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Confessions of an Ex-Obama Superfan

A new poll shows U.S. President Obama losing support among the demographics that helped elect him.

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Don’t Go Back to Iraq

An Iraq War veteran and Marine urges U.S. politicians to avoid the slippery slope of military escalation in fighting ISIL.

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The Most Important Thing I've Ever Learned from My Dad, the Veteran

Honoring Memorial Day means asking real questions to real veterans.

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U.S. General Says Soldiers Who Commit Suicide Are 'Selfish'

And we wonder why more soldiers aren't quick to ask for help with their PTSD.

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Growing Up in a World Without an Anti-War Movement

College military recruitment is up. The recession is to blame, but so is the lack of a palpable anti-war movement.

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Donald Trump Accidentally Admits He'd Commit War Crimes as President

The GOP front-runner said he'd like to pillage all of Iraq's oil for America. Unfortunately for him, that's illegal.

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Female Soldiers Now More Likely to Be Assaulted By Fellow Soldiers Than Killed in Combat

It's really dangerous for women in the military. But that's not because of the putative enemy.

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Infographic: A World Map of Video Game Villains

We've moved on from Nazi and Eastern Bloc bad guys, but what do the nationalities of today's first person shooter villains tell us about geopolitics?

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The Iraq War, Viewed Through the YouTube Videos of Bored Soldiers

On the eighth anniversary of the invasion of Iraq, we look at a few of the greatest YouTube videos made by bored American soldiers.

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Q&A: Could Egypt-Style Revolution Have Happened in Iraq?

The Center for American Progress' Brian Katulis fields questions on whether large-scale protests could have happened in Iraq.

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Do We Need College Scholarships for White Men?

A new Texas nonprofit says being male and white doesn't help you pay for college, so they're starting a scholarship program just for white men.

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What If We Had Just Waited for the Iraqis to Topple Hussein?

What if we'd waited for the Iraqis to take back their own country instead of trying to do so ourselves?

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How to Rectify Our Military's Culture of Rape?

A new lawsuit alleges Defense Secretaries Robert Gates and Donald Rumsfeld have allowed rape to proliferate in our armed forces.

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More U.S. Soldiers Killed Themselves Than Died in Combat in 2010

Since 2009, more U.S. troops have committed suicide than been killed on the battlefield. What's worse is that military doesn't know how to help them.

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An iPhone App for Catching Terrorists

Using tens of thousands of dollars of his own money, a U.S. Army soldier has created the world's first iPhone app for use on the battlefield.