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October 2008
- Biden Sees Off Iraq-Bound Son
  
  CBS | Oct 3, 08 1:30 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Joe Biden bid farewell today to the Iraq-bound soldiers of the 261st Signal Brigade Mission of the Delaware National Guard, including his eldest son, 39-year-old Beau, a captain. Biden said his son gave him some sage advice for the occasion: “Dad, keep it short, we’re in formation.” The Democratic vice-presidential candidate obeyed, and avoided politics entirely for the non-campaign event, CBS reports. More »
  
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  Iraq • Joe Biden • vice presidential candidate • National Guard • Delaware • Beau Biden
September 2008
- 'Ghost Town' New Orleans Steels for Gustav
  
  Houston Chronicle | Sep 1, 08 2:29 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - The last bus out of New Orleans drove off at 3pm yesterday, leaving behind a virtual ghost town, reports the Houston Chronicle. An estimated 10,000 residents are left in the hurricane-threatened city, now subject to a strict dusk-to-dawn curfew. Some 1.9 million Louisianans have fled Hurricane Gustav—the biggest evacuation in state history. Three hospital patients died during the operation. More »
  
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  Hurricane Katrina • New Orleans • Louisiana • Hurricane Gustav • evacuation • Mississippi River • levees • National Guard • National Hurricane Center • Ray Nagin • Army Corps of Engineers
June 2008
- Soldier Faces Death Penalty for Killing Comrades
  
  New York Times | Jun 16, 08 8:24 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - A soldier may soon face court-martial in the deaths of two US officers in Iraq, whom army prosecutors say he killed in a rare instance of “fragging”—the murder of a fellow soldier. The New York Times examines the case of Sgt. Alberto Martinez, who prosecutors say detonated a mine in Captain Phillip Esposito’s quarters in 2005, killing him and another officer. “I’m convinced this was 100% preventable,” said Esposito’s widow. More »
  
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  Iraq • murder • crime • US military • National Guard
April 2008
- Claims Chucked in Rather's Suit Against CBS
  
  Variety | Apr 10, 08 5:40 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - A judge dismissed today some claims of fraud, breach of good faith, and fair dealing in a lawsuit filed against CBS top brass by former anchor Dan Rather, Variety reports. The $70 million suit charges CBS made Rather a scapegoat in the firestorm following revelations “Sixty Minutes” used dubious sources in an exposé on George W. Bush’s National Guard service. More »
  
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  lawsuit • National Guard • 60 Minutes • Leslie Moonves • CBS Evening News • Dan Rather • Sumner Redstone
February 2008
- Overseas Tours Cost Soldiers Child Custody
  
  NPR | Feb 15, 08 3:35 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - In what the Pentagon and parent-advocacy groups agree is a growing trend, troops serving overseas are unable to maintain custody of their children upon their return, NPR reports. One National Guardswoman raised her son until her unit deployed to Iraq, when his father took temporary custody. AFter she returned home, a court granted her ex-husband’s request to make the situation permanent. More »
  
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  US military • parenting • custody battle • Iraq veterans • National Guard • military families • Afghanistan veterans • soldiers' families
- Panel Blasts 'Appalling' US Terror Readiness
  
  San Diego Union-Tribune | Feb 1, 08 4:35 AM CST
  
  (Newser) - The US is woefully under-prepared for a terrorist attack on home soil, according to a scathing report by an independent commission charged by Congress to recommend National Guard and Army Reserve policy. "It's totally unacceptable," the panel declared of American readiness in the event of such an attack." You couldn't move a Girl Scout unit with the kind of planning they're doing now." More »
  
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  terrorism • US military • counterterrorism • National Guard
November 2007
- Supreme Court Will Hear Landmark Gun Case
  
  SCOTUSblog | Nov 20, 07 1:17 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - The Supreme Court agreed today to hear its first case on the meaning of the Second Amendment in 68 years. At question is the scope of the “right to bear arms”: A circuit court ruled last year that it applied to individuals' guns, but the city of Washington argued it guaranteed only a collective right for groups such as the National Guard, SCOTUSblog reports. More »
  
