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The article focuses on Jennifer Williams, a Republican member of the City Council in Trenton, N.J., who is openly transgender and believes in engaging with people who may not have met a transgender person before, discussing her experiences at CPAC, and her motivation to run for office.

The article reports on updates in the Russia-Ukraine war, particularly the deaths of at least 52 people when a missile hit the wake of Ukrainian soldier Andriy Kozyv in the village of Hroza in eastern Ukraine.

The article focuses on increase in request of groceries seen by the non-profit organization YMCA and mentions that military families have been struggling with food insecurity.

The article focuses on debate over future Iranian attack plans between the Republicans and Democrats after killing commander of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps, Qassim Suleimani, in a drone strike by the U.S. President Donald Trump; and mentions concerns related to war.

The article reports on a series of retaliatory Taliban attacks against the families of soldiers in the Afghan Army and mentions the killing of Afghan soldier Muhammad Didar Mukhlis Afghan's wife and son by his nephew who is part of a group of Taliban fighters.

The article reports on the contamination of drinking water systems in Fountain, Colorado which was linked to the serious health problems acquired by the families of military personnel and veterans residing the suburb including Army Staff Sergeant Samuel Fortune.

The article offers the authors' insights on the reactions of several families of slain military service members regarding the statements and phone calls of U.S. President Donald Trump during a tragic time.

The article reports that U.S. Congress members are assembling a $500 billion package that will allow U.S. President George W. Bush to continue with the Iraq war in exchange for the financing of popular domestic programs such as support programs for military families. U.S. Democrats opposing the war are likely to vote against the plan if it does not contain a deadline or goal for withdrawal. If the plan is accepted, it would prevent the threat of closing U.S. federal agencies.

The article reports that scores of families who have had family members killed in Iraq and Afghanistan are struggling with a casualty system that has failed to compassionately and competently guide them through the harrowing process that begins after a soldier's death. According to the author, some families have struggled with various challenges such as missing personal belongings and questions about how their loved ones were killed.

Reports on the financial and emotional impact of foreign deployment to the families of U.S. National Guard and Reserve members. Need for the soldiers to give up their civilian jobs; Extension of foreign deployment from the traditional six-month mobilization; Department of Defense's mobilization of soldiers in Iraq; Bankruptcy cases.

Reports on the increasing number of American soldiers dying in Iraq due to accidents, illness and attacks by Iraqi rebels. Death toll since May 1, 2003 when President George W. Bush declared an end to major combat hostilities; Names, ages and circumstances of dead soldiers; Description of the ritual of notifying the family of the dead soldiers; Comments by the families of the dead; Details on the circumstances surrounding the death of some soldiers.

The Justice Department is investigating allegations that a mortgage subsidiary of Morgan Stanley foreclosed on almost two dozen military families from 2006 to 2008 in violation of a longstanding law aimed at preventing such action. A department spokeswoman confirmed on Friday that the Morgan Stanley unit, Saxon Mortgage Services, is one of several mortgage and lending companies being investigated by its civil rights division. The inquiry is focused on possible violations of a federal law that bars lenders from foreclosing on active-duty service members without a court hearing. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

''WHY do movies always show dead people with their eyes closed?'' asks my husband from the living room couch. We are halfway through ''The Hurt Locker.'' Watching a war movie with a combat veteran is an exercise in running commentary in which he points out every half-truth, inconsistency and off-note as the scenes roll by -- an incidental soundtrack peppered with profanity. Critique is part of the drill, offered volubly and seriously, almost as a professional obligation. It's like sitting next to a close-cropped, NC-17-rated Roger Ebert. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

A Fort Drum soldier was arrested at a hotel in southern Ohio early Wednesday in connection with the stabbing deaths of two servicemen at an apartment near the military post in northern New York. The bodies of the men, Waide James, 20, of Cocoa, Fla., and Diego Valbuena, 23, of Port St. Lucie, Fla., were found with multiple stab wounds on Tuesday morning in an apartment complex housing mostly military families in Evans Mills near the Fort Drum main entrance. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

The wartime stresses on military families are well known, including long absences from loved ones. What Leydi Mendoza, a specialist with the New Jersey National Guard, did not expect when she returned from Iraq was that after fighting Al Qaeda, she would have to keep fighting for access to her 2-year-old daughter. According to a story in The Times, Ms. Mendoza and Daniel Llares -- her former companion and the child's father -- had worked out a written family care plan with military officials that provided for shared custody when she came home. The father, however, decided it was too disruptive for the baby to spend more than a few hours at a time ''with a mother she doesn't really know or recognize that well,'' his lawyer said. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

To the Editor: Re ''Veterans' Families Seek Aid for Caregiver Role'' (front page, Nov. 12): [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

The Labor Department will release new regulations on Friday that will let family members of seriously injured or ill members of the armed services take up to 26 weeks off from work each year to care for them. The regulations will also allow family members of those called to active duty in the National Guard or the Reserves to take up to 12 weeks off from work so they can manage needed and often rushed matters regarding a service member's departure or return. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

For some relatives of service members killed in Iraq and Afghanistan, the money feels, at first, like an affront, as if the government were putting a price tag on a loved one's life. Others are thrown off balance by the sudden infusion of $500,000, spending with abandon to assuage grief or finding themselves besieged by hard-up friends and relatives. And the newfound wealth often strains relations among in-laws. Three years ago, advocates for military families succeeded in winning a significant expansion in survivor benefits, which include life insurance, a death gratuity, medical care and housing and education assistance. But the increases have left some widows and next of kin clearly rattled by the collision of mourning and money. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Focuses on the military death gratuity from the U.S. Defense Department, a one-time payment to survivors of military men and women killed in the line of duty. History of the death gratuity, which was meant to help grieving families cover expenses; Proposals by Congress to raise the gratuity; Reactions of families to receiving the check; Comments of relatives of soldiers killed in Iraq; Rules behind the tradition of the gratuity.

