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The government of Turkey and the PKK are working on a peace agreement. Part of that agreement is that the PKK will leave the country. The question now becomes will they leave with their weapons or lay down their weapons before they go.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[MargaretKatheryn]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[MargaretKatheryn]]></source><link>http://margaretkatheryn.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/23/17875089-general-staff-says-fight-against-terrorism-continues</link><guid>http://margaretkatheryn.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/23/17875089-general-staff-says-fight-against-terrorism-continues</guid><category>turkey</category><category>world-news</category><category>withdrawal</category><category>pkk</category><pubDate>Tue, 23 Apr 2013 10:22:50 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=margaretkatheryn8732447C-0458-325F-D9A6-A7DFEB49D487.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="200" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=margaretkatheryn8732447C-0458-325F-D9A6-A7DFEB49D487.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="60" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>New Zealand withdraws its troops from Afghanistan</title>
<description><![CDATA[New Zealand has withdrawn its small contingent of troops from Afghanistan.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/04/17604738-new-zealand-withdraws-its-troops-from-afghanistan</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/04/17604738-new-zealand-withdraws-its-troops-from-afghanistan</guid><category>afghanistan</category><category>new-zealand</category><category>world-news</category><category>as</category><category>withdrawal</category><pubDate>Thu, 4 Apr 2013 22:56:46 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=41206e03-6307-4b1d-b9ff-5fc91712393a.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="262" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=41206e03-6307-4b1d-b9ff-5fc91712393a.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="79" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this Oct. 5, 2006 file photo, a New Zealand soldier stands in front of their Humvee in Bamiyan, northwest of Kabul, Afghanistan. New Zealand has withdrawn its small contingent of troops from Afghanistan in April 2013. The South Pacific nation had stationed about 145 soldiers in central Bamiyan province since 2003. Ten of its soldiers died during the conflict. (AP Photo/Musadeq Sadeq, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=6451a783-34a6-4174-9cf0-96d8bed57088.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="257" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=6451a783-34a6-4174-9cf0-96d8bed57088.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="77" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this June 8, 2008 file photo, New Zealand soldiers perform their traditional warrior dance of &quot;haka&quot; during a ceremony welcoming U.S. first lady Laura Bush at the military compound in Bamiyan, Afghanistan. New Zealand has withdrawn its small contingent of troops from Afghanistan in April 2013. The South Pacific nation had stationed about 145 soldiers in central Bamiyan province since 2003. Ten of its soldiers died during the conflict. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>After 40 years, Vietnam memories are still strong</title>
<description><![CDATA[The last U.S. combat troops left Vietnam 40 years ago Friday, and the date holds great meaning for many who fought the war, protested it or otherwise lived it.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jay Reeves]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Jay Reeves]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/28/17503681-after-40-years-vietnam-memories-are-still-strong</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/28/17503681-after-40-years-vietnam-memories-are-still-strong</guid><category>anniversary</category><category>vietnam</category><category>us-news</category><category>north-vietnamese</category><category>withdrawal</category><pubDate>Thu, 28 Mar 2013 17:22:46 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=2ac1fbf5-981f-4ef9-840b-832303994bc5.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="282" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=2ac1fbf5-981f-4ef9-840b-832303994bc5.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="85" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this March 29, 1973 file photo, the American flag is furled at a ceremony marking official deactivation of the Military Assistance Command-Vietnam (MACV) in Saigon, after more than 11 years in South Vietnam. While the fall of Saigon in 1975  with its indelible images of frantic helicopter evacuations  is remembered as the final day of the Vietnam War, March 29 marks an anniversary that holds greater meaning for many who fought, protested or otherwise lived the war. (AP Photo/Charles Harrity, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=f86649f0-2bc1-4afc-bb7a-ff7b602388c5.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="489" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=f86649f0-2bc1-4afc-bb7a-ff7b602388c5.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="147" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Marine veteran Harry Prestanski, 65, poses outside his home next to U.S. Marine Corps flag, Thursday, March 28, 2013, in West Chester, Ohio. Prestanski served 16 months as a Marine in the Vietnamese War and remembers having to celebrate his 21st birthday there. (AP Photo/Al Behrman)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=df67f890-1a50-4476-baf6-972d19a3d8e5.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="384" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=df67f890-1a50-4476-baf6-972d19a3d8e5.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="160" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Former North Vietnamese prisoner of war James H. Warner poses in Boonsboro, Md., on Thursday, March 28, 2013, the eve of the 40th anniversary of the withdrawal of the last U.S. combat troops from Vietnam. Warner, 72, of nearby Rohrersville, Md., says his 5 1/2 years of forced labor and interrogation reinforced his conviction that the United States was right to confront the spread of communism. (AP Photo/David Dishneau)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=9d9799a7-067e-40a9-ba5c-73d1c5cca8aa.