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  US Supreme Court • Washington DC • gun • Second Amendment • ban • Constitution • National Guard • constitutional law • gun ban • handgun
- Gunmen Injure 8 After Chavez Protest Rally
  
  Associated Press | Nov 8, 07 6:18 AM CST
  
  (Newser) - A band of hooded gunmen opened fire and tossed tear gas cannisters into a crowd of college students returning yesterday from a massive rally protesting President Hugo Chavez' policies. At least eight were injured, but no one was killed, AP reports. Panicked students raced through campus as ambulances arrived. Students had led a peaceful march of 80,000 to protest Chavez' constitutional proposals that would abolish presidential term limits and expand his powers. More »
  
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  protests • Venezuela • Hugo Chavez • student • university • National Guard
- Windy, Dry Forecast Worries CA
  
  Los Angeles Times | Nov 1, 07 1:29 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - California weathermen are sparking new wildfire fears with predictions for a hot, dry weekend in which the dreaded Santa Ana winds are expected to pick up from 45 mph tomorrow across the state's southern end. Compounding matters, humidity is expected to drop as low as 10% while temperatures rise into the mid-80s, the Los Angeles Times reports. More »
  
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  Arnold Schwarzenegger • wildfires • California wildfires • National Guard • humidity • Santa Ana winds
October 2007
- Red Tape Grounded Copters in California Fires
  
  Associated Press | Oct 26, 07 1:26 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Firefighting helicopters sat idle as wildfires broke out across California, an AP investigation concludes, thanks to a web of bureaucracy. By the time Navy, Marine, and National Guard aircraft got clearance, up to a day after blazes started, it was already too dangerous to fly. Others were missing crucial equipment that had been promised for 4 years. More »
  
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  California • wildfires • Department of Homeland Security • San Diego • FEMA • Southern California • helicopter • National Guard • California fires
September 2007
- Rather Sues CBS for $70M
  
  New York Times | Sep 19, 07 5:15 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Dan Rather has filed a $70 million lawsuit against CBS and its corporate parent, claiming bias and fraud in the investigation of the broadcast that brought him down—and then violated his subsequent contract with “60 Minutes.” The filing says Rather was made “a scapegoat” in order “to pacify the White House,” the Times reports. More »
  
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  George W. Bush • television • lawsuit • White House • CBS • Viacom • reporter • National Guard • 60 Minutes • Dan Rather
- Fossett Search Drastically Reduced
  
  Associated Press | Sep 18, 07 1:55 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Searchers are dramatically scaling back efforts to find missing adventurer Steve Fossett as the rescue mission enters its third week and tips dry up. At one point, 45 aircraft plied the skies looking for wreckage, but the Nevada Civil Air Patrol is suspending its efforts, limiting searchers to five National Guard helicopters and two CAP planes on standby, the AP reports. More »
  
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  Nevada • rescue • pilot • disappearance • aviation • Steve Fossett • National Guard • aviator • search
August 2007
- Army Can't Sustain Troop Demand in Iraq
  
  Associated Press | Aug 20, 07 3:28 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - With nearly all its forces exhausted, the US Army will have to break some promises to sustain the current troop buildup through spring, according to new documents acquired by AP. The Army would have to extend tours, reduce rest, or accelerate use of National Guard members to maintain current levels—all options a war-weary Congress would like to avoid. More »
  
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  Iraq • Iraq war • Afghanistan • US Army • military • troop surge • American troops • National Guard
May 2007
- Strapped National Guard Hampers Tornado Cleanup
  
  New York Times | May 9, 07 9:09 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - The National Guard was slow to respond to the Kansas tornado because much of its equipment is in Iraq and Afghanistan, the Times reports, and sniping between the state and federal governments echoes the Hurricane Katrina fallout. The Kansas Guard has only about half the vehicles and heavy machinery it normally would, and many other states are in similar straits. More »
  
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  Iraq war • tornado • Kansas • Kathleen Sebelius • National Guard • Greensburg