http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/category/war war news from TucsonSentinel.com - Tucson's independent nonprofit online news en Copyright 2012 2012-02-04T07:23:02+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/020212_gop_defense_cuts/kyl-mccain-propose-bill-stop-defense-cuts/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/020212_gop_defense_cuts/kyl-mccain-propose-bill-stop-defense-cuts/ 21:36:00Z Lillian Rizzo Republican senators proposed a plan that would spare the U.S. military from nearly $500 billion in automatic spending cuts next January by reducing the federal workforce instead. 2012-02-02T21:36:23+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/020212_az_campuses_vets/greater-support-sought-vets-az-campuses/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/020212_az_campuses_vets/greater-support-sought-vets-az-campuses/ 17:37:00Z Devin McIntyre A Republican lawmaker wants to build on a new state law that allows community colleges and universities to be certified as “veteran supportive campuses.” 2012-02-02T17:37:39+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/020112_afghanistan_panetta/panetta-troops-end-combat-role-afghanistan-2013/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/020112_afghanistan_panetta/panetta-troops-end-combat-role-afghanistan-2013/ 23:24:00Z Talia Ralph Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said Wednesday that U.S. troops in Afghanistan would step out of combat into an “advise-and-assist” role in Afghanistan as early as mid-2013. 2012-02-01T23:24:21+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/020112_dover_whistleblowers/4-punished-blowing-whistle-dover-afb-body-handling/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/020112_dover_whistleblowers/4-punished-blowing-whistle-dover-afb-body-handling/ 08:38:00Z Samantha Stainburn Four civilian employees at the Port Mortuary at Delaware’s Dover Air Force Base were illegally punished after blowing the whistle on the mortuary’s mishandling of dead troops’ remains, the Office of Special Counsel said in a report sent to Air Force officials on Monday 2012-02-01T08:38:43+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/013012_soldierbraininjury/specialized-rehab-rare-brain-injured-soldiers/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/013012_soldierbraininjury/specialized-rehab-rare-brain-injured-soldiers/ 22:18:00Z Joaquin Sapien Although 230,000 soldiers have been diagnosed with traumatic brain injuries, only 20 at a time get advanced personalized rehabilitation at a new state-of-the-art treatment center — and they must stay in the military to do so. 2012-01-30T22:18:21+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/013012_nuclear_risks/loophole-nuclear-bill-may-create-risk-terrorist-bomb/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/013012_nuclear_risks/loophole-nuclear-bill-may-create-risk-terrorist-bomb/ 21:31:00Z Aaron Mehta Nuclear experts have told Congress that a loophole in a bill meant to limit the use of bomb-grade uranium in medical isotopes could undo years of work to curb the risk of a terrorist nuclear bomb. 2012-01-30T21:31:25+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/012712_factcheck_gop_florida/more-factual-fouls-latest-fla-gop-debate/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/012712_factcheck_gop_florida/more-factual-fouls-latest-fla-gop-debate/ 19:30:00Z Factcheck.org The four GOP presidential candidates met for yet another debate. This one, the final debate prior to Florida’s Jan. 31 primary, brought out false claims about immigration, health care, President Obama and terrorists seeking missile bases in Cuba. 2012-01-27T19:30:03+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/012612_fbi_social_networks/is-fbi-monitoring-your-twitter-facebook/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/012612_fbi_social_networks/is-fbi-monitoring-your-twitter-facebook/ 04:10:00Z Jennifer Mattson The Federal Bureau of Investigations is seeking to develop an early-warning system based on material “scraped” from social networks. 2012-01-27T04:10:09+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/012612_army_cuts/army-chief-ok-with-brigade-cuts/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/012612_army_cuts/army-chief-ok-with-brigade-cuts/ 18:00:00Z Lillian Rizzo Army Chief of Staff Gen. Raymond Odierno said he is comfortable with the downsizing of his force, after the Pentagon announced it would be cutting the Army brigade. 