Going on AWOL is definitely a official state matter.    From Wordnik.com.  [Business as usual for embattled South Carolina governor] Reference

Unless being AWOL from the National Guard is a war crime.    From Wordnik.com.  [Think Progress » ThinkFast: May 17, 2006] Reference

Sadaam once went AWOL from the Iraqi hit squad that he was in charge of.    From Wordnik.com.  [09/21/2004] Reference

They both went AWOL from the Air Force, running off into the night to be together.    From Wordnik.com.  [Lost Boy | Her Bad Mother] Reference

Somewhere in my records is an e-mail wherein he tells of going AWOL from the 25th Recon on.    From Wordnik.com.  [Heroes or Villains?] Reference

AWOL is not an easily changed status, and Walton's record, after over ten years, is cleared.    From Wordnik.com.  [Walton, Wilbert] Reference

The President was AWOL from the National Guard and Cheney received 5 draft deferments; they love their country so much.    From Wordnik.com.  [Think Progress » Marine Quoted By Schmidt Says He Never Mentioned Murtha] Reference

This article is about Mark Sanford and his abusing the system by misappropriating govenment funds and vehicles and being AWOL from the job.    From Wordnik.com.  [First on the Ticker: GOP support for Sanford impeachment grows] Reference

Years ago Georgie Porgie went AWOL from the Texas Air National Guard.    From Wordnik.com.  [Think Progress » Bush Resurrects False Claim That Congress Had “Same Intelligence” On Iraq] Reference

The tabloids, as you imagine, are calling her AWOL and MIA.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Dec 19, 2008] Reference

Comments on Beebe called AWOL on health law; not so, he says.    From Wordnik.com.  [Arkansas Online stories] Reference

My business hasn’t failed, but we went AWOL from the most important online channel and it hit us hard.    From Wordnik.com.  [Open up, Google « BuzzMachine] Reference

To put this in a simple army metaphor, the Commander-in-Chief seems to have gone AWOL, that is 'absent without leave.'.    From Wordnik.com.  [Seeing the Forest] Reference

Went AWOL from the Army in 1968.    From Wordnik.com.  [Will We Soon Have To Register All Firearms?] Reference

OpEdNews - Quicklink: "AWOL" Rabbi caught in Catch-22.    From Wordnik.com.  [OpEdNews - Quicklink: "AWOL" Rabbi caught in Catch-22] Reference

'The last we heard the underwear was still' AWOL 'and we are not sure when we will see them again.    From Wordnik.com.  [Lady Gaga Accused Of Losing Expensive Rigby And Peller Lingerie] Reference

Obviously that's been kind of AWOL in this administration ... that emphasis on building alliances.    From Wordnik.com.  [TELL SENATOR ELECT MCCASKILL NOT TO CONFIRM JOHN BOLTON] Reference

Terry McAuliffe suggesting the other day that the president was, quote, "AWOL" during part of that service.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Feb 8, 2004] Reference

She was AWOL from the dentist, too.    From Wordnik.com.  [Excerpt: Every Secret Thing by Laura Lippman] Reference

MIke Beebe was "AWOL" about a federal health-care overhaul.    From Wordnik.com.  [NWAOnline.com stories] Reference

Rothery may seem "AWOL" at times, but this is a misperception.    From Wordnik.com.  [Latest reviews @ Progarchives.com, the ultimate progressive rock music website] Reference

Obama talks tough on 'AWOL' fathers By MIKE ALLEN | 6/15/08 2: 08 PM EST.    From Wordnik.com.  [WN.com - Articles related to Actor Danny Glover Shares his Candid Mother's Day Memories with Fathers' Rights Attorney Jeffery Leving on 106.3FM] Reference

The state House GOP leader called Beebe "AWOL" on the health care debate.    From Wordnik.com.  [WTVM - 1- WTVM Home] Reference

Mike Beebe was "AWOL" (absent without leave) regarding a federal health-care o.    From Wordnik.com.  [Arkansas Online stories] Reference

Mike Beebe was "AWOL" (absent without leave) regarding a federal health-care overhaul.    From Wordnik.com.  [Arkansas Online stories] Reference

MULTIPLE DD214's seen) 1st Cav, 71st EVAC, prior "AWOL".    From Wordnik.com.  [Heroes or Villains?] Reference

Distilled Spirits Council Commends Connecticut Governor For Signing Bill Banning 'AWOL'.    From Wordnik.com.  [culturekitchen - fresh dissent served daily] Reference

Beebe called AWOL on health law; not so, he s.    From Wordnik.com.  [Arkansas Online stories] Reference

What he gave me now read that 20 black soldiers were AWOL.    From Wordnik.com.  [What Really Happened To The Soldiers Of The 364Th?] Reference

Later, he spent the last year of his service AWOL in Alabama.    From Wordnik.com.  [MAIL CALL: THE DEAN TEAM GETS SOME REINFORCEMENTS] Reference

Then he took a hit in the back, where his body armor was AWOL.    From Wordnik.com.  ['Naked' Mission] Reference

But he was largely AWOL, Dems say, to protect himself and his brother, George W.    From Wordnik.com.  [Is He A 'Jeb-Come-Lately'?] Reference