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Military halts shipment of deadly toxins

Military leaders are suspending some activities at biological research laboratories to review safety rules for some of the world's deadliest germs and toxins, including how they are shipped. Full story

Army reaches out to families of fallen

Bush to veterans: Surge secured Iraq

Overhauling Guard training is costly

U.S. OKs draft security deal with Iraq

‘Nightly News’: Medal of Honor profiles

Sam Davis: The real Forrest Gump

Vet's message of hope

A gift to the injured

Jason Dunham: Ultimate sacrifice in Iraq

Posthumous Medal of Honor

Vernon Baker: 'Good soldier' gets his due

Ted Rubin: From concentration camp to Korea

Military analysis

Francona: Uncertainty rises after Musharraf’s departure

Jacobs: Cheap talk from Russia

Jacobs: Big Iraq surplus, big American problem

Meigs: Will withdrawing the troops early work?

Jacobs: New strategy, old challenges

Jacobs: John Finn — A man of action

Francona: Mideast trip an eye-opener for Obama

Meigs: Balkan ironies — yesterday and today

Jacobs: For now, it's Obama's show

Francona: Finally, U.S., Iran diplomats will meet

Charity Begins at War

Part 1
From executive suite to slums of Baghdad
Tom’s journal: Called back to Army — ‘no joke’
Part 2
Training turns into ‘hurry up and wait’
Tom’s journal: Preparing for ‘very dangerous job’
Part 3
Venturing ‘outside the wire’ in Baghdad
Tom’s journal: ‘ThunderCat6’ gets his bearings
Part 4
In the end, it all comes back to garbage
Tom’s journal: 'I was minding my own business'
Part 5
Officer’s philanthropic spirit survives
Tom’s journal: Charitable work continues
Update, reader reaction
And NBC Nightly News profiles Tom's work

The Long Haul

The Associated Press examines the lengthy deployment of the 1st Brigade Combat Team/34th Infantry Division of the Minnesota National Guard:

Part I: Long haul in Iraq is just the start
Part II: Welcome to Iraq, and a long separation
Part III: A funeral and a birth

Timeline: Key moments since 2003 invasion

Do you remember ‘shock and awe’?

Newsvine: A soldier's view from Iraq

FirstPerson: Your images from Iraq, home

Interactive: Where is Jessica Lynch now?

How much do you recall? Take our quiz

Discuss your thoughts on the war

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Feeling the draft?
Aug. 21: Votevets.org's Jonathan Soltz gives his analysis of whether John McCain really supports a military draft or if the media has taken his comments to that effect out of context.

Marines role play to prepare for combat

Airline waives 3rd bag fee for military

Soldier lost a lot, but not his best friend

U.S.: Russians won't let Georgia disengage

Special report: Military families

John Brecher msnbc.com

War's impact at home falls hard on relative few

Video: Parents cope with children's service

Laid to rest at Arlington

Reuters

Each week in ‘The Daily Nightly,’ NBC's John Rutherford pays tribute to the men and women killed in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Fact file

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