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="282" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=9d9799a7-067e-40a9-ba5c-73d1c5cca8aa.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="85" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this April 2, 1973 photo, President Richard Nixon and South Vietnamese President Nguyen Van Thieu are in profile as they listen to national anthems during arrival ceremonies for Thieu at the Western White House in San Clemente, Calif. As the last U.S. combat troops left Vietnam 40 years ago, angry protesters still awaited them at home. North Vietnamese soldiers took heart from their foes' departure, and South Vietnamese who had helped the Americans feared for the future. While the fall of Saigon two years later  with its indelible images of frantic helicopter evacuations  is remembered as the final day of the Vietnam War, Friday marks an anniversary that holds greater meaning for many who fought, protested or otherwise lived it. (AP Photo)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=60f9572a-8de0-4332-8dd7-15a15ba29abf.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="276" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=60f9572a-8de0-4332-8dd7-15a15ba29abf.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="83" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this April 10, 1973 photo, Gen. Alexander M. Haig, center, is greeted by acting ambassador Charles Whitehouse, left, and another embassy official following Haig's arrival, in Saigon, the last stop in his whirlwind tour of Indochina. The trip was made at the behest of President Nixon. As the last U.S. combat troops left Vietnam 40 years ago, angry protesters still awaited them at home. North Vietnamese soldiers took heart from their foes' departure, and South Vietnamese who had helped the Americans feared for the future. While the fall of Saigon two years later  with its indelible images of frantic helicopter evacuations  is remembered as the final day of the Vietnam War, Friday marks an anniversary that holds greater meaning for many who fought, protested or otherwise lived it. (AP Photo/Neal Ulevich)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=6e40dcaa-e2b1-4bf4-8827-9f13c8177799.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="268" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=6e40dcaa-e2b1-4bf4-8827-9f13c8177799.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="81" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this Wednesday, April 12, 1973 photo, Daniel Ellsberg, co-defendant in the Pentagon Papers trial, talks with newsmen after he testified in Los Angeles. Next to him is his wife, Patricia. Ellsberg, who vividly described his journey to disillusionment in Vietnam on Wednesday, will climax that story on Thursday, telling jurors how he risked his government career to copy the Pentagon Papers, hoping to end the war. As the last U.S. combat troops left Vietnam 40 years ago, angry protesters still awaited them at home. North Vietnamese soldiers took heart from their foes' departure, and South Vietnamese who had helped the Americans feared for the future. While the fall of Saigon two years later  with its indelible images of frantic helicopter evacuations  is remembered as the final day of the Vietnam War, Friday marks an anniversary that holds greater meaning for many who fought, protested or otherwise lived it.  (AP Photo)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=eaaad7e6-c791-4db5-ad41-d2ae681a76b3.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="277" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=eaaad7e6-c791-4db5-ad41-d2ae681a76b3.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="83" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this March 29, 1973 photo, Camp Alpha, Uncle Sams out processing center, was chaos in Saigon. Lines of bored soldiers snaked through customs and briefing rooms. As the last U.S. combat troops left Vietnam 40 years ago, angry protesters still awaited them at home. North Vietnamese soldiers took heart from their foes' departure, and South Vietnamese who had helped the Americans feared for the future. While the fall of Saigon two years later  with its indelible images of frantic helicopter evacuations  is remembered as the final day of the Vietnam War, Friday marks an anniversary that holds greater meaning for many who fought, protested or otherwise lived it.  (AP Photo)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=96c2d7c1-ddeb-43af-ada5-3c213f2a4f0f.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="353" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=96c2d7c1-ddeb-43af-ada5-3c213f2a4f0f.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="174" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this March 29, 1973 photo, In a curious ending to a bizarre conflict, American troops board jets under the watchful eyes of North Vietnamese and Viet Cong observers in Saigon. As the last U.S. combat troops left Vietnam 40 years ago, angry protesters still awaited them at home. North Vietnamese soldiers took heart from their foes' departure, and South Vietnamese who had helped the Americans feared for the future. While the fall of Saigon two years later  with its indelible images of frantic helicopter evacuations  is remembered as the final day of the Vietnam War, Friday marks an anniversary that holds greater meaning for many who fought, protested or otherwise lived it. (AP Photo)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=3bc79b86-9456-4eeb-8425-c9482cdc50f5.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="350" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=3bc79b86-9456-4eeb-8425-c9482cdc50f5.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="176" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this March 29, 1973 photo, Camp Alpha, Uncle Sams out processing center, was chaos in Saigon. Lines of bored soldiers snaked through customs and briefing rooms. As the last U.S. combat troops left Vietnam 40 years ago, angry protesters still awaited them at home. North Vietnamese soldiers took heart from their foes' departure, and South Vietnamese who had helped the Americans feared for the future. While the fall of Saigon two years later  with its indelible images of frantic helicopter evacuations  is remembered as the final day of the Vietnam War, Friday marks an anniversary that holds greater meaning for many who fought, protested or otherwise lived it. (AP Photo)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=fdc42daa-2853-493a-9502-8a3eff9faf7c.