokesman said Monday. read full article ...