Under New Management: First, Amandine Lee takes a look at the new government in Iraq – and what it signifies for Iraq’s future. Then, in our second in a media analysis series, Aaron Moser examines coverage of Obama’s trip to Afghanistan. Finally, Kyle Crawford speaks with medical students who are…
Specialist Brad Kenney has been deployed to Iraq twice as a member of the Pennsylvania Army National guard. We spoke with him about his memories of the two tours he spent in Iraq and his hopes as he adjusts back to life in the U.S . Jared Nolan has the…
Afghanistan War: As the tanks roll in, shades of a Soviet failure http://bit.ly/ec0N3M # United States Armed Forces Fatalities http://bit.ly/hJQDi2 # Informed Comment >> Why our Afghanistan War Dead don’t Seem to be News http://bit.ly/h1Iofx #
U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates on a trip to the war zone says he is convinced the war in Afghanistan is on the right track. Deborah Lutterbeck reports.
A Pentagon report was released recently that supports the repeal of the military’s don’t ask don’t tell policy. In the premier segment of a new media analysis series, Karim Sariahmed delves into how media sources have covered this new information. Photo: A Group of 55 Vassar College students band together…
Leaders in Afghanistan, Pakistan speak out against WikiLeaks information http://wapo.st/gMZ0uW # DoD announces casualties: http://bit.ly/fyxFpO http://bit.ly/f38U5Z http://bit.ly/hABwd4 # Military One Step Closer to Battlefield Holograms http://bit.ly/hobRJK # (Reuters) – A British soldier might have been killed by friendly fire from a U.S. aircraft http://reut.rs/hIJNgj #
AP: A new video released by the Taliban shows Spc. Bowe Bergdahl, the only known U.S. serviceman held captive in Afghanistan, with bags under his eyes and what appears to be an abrasion on his left cheek.
(Reuters) – The White House is conducting a review of the war in Afghanistan http://reut.rs/i1UcWe # NPR: War’s Progress Measured By Commanders In Afghanistan #audio http://n.pr/fDVsCZ # Army eyes use of tanks in Afghanistan http://bit.ly/h1jzRV # In harm’s way: Photographer flies with medevac team http://on.msnbc.com/ij7GPd # Proposed 1.4% pay raise…
John Mearsheimer, the University of Chicago politcal scientist who also wrote ‘The Israel Lobby and US Foreign Policy’ is set to come out with a new book in January titled: “Why Leaders Lie: The Truth about Lying in International Politics.” According to the book’s description “Mearsheimer provides the first systematic analysis of…
This week, War News Radio featured a report on U.S. Army Sgt. Ahmed Altaie, the last U.S. service member still reported as missing or captured in Iraq. Here are some of the resources we discovered while reporting: On Facebook: Free Prisoner of War in Iraq – US Army Sergeant Ahmed Kousay…