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The U.S. Navy employs certain conventions when naming its ships. Until politics intervenes.
GEORGE F. WILL
Republicans are hurting their national security credentials.
JOHN STOSSEL
We could save much more if America assumed a military policy designed for defense rather than policing the world.
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Last week, President Obama proposed a dramatic shift to U.S. military forces. It looks a lot like what Donald Rumsfeld tried more than a decade ago
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When did Congress tell Obama or any President he can bomb Iran as soon as he concludes Iran is building a nuclear weapon?
EDITORIAL
The Taliban isn't our enemy, says the White House.
EDITORIAL
Does the commander in chief share the troops’ loyalty to the future of Iraq?
EDITORIAL
It’s nice to show your thanks by coming out to the Veterans Day parade and waving a flag. It’s better to pitch in and help out a military family that needs it.
EDITORIAL
Whom to support: the troops or a radical, Soviet-trained professor?
EDITORIAL
It's OK to kill terrorists, but not pour water over their faces?
EDITORIAL
This U.S. election will be primarily about the economy, but we will need a President who understands world issues and is capable of dealing decisively with them. Ron Paul fails the test.
EDITORIAL
A Veterans Day poem by Robert Frost.
MATTHEW WOODS

Lyman soldier's death mourned

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A 22-year-old soldier from Lyman was found dead in his barracks Sunday at Fort Benning, Ga., just days before the Iraq veteran was due to leave the Army.

Sen. Ayotte: Defense cuts mean security risks

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The solution to the economic crisis should not be done at the cost of a national security crisis, said U.S. Sen. Kelly Ayotte, who spoke at BAE Systems in Nashua Wednesday.

Capt. Stephen McNeil, shown here in Iraq in 2007, will be honored for his service at a White house dinner.

Only in Print: Marine captain to represent NH at White House dinner

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A New Hampshire man who gave up dreams of Olympic glory to enlist in the United States Marine Corps will be among soldiers from around the country honored for their service in Iraq and Afghanistan by...

Only in Print -- Opinion: How do we treat the 1 percent who serve their country?

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Staff Sgt. Nathan McNulty of the Massachusetts National Guard writes, "(W)ith all the rhetoric about fairness and 'the 99 percent' bandied about the public forum today, it would be nice to see our...

The 2011 Epping Town Report was dedicated to retired Army Sgt. Matt Jordan, seen here with his wife, Katie, and daughter, Olivia. Jordan was given a clock with the town logo in appreciation of his service.

Epping honors soldier for what he has given

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Selectmen announced Tuesday that the 2011 Epping Town Report was being dedicated to Retired Army Sgt. Matt Jordan.

BAE awarded military contract worth $38m

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A $38 million military contract was awarded to BAE Systems this week, a win that company officials say is instrumental in protecting America's men and women in uniform.

Ayotte sponsoring bill that would avoid defense cuts

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The first year of mandated cuts to domestic and defense spending mandated by the failure of a Congressional committee to agree on $1.2 trillion in cuts would be avoided under a bill partly sponsored...

Former Bedford resident Jennifer Bassett, shown here with husband Joshua at a Coast Guard event, has been nominated for Military Spouse of the Year.

Only in Print: Miltary spouse recognized for service to families

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Jennifer Bassett, a former Bedford resident who now lives in Astoria, Ore., has been nominated for the 2012 Military Spouse of the Year honor, an award presented by Military Spouse Magazine.

4 senators decry more base closings

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Quicker than you can say 'submarine repair,' the four U.S. senators from New Hampshire and Maine on Thursday criticized a proposal by Defense Secretary Leon Panetta to institute another formal round...

U.S. commandos free two pirate hostages in Somalia

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MOGADISHU (Reuters) - U.S. special forces swooped into Somalia on Wednesday and rescued an American and a Dane after a shootout with pirates holding them hostage, in a rare raid into the Horn of...

David Benedict of Salisbury embraces his son, Cpl. Brian Benedict, as the Marine steps off a bus at the Londonderry Reserve Center.

Marines return home to eager families and chance to reconnect

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Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 25th Marine Regiment, had been deployed in Afghanistan since May 2011. All 200 members of the Londonderry-based Marines unit arrived home safe and sound Friday morning.

Staff Sgt. Jason Wede, a resident of Maryland, embraced his son, Fritz, 5, early Friday morning, moments after arriving by bus to the Londonderry Reserve Center. All 200 members of the Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 25th Marine Regiment returned safely from a seven-month deployment in Afghanistan.

Bravo Co. makes early-morning return to Londonderry

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LONDONDERRY -- Two-hundred local Marines were welcomed home early Friday morning, when their eager loved ones waited inside the Londonderry Reserve Center for several hours to witness the return of...

Spc. Joseph Johnson, from Milford, with his wife Heather, greets his youngest child Willow, 16 months old, as his mother in-law Gerry Smith looks on, after the welcome home ceremony for the U. S. Army Reserves 368th Engineer Battalion, from a year of service in Afghanistan, at Southern New Hampshire University on Thursday in Manchester.

2 368th has much to celebrate after a year in Afghanistan

0 Only in Print: Clinic on Mount Sunapee offers healing slopes

1 Only in Print: Old mail speaks to new generation

0 Only in Print: The Veterans Page

24 Veterans say air station should be reopened to them

0 Terminally ill NH veteran's wish for Marine dress blues to be buried in fulfilled

0 Only in Print: Using natural talents to express gratitude

0 Husband, wife give views of war from home and away

2 Wounded soldier from Derry gets hero's welcome

50 Iraq war veterans praise Obama as U.S. withdraws

8 Only In Print: Honor guard in Iraq includes Milan man

0 Guinta: Afghan security transition proceeding well

12 Central Band pays tribute at USS Arizona Memorial

6 Only in Print: Central High band to mark day of 'infamy'

20 Overseas military: Plowing for free

1 Only in Print: For NH veteran, a mission accomplished

4 Only in Print: Veterans - A Pearl Harbor reminder and a look at a special aircraft carrier

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