Iraq

"Someone once said if hell had a theme park, it would be in today's Syria." Those are the words of former ambassador Mark Johnson, now affiliated with the Montana World Affairs Council in Missoula.

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Laylan is a 20-year-old Iraqi native who’s also the star player of an all-female basketball team she started. That fact alone may not seem like much to a lot of us in America, but to the people of the country who are still suffering through gender inequality, it’s a huge deal.

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Senator Jon Tester is calling on the VA to safeguard the health of American veterans by establishing a list of burn pits used by the military in Iraq and Afghanistan to dispose of waste materials.

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Sen. Jon Tester says the Obama administration needs to stick with a scheduled withdrawal of the 45,000-strong force by December.

The Montana Democrat's comments come amid reports that the administration is looking at a proposal to leave up to 5,000 U

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Hundreds of troops assigned to an Idaho-based National Guard unit are slated to return home after spending a year in Iraq.

Military officials say about 2,700 members of the 116th Cavalry Brigade Combat Team are expected to return later this month. The unit is made up of soldiers from Idaho, Oregon and Montana.

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The Montana Army National Guard says 33 troops from the 67th Network Support Company will arrive in Billings on Saturday after completing a yearlong deployment in Iraq.

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 The prolonged war on terror by the United States military is a success. Senator Jon Tester explains what he learned on a recent trip to Iraq and Afghanistan.

 The volatile mid-east region has erupted with civil unrest in Yemen, Jordan and most notability Egypt

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With the draw-down of American troops in Iraq it is important that responsibility be taken by that government to rebuild the Nation. Senator Jon Tester says he is seeing progress to that end.

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