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="279" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=fdc42daa-2853-493a-9502-8a3eff9faf7c.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="84" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this Thursday, March 30, 1973 photo, As the last 55 troops to leave Vietnam debarked their Air Force C-141 at Travis Air Force Base. As the last U.S. combat troops left Vietnam 40 years ago, angry protesters still awaited them at home. North Vietnamese soldiers took heart from their foes' departure, and South Vietnamese who had helped the Americans feared for the future. While the fall of Saigon two years later  with its indelible images of frantic helicopter evacuations  is remembered as the final day of the Vietnam War, Friday marks an anniversary that holds greater meaning for many who fought, protested or otherwise lived it. (AP Photo)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=9007b61d-ead5-4d7d-a67c-ec3392ed9856.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="509" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=9007b61d-ead5-4d7d-a67c-ec3392ed9856.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="153" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this March 31, 1973 photo, Adm. John S. McCain Jr., left, and his son, Lt. Cmdr. John S. McCain III meet for the first time in Jacksonville, Fla.  As the last U.S. combat troops left Vietnam 40 years ago, angry protesters still awaited them at home. North Vietnamese soldiers took heart from their foes' departure, and South Vietnamese who had helped the Americans feared for the future. While the fall of Saigon two years later  with its indelible images of frantic helicopter evacuations  is remembered as the final day of the Vietnam War, Friday marks an anniversary that holds greater meaning for many who fought, protested or otherwise lived it. (AP Photo)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=218750cd-4f84-4985-a43e-d4df7bca17b9.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="270" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=218750cd-4f84-4985-a43e-d4df7bca17b9.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="81" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this March 27, 1973 photo, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese members of the joint military commission, foreground, shoot photos of U.S. troops as they board an Air Force plane for the flight home from Saigon's Tan Son Nhut Air Base. As the last U.S. combat troops left Vietnam 40 years ago, angry protesters still awaited them at home. North Vietnamese soldiers took heart from their foes' departure, and South Vietnamese who had helped the Americans feared for the future. While the fall of Saigon two years later  with its indelible images of frantic helicopter evacuations  is remembered as the final day of the Vietnam War, Friday marks an anniversary that holds greater meaning for many who fought, protested or otherwise lived it. (AP Photo/Neal Ulevich)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=e3e94b59-ae2a-4866-9881-33fe36f508df.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="309" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=e3e94b59-ae2a-4866-9881-33fe36f508df.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="93" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this March 28, 1973 photo, a Viet Cong observer of the Four Party Joint Military Commission counts U.S. troops as they prepare to board jet aircraft at Saigonís Tan Son Nhut airport. As the last U.S. combat troops left Vietnam 40 years ago, angry protesters still awaited them at home. North Vietnamese soldiers took heart from their foes' departure, and South Vietnamese who had helped the Americans feared for the future. While the fall of Saigon two years later  with its indelible images of frantic helicopter evacuations  is remembered as the final day of the Vietnam War, Friday marks an anniversary that holds greater meaning for many who fought, protested or otherwise lived it.  (AP Photo/Neal Ulevich)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=b1584539-c7bd-47a7-a0d0-1d9727009994.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="352" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=b1584539-c7bd-47a7-a0d0-1d9727009994.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="175" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this March 27, 1973 photo, an American GI takes a nap atop his luggage as he and other troops wait to begin out processing at Camp Alpha in Saigon, as withdrawal of U.S. troops resume after a 10-day dispute over POWs.  All U.S. troops are due out Thursday. As the last U.S. combat troops left Vietnam 40 years ago, angry protesters still awaited them at home. North Vietnamese soldiers took heart from their foes' departure, and South Vietnamese who had helped the Americans feared for the future. While the fall of Saigon two years later  with its indelible images of frantic helicopter evacuations  is remembered as the final day of the Vietnam War, Friday marks an anniversary that holds greater meaning for many who fought, protested or otherwise lived it. (AP Photo/Chick Harrity)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=089c6cd9-62b0-443b-ac31-322d9e7e973c.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="272" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=089c6cd9-62b0-443b-ac31-322d9e7e973c.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="82" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this March 27, 1973 photo, surrounded by luggage of other departing GIs, U.S. Air Force airman reads paperback novel as he waits to begin processing at Camp Alpha on Saigon's Tan Son Nhut airbase in Saigon as troop withdrawals resume after 10 day-delay. More than 900 will leave with all U.S. troops out by Thursday. As the last U.S. combat troops left Vietnam 40 years ago, angry protesters still awaited them at home. North Vietnamese soldiers took heart from their foes' departure, and South Vietnamese who had helped the Americans feared for the future. While the fall of Saigon two years later  with its indelible images of frantic helicopter evacuations  is remembered as the final day of the Vietnam War, Friday marks an anniversary that holds greater meaning for many who fought, protested or otherwise lived it. (AP photo/Charles Harrity)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=b9f1af69-9e91-4876-af5b-7ebbe1c4c248.