Eight years ago on a night in March, they interrupted our regularly-scheduled programs for a breaking news bulletin. We sat before our televisions and watched rockets arc into the skies over Baghdad. Many of us had doubts about the stated and implied causes of the war that began that night: the need to secure Saddam […]
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Clinton warns Iran not to underestimate U.S. commitment to Iraq
WASHINGTON — Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said Sunday that the United States will maintain a strong military interest in Iraq after the last combat troops leave this year, and she warned Iran not to try and take advantage of the pullout. On television talk shows Sunday morning, Clinton said that no one, especially […]
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Locals react to news of war’s end
LEWISTON — It’s official. The war in Iraq is coming to an end this year. Reaction to the news Friday night was pretty much universal — words of relief and glee, tempered by bad memories and lingering doubts. “I’ll believe it when I see it,” said Anissa Roberts, 41, of Bridgton. Roberts has seen up-close […]
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Obama announces total Iraq troop withdrawal
Stretching more than eight years, the war cost the United States heavily: More than 4,400 members of the military have been killed, and more than 32,000 have been wounded. The final exit date was sealed after months of intensive talks between Washington and Baghdad failed to reach agreement on conditions for leaving several thousand U.S. […]
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Gates warns cadets against large land wars
We have fought five wars in Asia since World War II, and you would think we would have learned a few things. Like, don’t. With the U.S. still engaged in its longest war in history, and with no apparent end in sight, Secretary of Defense Robert Gates used an address to cadets at West Point […]
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Roger Belanger: Thoughts on military life
Veterans Day approaches and we remember the men and women serving our nation. We remember those who have proudly worn the uniform of our armed services. Most of us who have enlisted in the service or, as in my day, were drafted, remember the days and years of their service with pride. Whether serving in […]
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Vet running across nation to honor fallen comrades reaches Maine
Ehredt a U.S. Army veteran is running from coast to coast to honor those who gave their lives in the Iraq War placing an American flag with a yellow ribbon with the name of the lost soldier or Marine at each of the 4,751 miles of his run. GILEAD — An Army veteran running across […]
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Iraqis don’t believe Obama will stand by their country
According to recent public opinion polling data, U.S. President Barack Obama is a highly controversial and divisive political figure — public opinion polling data from Iraq, that is. In a poll conducted by Asharq Research Centre, a private Iraqi polling company, 42 percent of Iraqis said they don’t think President Obama cares about Iraq. Sixty […]
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Read last year’s Veterans Day Salute stories.
Read last year’s Veterans Day Salute feature stories and consider sharing your story in this year’s supplement.
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Military families and veterans: Share your story
Share your story. Maine military families and veterans. Contact Special Sections at [email protected] before October 15 so that we can feature your story in our upcoming Veterans Day Salute feature stories supplement.