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11 19th, 2010| 
Reuters – Ivory Coast’s military and rebels will deploy 4,000 extra troops to rebel territory under a joint command to try to secure a run-off presidential election on November 28 that could easily turn violent. Read the rest of this entry »
Nov
19
AFP – The US military plans to deploy heavily-armored battle tanks to Afghanistan for the first time in the war, officers said Friday, the latest sign of an escalation in the fight against insurgents. Read the rest of this entry »
Nov
19
Army SSG Salvatore Giunta becomes the first living recipient of the Medal of Honor, our nation’s highest award for valor in combat, in more than 40 years. Giunta was awarded the Medal of Honor by President Barack Obama at the White House on November 16, 2010. The 25-year-old paratrooper received the medal for actions “at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty” on the night of October 25, 2007, at age 22, while on patrol in the remote Read the rest of this entry »
Nov
19
Reuters – Iran has successfully tested its own version of a missile system that Russia declined to supply amid concerns Tehran might be seeking nuclear weapons, a military official was quoted as saying on Thursday. Read the rest of this entry »