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| PUBLIC SERVANTS — U.S. President
George W. Bush thanks government employees at Constitution
Hall in Washington, D.C., for their help in providing
homeland security. Photo by Linda D. Kozaryn |
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Bush Thanks Military,
Government
Workers for Help in Anti-Terror War |
| ‘We’ll
do what’s necessary to protect America’ |
| By Linda D. Kozaryn / American
Forces Press Service |
WASHINGTON,
July 10, 2002 — "Public service in America today is
not just another job. It is an important act of citizenship,"
U.S. President George W. Bush said Wednesday.
More than 3,000 government workers nearly
packed Constitution Hall to hear the president talk about their
vital role in protecting America. He commended them for their
sacrifice and dedication and for using their time, talent and
energy to work for others.
With U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell,
Attorney General John Ashcroft and several other Cabinet secretaries
and agency directors in the audience, Bush called on the government
workers to support his plans for a new Cabinet-level Department
of Homeland Security.
"We've got to do everything we can to
ensure the American people that our government and the fine
folks who work on behalf of the taxpayers work in a smart way,
a dedicated way," Bush said.
More than 100 federal agencies and organizations
have a role in homeland security, the president said, and that
means "that despite everybody's best intentions, hard work
and sacrifice," there is a dispersal of authority, a lack
of accountability and a needless drain on critical resources.
Bush said a Department of Homeland Security
would unify federal efforts and avoid administrative overlap
and duplication. Creation of the department would be the most
significant reorganization of government since 1947, he said.
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Ridge: New Department
Will Unite
Nation's Homeland Security Efforts |
| The
Homeland Security Department proposed by U.S. President George
W. Bush would have nearly 170,000 employees and a budget of
more than $37 billion. It also would unite the efforts of 100
federal agencies and organizations that currently play a role
in homeland security. Story |
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| Eye in the Sky
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| A Global
Hawk aerial reconnaissance system is rolled out for a
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Jul 10, 2002
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Wolfowitz Says
Allies Must
Keep Al Qaeda 'On the Run' |
By Rudi Williams
American Forces Press Service |
WASHINGTON —
The Al Qaeda terrorist network isn't like a snake that
you can kill by cutting off its head. Rather, it's like
a disease that has infected a healthy body "and you've
got to fight all of the various different sources of infection,"
Deputy U.S. Defense Secretary Paul Wolfowitz said Tuesday.
Appearing on the Fox News Channel, Wolfowitz
said the United States and its allies have made a lot
of progress during Operation Enduring Freedom. "But,"
he added, "if we let up the pressure, (Al Qaeda)
will come back and you see all kinds of signs that they
continue to regroup and reorganize. We've got to keep
them on the run." More
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Cooks Provide
Variety in
Halal Meals to Detainees |
By Rudi Williams
American Forces Press Service |
NAVAL STATION GUANTANAMO
BAY, Cuba — "The hotter the food, the better
they like it," observes U.S. Navy mess specialist
Chief Petty Officer Colleen M. Schonhoff. But she said
preparing tasty, nutritious, spicy hot food for the Muslim
detainees here at Camp Delta isn't her major concern.
"We have to make sure that the
food is halal approved," said Schonhoff, overseer
of the galleys at Guantanamo Bay that feed the detainees
and U.S. service members. "Meats for the detainees
have to be handled a certain way under Muslim requirements."
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| U.S. Embassy Donates School
Supplies - Civil Affairs Team Kabul coordinated
the delivery of U.S. Embassy school supplies to
the Chehltun School. Donations included boxes of
English language training books, paper and a desk
for the principal. The U.S. Embassy donated supplies
from materials stored in the American Cultural Center
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| Antionette Sherman |
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Antionette Sherman, 35, worked in the Pentagon
for the U.S. Army.
She enjoyed taking care of
her dogs, Oreo and Rex, and had been looking
forward to an upcoming cruise.
Survivors include her parents,
Eloise and Charles Clark, and her foster son.
We will not forget her.
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