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="300" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=b9f1af69-9e91-4876-af5b-7ebbe1c4c248.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="90" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Vietnam war veteran Ho Van Minh talks about his experience as a North Vietnamese soldier during the war at the Vietnam Military History Museum in Hanoi Thursday, March 28, 2013. The 77-year-old lost his right leg to a land mine while advancing on Saigon, just a month before that city fell. Friday, March 29, marks the 40th anniversary of the American withdrawal of combat troops from Vietnam. (AP Photo/Chris Brummitt)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=cf9d3049-e621-4c62-a189-03a76aefe0dc.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=cf9d3049-e621-4c62-a189-03a76aefe0dc.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE -In this Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2009 file photo, Jan Scruggs, founder and president of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund, points out where grass is growing out over the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington. As the last U.S. combat troops left Vietnam 40 years ago, angry protesters still awaited them at home. North Vietnamese soldiers took heart from their foes' departure, and South Vietnamese who had helped the Americans feared for the future. While the fall of Saigon two years later  with its indelible images of frantic helicopter evacuations  is remembered as the final day of the Vietnam War, Friday marks an anniversary that holds greater meaning for many who fought, protested or otherwise lived it. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>GAO: Defense Dept. Lowered Standards for Afghan Forces to Justify Withdrawal</title>
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During Tuesday night's State of the Union address, Barack Obama boasted that he and NATO are planning to leave Afghanistan at the end of 2014 and leave the security of the country to the Afghan National Security Forces (ANSF).
There&rsquo;s one&nbsp;problem: the ANSF isn&rsquo&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[AddictedToMe]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[AddictedToMe]]></source><link>http://addictedtome.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/13/16953909-gao-defense-dept-lowered-standards-for-afghan-forces-to-justify-withdrawal</link><guid>http://addictedtome.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/13/16953909-gao-defense-dept-lowered-standards-for-afghan-forces-to-justify-withdrawal</guid><category>politics</category><category>barack-obama</category><category>government-accountability-office</category><category>withdrawal</category><category>requirements</category><category>department-of-defense</category><category>validation</category><category>afghan-national-security-forces</category><category>ansf</category><category>police-units</category><pubDate>Thu, 14 Feb 2013 01:02:47 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Obama to announce 34,000 troops to return from Afghanistan</title>
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WASHINGTON (REUTERS) - President Barack Obama will announce in his State of the Union address on Tuesday that 34,000 troops will return from Afghanistan by early next year, a source familiar with the speech told Reuters.
"The President will announce that 34,000 troops will be &nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Leafydebater]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Leafydebater]]></source><link>http://leafydebater.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/12/16939498-obama-to-announce-34000-troops-to-return-from-afghanistan</link><guid>http://leafydebater.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/12/16939498-obama-to-announce-34000-troops-to-return-from-afghanistan</guid><category>us</category><category>iraq</category><category>afghanistan</category><category>washington</category><category>state</category><category>home</category><category>return</category><category>president</category><category>war</category><category>military</category><category>soldier</category><category>union</category><category>barack-obama</category><category>us-news</category><category>address</category><category>welcome</category><category>withdrawal</category><category>us-armys</category><pubDate>Tue, 12 Feb 2013 19:37:55 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=leafydebater821605F9-E3C0-F9A1-E304-1AD3FE3C089E.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="228" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=leafydebater821605F9-E3C0-F9A1-E304-1AD3FE3C089E.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="69" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Double Standard</title>
<description><![CDATA[If it&nbsp;appears&nbsp;that there is a paucity of information being released by Algeria about the hostage situation, it is because the Algerian government itself doesn't have a good handle on what happened.&nbsp; The reports are as varied as they are numerous. Some hostages esca&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Col. Jack Jacobs]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Col. Jack Jacobs]]></source><link>http://jackjacobs.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/18/16590988-double-standard</link><guid>http://jackjacobs.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/18/16590988-double-standard</guid><category>iraq</category><category>oil</category><category>afghanistan</category><category>japan</category><category>france</category><category>britain</category><category>iran</category><category>terror</category><category>war</category><category>africa</category><category>hostages</category><category>world-news</category><category>algeria</category><category>al-qaeda</category><category>withdrawal</category><category>department-of-defense</category><category>department-of-state</category><category>drones</category><category>petrochemicals</category><category>refining</category><category>africom</category><pubDate>Sat, 19 Jan 2013 02:43:55 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Good Luck, Mr Secretary</title>
<description><![CDATA[At the US State Department, things are about to change. Or are they?
