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Archive for September 9th, 2009

ANALYSISBy Jim Maceda, NBC News Correspondent
Aunt Dee is the real pundit of my family – an opinionated, 80-year-old independent spirit if there ever was one. You never know whom she’ll target next, so getting an e-mail from our own gadfly is always special.
Her latest feint and thrust – on the war in Afghanistan – [...]

09 Sep, 2009

IEDS take toll on Army Stryker brigade

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Richard Engel, NBC News Chief Foreign Correspondent
 KABUL, Afghanistan – It is a brutal first impression. The moment my feet touch the sand as I step out of a Stryker armored vehicle, I hear an explosion. It’s far away; about half a mile. I hear a big deep thud and look over my shoulder.  I see a cloud [...]