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HONOLULU -
November 7, 2007 -
The developing U.S. missile defense system intercepted 2 test ballistic missiles for the first time today. The engineers report it is a technological first. The missile defense system destroyed two test ballistic missile targets simultaneously in space 100 miles above the Pacific Ocean. The USS Lake Erie fired two interceptors to shoot down two short-range ballistic missiles fired within minutes of one another from a testing range on the Hawaiian island of Kauai. Learn More.
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Tuesday, October 30, 2007
MANAMA, Bahrain
American warships fought pirates who seized a tanker off the coast of Somalia and another vessel northeast of Mogadishu. They sank two pirate vessels and pursued a hijacked skiff carrying some of the fleeing hijackers. Learn More.
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Saturday, October 27, 2007
KABUL, Afghanistan
U.S.-led coalition forces killed about 80 Taliban fighters during a six-hour battle outside a Taliban-controlled town in southern Afghanistan on Saturday. The coalition reported that four bombs were dropped on a trench line filled with Taliban fighters, which resulted in most of the deaths. Learn More .
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This Monday, October 22, 2007, President Bush on behalf of the Nation publicly honored fallen Navy SEAL Mike Murphy by presenting his grieving parents with the Medal of Honor - and privately honored their sacrifice by wearing a dog tag they'd given him moments before.
"He took his deployment personally. He was going after, and his team was going after, the men who planned, plotted against and attacked not only the United States, but the city he loved, New York," said his father. "He knew what he was fighting for." It is because of the character of men like Lt. Mike Murphy that our children live in safety and businesses prosper in a stable environment. And it is darn well time that we all (businesses included) start standing up like real men and real women for our neighbors like Mike Murphy who stand up for all of us.