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		<title>60 Minutes&#8230; You&#8217;ve done it again.</title>
		<link>http://learnthefacts.ca/main/2010/06/20/60-minutes-youve-done-it-again/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Jun 2010 16:09:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jordan Axani</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dear all,
The past several months has been very hectic for Andrew and I. We&#8217;ve both completed our masters degrees and have moved onto other projects. In the midst, we lost our footing with Learn the Facts and for that we apologize. In the coming months I hope to get us back on course. Truly &#8211; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Clinton asks Ottawa to extend mission in TV Interview</title>
		<link>http://learnthefacts.ca/main/2010/03/30/clinton-asks-ottawa-to-extend-mission-in-tv-interview/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Mar 2010 15:27:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Vine</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[“There’s all kinds of things that are possible. The military could slip more into a training role instead of a combat role, a logistics-support role instead of front-line combat,” US Secretary of State, Hilary Clinton publicly suggests in a televised interview.  The Government of Canada seems to be steady in their conviction that our Canadian [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Photo Blog</title>
		<link>http://learnthefacts.ca/main/2010/02/13/photo-blog-16/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Feb 2010 17:15:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrea Evans</dc:creator>
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Two tragic deaths, both before their time. Nodar Kumaritashvili, a 21-year-old slider from the republic of Georgia, and Cpl. Joshua Caleb Baker a 24-year-old soldier from Edmonton, both died due to training accidents yesterday.
It is important to keep both challenges in mind: that of sport, and that of war.  These next few weeks, as you [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Photo Blog</title>
		<link>http://learnthefacts.ca/main/2010/02/08/photo-blog-15/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Feb 2010 13:31:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrea Evans</dc:creator>
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In an editorial that asks whether some of the world&#8217;s most notorious leaders are still alive, Joshua Keating, for Foreign Policy plays the Osama card.  The editorial reads as follows:
OSAMA BIN LADEN
Location: ???
Last appearance: Most recent audiotape released Jan. 29
The evidence: There have been persistent rumors of bin Laden&#8217;s death ever since the 9/11 attacks [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Are We Excluding Others?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Feb 2010 22:54:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Vine</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;But Mr. Crosbie cautioned against any move that makes ordinary Afghans feel like the Taliban are getting a better deal than they are.” This is an interesting statement coming from Canada’s top envoy amid recent talks of providing incentives for moderate Taliban. The new Peace and Reintegration Trust Fund pledges at least $500 million from international [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Photo Blog</title>
		<link>http://learnthefacts.ca/main/2010/02/01/photo-blog-14/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Feb 2010 14:06:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrea Evans</dc:creator>
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&#8220;Afghanistan&#8217;s president appealed to Taliban fighters Sunday to lay down their weapons and accept Afghan laws as the government and its international allies push a program to entice militants away from the insurgency. President Hamid Karzai spoke three days after he and Western backers agreed at a conference in London to create a more comprehensive program [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Photo Blog</title>
		<link>http://learnthefacts.ca/main/2010/01/27/photo-blog-13/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Jan 2010 12:26:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrea Evans</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;After hitting southern Afghanistan with tens of thousands of additional soldiers in an effort to weaken a resurgent Taliban, the NATO-led military alliance is considering a plan to end the war by entering power-sharing negotiations with Taliban leaders and former fighters.  U.S. General Stanley McChrystal, the senior NATO commander in the 42-nation Afghan mission, said [...]]]></description>
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		<title>NATO weighs Taliban truce in plan for Afghan Peace</title>
		<link>http://learnthefacts.ca/main/2010/01/27/nato-weighs-taliban-truce-in-plan-for-afghan-peace/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Jan 2010 02:53:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Vine</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Early this week, the key players in the War in Afghanistan began discussing the possibility of engaging the moderate groups of the diverse ‘Taliban’, with a power-sharing structure in the Afghan Government.This will surely be a critical issue in the up-coming NATO summit. The idea is that the war on the ground can be moved [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Photo Blog</title>
		<link>http://learnthefacts.ca/main/2010/01/23/photo-blog-12/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 23 Jan 2010 17:22:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrea Evans</dc:creator>
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Members of 6 Platoon, Bravo Company, 1 RCR, treat and stabilize injured soldiers in a secure Casualty Collection Point (CCP) after an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) attack while patrolling in the village of Shar-e-Tiefort. Approximately 3700 Canadian Forces are currently participating in  Exercise Maple Guardian 2010, &#8220;work-up training&#8221; for Afghanistan in  Fort Irwin, California.
Canadian Forces [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Photo Blog</title>
		<link>http://learnthefacts.ca/main/2010/01/18/photo-blog-11/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Jan 2010 00:52:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrea Evans</dc:creator>
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On January 15th a Disaster Assistance Response Team (DART) member takes a moment to rest as he waits for word of their flight to Port-au-Prince Haiti at the Canadian Forces Base (CFB) Trenton&#8217;s passenger terminal.
Recent events in Haiti remind us of the multifaceted nature of the Canadian Forces.  It remains to be seen what this [...]]]></description>
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