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• Obama, troops cheer each other in Afghan visit
  President Barack Obama slipped unannounced into dangerous Afghanistan on Friday, one year after widening an ever deadlier war and just days before a pivotal review about the 9-year-plus conflict.December 3, 2010
• Minneapolis house for military families expanding
  A program that provides families of service members receiving medical treatment a free place to stay is expanding to help more families at the Minneapolis VA hospital.December 2, 2010
• McCain calls Pentagon's gays in military study flawed
  Directly challenging the Pentagon's top leadership, Arizona Republican Sen. John McCain on Thursday snubbed a military study on gays as flawed and said letting gays serve openly would be dangerous in a time of war.December 2, 2010
• MOA joins 'see something, say something' anti-terror campaign
  The Mall of America has joined with the Department of Homeland Security in an anti-terrorism publicity campaign.December 1, 2010
• WikiLeaks release sparks alarm over diplomacy
  The torrent of condemnation heaped on WikiLeaks from around the globe did suggest a widespread sense that in releasing U.S. diplomatic documents the group crossed a dangerous line.November 30, 2010
• After WikiLeaks revelations, U.S. preparing 'big chill' of information sharing
  After the latest WikiLeaks revelations, the government is setting in motion a new information "big chill," reversing almost a decade of post-Sept. 11 efforts to nudge U.S. officials into sharing sensitive documents.November 30, 2010
• Pentagon study: Gays could serve with no harm
  The Pentagon study that argues that gay troops could serve openly without hurting the military's ability to fight is expected to re-ignite debate this month on Capitol Hill over repealing the 17-year-old "don't ask, don't tell" policy.November 30, 2010
• American prisoners in Iran call families in US
  Two Americans held in Iran on espionage charges told their families during brief phone calls over the weekend that they haven't had access to their lawyer and do not know what is happening in their cases, their families said Monday.November 29, 2010
• A tale of suffering and survival
  While researching her best selling book "Seabiscuit," Laura Hillenbrand stumbled across an article on Louis Zamperini, an Olympic athlete who endured incredible hardships during World War II. She reached out to him and forged a connection that she chronicles in her latest book.Midmorning, November 29, 2010
• Local Somali community reacts to fire apparently set at Portland mosque
  A fire apparently deliberately set at a Portland mosque has some Minnesota Somalis worried. Portland police say someone started the blaze early Sunday morning at a mosque occasionally attended by Mohamud Osman Mohamud, who is accused of trying to set off explosives late last week in that city.November 28, 2010
• National Guard unit leaves for Iraq mission
  Members of a St. Cloud-based National Guard unit leave home this weekend to prepare for operations in Iraq. The unit will participate in Operation New Dawn, the drawdown phase of U.S. military operations in Iraq.November 27, 2010
• Minneapolis businessman buried in Somalia
  A Minneapolis-based Somali lawyer was buried Thursday, a day after he was shot in the Somali capital, his relatives said.November 25, 2010
• Taliban representative involved in Afghan talks said to be impostor
  The top commander in Afghanistan said Tuesday that he was not surprised by reports that an impostor was involved in peace talks with the Afghan government because there were long-held doubts about one of the alleged Taliban representatives.November 23, 2010
• North, South Korea exchange fire; 2 marines killed
  The White House on Tuesday condemned North Korea's artillery attack against the South Korean island of Yeonpyeong, the latest in a series of provocations that have reawakened concerns about the threat posed by the communist country and its reclusive leadership.November 23, 2010
• A day at Camp Ripley with the Red Bulls
  Minnesota's Red Bull brigade will deploy to Kuwait and Iraq in the spring of 2011. Reporter Nikki Tundel went to Camp Ripley, near Little Falls, Minnesota, to catch a day in the life of the 34th Infantry division and learn how they're preparing for their mission.November 23, 2010

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