Hillary Clinton has been out of sight lately, ostensibly the result of an unusual string of very bad luck: a brief illness and a&nbsp;fainting spell, followed&nbsp;by a fall and a concussion. She is expected to &nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Col. Jack Jacobs]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Col. Jack Jacobs]]></source><link>http://jackjacobs.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/21/16071881-good-luck-mr-secretary</link><guid>http://jackjacobs.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/21/16071881-good-luck-mr-secretary</guid><category>iraq</category><category>afghanistan</category><category>libya</category><category>congress</category><category>egypt</category><category>senate</category><category>iran</category><category>hamas</category><category>politics</category><category>war</category><category>syria</category><category>stevens</category><category>cairo</category><category>house-of-representatives</category><category>withdrawal</category><category>damascus</category><category>seals</category><category>hezbollah</category><category>qaddafi</category><category>arab-spring</category><category>fiscal-cliff</category><pubDate>Sat, 22 Dec 2012 01:57:25 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Exit Susan Rice</title>
<description><![CDATA[
&nbsp;reality makes for the best spin. The further the spin gets from reality, the worse it is in the moment. And it will get worse still as time goes on.
The story she peddled on the chat shows was supported by intelligence community talking points, but we know now that those&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Patriot 8888]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Patriot 8888]]></source><link>http://patriot-8888.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/15/15931990-exit-susan-rice</link><guid>http://patriot-8888.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/15/15931990-exit-susan-rice</guid><category>politics</category><category>united-nations</category><category>barack-obama</category><category>democrat</category><category>spin</category><category>withdrawal</category><category>secretary-of-state</category><category>benghazi</category><category>susan-rice</category><pubDate>Sat, 15 Dec 2012 19:57:02 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>At Home and Abroad</title>
<description><![CDATA[The United States is never without challenges, but this season seems particularly difficult. For example, we are beset with fiscal difficulties of&nbsp;our own&nbsp;making, and intransigent officials at both ends of Pennsylvania Avenue seem unconcerned about either the mess they &nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Col. Jack Jacobs]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Col. Jack Jacobs]]></source><link>http://jackjacobs.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/12/15865252-at-home-and-abroad</link><guid>http://jackjacobs.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/12/15865252-at-home-and-abroad</guid><category>iraq</category><category>afghanistan</category><category>libya</category><category>egypt</category><category>israel</category><category>iran</category><category>peace</category><category>korea</category><category>war</category><category>military</category><category>syria</category><category>muslim-brotherhood</category><category>baath-party</category><category>osama-bin-laden</category><category>nuclear-weapons</category><category>world-news</category><category>withdrawal</category><category>damascus</category><category>qaddafi</category><category>president-barack-obama</category><category>secretary-of-state-hillary-clinton</category><category>bashir-al-assad</category><category>morsi</category><category>secretary-of-defense-leon-panetta</category><pubDate>Wed, 12 Dec 2012 18:01:04 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>The Real Pivot - By David Barno | Foreign Policy</title>
<description><![CDATA[
Last week marked a major inflection point in the war in Afghanistan. NATO decided to suspend joint operations with Afghan forces below the battalion level, while the last of the 30,000 U.S. "surge" troops returned home. After eleven years of conflict, the United States and its &nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Hutch Dubosque]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Hutch Dubosque]]></source><link>http://wethepeeps1.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/22/14604854-the-real-pivot-by-david-barno-foreign-policy</link><guid>http://wethepeeps1.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/22/14604854-the-real-pivot-by-david-barno-foreign-policy</guid><category>afghanistan</category><category>middle-east</category><category>united-states</category><category>world-news</category><category>withdrawal</category><category>retreat</category><category>troop-strength</category><category>stop-the-wars</category><category>commentid-world-news</category><pubDate>Mon, 22 Oct 2012 05:05:43 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=wethepeeps1B6B9D8E8-2168-4E11-7AFE-825CEAE0DDC9.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="256" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=wethepeeps1B6B9D8E8-2168-4E11-7AFE-825CEAE0DDC9.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="77" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Think CNN Will Get Around to Covering That Dem Lawmaker Who Had Sex With a 17-Year-Old Boy at a Rest Stop? </title>
<description><![CDATA[
