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| ABOVE THE CLOUDS — A B-1B
Lancer flies a mission in support of Operation Enduring
Freedom. Photo by Staff Sgt. Sarah Webb-Frost, USAF |
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Wolfowitz Hails Progress
in U.S.
Anti-Terror War in Afghanistan |
| By Gerry J. Gilmore / American
Forces Press Service |
WASHINGTON,
May 15, 2002 — The U.S. military campaign against terrorists
in Afghanistan has achieved many of its objectives, U.S. Deputy
Defense Secretary Paul Wolfowitz said Wednesday.
"I think we've made terrific progress.
... It's quite impressive," Wolfowitz observed at a news
conference in the National Press Club. American and coalition
military operations in Afghanistan — Operation Enduring
Freedom — began last October. Wolfowitz praised the commander
of U.S. forces in Afghanistan, Army Gen. Tommy Franks, and his
staff, noting they "put together a plan out of nothing"
in a few weeks. Following that plan, U.S. and coalition troops
liberated the city of Mazar-e Sharif in northern Afghanistan
in five or six weeks, Wolfowitz said. "It's testimony to
what our men and women in uniform can do — it's incredible,"
the deputy defense secretary said.
The Taliban have been removed from power and
Afghanistan has been essentially eliminated as an operating
base for terrorists, he noted. While terrorists are still in
and around Afghanistan, Wolfowitz pointed out, "they're
not able to plan or organize or do very much." In
addition, he said, Afghanistan has been made more hospitable
for a better government to take root. More |
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| U.S.,
NATO Strengthen Ties with Russia |
The
United States and Russia are forging "a strong friendship
and partnership," says U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell.
Russia wants "partnership relations,
constructive relations and predictable relations" with
the U.S., says Russian Foreign Minister Igor Ivanov.
The Cold War is over, both men said Tuesday
during a press conference in Iceland. It's a new world. The
U.S., NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) allies and Russia
are now working together to combat terrorism and ensure international
stability.
This week, the U.S. and NATO took further
steps to strengthen ties with Russia. A U.S.-Russian treaty
will reduce both countries' nuclear arsenals. A NATO-Russia
Council will enhance cooperation among the 19 NATO members and
Russia.
President Bush announced Monday that the
United States and Russia have agreed to a treaty that "will
liquidate the legacy of the Cold War." Story |
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| A new recruit
practices saluting at the Afghan National Army training
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May 15, 2002
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May is National Military Appreciation Month in
the United States. Send your thanks to the men
and women of the U.S. military by signing this
online thank
you note
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A
Family Affair: Chaplain,
Daughter Serve Together |
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| The family
that serves together... |
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| Most
deployed service members have to wait for their
twice-weekly morale phone calls to get a feeling
of family and home. But Chaplain (Capt.) Keith Dobbe
can see his daughter, Senior Airman Jael Dobbe,
any time he wants: they're deployed together. Story |
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Crusader's Fate
Tied to
Lessons in Afghanistan |
The successful use
of precision munitions in Afghanistan reinforced the U.S.
Defense Department's decision to scratch the Army's Crusader
artillery system, Deputy U.S. Defense Secretary Paul Wolfowitz
said Wednesday.
Wolfowitz, speaking at a Brookings Institution
news conference, said laser-guided aerial bombs such as
the Joint Direct Attack Munition have been used to good
effect against Taliban and Al Qaeda terrorists in Afghanistan.
That success "reinforced" the Department's decision
to pass on the Crusader, he said.
U.S. Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld
is slated to appear Thursday before the Senate Armed Services
Committee to discuss his decision to ax the Crusader during
talks about the fiscal 2003 Defense Department budget.
Development work on the Crusader began
around 1994, but a lot has happened before and since.
For example, the U.S. military has increased its use of
precision air-delivered weapons -- from 3 percent in Operation
Desert Storm to 30 percent in Kosovo to 60 percent so
far in Afghanistan. Story
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| Reconstruction of Sultan Rasia
Girls School - Coalition Humanitarian Liaison
Cell in Mazar-e-Sharif: Work continues on reconstruction
of the main building of the Sultan Rasia Girls School
in Mazar-e-Sharif. Approximately 60% of the two-story
building requires repairs. Work progresses on the
foundation for that portion of the building that
will be rebuilt while scaffolding is being erected
in another portion of the building, allowing for
emplacement of a new roof. |
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| Christopher C.
Newton |
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 Christopher
C. Newton, 38, the chief executive officer of
Work/Life Benefits, was a passenger on American
Airlines flight 77.
He was preparing to move the
offices of the California-based workplace management
firm to suburban Washington, D.C., where his
family had already moved.
Survivors include his wife,
Amy, and children Michael and Sarah.
We will not forget him.
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