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Thursday, March 07, 2013  Kentucky senator uses rare filibuster to block vote on President Obama's nominee to lead CIA

Sunday, June 24, 2012  About 90 members of the South Carolina Air National Guard are returning from a two-month deployment to Afghanistan.

Thursday, April 12, 2012  Nearly 500 pilots, maintenance specialists and support staff from McEntire Joint National Guard base are heading to Afghanistan for the four month mission supporting Operation Enduring Freedom.

Friday, October 21, 2011  Updated with video content: Gadhafi death amounts to victory for Obama's approach, but little impact likely on election

Friday, September 09, 2011  They were all from small towns. And as the 10th anniversary of the attacks on Sept. 11 that led the U.S. into Afghanistan and Iraq arrives, their families say they were inspired by the heroism shown by firefighters and others on that terrible day.

Wednesday, May 04, 2011  In the end, the terrorist who posed with a menacing assault rifle was cornered without a gun

Wednesday, May 04, 2011  Pakistani who owned bin Laden's final hideaway lived in compound, aided al-Qaida chief

Monday, May 02, 2011  Killing bin Laden unlikely to kill the worldwide terrorist movement he inspired

Sunday, September 05, 2010  Second coalition troop killed in Afghanistan

Monday, June 21, 2010  The Supreme Court upheld the government's authority Monday to ban aid to designated terrorist groups, even when that support is intended to steer the groups toward peaceful and legal activities.