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May 26, 2014

Memorial Day: A somber commemoration with African-American roots

OPINION - So is the fact that the first Memorial Day was, as Yale Professor David Blight observed, actually created…
May 12, 2014

First lady praises her mom at Mother's Day event

(AP) — Extending the Mother's Day celebration by a day, Michelle Obama on Monday saluted military mothers for the sacrifices…
May 7, 2014

President Obama: US will do everything it can to help Nigeria find kidnapped girls

(AP) - President Barack Obama says the U.S. will do everything it can to help Nigeria find nearly 300 teenage…
April 23, 2014

Michelle Obama announces one-stop job site for vets

FORT CAMPBELL, Ky. (AP) — First lady Michelle Obama has announced a new online effort to link soldiers leaving the…
November 12, 2013

President Obama lunches with US service members at Irish pub

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama made an unannounced trip out for lunch with members of the military...
October 11, 2013

Obama signs bill to pay military death benefits

WASHINGTON (AP) — Families of fallen troops will be assured of receiving death benefits under legislation President Barack Obama signed…
October 1, 2013

Obama addresses military as gov't shuts down

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is telling members of the military he'll work to get Congress to re-open the…
September 10, 2013

Transcript: President Obama’s remarks on Syria

TRANSCRIPT - Below are the remarks delivered by President Barack Obama on Tuesday, September 10, 2013, regarding potential U.S. action…
August 7, 2013

Obama on threats: ‘We don’t get terrorized’

CAMP PENDLETON, California (AP) — President Barack Obama says security threats will never lead the U.S. to retreat from the…
July 8, 2013

Anti-Obama signs prominent at Egypt's Tahrir Square protests

NBC News - Cairo's Tahrir Square on Sunday filled with supporters of the Egyptian military, demonstrating in favor of the…
June 18, 2013

Allen West: Women in combat are threat to ‘American warrior culture’

theGRIO REPORT - In a recent Facebook post, former Republican congressman Allen West explained why he believes women do not…
April 18, 2013

Morgan Freeman talks 'Oblivion' and defends use of military drones

theGRIO REPORT - During an interview with theGRIO, Academy Award winning actor, Morgan Freeman talks about his new film 'Oblivion'…
April 3, 2013

African forces suspend hunt for warlord Kony

KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) - African troops in Central African Republic have suspended the hunt for the fugitive warlord Joseph Kony…
March 25, 2013

Central African Republic president overthrown by rebels

BANGUI, Central African Republic (AP) — Rebels overthrew Central African Republic's president of a decade on Sunday, seizing the presidential…
February 6, 2013

Black History Month: Remembering African-American women who have served

theGRIO REPORT - New York's Daily News has published an essay in honor of black women who have served in…
January 24, 2013

For female troops it's no longer 'a man's world'

OPINION - As a former Marine, I also understand that progress takes time...
January 23, 2013

Pentagon chief Panetta to open combat roles to women in US military

WASHINGTON (AP) - Senior defense officials say Pentagon chief Leon Panetta is removing the military's ban on women serving in…
January 21, 2013

Tuskegee airmen honored guests at inaugural

WASHINGTON (AP) - They sat in wheelchairs as honored guests at President Barack Obama's second inaugural, attended to almost minute-by-minute…
December 14, 2012

Mandela remains hospitalized as questions grow

JOHANNESBURG (AP) - Anti-apartheid icon Nelson Mandela has entered the seventh day of a hospital stay for a lung infection…
November 12, 2012

Nation pays tribute to sacrifices of veterans

LOS ANGELES (AP) - From sea to shining sea, the nation paid tribute to its members of the armed services...