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Dallas Sailor Dies While Deployed Overseas

The Pentagon says a 28-year-old sailor from Dallas has died of illness while on deployment in support of NATO forces in Afghanistan.

2012/10/10

Mitt Romney (Photo by Steve Pope/Getty Images)

Opinion: Romney’s Move To The Middle Is Nothing More Than Baseless Rhetoric

Why is Mitt Romney, the severely Conservative candidate for president, all of a sudden moving to the middle?

2012/10/09

Actress Michelle Monaghan attends the Cinema Society & Coach screening of "Source Code" at the Crosby Street Hotel on March 31, 2011 in New York City. (credit: Stephen Lovekin/Getty Images)

Michelle Monaghan Filming Movie At Fort Bliss

Actress Michelle Monaghan of “Source Code” and “Gone Baby Gone” fame is at Fort Bliss filming a movie about a U.S. Army medic who returns from the war in Afghanistan.

2012/10/08

Funeral Services Set For Tolar Soldier

Funeral arrangements for Sgt. 1st Class Riley Stephens, who was killed in a gun battle in Afghanistan on September 28, have been set for Sunday, October 7, at 2 p.m. at the Tolar Baptist Church.

CBSDFW.COM–2012/10/04

Town Remembers Soldier Killed In Afghanistan

Nearly an entire town gathered Wednesday night to honor a soldier lost in one of America’s fights.

CBS 11–2012/10/03

Local Soldier Killed In Afghanistan

TOLAR (CBSDFW.COM) – A soldier from the small town of Tolar, has been confirmed dead in Afghanistan. Unconfirmed reports say that Riley Stephens, 39, a 1991 Tolar High graduate, was killed in action on Thursday. […]

2012/09/29

U.S. Army mortar men from the 2-27th Infantry Regiment fire mortars at a Taliban position (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images)

Opinion: Obama’s Afghan Surge Failed

With the situation getting worse on the ground Obama has ended the surge just in time for the election in November. Taliban and related attacks against NATO powers were approximately 2,700 in August of 2009 when Obama made his contrary-to-campaign promised-move to step up the nation’s military assistance in Afghanistan. Three years later, in August of 2012, there were more attacks – nearly 3,000.

2012/09/29