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What Tampa Bay vets who fought in Afghanistan think about the pull-out Here are some candid reflections on Afghanistan from the men and women who were there.     Afghan security forces stand on Humvee vehicles during a military operation in Arghandab district of Kandahar province last month. [ JAVED TANVEER | AFP ] Published May 6 They fought. They led. They planned. They bled. They lost a loved one to combat. As the United States prepares to pull its troops out of Afghanistan on the or...

A look back on 20 years of war by people directly involved.

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Save the Children Philippines, BARMM forge partnership to fulfill children’s rights Format 26 Jan 2021 Save the Children Philippines ECHO project in BARMM builds on its Spaces for Peace project (2017-2019) that engages children and youth groups in Datu Salibo. They participate in community risk mapping to identify solutions for peace and strengthening child protection mechanisms in their communities. © Marani Samiana/ Save the Children Save the Children Philippines partners with the Bangsamo...

  The truth about the War in Afghanistan is devastating and only some will ever be revealed. Americans are rather clueless about the truth behind the scenes in the War in Afghanistan. Over 20,000 U.S. related deaths are reported: Over 20,000 U.S. related deaths are reported: More contractors, over 3800 have died in Iraq as of 2019, than have troops, that number 2352. As of the end of 2019, nearly 5000 Security contractors remained in Afghanistan U.S. COST OF WAR AND RECONSTRUCTION IN AFGHANIS...

Communication. im not unproud of it. its a great way to get a message out. >> reporter: 72% believe his tweets send the wrong message to world leaders i realize i dont think its helpful in terms of legislation moving ahead. >> and 72% say he tweets too often, an issue that played out in real time when president trump treated with litch rather blumenthal after he appeared on cbss "new day." >> that investigation must be pursued. >> reporter: repeatedly attacking his war report in a series of twee...

>> eric: you know with been left out? russia and china. i said russia is your biggest threat. you said assad. one quick final thought, what is the u.s. relationship with russia going forward? >> its going to be a complex one. putin has very big ambitions. putin is the kind of guy who sees you either as a panther or a poodle. either a slave or master. is it possible that hopefully he sees that trump is not something going to roll over for him, hell be more willing to have realistic discussions. h...

>> well, trumps rhetoric has sparked a debate in their own party. meanwhile, today, ted cruz and rand paul slammed marco rubio who once backed immigration efforts in the senate that included a path to citizenship. rubio hit back on cruzs own record on immigration. he fought back regarding the undocumented workers in the country. all this hard-line talk, an electability time bomb could be at work here with the republican party. im joined by susan page, the senior politics writer for u.s. news and...

Who once backed immigration efforts in the senate that included a path to citizenship. rubio hit back on cruzs own record on immigration. he fought back regarding the undocumented workers in the country. all this hard-line talk, an electability time bomb could be at work here with the republican party. im joined by susan page, the senior politics writer for u.s. news and war report. and fredericka, in order as i have introduced you -- susan, lets go at this. is trump basically setting up what th...

>> war correspondents have to deal with absolutely everything. >> it was so close. >> there were too many witnesses. >> sometimes its too much you feel like closing your notebook. >> january 1968 the communists >> of all of the wars you have worked on which one was most accurately reported as it launched the offensive. they attacked over 100 cities happened? >> i would have to say none of and towns in south vietnam. them. >> phillip nightly is a the fierce fighting much of it journalist and auth...