Reports that American soldiers in Mosul, Iraq celebrated Christmas Day by eating their Christmas lunch and communicating with their families through satellite telephones, Internet messaging and Web cameras just days after their base was attacked by a suicide bomber. Candlelit prayer ceremony for soldiers killed in the attack; Comments by battalion surgeon John Nelson and First Lieutenant Kelly Mitchell.

Discusses how late ballots and complex rules hinder the effort for overseas voting in the 2004 U.S. presidential election. Admission by election officials that tens of thousands of Americans overseas might not get ballots in time to cast votes; Setbacks and missteps that have affected the ability of the estimated 4.4 million eligible voters overseas to participate in the election; How a new system activated by federal officials to help speed the balloting process is available only to members of the military and their families; Issue of favoritism; Other efforts to help overseas voters; Push by Republicans and Democrats to solicit these voters; Outlook.

Focuses on the oldest casualties of the Iraq war. Deaths of master Sergeant Thomas R. Thigpen, who died of a heart attack in Kuwait, and Staff Sergeant William D. Chaney, who died after surgery for an intestinal problem; Number of soldiers age 50 or older who have died in the Iraq war; Implications for their families; How the war deaths of middle-aged soldiers are a consequence of a specific moment in U.S. history; Questions about why older men are deployed to a war zone; Personal accounts of family members.

Reports on the renewed fears of military families regarding the extended tours of U.S. troops in Iraq. Expectation of family members whose relatives are in the 1457th engineer battalion of the Utah National Guard; Announcement of the extended tours of duty by Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfield; Effects of the extension on the plan of the Pentagon for reducing troop levels.

Reports on the difficulties facing families and soldiers separated for a long time during the occupation of Iraq. Sacrifices which are made by all members of the family to support the troops overseas; Effect of long term separation on the families; How the schools in Fort Hood try to help the children deal with the deployment of one or two parents; Personal stories.

Focuses on the difficulty faced by families of members of the U.S. Army's 101st Airborne Division, based in Fort Campbell, Kentucky, in dealing with news of dead and injured soldiers serving in Iraq. Impact of the news of a deadly collision of two Black Hawk helicopters on November 15, 2003, in Iraq on the Fort Campbell community; Number of soldiers from Fort Campbell that have died in the Iraq war even before the incident.

Provides information on the Fallen Heroes Fund, a college scholarship fund created for the dependents of U.S. and British soldiers killed in the 2003 U.S.-led war in Iraq.

Focuses on the family of U.S. Sergeant Edward Anguiano, the only soldier unaccounted for in the war in Iraq. Ordeal of the Anguiano family as they await new information; Efforts of Army officials to identify bodies found in a grave in Nasiriya; Biographical and career background on Anguiano, who was with the Army's 507th Maintenance Company; Comments of family members, including Anguiano's mother, Juanita.

Features families of U.S. soldiers who have died in Iraq and that opposed the war in Iraq.

Focuses on the emotional effects of military deployment of parents on their children at several schools at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. Fears of the children for the safety of their parents being deployed to the Persian Gulf region for an imminent war against Iraq; Comments of children about this situation; Operations of support groups; Staff monitoring of children.

Reports that the sprawling community around Fort Bragg, home of the U.S. Army Special Forces in Fayetteville, North Carolina, reflects a growing problem of domestic violence in the military, according to experts.

Features Dierdre Adams and Amy Worthan, wives of U.S. soldiers deployed in Afghanistan.

Discusses the absence of husbands during family gatherings in the U.S. due to their deployment overseas by Fort Bragg, one of U.S.'s largest military bases.

Reports on the increasing number of military families and friends in the United States turning to the Internet to communicate following the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks.

Reports that many are waiting at the Norfolk Naval Base in Virginia on October 12, 2000 for some official word on precisely who perished and who survived the explosion on the destroyer, Cole. Description of those who are waiting; Why the U.S. Navy was taking time to carefully prepare the casualty tally; Comments from a Navy man, Sylvester Robinson.

Reports on the strains facing the families of soldiers from the 49th Armored Division of the Texas National Guard assembled to go Bosnia. How Staff Sergeant Ron de La Rosa spent the day before his deployment; Divorce filed by Sergeant Gary Halkowitz; What the strains indicate.

Reports on the family stresses caused by military men and women who serve overseas. More time spent away from family in the post-Cold War era; Examples of military families where time spent together is less common.

Reports that the United States State Department authorized the departure of Saudi Arabia-based dependents of American military and civilian employees. Threat of more attacks following the bombing in June 1996.