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11 19th, 2009| 
AFP – US Defense Secretary Robert Gates on Thursday announced a major review of the Fort Hood shootings to examine if the military had missed warning signs or remained “vulnerable” to similar assaults. Read the rest of this entry »
Nov
19
AFP – The US army major accused of the deadly shooting spree in the Fort Hood army base which left 13 dead was warned repeatedly over his poor job performance, US media reported Thursday. Read the rest of this entry »
Nov
19
AFP – US lawmakers Thursday sought to unravel how an army psychiatrist was allegedly able to unleash a shooting spree on a US military base, fearing it was part of a larger pattern of home-grown terrorism. Read the rest of this entry »
Nov
18
AFP – US Attorney General Eric Holder said Wednesday he found contacts between the alleged gunman behind a deadly shooting spree at a US military base and a radical Yemeni cleric “disturbing.” Read the rest of this entry »
Nov
18
AFP – Suicides in the US Army are headed to a new record this year but it remains unclear if repeated combat tours in Afghanistan and Iraq are causing more soldiers to take their lives, a top general has said. Read the rest of this entry »
Nov
18
Reuters – U.S. President Barack Obama said in an interview with CNN on Wednesday he is “very close” to a decision on boosting troop levels in Afghanistan and would make an announcement “in the next several weeks.” Read the rest of this entry »
Nov
18
AFP – A survey of US soldiers in Afghanistan shows declining morale among army units and that troops facing three or more combat tours have higher rates of mental health and marital problems, the US Army said Friday. Read the rest of this entry »