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| Help Fight Terror |
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| Transcripts |
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| CONVOY
SECURITY — Army Pfc. John Koepke, Headquarters
and Headquarters Battery, 2nd Battalion, 11th Field Artillery,
mans an M2 .50 caliber machine gun for security during
a stop on a convoy from Kirkuk Air Base to Forward Operating
Base Dibbis, Iraq, April 7, 2004, supporting Operation
Iraqi Freedom. U.S. Army photo by Sgt. April Johnson
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| Rumsfeld Extends Iraq-Kuwait Deployments for 20,000 Troops |
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| By Gerry J. Gilmore / American Forces Press Service |
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WASHINGTON, April 15, 2004 — About 20,000 soldiers now in Iraq and Kuwait will serve at least 90 days past their originally scheduled tours of duty, senior DoD leaders said here today.
"Our country is engaged in a global war on terror; we have things we simply must do" to achieve victory, Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld told reporters at a Pentagon news conference. Marine Gen. Peter Pace, Joint Chiefs of Staff vice chairman, also took part.
Senior U.S. military commanders,
Rumsfeld noted, had recently asked for more troops to mitigate
insurgent activity in Iraq, most notably in and around Fallujah
and Najaf. More Briefing |
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| Wolfowitz: U.S. at Crossroads, But Signs Say 'We Will Win' |
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| By U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Doug Sample / American Forces Press Service |
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WASHINGTON, April 15, 2004 — America is at a crossroads that is no less dangerous than the threat of the Cold War, but will emerge victorious, Deputy Defense Secretary Paul Wolfowitz said here today.
Wolfowitz was the keynote speaker
at a luncheon honoring Paul H. Nitze, a former colleague and a
key architect of U.S. policy toward the Soviet Union. Nitze was
a principal author of the National Security Council strategic outline
of U.S. countermeasures against the Soviet threat. More |
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Voter Education Key For Iraqi
Elections, U.N. Official Says |
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| By Gerry J. Gilmore / American Forces Press Service |
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WASHINGTON, April 15, 2004 — Iraqi citizens who will vote in January's elections will need to be educated about the new system, a senior United Nations official said in Baghdad today.
The "most important thing in an election," observed U.N. election expert Carina Perelli, is "to make sure that the voters and the citizens know exactly what … they are voting for" and how the electoral process works. More |
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| The Hunt Continues |
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| U.S. Army 2nd Battalion, 27th Infantry, 25th Infantry Division, soldiers pass through a valley during a mission in Orgun-E, Afghanistan, April 5, 2004. U.S. Army photo by Spc. Gul A Alisan Photo Essay Archive |
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Myers Visits Multinational
Division Center-South |
| CAMP BABYLON,
Iraq, April 16, 2004 — Air Force Gen.
Richard Myers, chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff, visited
the Headquarters, Multinational Division Center-South,
April 15 at Camp Babylon, Al-Hillah, Iraq, according
to Combined Joint Task Force 7 officials. More |
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| Transformation |
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Defense Officials Approve
New Civilian Personnel Plan |
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| WASHINGTON, April 15, 2004 — Senior leadership in the Defense Department approved the plans for the new National Security Personnel System, Secretary of the Navy Gordon R. England said April 14. More |
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Defense Dept. to
Streamline Exchange Service |
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| WASHINGTON, April 15, 2004 — The Defense Department will streamline business operations across the military exchange system, much like private sector retail chains did years ago, a former chief of the Army and Air Force Exchange Service said today. More |
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Space Superiority
Essential in War on Terror |
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| RAMSTEIN AIR BASE, Germany, April 13, 2004 (USAFENS) — The global war on terror is not limited to Earth’s air, land and sea - it's also being fought in space. “The war in space really started when they (Saddam Hussein’s military) attempted to jam our global positioning system satellite signal,” Gen. Lance W. Lord, Air Force Space Command commander, said recently. More |
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Army Initiatives
Transform Intel Capabilities |
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| WASHINGTON, April 13, 2004 (Army News Service) — While more than 100 fixes are already in place to boost Army intelligence capabilities in Operations Iraqi Freedom and Enduring Freedom, more initiatives are on the way. More |
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Defense Dept. Health Officials
Concerned Over Military Suicides |
| WASHINGTON, April 15, 2004 — The number of suicides in Iraq has the full attention of Defense Department health officials, who are asking soldiers suffering from combat related stress to seek medical assistance. More |
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| Vice President Richard B. Cheney |
| "...Today we know that the peace and stability that all civilized nations seek are under threat, as new and grave dangers continue to gather. In nations around the globe, terror networks have plotted against civilized people, and have grown bolder in their destructive ambitions." |
Remarks in Shanghai, China, April 15, 2004 |
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Defense Secretary
Donald H. Rumsfeld |
| "The coalition forces have had a tough period of days in Iraq, but the forces are performing with courage and with determination, and certainly the American people can be very proud of them." |
Pentagon Briefing, April 15, 2004 |
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JUTIAPA, Guatemala, April 15, 2004 — There is a common thread when service members living and working on Base Camp Quetzal here discuss Army Staff Sgt. Erwin Kohlmorgen. They all have respect and a genuine fondness for him. 
