Blackwater and me: A love story it ain't:

During my own yearlong tour in Iraq, the bad boys of Blackwater twice came closer to killing me than did any of the insurgents or Al Qaeda types. That sort of thing sticks with you. One story will suffice to make my point.

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Army to keep forcibly re-enlisting soldiers:

'Stop loss' program still needed, general says in response to Gates

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