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U. S. Rep. Dave Loebsack, a Democrat representing Iowa’s 2nd Congressional District, returned home Friday after sharing Thanksgiving Day dinner with service men and women in Afghanistan.
“I have visited the troops in Afghanistan twice before, and on this trip had the special opportunity to give thanks and celebrate our country’s values as embodied in the [...]

Members of the Iowa National Guard have been ordered to active duty to combat the recent surge of violence and Taliban resurgence in Afghanistan.

In late 2002, 18-year-old Muhibullah of rural Afghanistan allegedly heard intruders trying to break into his family’s compound in the village of Uruzgan. Having assumed the role of head of household after his father, Haji Yar Mohammed, had lost a leg and eye fighting against the Soviets in the late `70s during a U.S. backed [...]

Are you interested in listening to Iraq and Afghanistan veterans share their experiences? Hear what the troops have to say at Winter Soldier 2008.

Gov. Chet Culver ordered that all flags in the state be flown at half staff on Monday, February 4, 2008, from 8 a.m. (CST) until sunset in honor of Staff Sgt. Robert Miller, 24, of Iowa City who died on January 25th, 2007, from wounds suffered in Afghanistan.

Miller, a native of Harrisburg, Pa., died from [...]

Congressman Dave Loebsack, back from his first trip to Afghanistan, told Iowa Independent Friday that Afghanistan is “the forgotten war,” and said efforts to dislodge the Taliban and Al Qaida need a recommitment from the U.S. and the international community.

Loebsack visited Afghanistan last weekend as part of his work on the House Armed Services Committee.

“Clearly [...]

Yesterday before a mixed crowd of college students and community members at Ashford University in Clinton, presidential candidate Barack Obama read from a foreign policy speech that calls for an immediate withdrawal of troops from Iraq to be completed by the end of next year. 

During his “Comprehensive Plan to Turn the Page in Iraq,” the [...]

More than three-fourths of U.S. senators have been to Iraq, many in the past 12 months.  Leading the pack is Sen. Jack Reed, D-R.I., with 10 visits as of Aug. 1, 2007. 

Delaware Sen. Joe Biden has visited Iraq seven times (plus one visit to Afghanistan) and plans to go back before September.  This will be [...]

Delaware Senator Joe Biden spoke and took questions last night at the home of Tom and Nan Riley of Marion, Iowa.  He focused much of his talk on Iraq and the Biden-Gelb plan for Iraq.

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Americans are divided over lowering the flag to honor soldiers killed in Iraq or Afghanistan, the New York Times reported today. T.M. Lindsey covered this issue for Iowa Independent last month when Gov. Chet Culver issued an executive order requiring all U.S. and state flags atop the Capitol and other public buildings to be flown [...]