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— Two F-15s from Langley AFB, VA., and an
F-16 from Shaw Air Force Base, S.C., prepare for
refueling during an Operation Northern Watch mission.
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Bush Signs Resolution
Authorizing
Use of U.S. Force Against Saddam |
| By Gerry J. Gilmore / American
Forces Press Service |
WASHINGTON,
Oct. 16, 2002 — With a few pen strokes this morning, the
chief executive set the nation on course for possibly another
major military confrontation with Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein.
Sporting a vivid crimson tie, U.S. President George W. Bush
signed Resolution 114, passed last week in bipartisan votes
in both houses of Congress. The resolution authorizes the use
of U.S. military power to make Iraq comply with U.N. resolutions
it signed in 1991 to end the Persian Gulf War.
The
U.S. resolution "symbolizes the united purpose of our nation,
expresses the considered judgment of the Congress, and marks
an important event in the life of America," Bush said at
the White House ceremony.
Bush noted
Iraq has steadfastly refused to jettison its chemical, biological
and nuclear weapons of mass destruction programs. He called
the Iraqi regime "a serious and growing threat to peace."
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New Thinking Needed to Counter
21st Century Enemies, Threats |
| By Jim Garamone / American Forces
Press Service |
WASHINGTON,
Oct. 16, 2002 — At the heart of the new National Security
Strategy is a fundamental change in the way America addresses
the 21st century threat of weapons of mass destruction, said
presidential adviser Robert Joseph.
Joseph,
speaking at the Fletcher Conference here Oct. 16, said the greatest
difference between previous strategies and the one President
Bush released Sept. 17 is in "the description of and the
prescription for defending against today's threats." Joseph
is an adviser to the National Security Council.
He
said the war on terrorism is a new type of war that requires
America to think differently about threats and to harness new
tools and methods to defeat those threats. More
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Rumsfeld
Approves FBI's Request
For Support in Hunting Serial Sniper |
| By Gerry J. Gilmore / American
Forces Press Service |
WASHINGTON, Oct. 16, 2002 — The Pentagon
has been enlisted to support efforts to catch a deadly sniper
who has preyed on metro Washington residents since Oct. 2.
The FBI, the lead government law enforcement
agency in the case, recently asked DoD for help in stopping
the elusive shooter, who has killed nine persons and wounded
two, DoD spokesman Marine Corps Maj. Ben Owens said today.
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Threat of Force Necessary
To Disarm Iraqi Regime |
By Jim Garamone
American Forces Press Service |
WASHINGTON, Oct. 16, 2002 — No one should believe Saddam
Hussein will give up his weapons of mass destruction
without the threat of force, U.S. Deputy Defense Secretary Paul
Wolfowitz said today.
Wolfowitz told the Fletcher Conference here that Hussein
will only give up the weapons "if he believes that it is
the necessary price for his survival and the survival of
his regime."
The deputy said Americans agree that a world without a
Saddam Hussein-ruled Iraq would be safer, and the Iraqi
people would be far better off free of his Ba'athist
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World's
Best Photographers
To Capture Armed Forces |
| WASHINGTON,
Oct. 15, 2002 — On Oct. 22, top military and civilian
photographers will capture 24 hours in the U.S. armed
forces at sites throughout the United States and across
the globe. Their work that day will be compiled with images
taken by about 25 other military photographers and 100
civilian photographers. The result will be "A Day
in the Life of the United States Armed Forces," a
coffee-table book to be published in May 2003. More
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| COALITION PARTNERS — Members
of the Italian Air Force unload supplies and equipment
at a forward deployed location as part of coalition
forces in support of Operation Enduring Freedom.
The Italian Air Force are new arrivals to the coalition
forces at Ganci Air Base, Kyrgystan. U.S. Air Force
Photo by Tech. Sgt. James R. Hart Jr. |
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Security
Strategy Based
On American Values |
WASHINGTON
— The nation's new national security strategy
are based upon the values of America -- "life,
liberty and the pursuit of happiness. The new strategy
says human dignity is "nonnegotiable," and
that its integral elements include the rule of law,
limits on state power, free speech, freedom of religion,
respect for women, ethnic and national tolerance and
respect for private property. Changing threats mean
changing responses, and defense and White House officials
have termed the document the most radical reshaping
of the strategy since the end of the Cold War. Story
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Since Oct.
7, 2001, 53 Americans have died supporting the war
on terrorism. On the one-year anniversary of the
start of Operation Enduring Freedom, we honor their
sacrifice.
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