To be fair, CNN has been incredibly busy covering the controversial remarks of Rep. Todd Akin - to the tune of&nbsp;117 entries&nbsp;on the website as of this post.So why has CNN avoided the scandal and instead had a laser-like focus on the Akin story?&nbsp; Is it nothing more &nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Patriot 8888]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Patriot 8888]]></source><link>http://patriot-8888.newsvine.com/_news/2012/08/25/13475933-think-cnn-will-get-around-to-covering-that-dem-lawmaker-who-had-sex-with-a-17-year-old-boy-at-a-rest-stop</link><guid>http://patriot-8888.newsvine.com/_news/2012/08/25/13475933-think-cnn-will-get-around-to-covering-that-dem-lawmaker-who-had-sex-with-a-17-year-old-boy-at-a-rest-stop</guid><category>campaign</category><category>election</category><category>politics</category><category>mitt-romney</category><category>barack-obama</category><category>republican</category><category>democrat</category><category>withdrawal</category><category>gauthier</category><category>todd-akin</category><pubDate>Sat, 25 Aug 2012 14:56:48 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>South African swimmer out of Olympic open water</title>
<description><![CDATA[Jessica Roux of South Africa has dropped out of the women's 10-kilometer open water swim on the fourth of six laps.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/08/09/13198001-south-african-swimmer-out-of-olympic-open-water</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/08/09/13198001-south-african-swimmer-out-of-olympic-open-water</guid><category>sports</category><category>olympics</category><category>south-africa</category><category>swm</category><category>withdrawal</category><category>open-water</category><category>fang-yanqiao</category><category>jessica-roux</category><pubDate>Thu, 9 Aug 2012 11:57:06 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>The Syrian Wars</title>
<description><![CDATA[In a United Nations Security Council vote yesterday, Russia and China vetoed the measure that would have strengthened sanctions against Syria, and as a result the UN presence&nbsp;there will probably&nbsp;end soon. It hardly matters, since it&nbsp;was of no utility&nbsp;anyway, b&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Col. Jack Jacobs]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Col. Jack Jacobs]]></source><link>http://jackjacobs.newsvine.com/_news/2012/07/20/12854121-the-syrian-wars</link><guid>http://jackjacobs.newsvine.com/_news/2012/07/20/12854121-the-syrian-wars</guid><category>iraq</category><category>un</category><category>afghanistan</category><category>libya</category><category>russia</category><category>china</category><category>egypt</category><category>israel</category><category>middle-east</category><category>iran</category><category>muslim</category><category>hamas</category><category>syria</category><category>revolution</category><category>united-nations</category><category>islam</category><category>world-news</category><category>foreign-policy</category><category>jerusalem</category><category>al-qaeda</category><category>sanctions</category><category>assad</category><category>withdrawal</category><category>damascus</category><category>hezbollah</category><category>teheran</category><category>hizbollah</category><category>president-obama</category><category>secretary-of-state-clinton</category><category>securitycouncil</category><pubDate>Fri, 20 Jul 2012 15:08:41 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Air Power Vaccuum</title>
<description><![CDATA[Last week, Secretary Hillary Clinton&nbsp;apologized to&nbsp;Pakistan for the accidental killing of&nbsp;about a dozen of its troops&nbsp;during an airstrike&nbsp;some seven months ago, and in exchange Pakistan has begun to permit the transit of truck-borne supplies to NATO force&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Col. Jack Jacobs]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Col. Jack Jacobs]]></source><link>http://jackjacobs.newsvine.com/_news/2012/07/09/12644136-air-power-vaccuum</link><guid>http://jackjacobs.newsvine.com/_news/2012/07/09/12644136-air-power-vaccuum</guid><category>iraq</category><category>army</category><category>pakistan</category><category>iran</category><category>campaign</category><category>air-force</category><category>navy</category><category>taliban</category><category>election</category><category>president</category><category>marines</category><category>obama</category><category>world-news</category><category>romney</category><category>al-qaeda</category><category>karzai</category><category>withdrawal</category><category>awacs</category><category>uzbek</category><category>air-strikes</category><category>tactical-air-control-party</category><pubDate>Tue, 10 Jul 2012 02:08:05 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>New Zealand to pull Afghanistan troops next year</title>
<description><![CDATA[New Zealand says it will withdraw its small contingent of troops from Afghanistan a year earlier than planned.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/21/11800022-new-zealand-to-pull-afghanistan-troops-next-year</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/21/11800022-new-zealand-to-pull-afghanistan-troops-next-year</guid><category>afghan</category><category>new-zealand</category><category>world-news</category><category>as</category><category>withdrawal</category><pubDate>Tue, 22 May 2012 01:44:03 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Wheat: Opiate of the masses</title>
<description><![CDATA[Wheat is addictive in the sense that it comes to dominate thoughts and behaviors. Wheat is addictive in the sense that, if you don&rsquo;t have any for several hours, you start to get nervous, foggy, tremulous, and start desperately seeking out another &ldquo;hit&rdquo; of cracke&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Children of the Last Generation]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Children of the Last Generation]]></source><link>http://childrenofthelastgeneration.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/19/11769884-wheat-opiate-of-the-masses</link><guid>http://childrenofthelastgeneration.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/19/11769884-wheat-opiate-of-the-masses</guid><category>gm</category><category>health</category><category>wheat</category><category>genetically-modified</category><category>addiction</category><category>withdrawal</category><category>opiate</category><category>gliadin</category><pubDate>Sat, 19 May 2012 15:52:55 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=childrenofthelastgeneration4FA02279-8DFB-F932-F201-67B0719A3A21.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="400" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=childrenofthelastgeneration4FA02279-8DFB-F932-F201-67B0719A3A21.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="120" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Journal of An Alcoholic In Rehab - Part 2 of Rage Writing!!</title>
