Half a World Away: Soldiers in Iraq Don't Hear Deliberations Back Home (and Often Don't Care)

It never even hits the radar screen. For the troops on the front lines and the colonels in the rear--and just about everyone in between--the big news in Iraq every day is that they're still alive and healthy. When it comes to Senate votes on the U.S. presence in Iraq, Sunday talk shows thrashing out length of deployment and stateside pundits talking to themselves, nearly every grunt, airman, sailor, soldier and Marine I speak with just doesn't ... Full Story »

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