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		<title>News on cuts to our Navy</title>
		<link>http://blog.gokeith.ca/2010/05/news-on-cuts-to-our-navy/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 May 2010 18:05:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Feds Cut Navy to the Bone</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 13 May 2010 20:31:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jeff</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[VICTORIA – The Conservative government, during the 100th anniversary of our Navy, has announced widespread cuts that will seriously compromise the ability of our Navy to do their job, said Dr. Keith Martin, Member of Parliament for Esquimalt – Juan de Fuca. Dr. Martin was responding to recent reports that budget cuts are forcing the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Keith defending the Navy in Question Period</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 13 May 2010 20:29:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jeff</dc:creator>
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		<title>Talking about the Afghanistan mission on CFAX 1070</title>
		<link>http://blog.gokeith.ca/2010/03/talking-about-the-afghanistan-mission-on-cfax-1070/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Mar 2010 00:02:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jeff</dc:creator>
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		<title>Game change in Afghanistan</title>
		<link>http://blog.gokeith.ca/2010/01/game-change-in-afghanistan/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Jan 2010 17:25:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jeff</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Afghanistan]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[We must define a clear objective for our political and military operations By Dr. Keith Martin, MP So what are we doing in Afghanistan? The current situation is grim. Much of the country is out of the government’s control and the insurgency has grown in strength. The West’s strategy has been focused primarily through a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Help our military families</title>
		<link>http://blog.gokeith.ca/2009/06/help-our-military-families/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2009 15:50:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>sara</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Keith Martin, National Post June 26, 2009 On June 17, the House of Commons standing committee on national defence released an extensive report on the health services provided to our Canadian Forces (CF) personnel with a focus on Post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). The all-party committee made 36 recommendations. During the time that the government [...]]]></description>
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		<title>An Open Letter to President Barack Obama</title>
		<link>http://blog.gokeith.ca/2009/02/an-open-letter-to-president-barack-obama/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Feb 2009 23:54:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jeff</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Afghanistan]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[“Yes we can” change our mission in Afghanistan Dear President Obama, Long after you have left the White House the world will remember the famous words you used to bring a nation to its feet, and to signal the beginning of a new era for the American people: “yes we can.” It is with this [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Success in Afghanistan</title>
		<link>http://blog.gokeith.ca/2008/11/success-in-afghanistan/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Nov 2008 16:18:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>sara</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Success in Afghanistan Edmonton Sun Dr. Keith Martin November 3, 2008 Re: &#8220;Afghan peace depends on negotiating,&#8221; Oct. 31, by Lyn Cockburn. Despite the heroism of our troops, our Afghan mission will fail unless we deal with the following four areas irresponsibly neglected by NATO. First, an Afghan-led grassroots inter- and intra-tribal reconciliation must occur [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Avoiding our Own Vietnam</title>
		<link>http://blog.gokeith.ca/2008/08/avoiding-our-own-vietnam/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Aug 2008 20:00:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jeff</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[How could the security environment in Afghanistan be getting worse, not better, after billions of dollars in aid and six years of having “boots on the ground”? The response of more troops to the increasing strength of the Taliban is a policy failure that the Russians warned us about and will only lead to western forces sinking into a security quagmire; our own Vietnam. ]]></description>
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		<title>Gear sent to Afghan firefighters languishing at Kandahar Airfield</title>
		<link>http://blog.gokeith.ca/2008/07/gear-sent-to-afghan-firefighters-languishing-at-kandahar-airfield/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.gokeith.ca/2008/07/gear-sent-to-afghan-firefighters-languishing-at-kandahar-airfield/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Jul 2008 16:59:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>sara</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Gear sent to Afghan firefighters languishing at Kandahar Airfield DND requested equipment collected by Langford Fire Department, MP says Rob Shaw Times Colonist Friday, July 25, 2008 A shipment of used firefighting gear, gathered by Canadians for their impoverished counterparts in Afghanistan at the request of the military, has been sitting at Kandahar Airfield for [...]]]></description>
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