<description><![CDATA[&nbsp;
This is the continuation of more journal writing that I was doing while in rehab. Specifically, I wrote these while I was involuntarily committed to the hop'sital. Part 1 is right here.&nbsp; This, of course, is part 2! In case you're wondering or don't feel like reading p&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[YaddaYadda]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[YaddaYadda]]></source><link>http://monsterskin63.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/13/11681054-journal-of-an-alcoholic-in-rehab-part-2-of-rage-writing</link><guid>http://monsterskin63.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/13/11681054-journal-of-an-alcoholic-in-rehab-part-2-of-rage-writing</guid><category>hospital</category><category>humor</category><category>withdrawal</category><category>alcoholism-rehab</category><pubDate>Sun, 13 May 2012 05:29:29 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Today and Tomorrow in Afghanistan</title>
<description><![CDATA[In one respect, the president's visit to Afghanistan&nbsp;was a surprise: few people knew about it, and even those who did know kept their mouths shut. But from every other angle of analysis,&nbsp;it was a set-piece exercise, planned long in advance and rehearsed with care.&nbsp;&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Col. Jack Jacobs]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Col. Jack Jacobs]]></source><link>http://jackjacobs.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/04/11499952-today-and-tomorrow-in-afghanistan</link><guid>http://jackjacobs.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/04/11499952-today-and-tomorrow-in-afghanistan</guid><category>iraq</category><category>afghanistan</category><category>pakistan</category><category>taliban</category><category>gates</category><category>obama</category><category>osama-bin-laden</category><category>world-news</category><category>al-qaeda</category><category>withdrawal</category><category>panetta</category><category>war-terror</category><category>iran-department-of-defense</category><pubDate>Fri, 4 May 2012 11:11:54 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Number of US newborns with drug withdrawal triples</title>
<description><![CDATA[Less than a month old, Savannah Dannelley scrunches her tiny face into a scowl as a nurse gently squirts a dose of methadone into her mouth.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Lindsey Tanner]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Lindsey Tanner]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/04/30/11474754-number-of-us-newborns-with-drug-withdrawal-triples</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/04/30/11474754-number-of-us-newborns-with-drug-withdrawal-triples</guid><category>us</category><category>health</category><category>1st</category><category>med</category><category>newborns</category><category>ld</category><category>writethru</category><category>withdrawal</category><category>drug-withdrawal</category><category>savannah-dannelley</category><pubDate>Mon, 30 Apr 2012 20:16:30 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=edca9950-5d41-4069-9ce2-4303fe2212d1.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="384" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=edca9950-5d41-4069-9ce2-4303fe2212d1.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="160" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this undated photo provided by the family, Aileen Dannelley holds her baby, Savannah, at Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn, Ill. The one month old baby is being treated with methadone for withdrawal while she and her mother both fight addiction to powerful prescription painkillers. The number of U.S. babies born with signs of opiate drug withdrawal has tripled over a decade because of a surge in the use of illegal narcotics and powerful prescription painkillers among pregnant women, researchers say. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green) &lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=0d2ac63c-65c0-4c78-99f8-ce125f1f183f.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="217" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=0d2ac63c-65c0-4c78-99f8-ce125f1f183f.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="283" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Graphic shows incidence rates for opiate drug withdrawal syndrome&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=fcbfdc0b-d8fc-4e0a-9c8a-eb5b63634163.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=fcbfdc0b-d8fc-4e0a-9c8a-eb5b63634163.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this Friday, April 27, 2012, photo, Aileen Dannelley speaks during an interview, at the Pilsen Wellness Center where she undergoes treatment and counseling for drug abuse, in Chicago.  Dannelley's one month old daughter Savannah is being treated with methadone in a hospital for withdrawal while she and her mother both fight addiction to powerful prescription painkillers. The number of U.S. babies born with signs of opiate drug withdrawal has tripled over a decade because of a surge in the use of illegal narcotics and powerful prescription painkillers among pregnant women, researchers say. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Hospital Seeing More Babies Born Exposed to Prescription Drugs -</title>
<description><![CDATA[
&nbsp;Heart-wrenching cries echo through the halls of the neonatal intensive care unit at East Tennessee Children's Hospital. Nearly half of the newborn babies in the hospital's NICU are suffering from prescription drug withdrawal.
