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What the president said and the context

Here's a closer look at some of President Obama's remarks Tuesday on Afghanistan in the context of the larger debate. The statement: Obama...
USA TODAY, 12/01/09 by Tom Vanden Brook and Ken Dilanian · More from publication
Loophole lets Army rehire 2 generals

WASHINGTON -- The Army used a loophole in federal ethics law to award lucrative contracts to two recently retired generals, departing from its...
USA TODAY, 12/01/09 by Ken Dilanian, Tom Vanden Brook and Ray Locker · More from publication
Military 'mentor' pay a main factor in review of program

WASHINGTON -- Defense Secretary Robert Gates' decision announced Wednesday to order a review of the Pentagon's payments to retired senior officers...
USA TODAY, 12/01/09 by Tom Vanden Brook and Ken Dilanian · More from publication
Gates orders 'mentors' review

WASHINGTON -- Defense Secretary Robert Gates has ordered a high-level review of the military's senior mentor programs, including whether retired...
USA TODAY, 12/01/09 by Tom Vanden Brook and Ken Dilanian · More from publication
Military mentors discreetly hired, fired

WASHINGTON -- The Pentagon's Joint Forces Command fired a former top U.S. commander in Iraq from his role as paid adviser to the military after he...
USA TODAY, 12/01/09 by Ray Locker, Tom Vanden Brook and Ken Dilanian · More from publication
McCain presses for ethics review on defense work by retired brass

WASHINGTON -- The Pentagon should rewrite ethics rules for retired generals who work as advisers for the military while representing defense...
USA TODAY, 11/19/09 by Ken Dilanian and Tom Vanden Brook · More from publication

Military's 'senior mentors' cashing in

WASHINGTON -- Six months after Marine Lt. Gen. Gary McKissock retired in 2002, he did what many other ex-military leaders do: He joined the board...
USA TODAY, 11/18/09 by Tom Vanden Brook, Ken Dilanian and Ray Locker · More from publication
Base's soldiers have served multiple tours

Few Army posts have more experience with soldiers dealing with the strain of eight years of combat than Fort Hood. Army leaders have...
USA TODAY, 11/06/09 by Tom Vanden Brook · More from publication
Mullen: Afghan war may hinge on troops

WASHINGTON -- Winning the war in Afghanistan will probably require more U.S. troops, the nation's top military officer told a Senate panel Tuesday,...
USA TODAY, 09/16/09 by Tom Vanden Brook · More from publication
Soldier's kin feel needless grief

Raymond Jasper was on a camping trip in New York state with his wife, Robin, when he got a phone call about his son, a soldier in Afghanistan. ...
USA TODAY, 09/15/09 by Tom Vanden Brook · More from publication