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March 19, 2007 - One of the issues the Institute investigated the report we released last week on the impact of war in North Carolina -- "America's most military-friendly state" -- is the lengths the armed forces will go to recruit new soldiers.

March 16, 2007 - Facing South readers know that the South has deep military ties, and no state feels it more than North Carolina. Billboards everywhere declare the state is "the most military-friendly state in America," part of a state PR campaign to expand bases and lure more defense dollars to the state.

March 14, 2007 - Shocking stories of the "shameful" treatment of veteran soldiers are reverberating across the country, but it hits an especially sore nerve in the South. As the Institute has shown in several reports, military bases and production have shifted South, and the region's share of veterans has also dramatically grown.

March 1, 2007 - This article originally appeared in Southern Exposure Vol. 35 No. 1, "North Carolina at War." Find more from that issue here.

January 8, 2007 - Last week we blogged about the big Military Times poll which got short shrift in the media, despite its eye-opening findings that under a third of U.S. service member approve of Bush's handling of the Iraq war and only 41% think the war was a good idea.

December 1, 2006 - As Facing South readers know, the military is a big factor in the politics and economics of the South. More of our country's troops come from the South, and more are based in the South, than any other region in the country.

July 28, 2006 - At times, it can seem that the escalating Lebanon/Israel conflict is a distant battle over which the U.S. -- aside from the ocassional diplomatic visit -- has little control. But as the Institute showed in its report "The South at War," we're more closely implicated than we think, especially south of the Mason/Dixon line.