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Dowd: America’s military injustice

Along with a boosted Buick LeSabre, another incident listed on a crime report Sunday in Arlington County, Va., was a creepy attack by a man on a woman.

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Milbank: The fiasco of military tribunals

Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev won't be sent before a military tribunal for a technical reason: As a U.S. citizen, he isn't eligible.
MILITARY OPINION

Column: Columbia artist honors fallen Myrtle Beach sergeant and other SC soldiers

A Columbia-area artist has decided to honor fallen SC soldiers with personal portraits of the fallen, which will be unveiled Saturday.
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Wednesday: Fly flags to honor military

How appropriate it would be to see a sea of American flags flown all around Columbia on Memorial Day and July 4. I have lived in Columbia for 10 years and like everything about it but feel like our citizens shortchange the sacrifices made by our military.
MILITARY OPINION

Commentary: War costs last forever

The past is never dead, as William Faulkner might have written if he were analyzing the federal budget, it’s not even paid for. Did you realize that World War II still costs U.S. taxpayers $5 billion a year? Or that we haven’t closed the financial books on the Civil War yet?
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Commentary: Iraq war taught us a lesson

“President Bush, driven by his own moral certainty, has guided the nation to a point where, he claims, the consequences of inaction are worse than those of war itself. But in doing so, he has gambled American treasure, prestige and lives. And, we think, in his zeal to convince the world of...
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Honor veterans by hiring them

Anyone unsure about our respect for America’s military men and women need only check a recent notice that showed up on my Facebook page.
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Friedman: Democrats, dragons or drones?

Iraq might seem to have been the last place in the Middle East we should have tried to help establish a democracy, but it was the most important.
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Scoppe: Adjutant general leading charge for reform

Bob Livingston is not exactly the type of person you’d vote “Most Likely to Dismantle the South Carolina’s Military Anachronism.” Which, when you think about it, is one of the reasons he was elected adjutant general. And yet, he is well on his way to doing just that.
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McManus: Iraq war lessons learned?

Ten years have passed since the United States invaded Iraq, a decision that almost everyone now ranks as one of the worst foreign policy blunders of our time. Why “almost”? Former President George W. Bush and his top aides still maintain that the invasion was a good idea, even though...
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Wednesday: Men taught to defend women

Richland County, SC The recent incident with Richland County Sheriff’s deputy Sheila Aull being shot and surrounded by her fellow officers reminded me of the feelings I had when the administration decided to send female soldiers to the front lines. As a former athlete, I know we women can...