2012-01-26T18:00:21+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/012512_az_kolfage/giffords-shares-special-bond-with-vet-invited-state-union/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/012512_az_kolfage/giffords-shares-special-bond-with-vet-invited-state-union/ 06:38:00Z Dustin Volz Before Gabrielle Giffords inspired the nation, Brian Kolfage – who lost both legs and an arm in a 2004 mortar attack in Iraq – inspired her. 2012-01-26T06:38:39+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/012512_obama_sotu_facts/the-state-obamas-facts/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/012512_obama_sotu_facts/the-state-obamas-facts/ 17:15:00Z Factcheck.org The president’s State of the Union address got the facts right — mostly. Often the president’s facts and figures were accurate — but not the whole story. (with video) 2012-01-25T17:15:22+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/012412_gop_response_sotu/mitch-daniels-republican-response-state-union/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/012412_gop_response_sotu/mitch-daniels-republican-response-state-union/ 03:38:00Z TucsonSentinel.com The full text of Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels’ Republican response to President Obama’s State of the Union. 2012-01-25T03:38:57+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/012412_gop_fla_debate/factual-flubs-florida/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/012412_gop_fla_debate/factual-flubs-florida/ 15:18:00Z Factcheck.org The four remaining candidates debated once again, this time in Tampa, Fla. — where facts took a beating. 2012-01-24T15:18:54+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/012312_giffords_kolfage/disabled-vet-attend-state-union-as-giffords-guest/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/012312_giffords_kolfage/disabled-vet-attend-state-union-as-giffords-guest/ 23:11:00Z Janet Rose Jackman Air Force veteran Brian Kolfage’s schedule as a University of Arizona architecture student got a little more interesting this week when he was invited to be a guest of U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords for President Obama’s State of the Union on Tuesday in Washington, D.C. 2012-01-23T23:11:04+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/012012_az_homelessness/report-state-sees-drop-number-homeless/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/012012_az_homelessness/report-state-sees-drop-number-homeless/ 03:04:00Z Stephanie Snyder Arizona posted the nation’s second-biggest percentage drop in its homeless population over the last three years, falling 29 percent in the state compared to 1 percent nationally during the same period. 2012-01-21T03:04:15+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/012012_gop_debate_facts/debate-turns-into-south-carolina-smackdown/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/012012_gop_debate_facts/debate-turns-into-south-carolina-smackdown/ 17:20:00Z Factcheck.org Facts were sometimes used as blunt instruments as the four remaining GOP presidential candidates hammered away at each other in the last debate before Saturday’s South Carolina primary. 2012-01-20T17:20:34+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/011912_mex_kids_freed/mexican-army-frees-children-kidnapped-by-suspected-gang/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/011912_mex_kids_freed/mexican-army-frees-children-kidnapped-by-suspected-gang/ 21:15:00Z Talia Ralph Three children kidnapped by a suspected gang were freed by the Mexican army in a raid on a private home where soldiers also found the body of a decapitated man. 2012-01-19T21:15:03+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/011712_defense_research_development/is-defense-rd-spending-effective/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/011712_defense_research_development/is-defense-rd-spending-effective/ 21:08:00Z Eric Alterman If we are to get our deficits under control, then we no longer have the luxury of throwing countless billions of dollars at Pentagon research and development and hoping they land somewhere else. 2012-01-17T21:08:19+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/011412_tunisia_anniversary/tunisia-commemorates-1-year-anniversary-revolt/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/011412_tunisia_anniversary/tunisia-commemorates-1-year-anniversary-revolt/ 18:28:00Z Global Post Thousands of Tunisians celebrated the one-year anniversary of their uprising that ousted dictator Zine El Abidine Ben Ali in peaceful demonstrations. 