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Vets preserve memories of war with their own art

By SHARON COHEN - Associated Press

Warren Edward Nalls Sr. 80, visits the National World War II Memorial on the Mall on Veterans Day 2005. Mr. Nalls, of Alexandria, was in the Coast Guard and fought in the Atlantic and Pacific in World War II. Veterans from other wars also were at the memorial during his visit. (The Washington Times)

INHOFE: America still honors her heroes

By Sen. James M. Inhofe

In this detail of a courtroom sketch, U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Robert Bales (seated at front right) listens on Monday, Nov. 5, 2012, during a preliminary hearing in a military courtroom at Joint Base Lewis-McChord in Washington state. Sgt. Bales is accused of 16 counts of premeditated murder and six counts of attempted murder for a pre-dawn attack on two villages in Kandahar province in Afghanistan in March 2012. At upper right is Col. Lee Deneke, the investigating officer, and seated at front left is Sgt. Bales' civilian attorney, Emma Scanlan. (AP Photo/Lois Silver)

Details emerge in Afghan village massacre

By Gene Johnson - Associated Press

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Bush, not Obama, ended Iraq war

The Washington Times

** FILE ** Iraqis inspect the aftermath of Saturday's car bomb explosion, in the Shiite enclave of Sadr City, in Baghdad, Iraq, Sunday, Oct. 28, 2012. Iraqi insurgents unleashed a string of bombings and other attacks that killed and wounded scores of people, primarily targeting the country's Shiite community on Saturday, Oct. 27, 2012, in a challenge to government efforts to promote a sense of stability by preventing attacks during a major Muslim holiday. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim)

Bomb near Iraqi army base kills dozens; blast raises security queries

By Adam Schreck - Associated Press

**FILE** In this photo provided by the Defense Video & Imagery Distribution System, Sgt. Robert Bales takes part in exercises at the National Training Center at Fort Irwin, Calif., on Aug. 23, 2011. (Associated Press/DVIDS, Spc. Ryan Hallock)

Prosecutor: U.S. soldier had blood of Afghan victims on him

By Gene Johnson - Associated Press

** FILE ** Army Staff Sgt. Robert Bales participates in an exercise at the National Training Center at Fort Irwin, Calif., on Tuesday, Aug. 23, 2011. (AP Photo/Defense Video & Imagery Distribution System, Spc. Ryan Hallock)

Hearing to begin Monday for suspect in Afghanistan massacre

By Gene Johnson - Associated Press

Syrian security forces are seen in June where a car bomb exploded near the Shiite shrine of Sayyida Zainab in a Damascus suburb. Iraqi Shiites fear targeting of their sect and holy sites if Bashar Assad falls. (Associated Press)

Iraqi Shiites dread fall of Assad

By Qassim Abdul-Zahra And Adam Schreck - Associated Press

Illustration Obama's Libya by Alexander Hunter for The Washington Times

MANDEL: Obama’s silence on consulate attack

By Daniel Mandel

** FILE ** In this June 14, 2012, file photo, U.N. observers inspect the prayer hall of the Sayyida Zeinab shrine, which was damaged after a car bomb exploded near the shrine, in a suburb of Damascus, Syria. Iraqi Shiites increasingly fear the Muslim sect and its holy sites could be targeted in Syria, and Iranian-linked militants loyal to the faction are girding for a new eruption of retaliatory sectarian fighting, according to Iraqi Shiite leaders and government officials. (AP Photo/Bassem Tellawi, File)

Iraqi Shiites brace for violence amid Syria fears

By Adam Schreck and Qassim Abdul-Zahra - Associated Press

Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney and President Barack Obama answer a question during the third presidential debate at Lynn University. (AP Photo/Pool-Win McNamee)

TILFORD: Obama debate condescension poor mask for cowardice

By Earl Tilford

A Free Syrian Army fighter watches over an enemy position Wednesday as rebels belonging to the Liwa Al Tawhid group fight at the Moaskar front line in the Karmal Jabl neighborhood in Aleppo. The protracted Syrian war is spilling into other countries. (Associated Press)

Syrian war boils over onto U.S. allies; outside jihadists rush in

By Ashish Kumar Sen - The Washington Times

Illustration Obama's Iraq by Alexander Hunter for The Washington Times

HUNTER: President’s phony Iraq claim not up for debate

By Duncan L. Hunter

Illustration Benghazigate by Linas Garsys for The Washington Times

PAUL: Where were the Marines?

By Sen. Rand Paul

Uganda People’s Defense Force (above) take weapons training at the Singo training facility in Kakola, Uganda. A multinational effort can claim a degree of success against al-Shabab fighters, shown conducting their own training in 2011 (left). (The Associated Press)

Multinational force makes Somalia a safer place

By Jason Straziuso - The Washington Times

Middle East Briefing: Warplanes strike rebel-held town in Syria

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

Moderator Bob Schieffer, right, watches as President Barack Obama, center, shakes hands with Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney during the third presidential debate at Lynn University. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

FACT CHECK: Flunking geography, history in final presidential debate

By Calvin Woodward - Associated Press

**FILE** Assistant Attorney General David Kris. (Associated Press)

Canadian terrorism suspect’s extradition OK’d

By Jerry Seper - The Washington Times

Illustration Obama's Foreign Policy by John Camejo for The Washington Times

HENRIKSEN: Obama foreign policy should cost him the election

By Thomas H. Henriksen

Illustration U.N. Weight by Greg Groesch for The Washington Times

YOO: Obama’s U.N. worship jeopardized national security

By John Yoo