Mourning the 'grim milestone' in America's longest war
When she heard the news that the United States had suffered its 2,000th casuality related to the war in Afghanistan, retired teacher Lisa Freeman just shook her head and looked down at her grandson, Matthew. The infant craddled in her arms was named after her son Matthew C. Freeman, a Marine captain who fell to a sniper's bullet on Aug. 7, 2009, northeast of Kabul.
13:41 October 6, 2012Army project to benefit endangered bats
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13:05 October 6, 2012Panetta: Karzai owes allies more gratitude, less criticism
Defense Secretary Leon Panetta says Afghan President Hamid Karzai should say thank you now and then to the allied military forces that are fighting and dying in Afghanistan, rather than criticizing them.
21:27 October 5, 2012North Korean soldier defects across border to South Korea
A North Korean soldier killed two of his officers Saturday and defected to South Korea across the countries' heavily armed border, officials said. The last defection was in 2008.
11:53 October 6, 20125 terrorism suspects extradited to US; 2 plead not guilty
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