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  • May 2008

    • Bush Sacrificed Golf to 'Honor War Dead'

      Politico  |  May 14, 08 6:52 AM CDT

      Bush Sacrificed Golf to 'Honor War Dead'

      (Newser) - President Bush gave up playing golf five years ago because he felt it was inappropriate to play while families mourned loved ones killed in Iraq and Afghanistan, he revealed in an interview with Politico. Bush was lampooned for playing golf while discussing terrorism in Michael Moore's Fahrenheit 911. More »

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      George W. Bush  • Iraq war  • terrorism  • golf  • Afghanistan war  • casualties  • soldiers' families

  • April 2008

    • Army Battles High Divorce Rates

      New York Times  |  Apr 5, 08 5:56 AM CDT

      Army Battles High Divorce Rates

      (Newser) - A jump in divorce rates since the start of the Iraq war has the Army concerned. Marriages are falling apart as soldiers return home from tours of combat duty emotionally distant and unwilling to discuss their experiences. The military has now launched 'marriage education' retreats to try and repair the damage, the New York Times reports. More »

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      US military  • marriage  • divorce  • US Army  • divorce rate  • soldiers' families  • military spouses

  • March 2008

    • A Colonel's Toughest Duty: the Condolence Letter

      Wall Street Journal  |  Mar 8, 08 4:43 PM CST

      A Colonel's Toughest Duty: the Condolence Letter

      (Newser) - American warfare has changed over hundreds of years, but one tradition that remains is a commander’s condolence letter to the family of a fallen soldier. The Wall Street Journal spends time with a lieutenant colonel in Iraq who writes his letters by hand whenever one of his men dies. "I wait to find the words," he says, "and they will come."  More »

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      Afghanistan  • US military  • insurgents  • US Army  • roadside bomb  • soldiers' families

  • February 2008

    • Overseas Tours Cost Soldiers Child Custody

      NPR  |  Feb 15, 08 3:35 PM CST

      Overseas Tours Cost Soldiers Child Custody

      (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

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