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 McCain rejects 'audacity of hopelessness' for IraqRepublican presidential candidate John McCain, ridiculing Barack Obama for "the audacity of hopelessness" in his policies on Iraq, said Friday that the entire Middle East could have plunged into war had U.S. troops been withdrawn as his rival advocated.
News briefs from around Florida
Former soldier pleads guilty to smuggling stolen weapons from Afghanistan
Man pleads guilty to smuggling stolen weapons
A former U.S. Army Special Forces soldier pleaded guilty to attempting to import stolen weapons into the United States from Afghanistan.
US military deaths in Afghanistan region at 488
As of Friday, July 25, 2008, at least 488 members of the U.S. military had died in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Uzbekistan as a result of the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan in late 2001, according to the Defense Department. The department last updated its figures July 19 at 10 a.m. EDT.
US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,124
As of Friday, July 25, 2008, at least 4,124 members of the U.S. military have died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count.  Obama camp cites Pentagon in scrapping troop visitAn aide to Sen. Barack Obama said Friday the Democratic presidential contender believed he could visit wounded troops at a military hospital in Germany without involving them in a campaign controversy and scrapped his plans after the Pentagon raised concerns.  Military says US troops killed Iraqi editor's sonThe U.S. military said Friday that bullets fired by American soldiers killed the 14-year-old son of the chief editor of a U.S.-sponsored newspaper during a gunbattle this week in the northern Iraqi city of Kirkuk.  Cooperation hurts inmate at Gitmo trialAn al-Qaida driver who gave detailed, insider knowledge of the terror network to U.S. agents is seeing his words used against him at the first Guantanamo war crimes trial.  Vets allege mismanagement of retirement colonyNestled among the lush forests and mountain foothills of rural southeastern Oklahoma is a soldier's utopia, a sleepy enclave where U.S. military veterans can claim their share of the American dream for pennies on the dollar.
Legislative floor actions
Legislative floor actions in the House of Representatives and Senate from Thursday, July 24.
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