Navy Corpsmen Spread Holiday Cheer in Iraq
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With shouts of "Merry Christmas, devil dogs," Navy corpsmen clad in elf caps and antlers brought some cheer Friday to Marines spending the holidays in the Iraqi desert.
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At a menorah-lighting ceremony Thursday on the third night of Hanukkah, President Bush prayed for the safety and quick return of U.S. soldiers serving in Iraq.
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US Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld visited wounded soldiers and brought holiday greetings on Christmas Eve amid tight security at an air base in northern Iraq where an insurgent&#39;s
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MOSUL, Iraq  - Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld  paid U.S. troops in Iraq a surprise Christmas Eve visit after  weeks of controversy over his handling of the war and perceived  lack of sensitivity to U.S. forces and their families.
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MOSUL, Iraq, Dec. 25 - American soldiers here ate Christmas lunch in flak jackets and combat helmets and prayed for the dead in candlelit ceremonies, marking a somber holiday after the bomb attack on their base on Tuesday, which killed 22 people.
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Navy coaches remember Ron Winchester's gregarious personality Monday, four days after the former Midshipmen tackle was killed in the Al Anbar province in western Iraq.
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CAMP PENDLETON ---- Cheered by about 7,000 Camp Pendleton troops, President Bush thanked local Marines and sailors and their families Tuesday for their sacrifice during the war in Iraq.
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PENTAGON Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld is offering thanks to American men and women in uniform in his annual Christmas message.
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When Americans mail holiday greetings this month, Ed Asner hopes they'll remember U.S. soldiers serving overseas, especially in Iraq and Afghanistan.
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President Bush called 10 members of the US military around the world and in the United States on Friday to thank them for their service and share holiday greetings.
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U.S. military  crews are launching more than 100 helicopter flights a day from  the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln ferrying food, water  and medicine to tsunami victims, a task they say is far more  satisfactory than the Iraq war that seems only to
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MOSUL, Iraq  - Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld  paid U.S. troops in Iraq a surprise Christmas Eve visit after  weeks of controversy over his handling of the war and perceived  lack of sensitivity to American forces and their families.
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Britain's Queen Elizabeth II broadcast a special Christmas message to her country's troops serving around the world, notably in Iraq, expressing pride in their work and support at the end of a "very demanding year."
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FALLUJAH, Iraq - On a day that started with a surprise holiday visit from Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, Marines in Fallujah received an even more unexpected gift on Christmas Eve - a day of relative peace in this violent city.
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President Bush issued a holiday-season call on Americans to volunteer and give to charity &#151; "to share our blessings with the least among us." He singled out for special praise those who have given time and energy to U.S. troops stationed around the world.
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President Bush was celebrating Thanksgiving at the Camp David presidential retreat with a small gathering of family and friends.
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President Bush called 10 members of the armed forces from California to Iraq Thursday to wish them a Happy Thanksgiving and thank them for their service.