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| SUNSET — An F-14B Tomcat
taxies away from the arresting wire on the USS John
F. Kennedy. The Kennedy and her embarked carrier
air wing are conducting combat missions in support
of Operation Enduring Freedom. Photo by Photographer's
Mate 1st Class (NAO) Jim Hampshire, USN |
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Bush: America Has a
Mission
To Fight Terror, Defend Values |
| By Linda D. Kozaryn / American
Forces Press Service |
WASHINGTON,
April 30, 2002 — The United States has a special mission
to defend justice and advance freedom, U.S. President George
W. Bush said Tuesday in an address to the Commonwealth and Churchill
Clubs in San Jose, Calif.
"We must defend the land we love and
act on the ideals that gave it birth," he said. "Whenever
America fights for the security of our country, we also fight
for the values of our country." More |
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A Visit to Herat: Rumsfeld
Meets with Governor Khan |
| After
U.S. Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld visited Ismail Khan,
governor of Herat, in western Afghanistan, he described his
host as "thoughtful, measured and self-confident."
The trip was shrouded in secrecy, but it provided a memorable
ending to the secretary's five-day trip to central Asia. Story
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Students Explore
Meaning
Of Freedom on Webcast |
| A soldier,
a Marine and an Air Force bomber pilot discussed patriotism
and freedom with an audience of middle school students
in a nationwide Webcast Tuesday. The pilot, 1st Lt. Kathryn
"Kate" Gries, who flew missions over Afghanistan,
said she was able to become a bomber pilot because of
freedom in America. But she noted: "Along with freedom
comes responsibility, not only to preserve it, but to
appreciate it." Story
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| Kandahar Hospital Project
Completed - Coalition Joint Civil Military Operations
Task Force (CJCMOTF)-Kabul: Repairs to the southern
wing of the Mirwais Hospital, funded by USAID, are
complete. Reconstruction of the hospital, the first
project identified in Kandahar province, began in
March and was completed ahead of schedule. The hospital
wing, previously used as a detention ward for prisoners
and detainees admitted to the hospital, was damaged
during the two-month Al Qaeda hostage stand-off
in January. The wing will now be used as a recovery
ward for surgical patients. The Mirwais Hospital
is the largest one in the province and the primary
hospital for Kandahar, the second largest city in
Afghanistan. It provides medical services to more
than 1.5 million residents of the Oruzgan, Helmand
and Zabul provinces. This project was considered
a priority project that will increase the standard
of health care in the surrounding areas. Coalition
bombing originally damaged the facility. The reconstructed
two-story southern wing will now serve as a recovery
ward for surgical patients and will increase the
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| Robert Maxwell |
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 Robert
Maxwell, 56, worked at the Pentagon as a civilian
budget analyst for the U.S. Army.
He liked shrimp Creole and
listening to Janis Joplin. His wife, Karen Greenberg,
remembers how he brought stuffed Asian duck
feet when she first invited him home to meet
her father. "It took some thought,”
she said. “Anybody can bring flowers."
She said he always gave her two cards for romantic
occasions, "one ridiculous, one sincere."
Survivors include his wife
and stepson, Tanner.
We will not forget him.
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