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Col. Basil Leblanc, a surgeon with the Minnesota National Guard, recently returned from a three-month mission in Iraq. LeBlanc was responsible for medical operations at several military bases serving more than 5,000 troops. He talked with MPR's Cathy Wurzer.
(06/26/2006)
A National Guard member from Morton was
killed in Iraq when an explosive device detonated near his military
vehicle, the Minnesota National Guard announced Sunday. Spc. Brent W. Koch, 22, died Friday, and two other Minnesota soldiers were injured in the
explosion.
(06/19/2006)
Over 1,000 people turned out in the small town of Welcome on Saturday for the funeral of a Marine killed in Iraq. Robert Posivio III died May 23 when a roadside bomb hit his vehicle. Members of a Kansas church canceled their expected protest at the funeral.
(06/03/2006)
Hundreds of people gathered Friday in Fargo to bury a local man killed last week in Iraq.
As the crowd gathered to remember 21-year-old Michael Hermanson, a handful of protesters waved anti-gay, anti- military signs outside the church.
(06/02/2006)
The alleged killing of civilians by a Marine battalion in Iraq is raising questions about a possible military coverup, and creating eerie parallels with the Vietnam War.
(Midmorning, 06/02/2006)
The body of a Marine helicopter pilot who
grew up in Minnesota was recovered earlier this week in Iraq, after his copter crashed.
(05/31/2006)
Not since the Vietnam War have Americans been so aware of the need to care for veterans and their families. One result is that the University of Minnesota is dusting off a forgotten benefit for veterans' children.
(05/26/2006)
A soldier with the North Dakota National Guard has died in Iraq. Military officials say Specialist Michael Hermanson, 21, of Fargo, was killed Tuesday when his vehicle was hit by a rocket-propelled grenade south of Balad, Iraq.
(05/25/2006)
As we prepare for the long Memorial Day weekend, one southern Minnesota town will remember its most recent fallen soldier. Lance Cpl. Robert Posivio III was killed in Iraq on Tuesday.
(05/25/2006)
Fighting in the Iraq war changed one soldier's opinion of the wisdom of the war's conduct. Now Paul Rieckhoff speaks out about veterans' problems back home.
(Midmorning, 05/16/2006)
Former U.S. ambassador to Iraq and current National Intelligence Director John Negroponte speaks from the National Press Club in Washington.
(Midday, 04/20/2006)
Minnesota's military veterans sometimes need help with medical, social and financial issues once they return home. A small nonprofit group gets high marks for its responsiveness to veterans' problems.
(04/18/2006)
The U.S. Embassy has issued a report of Iraq's security situation, and only two-thirds of the provinces there earned optimistic ratings.
(Midmorning, 04/11/2006)
Despite harsh criticism from congressional Republicans, Rep. John Murtha, D-Penn., is sticking by his call for U.S. troops to pull out of Iraq and redeploy to neighboring countries.
(Midday, 04/10/2006)
Coon Rapids resident Derek Burchill has been back from Iraq for a little more than a year. He can tell the 2,600 Minnesota National Guard troops who are now leaving for Iraq what it's like there.
(03/24/2006)
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