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It's rough down in the trenches, where linemen weighing more than three-hundred pounds hurl themselves at one another in brutal hand-to-hand combat, but it is nothing compared to the pain I kept buried inside so I could play out my dream.
NPR: A Gay Football Player, 'Alone in the Trenches'
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This country now has the world's largest mobile phone network, and it is investing in the new forms of energy that can both sustain growth and combat climate change -- and I'm looking forward to deepening the partnership between the United States and China in this critical area tomorrow.
WHITEHOUSE: President Obama Holds Town Hall with Chinese Youth
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And therefore, we'd been in combat for years and years, and I'm always amazed--and we did and do a good job at it.
NPR: Women in Combat: Rules and Reality
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When I expressed doubts earlier about first-person melee combat, several people reminded me of Dark Messiah of Might and Magic, a game that actually pulls off pretty engaging combat in first person.
FORBES: A Closer Look At Combat In 'Chivalry: Medieval Warfare'
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At that point we will withdraw our combat troops, leave a smaller force of Americans -- if I understand our policy -- in Afghanistan for training purposes.
WHITEHOUSE: The White House
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Now, I want to be clear on this point: These combat-related mental health challenges are natural, normal, human responses to the violence of war.
WHITEHOUSE: The White House
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They're on pace to get into the country by the end of the summer -- just as, I might add, we are getting our combat troops out of Iraq.
WHITEHOUSE: Press Briefing
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May has been a month of goodbyes in Australia - Claude Choules, the last living link to combat in World War I and the oldest Australian, the actor Bill Hunter, the Aboriginal world boxing champion Lionel Rose, the spin bowler and coach Terry Jenner.
BBC: May: A month of goodbyes
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Today, I am proud to release the U.S. Government six-year strategy to combat malaria (pdf) globally.
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Based on all this, and on the further progress we believe we can achieve over the next few months, I believe that we will be able to reduce our forces to the pre-surge level of brigade combat teams by next summer without jeopardizing the security gains that we have fought so hard to achieve.
CNN: Transcript of Iraq hearing statements