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| ANTI-TANK FIRE — U.S. Army Spc. Thomas Johnson, a legal specialist assigned to the 25th Infantry Division's Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, shoots an AT-4 anti-tank weapon during familiarization training at the Udari range in Kuwait, Feb. 3, 2004. Soldiers of the Hawaii-based 25th Infantry Division division recently deployed in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. U.S. Army photo by Spc. Sean Kimmons |
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| Defense Ministers to Discuss Iraq, Future of NATO Forces |
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| By Kathleen T. Rhem / American Forces Press Service |
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MUNICH, Germany, Feb. 6, 2004 — Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld arrived here late Feb. 5 on the first leg of a five-day European trip that will also include stops in Zagreb, Croatia, and London.
Top topics at the conference are likely to include Afghanistan, Iraq and the future of NATO forces in Bosnia-Hercegovina, Rumsfeld explained to reporters traveling with him during the trans-Atlantic flight. Story |
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| Rumsfeld Commends Tenet for Supporting Intell Community |
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| By Kathleen T. Rhem / American Forces Press Service |
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MUNICH, Germany, Feb. 6, 2004 — Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said Feb. 5 that it was important for CIA chief George Tenet to talk about U.S. intelligence successes.
Earlier that day at Georgetown University, Tenet made a detailed presentation in support of statements administration officials made in the weeks leading up to war in Iraq. Rumsfeld, somewhere over the Atlantic en route to a security conference in Munich, listened to Tenet's speech over a satellite phone call back to the Pentagon. More |
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| CIA Chief Details Pre-War Intell
Estimates of Iraq’s Weapons |
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| By Donna Miles / American Forces Press Service |
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WASHINGTON, Feb. 5, 2004 — It is still too soon to know if prewar intelligence estimates about Iraq's weapons of mass destruction programs were accurate, the U.S. director of central intelligence said here today.
But based on facts known today, George J. Tenet did venture to make what he called "provisional" assessments for a Georgetown University audience: that deposed Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein either had, had expressed an interest in, or was pursing ways to get and deliver chemical, biological and nuclear weapons. More Remarks |
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| Bush: Iraq Liberation Removed Source of Violence, Instability |
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| By Jim Garamone / American Forces Press Service |
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WASHINGTON, Feb. 5, 2004 — "Knowing what I knew then, and knowing what I know today, America did the right thing in Iraq," President Bush told a crowd in Charleston, S.C., today.
Bush spoke at a homeland security event at the container port in Charleston. He said the liberation of Iraq was an act of justice. "The liberation of Iraq removed a source of violence and instability from the Middle East," he said. "And the liberation of Iraq removed an enemy of this country and made America more secure." More Remarks White House Fact Sheet |
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Continental
U.S. Armies
Mobilize 200,000 Soldiers |
WASHINGTON,
Feb. 5, 2004 - The two continental U.S. armies have mobilized,
trained and deployed more than 200,000 Army Reserve and
National Guard troops in support of the War on Terror,
since Sept. 11, 2001.
First Army, headquartered at Fort Gillem, Ga.,
has mobilized more than 144,000 Army Reserve and National Guard troops in the
past 29 months. Fifth Army, headquartered at Fort Sam Houston, Texas, has mobilized
more than 104,000 reserve-component troops. Story |
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Fisher House Explains Rules
For Free Airline Tickets |
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WASHINGTON, Feb. 3, 2004 — Although the Defense Department provides a travel entitlement for service members and their families in serious medical emergencies, the Fisher House Foundation is hoping to help those service members and families not covered under the rule.
Through a program the foundation joined called Operation Hero Miles, the Fisher House hopes to give away hundreds of free airline tickets to help reunite wounded service members and their families. Story |
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Singer
Dedicates Song
To Front-Line Troops |
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NASHVILLE,
Tenn., Feb. 4, 2004 — Like
many Americans, country songwriter
Dave Gibson was glued to
the television and the Internet
the Sunday morning when the
world learned of Saddam Hussein’s
capture.
“I thought to myself, ‘Somebody
ought to write a song about
this,’” said
Gibson, a former front
man for the famed country
act, the Gibson/Miller
Band. So he picked up his guitar and started playing it. The song was done in two hours. More |
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Send
your 'Best Wishes' to the
troops waging the global war on terror. |
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Defense
Officials
Identify Army Casualty |
WASHINGTON,
Feb. 5, 2004 — Defense Department officials
announced today the death of a soldier who was
supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom.
2nd Lt. Seth J. Dvorin, 24, of New Jersey, died Feb.
3 in Iskandariyah, Iraq, when an improvised explosive
device (IED) exploded while he was conducting counter-IED
operations along a supply route. Dvorin was assigned
to Battery B, 3rd Battalion, 62nd Air Defense Artillery
Regiment, based at Fort Drum, N.Y. |
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BAGHDAD, Iraq - More than 250 students and teachers welcomed soldiers at the grand opening of the Kalid Al-Walid elementary school in Al-Yarmuk district of Baghdad Jan 26. 
BAGHDAD, Iraq, Feb. 5, 2004 - In a transfer of authority ceremony at the Warrior Palace, the 18th Military Police Brigade handed over the responsibility for the Military Police mission in Baghdad to the 89th Military Police Brigade Jan 31. Brig. Gen. Martin Dempsey, 1st Armored Division commanding general, spoke on the success of the 18th Military Police, saying the brigade set Iraq on a course for freedom, while providing area support for a military movement “such as the world has never known.” 
ALEXANDRIA,
Va. — U.S. Army Spc. Al Heppner was on quite
a race walk roll during January.
SOUTHWEST ASIA, Feb. 4, 2004 — Every day, team members of the 379th Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadron here are seen doing a multitude of tasks, from digging trenches for electrical wiring to working multiple 12-hour and longer days to set up Cadillac restroom facilities. 
KARSHI-KHANABAD AIRFIELD, Uzbekistan (AFPN) — For 25 members of the aerial port flight here, every day would be "Groundhog Day" if they focused only on the day-to-day task of moving passengers and cargo. But for this team from the Nevada Air National Guard's 152nd Airlift Wing, the mission is not just loading and unloading aircraft, it is providing precise, efficient and innovative support to combat forces who are fighting the war on terrorism.