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  SAIGON, Vietnam – The 1st Logistical Command 379th Transportation Company line up in a convoy to deliver food and ammo to the Soldiers on the frontlines, circa 1969. The trucks, known as the minesweepers ran ahead of the group, providing logistical s…  (Photo Credit: U.S. Army) As the Americans withdrew, South Vietnam’s combat capability declined. The United States furnished its allies the heavier M48 tank to match the NVA’s T54 tank and heavier artillery to counter North Vietnamese 130mm. guns, though past experience suggested that additional arms and equipment could not compensa...

Forward. >> all right. tone it down. show some respect. senators ted cruz and dick durbin responded by getting into a passive-aggressive scrap. >> i thank my friend from illinois for making clear that the members of the reserve components of our armed forces, in his judgment, are not worthy of being paid during this shutdown that the democrats have forced. >> i would say to my colleague from texas, some of the language which he has used in this debate relative to impugning the motives of other members may have crossed the line. i'm not going to raise it at this point but i ask him to be carefu...

In awful things it's complicated. >> i just wanted to get on the record you have military service as well as your civilian service. >> i do, sir. i transitioned from the active air force to the national security agency, i retained my affiliation with the reserve components and was phraoelsed anpleased and proud to be able to serve in the air nation malguard for 20 years. >> thank you for the service. in each of the cases there was a determination made by an analystwadinsa that there was a reasonable, describable, articulable suspicion that a number of interests, a telephone number of interest ...

involvement in iraq. we want to take you now live to baghdad, where you are looking at live pictures of the casing of the colors ceremony in the iraqi capital. it has been almost nine years since the u.s. invaded that country. and in that time, at least 128,000 iraqis have been killed in conflict situations. more than 4400 u.s. troops have also died. and now at this very moment,ed american military command in the country is closing a chapter in the history of both iraq and the u.s. armed forces with this somber ceremony. it is such a big contrast to the explosions that marked the beg...