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It's a Christmas very far from home for members of the 27th Battalion who are serving on UN missions around the world. From Syria to Lebanon, and the West African country of Mali, Dundalk soldiers left behind the comforts of home earlier this year to serve overseas. The largest contingent are serving in the Golan heights, where they are nearly half way through their six month tour of duty. Others, such as Lt. Bronagh Keenan will spend the festive season in Africa, and another group will celebrate Christmas in Lebanon. A full platoon of 42 soldiers from Aiken Barracks are currently serving as ...

Minister for Defence has acknowledged this would require boosting numbers by at least 1,000 personnel 20th December, 2020 Simon Coveney added that it would be difficult to respond to such requests unless the Defence Forces increased its number of personnel The government would like to see the Defence Forces take part in more peacekeeping missions in Africa over the coming years, Simon Coveney has said. Ireland has a long record of peacekeeping missions and currently has approximately 351 personnel deployed with the United Nations’ Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) and a furt...

Very expensive observer force. and so you've got to have a security council and an active u.s. that is able to say here is the mandate, this is what we're going the a achieve. and if we're not achieving that mandate, then we need to end the operation and say there's no peace to keep. jenna: rick, thank you so much for your thoughts on this. it really struck us as an interesting story. it's going to happen in the next several weeks, so we're going to revisit it and see what actually is becoming of this force and how they actually do on the ground. thank you so much for your time. >> great, than...

business. >> the american people are probably more polarized than any time since i've been here. as a result we see that polarization reflected here in the halls of congress. >> this is a moment of disappointment that i cannot conceal. >> reporter: legislation, national security experts call critical from protecting america. stuck in the senate because of partisan differences but that's just one stalled bill on a countless list of others from food stamp to drought relief. legislation left on the table that really affects people's jobs and lives. to be fair, congress did get some impo...