Widow, son of Marine closer to immigrating to US - The Japanese widow of a Marine killed in Iraq is a step closer to being able to immigrate to the U.S. with the couple's toddler son. Ailing veteran gets long-delayed recognition - Tim Wymore is one of several hundred veterans who have filed suits contending that dangerous toxins from open-air burn pits operated on U.S. military installations in Iraq and Afghanistan made them sick. How 'bout dinner, just you and me? - The money from the winner will go to Operation Recovery, a project of Iraq Veterans Against the War. Fallen Marines changed lives of thousands - Trisha Stockhoff drew comfort from a memorial aboard Camp Pendleton honoring her son and 12 other Marines and sailors and one British soldier, who all served with the 3rd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, but did not make it home. Obama meeting with Karzai scrapped due to poor weather or deeper reason? - The president's remarks in Afghanistan were at odds with a recent Pentagon report, which acknowledged that progress there had been spotty. While there had been some advances , said the report, overall the insurgency was gaining ground.
