YouSayToo: posts tagged afghanistan

Female Medic Earns Silver Star in Afghanistan 2nd Woman to Get a Silver Star since WWII

Mon, 10 Mar 2008 12:06:58 GMT

Monica Lin Brown, a 19 year-old medic from Texas will be the first woman in Afghanistan and the second woman since WWII to get the Silver Star the nation's third-highest medal for valor. She saved [more]

Gates urged Europe to share the burden of Afghanistan

Mon, 11 Feb 2008 10:17:34 GMT

U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates spoke in Munich Conference on Security Policy he urged European nations to commit more troops in the fight against extremism in Afghanistan. He complained that the U.S, [more]

Wars on Terror and Drugs Meet in Afghanistan

Wed, 06 Feb 2008 14:15:40 GMT

While I could have taken the easy road and covered Super Tuesday like everyone else, I decided to post something that [more]

U.S Wars Will Cost $3.5 Trillion

Wed, 14 Nov 2007 09:26:46 GMT

Within the next decade the costs of US wars in Iraq and Afghanistan will be $3.5 trillion. About $1.6 trillion will have been spent by the end of next year. These wars cost average American families $21,000 [more]