Jan 31

US Marines facing a 'different war' in Afghanistan<br /> (AFP)<br />

AFP - For the US Marines deployed to the battlefields of southern Afghanistan, life is fragile and thoughts focus on the day they see their families again, but something about this war is different.

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Jan 31

Pentagon starts process of lifting gay ban<br /> (AP)<br />

AP - The Defense Department starts the clock next week on what is expected to be a several-year process in lifting its ban on gays from serving openly in the military.

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Jan 31

U.S. troops more than welcome in Haiti for now<br /> (AP)<br />

AP - Young men gripping a steel fence along Port-au-Prince’s waterfront call out “Hi, Sir!” to two U.S. Army soldiers, pleading for jobs as translators, drivers, laborers.

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