101st Airborne Vet Presents Medal to Harold Ford During Local Campaign Rally in Tennessee-Veterans for America

By Chantal Esco

An Iraqi campaign medal given to U.S. Rep. Harold Ford Jr. by a 101st Airborne Division veteran Wednesday touched the Democratic U.S. Senate candidate, and he said it goes to the heart of his campaign.

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Revealed: U.S. Soldier Killed Herself After Objecting to Interrogation Techniques -E&P

(November 01, 2006) -- The true stories of how American troops, killed in Iraq, actually died keep spilling out this week. On Tuesday, we explored the case of Kenny Stanton, Jr., murdered last month by our allies, the Iraqi police, though the military didn’t make that known at the time. Now we learn that one of the first female soldiers killed in Iraq died by her own hand after objecting to interrogation techniques used on prisoners.

Go read both of these stories, NOW!

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US death toll hits 103 in Iraq in October-AFP

BAGHDAD (AFP) - The number of US servicemen and women killed in Iraq in October hit 103 with the announcment of the deaths of two soldiers fighting in Baghdad.

Both soldiers were killed on Monday in separate incidents, one by gunfire and another by one of the roadside bombs which have become the hallmark of the Iraqi insurgency.

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