Syrian diplomats around the world expelled Governments around the world expelled ambassadors and top Syrian diplomats Tuesday in an unusually coordinated blow to Syria's leaders, after a particularly gruesome massacre in which the United Nations says families, including children, were shot at close range in their homes.The Daily Circuit, May 29, 2012
Chaplain lauds Minnesota vets as 'the only heroes I know' Minnesota National Guard State Chaplain John Morris told an audience today that Memorial Day is about living veterans, too -- not just those who fell on the battle field.May 28, 2012
On Memorial Day, a remembrance of fallen Minnesotans Since Memorial Day 2011, seven members of the military with ties to Minnesota have died while serving in Iraq and Afghanistan. On this Memorial Day 2012, we remember them.May 28, 2012
President Obama honors fallen US troops on Memorial Day President Barack Obama paid tribute Monday to the men and women who have died defending America, saying the country must strive "to be a nation worthy of your sacrifice."May 28, 2012
Almost half of new veterans seek disability A staggering 45 percent of the 1.6 million veterans from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan are now seeking compensation for injuries they say are service-related.May 27, 2012
Veterans agency marks Memorial Day The Minnesota Department of Veterans Affairs is hosting Memorial Day events beginning Sunday.May 27, 2012
North Korea upgrading rocket launch site Satellite imagery shows North Korea is upgrading its old launch site in the secretive country's northeast to handle larger rockets, like space launch vehicles and intercontinental missiles, a U.S. institute claimed Tuesday.May 23, 2012
Who will drones target? Who in the US will decide? White House counterterror chief John Brennan has seized the lead in guiding the debate on which terror leaders will be targeted for drone attacks or raids, establishing a new procedure to vet both military and CIA targets. The move concentrates power over the use of lethal U.S. force outside war zones at the White House.May 22, 2012
Army launches review of PTSD diagnoses Army leaders are launching a sweeping, independent review of how the service evaluates soldiers with possible post-traumatic stress disorder following recent complaints that some PTSD diagnoses were improperly overturned.May 17, 2012
Mladic's Balkan genocide trial opens in The Hague Twenty years after his troops began brutally ethnically cleansing Bosnian towns and villages of non-Serbs, Gen. Ratko Mladic went on trial Wednesday at the Yugoslav war crimes tribunal.May 16, 2012
Minn. Guard veterans get help in return to family life Thousands of Minnesota National Guard troops recently returned from the Middle East. Hundreds of these soldiers are expected to participate in a first-of-its-kind University of Minnesota study designed to help them with parenting after serving overseas.May 14, 2012
The week in commentary A summary of the past week's commentaries and some of the comments they generated.May 12, 2012