2012-01-14T18:28:48+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/011212_bradley_manning_trial/court-martial-recommended-bradley-manning/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/011212_bradley_manning_trial/court-martial-recommended-bradley-manning/ 23:33:00Z Global Post Pvt. Bradley Manning, the former U.S. Army analyst accused of giving Wikileaks founder Julian Assange hundreds of classified documents, has been recommended to stand trial before a court martial 2012-01-12T23:33:45+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/011212_buckmaster/buckmaster-can-cherrybell-mail-center-closure-stopped/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/011212_buckmaster/buckmaster-can-cherrybell-mail-center-closure-stopped/ 21:14:00Z Buckmaster Show Today on Buckmaster — We talk with Pima County Recorder F. Ann Rodriquez who wants the Justice Department to stop the U.S. Postal Service from closing the Tucson processing center. Then it’s Keith Rosenblum, Buckmaster Show’s Mexico contributor, on medical treatment south of the border. Plus, Gen. John Wickham, former Army chief of staff. 2012-01-12T21:14:59+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/011212_marines_taliban_urinating/marines-accused-urinating-taliban-dead/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/011212_marines_taliban_urinating/marines-accused-urinating-taliban-dead/ 18:28:00Z Global Post Afghan President Hamid Karzai has condemned a video that appears to show United States Marines urinating on dead Taliban fighters. The unverified 39-second video, posted online Wednesday, claims to show combat-ready soldiers desecrating the remains of several bodies on the ground. 2012-01-12T18:28:16+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/011012_army_radios/armys-quest-perfect-radio-failing-troops/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/011012_army_radios/armys-quest-perfect-radio-failing-troops/ 17:30:00Z David Axe Overly ambitious, poorly managed and saddled by incompatible goals, a program to create a single field radio that included testing on Fort Huachuca burned through $6 billion dollars while producing little working hardware. Another $11 billion was spent on old radios for the wars. 2012-01-10T17:30:00+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/010912_iran_hekmati/hekmati-death-sentence-raises-us-iran-tensions/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/010912_iran_hekmati/hekmati-death-sentence-raises-us-iran-tensions/ 18:59:00Z Lillian Rizzo Amir Mirzaei Hekmati, an American and former Marine, has been sentenced to death by the Iranian Revolutionary Court, shocking the world and increasing tensions between the United States and Iran. 2012-01-09T18:59:27+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/010812_skinniestpirate/the-skinniest-pirate/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/010812_skinniestpirate/the-skinniest-pirate/ 00:37:00Z Roberto De Vido On Thursday afternoon, U.S. Navy personnel freed the crew of an Iranian fishing trawler, which had been held captive for six weeks by Somali pirates. 2012-01-09T00:37:01+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/010512_brain_injuries/new-technologies-works-better-diagnose-brain-injuries/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/010512_brain_injuries/new-technologies-works-better-diagnose-brain-injuries/ 17:32:00Z Lena Groeger Traumatic brain injuries have been called the signature injury of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, affecting more than 155,000 men and women in uniform. But these traumas don’t always have outward signs, making them difficult to diagnose. 2012-01-05T17:32:40+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/010212_lovethebomb/love-bomb/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/010212_lovethebomb/love-bomb/ 16:30:00Z Roberto De Vido The new year’s news cycle starts with a bang, following Iran’s announcement that it has manufactured its own nuclear fuel rods. 2012-01-03T16:30:33+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/010212_gop_iran/paul-santorum-stretch-truth-iran/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/010212_gop_iran/paul-santorum-stretch-truth-iran/ 17:32:00Z Brooks Jackson Iran is very much in the news, with President Obama signing legislation that imposes new sanctions against Iran, which has warned it may retaliate by closing a key oil route. But there was more heat than light on the critical issue of Iran from two GOP presidential candidates this weekend. 2012-01-02T17:32:08+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/122511_axisofevilupdate/year-end-axis-evil-update/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/122511_axisofevilupdate/year-end-axis-evil-update/ 19:04:00Z Roberto De Vido Saddam’s gone. Kim Jong Il’s gone. It’s time for an Axis of Evil update. 2011-12-26T19:04:28+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/122311_arlington_mistakes/64000-graves-arlington-may-contain-mistakes/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/122311_arlington_mistakes/64000-graves-arlington-may-contain-mistakes/ 22:10:00Z Talia Ralph As many as 64,000 graves at Arlington National Cemetery may contain mistakes, a long-awaited study by the U.S. Army has found. 2011-12-23T22:10:47+00:00