For over a year, the Knoxville hospital has b&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[rescue dogs62]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[rescue dogs62]]></source><link>http://onesearch4-2.newsvine.com/_news/2012/04/28/11448797-hospital-seeing-more-babies-born-exposed-to-prescription-drugs</link><guid>http://onesearch4-2.newsvine.com/_news/2012/04/28/11448797-hospital-seeing-more-babies-born-exposed-to-prescription-drugs</guid><category>medicine</category><category>us-news</category><category>american-academy</category><category>u-s-news</category><category>narcotics</category><category>withdrawal</category><category>pediatrics</category><category>drug-addition</category><category>prescriptions-drugs</category><category>east-tennessee-childrens</category><category>neonatal-icu</category><pubDate>Sat, 28 Apr 2012 20:28:46 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=onesearch4-20CF06401-D1BD-982A-250C-CB3E70DEE395.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="68" width="120" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=onesearch4-20CF06401-D1BD-982A-250C-CB3E70DEE395.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="68" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Online, fans and foes alike applaud Santorum's withdrawal</title>
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[msnbc.com]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[msnbc.com]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/04/10/11127482-online-fans-and-foes-alike-applaud-santorums-withdrawal</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/04/10/11127482-online-fans-and-foes-alike-applaud-santorums-withdrawal</guid><category>online</category><category>reaction</category><category>republican</category><category>withdrawal</category><category>overwhelmingly</category><category>only-on-msnbc-com</category><category>msnbccom's</category><category>rick-santorums</category><category>santorum's</category><pubDate>Tue, 10 Apr 2012 23:39:07 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Sections/NEWS/120410_Santorum_Buzz.photoblog400.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="225" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Sections/NEWS/120410_Santorum_Buzz.120;120;7;70;0.jpg" width="120" height="68" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Early reaction among supporters and opponents alike overwhelmingly approved of Rick Santorum's withdrawal from the Republican presidential race Tuesday, according to msnbc.com's computer-assisted analysis of online reaction.&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Six In 10 Americans Criticize the War in Afghanistan - It's Not Been Worth It</title>
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Sixty percent of Americans say the war in Afghanistan has not been not worth fighting and just 30 percent believe the Afghan public supports the U.S. mission there &mdash; marking the sour state of attitudes on the war even before the shooting rampage allegedly by a U.S.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[rescue dogs62]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[rescue dogs62]]></source><link>http://onesearch4-2.newsvine.com/_news/2012/03/11/10645284-six-in-10-americans-criticize-the-war-in-afghanistan-its-not-been-worth-it</link><guid>http://onesearch4-2.newsvine.com/_news/2012/03/11/10645284-six-in-10-americans-criticize-the-war-in-afghanistan-its-not-been-worth-it</guid><category>poll</category><category>military</category><category>gop</category><category>massacre</category><category>americans</category><category>us-news</category><category>u-s-news</category><category>withdrawal</category><category>afghanistan-war</category><category>unpopular</category><pubDate>Mon, 12 Mar 2012 00:28:43 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Germany begins cutting troops in Afghanistan | World | Deutsche Welle | 25.01.2012</title>
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The German parliament is starting to lower the number of soldiers stationed in Afghanistan. Two years ahead of the planned complete withdrawal of troops, many questions remain unresolved.
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[Josh Rosenroth]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Josh Rosenroth]]></source><link>http://josh-rosenroth.newsvine.com/_news/2012/01/26/10240170-germany-begins-cutting-troops-in-afghanistan-world-deutsche-welle-25012012</link><guid>http://josh-rosenroth.newsvine.com/_news/2012/01/26/10240170-germany-begins-cutting-troops-in-afghanistan-world-deutsche-welle-25012012</guid><category>eu</category><category>germany</category><category>afghanistan</category><category>europe</category><category>military</category><category>world-news</category><category>withdrawal</category><category>bundeswehr</category><category>cutbacks</category><category>political-solution</category><category>troops-reduction</category><category>n-afghanistan</category><pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 09:12:34 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Afghanistan the Intractable</title>
<description><![CDATA[It is convenient to dismiss the deaths of allied troops at the hands of Taliban infiltrators by asserting that danger comes with the territory, that the profession of arms is always risky business, that losses are regrettable but inevitable.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Col. Jack Jacobs]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Col. Jack Jacobs]]></source><link>http://jackjacobs.newsvine.com/_news/2012/01/21/10205227-afghanistan-the-intractable</link><guid>http://jackjacobs.newsvine.com/_news/2012/01/21/10205227-afghanistan-the-intractable</guid><category>iraq</category><category>army</category><category>france</category><category>pakistan</category><category>iran</category><category>taliban</category><category>marines</category><category>world-news</category><category>al-qaeda</category><category>sarkozy</category><category>withdrawal</category><category>president-barack-obama</category><category>secretary-of-defense-leon-panetta</category><pubDate>Sat, 21 Jan 2012 16:28:57 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Panetta: Army to withdraw 2 brigades from Europe</title>
<description><![CDATA[Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said Thursday the Army will withdraw two combat brigades from Europe as part of a broad reorienting of U.S. forces and instead rotate units in and out of the region, presumably from U.S. bases.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Juan Carlos Llorca]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Juan Carlos Llorca]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/01/12/10143417-panetta-army-to-withdraw-2-brigades-from-europe</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/01/12/10143417-panetta-army-to-withdraw-2-brigades-from-europe</guid><category>us</category><category>troop</category><category>us-news</category><category>withdrawal</category><category>panetta</category><category>leon-panetta</category><pubDate>Thu, 12 Jan 2012 23:35:36 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item></channel></rss>