New Jersey 101.5 » U.S. military http://nj1015.com New Jersey News Fri, 24 May 2013 03:21:47 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 U.S. Troop Plan in Afghanistan Follows Iraq Playbook http://nj1015.com/u-s-troop-plan-in-afghanistan-follows-iraq-playbook/ http://nj1015.com/u-s-troop-plan-in-afghanistan-follows-iraq-playbook/#comments Thu, 10 Jan 2013 02:19:54 +0000 Townsquare News Network http://nj1015.com/?p=214597 It's the same debate, but the White House is working harder now to keep troops in Afghanistan than it did in similar but failed discussions in Iraq in 2011.

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]]> http://nj1015.com/u-s-troop-plan-in-afghanistan-follows-iraq-playbook/feed/ 0 U.S. Surge Troops Out of Afghanistan http://nj1015.com/u-s-surge-troops-out-of-afghanistan/ http://nj1015.com/u-s-surge-troops-out-of-afghanistan/#comments Fri, 21 Sep 2012 01:46:34 +0000 Townsquare News Network http://nj1015.com/?p=169397 Nearly two years after President Barack Obama ordered 33,000 more U.S. troops to Afghanistan to tamp down the escalating Taliban violence, the last of those surge troops have left the country.

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]]> http://nj1015.com/u-s-surge-troops-out-of-afghanistan/feed/ 0 US Troops in Afghanistan (David Furst/AFP/Getty Images) U.S. Military Commanders Warned to Get Troops In Line http://nj1015.com/u-s-military-commanders-warned-to-get-troops-in-line/ http://nj1015.com/u-s-military-commanders-warned-to-get-troops-in-line/#comments Fri, 04 May 2012 00:21:50 +0000 Townsquare News Network http://nj1015.com/?p=99179 Military leaders are telling commanders to get their troops in line and refrain from misconduct such as urinating on enemy corpses.

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]]> http://nj1015.com/u-s-military-commanders-warned-to-get-troops-in-line/feed/ 0 U.S. Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta (Scott Olson, Getty Images) Top General: U.S. to Stay Course in Afghanistan http://nj1015.com/top-general-u-s-to-stay-course-in-afghanistan/ http://nj1015.com/top-general-u-s-to-stay-course-in-afghanistan/#comments Tue, 20 Mar 2012 03:41:17 +0000 Townsquare News Network http://nj1015.com/?p=75435 The top U.S. commander in Afghanistan is telling Congress that the U.S. intends to stick to its strategy in Afghanistan, including the planned withdrawal calendar, despite recent setbacks that have tested America's relations with the Afghans.

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]]> http://nj1015.com/top-general-u-s-to-stay-course-in-afghanistan/feed/ 0 Chip Somodevilla, Getty Images Afghans Angry Over Removal Of Accused US Soldier [VIDEO] http://nj1015.com/u-s-shooting-suspect-flown-out-of-afghanistan/ http://nj1015.com/u-s-shooting-suspect-flown-out-of-afghanistan/#comments Thu, 15 Mar 2012 12:58:58 +0000 Townsquare News Network http://nj1015.com/?p=72941 Afghan lawmakers have expressed anger over the U.S. move to fly an American soldier accused of killing 16
civilians out of the country to Kuwait.

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]]> http://nj1015.com/u-s-shooting-suspect-flown-out-of-afghanistan/feed/ 0 Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta (R) visits with troops March 14, 2012 at Forward Operating Base Shukvani, Afghanistan. (Scott Olson/Getty Images) U.S. Soldier to Remain in Custody Following Afghan Shootings http://nj1015.com/u-s-soldier-to-remain-in-custody-following-afghan-shootings/ http://nj1015.com/u-s-soldier-to-remain-in-custody-following-afghan-shootings/#comments Wed, 14 Mar 2012 01:44:35 +0000 Townsquare News Network http://nj1015.com/?p=72264 A U.S. military official says probable cause has been found to keep holding an American soldier suspected in a shooting spree that killed 16 Afghan civilians.

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]]> http://nj1015.com/u-s-soldier-to-remain-in-custody-following-afghan-shootings/feed/ 0 Mark Wilson, Getty Images White House: No Change in Afghan Strategy After Shootings http://nj1015.com/white-house-no-change-in-afghan-strategy-after-shootings/ http://nj1015.com/white-house-no-change-in-afghan-strategy-after-shootings/#comments Mon, 12 Mar 2012 21:41:06 +0000 Townsquare News Network http://nj1015.com/?p=71513 The White House says the U.S. will not change its strategy or objectives in Afghanistan following the shooting of 16 Afghan civilians, allegedly by a U.S. soldier.

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]]> http://nj1015.com/white-house-no-change-in-afghan-strategy-after-shootings/feed/ 0 Obama: U.S. Troops Leaving Iraq with Heads Held High http://nj1015.com/obama-u-s-troops-leaving-iraq-with-heads-held-high/ http://nj1015.com/obama-u-s-troops-leaving-iraq-with-heads-held-high/#comments Tue, 13 Dec 2011 04:53:24 +0000 Townsquare News Network http://nj1015.com/?p=28094 President Barack Obama is declaring that U.S. troops are leaving Iraq this month "with honor and with their heads held high."

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