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| TRAINING — Security forces from the California Air National Guard’s 129th Rescue Wing at Moffett Federal Airfield march in formation in a daily training and conditioning exercise at a forward-deployed location supporting Operation Enduring Freedom. Photo by Tech. Sgt. Andrew J. Hughan, USAF |
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Wolfowitz Stresses Need to
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| By Jim Garamone / American Forces Press Service |
SINGAPORE, May 31, 2002 — Preventing a war on the Indian subcontinent is the Bush administration's "highest priority," Deputy U.S. Defense Secretary Paul Wolfowitz said here Friday.
Wolfowitz spoke to reporters following an hour-long meeting with Indian Defense Minister George Fernandes. Wolfowitz is in Singapore to attend an Asia security conference.
The deputy secretary said a war between India and Pakistan over Kashmir would be catastrophic. He said Fernandes described the problem as seen by India. Wolfowitz emphasized the U.S. shares India's concerns about infiltration and terrorism.
"We believe terrorism is unacceptable no matter what causes are said to justify it," he said. "But we also believe that a war would be somewhere between terrible and catastrophic and something that really must be avoided."
Earlier in the day, Wolfowitz said a war between India and Pakistan would do untold damage to those two nations and the others in the region. Press reports indicate that 1 million men are under arms on the border between India and Pakistan. In addition to their conventional forces, both
countries have nuclear weapons and the means to deliver them. More |
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| Wolfowitz: Terror Threat Is Real |
| By Jim Garamone / American Forces Press Service |
SINGAPORE — Deputy U.S. Defense Secretary Paul Wolfowitz said while support from Asian countries for the war on terrorism has been outstanding, the people of these countries don't seem to feel the threat of terrorism as keenly as they should.
Wolfowitz will participate in the Asia Security Conference sponsored by the International Institute for Strategic Studies here. He spoke to reporters aboard his aircraft Friday while en route to this island nation.
"One of the important themes of this conference is going to be managing two big challenges at the same time," he said. The first challenge is fighting and winning the global war on terrorism. The second is studying how to provide defense in the future.
Asia, he said, is not paying enough attention to the first challenge. "One of our messages is that the war on terrorism is important not just to the United States — it is very important to Asia," he said.
Wolfowitz pointed out that one of the worst acts of terrorism prior to Sept. 11 happened in Asia — the release of sarin nerve gas in the Tokyo subway system. "But beyond that, I think that any country makes a mistake if they think only the United States is in the terrorists' gun sites — we all are." More |
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May 31, 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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About Face! Civilians
Join Military on Tour |
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| A group of 55 civic, business and industry leaders recently got up close and personal with the U.S. military. During a week-long program, they toured warships, flew in military aircraft, tried out training simulators, fired weapons and got top-level briefings at the Pentagon. Said one participant: "It gave me a new appreciation for the training and professionalism needed to be a part of our United States military." Story |
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FBI Revises Guidelines
To Counter Terrorism |
By Linda D. Kozaryn
American Forces Press Service |
The FBI is freeing field agents to "swiftly and vigorously" counter potential terrorist threats without waiting for headquarters approval or hassling with bureaucratic red tape, according to U.S. Attorney General John Ashcroft.
If you want to prevent terrorist attacks, he said, "you can't limit your investigators to investigating only crimes that have been committed. You have to authorize the investigation to develop information that might help signal that a crime is about to be committed or might be committed, so that action can be taken to prevent (it)."
As of Sept. 11, Ashcroft said, countering terrorism became the central goal of the law enforcement and national security mission of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. FBI and other Justice Department officials have revised the bureau's investigative guidelines to give field agents the legal authority needed to protect the American people from terrorist attacks, he said. More |
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CNN TV Anchor Signs
‘Thank You’ to Troops |
| CNN anchor Paula Zahn signed a virtual 'Thank You Note' to America's service members Friday during a Pentagon visit. "This is a tremendous initiative," the newswoman said after adding her name to the note on DefendAmerica. The Thank You Note commemorates May's National Military Appreciation Month. "I couldn't be prouder to add my name, to become No. 45,582 of the well-wishers," Zahn said. Story
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| Zandra Cooper Ploger |
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 Zandra Cooper Ploger, 48, was a manager at IBM for more than 20 years. She was a passenger on American Airlines flight 77, on a honeymoon with Robert Riis Ploger III.
She was a consummate party organizer and hostess. She loved reading mystery novels and collecting porcelain figurines. She and her new husband were married on a pontoon boat and had four grown children between them. His nickname for her was "Pretty," her nickname for him was "Love." They played tennis together and were "Star Trek" fans.
We will not forget her.
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