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NewsSeptember 7, 2010 4:31pm

AP: Iraq Not Quite Over

Via Ben Smith, this in a memo from the AP’s Standards Editor:

Unless there is balancing language, our content should not refer to the end of combat in Iraq, or the end of U.S. military involvement. Nor should it say flat-out (since we can’t predict the future) that the United States is at the end of its military role.

Yep. As IAVA’s Paul Rieckhoff put it on Twitter the other day:

Soooo…repelling a suicide bombing attack sure sounds like

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NewsSeptember 1, 2010 11:30am

President Obama’s Address on the End of the Combat Mission in Iraq

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Ben B.
For Your ReadingAugust 19, 2009 10:06am

Of Caring And Care Packages

Take away the fact that you might be against the war. Set aside that you think it should’ve never happened. Strip all of your thoughts and political beliefs away for a second and take a step back. There are Americans over in Iraq and Afghanistan who are your age. Some are married with kids, some are single, some have GEDs, some have PhDs. They’re from every state in America, from New York to Hawaii. Some joined the military because they… Read More

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