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Contracting: A Sure Bet For Veterans
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A Civilian Career for Military Journalists
July 10, 2009
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Defense Department Contracts for 2,400 More MRAP Vehicles
October 19, 2007
WASHINGTON, Oct. 19, 2007 - The Defense Department has let contracts for an additional 2,400 mine-resistant, ambush-protected vehicles, bringing the total number of the vehicles ordered to 8,800.
Pakistan's Bhutto Ends 8-Year Exile with Jubilant Homecoming
October 18, 2007
Hundreds of thousands of supporters of Pakistan's former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto are cheering her homecoming after eight years in self-imposed exile.
Doonesbury Creator, Military Bloggers Compile New Book
October 18, 2007
WASHINGTON, Oct. 18, 2007 - War can inspire great writing, like a series of superlative dispatches from servicemembers in Iraq and Afghanistan compiled in a new book that offers an arresting glimpse of life on the front lines.
Gates Aims to Resolve Disconnect Between Military, Security Contractors
October 18, 2007
WASHINGTON, Oct. 18, 2007 - Multinational Force Iraq and private security contractors too often are working at cross purposes, Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates told Pentagon reporters today.
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Democrats Want Changes in Iraq
By Scott Stearns
Voice of America News
Washington, November 25, 2006 -- Following their victory over Republicans in this month's Congressional elections, Democrats say they will push for a change of course in Iraq.
Congressman Steny Hoyer
Congressman Steny Hoyer
Incoming House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer says his party will work with President Bush and Congressional Republicans to forge a new direction in Iraq, because, he says, the current strategy is not working.
"Sectarian violence continues to rage," he said. "Our brave service men and women continue to be maimed and killed."
"And, the war is not making our nation safer, or more secure. In the days ahead, Iraqis must make the tough decisions, and accept responsibility for their future. And the Iraqis must know our commitment, while great, is not unending," he continued.
Hoyer's Democratic radio address was recorded Wednesday, before the latest round of sectarian violence, which has killed more than 200 people.
President Bush says U.S. troops in Iraq are battling terrorists, who Mr. Bush says would come to the United States, if American forces were to withdraw from Iraq prematurely.
The president says he is working with Iraqi leaders to transfer more responsibility for their own security, but has repeatedly said that decisions about U.S. troop levels there must be made by commanders in the field, and not by politicians in Washington.
The president has met with Hoyer and other Democratic leaders since the election, and both sides have vowed to work together on Iraq.
President Bush
President Bush
In the president's weekly radio address, he reflected on this past week's Thanksgiving holiday, saying Americans are grateful for the men and women in uniform who protect American freedoms.
On his way home from an Asian-Pacific economic conference in Vietnam, Mr. Bush met with troops at an Air Force base in Hawaii.
He said, "Our service members there have deployed around the world - to fight the terrorists in Afghanistan and Iraq, conduct important maritime exercises in the Pacific, help deliver humanitarian aid to the victims of disaster and fight drug-trafficking."
"I told the men and women at the base that we're grateful for their bravery and service, and that we will never forget those who have made the ultimate sacrifice," President Bush added.
The president travels to Europe in the coming week for a summit of the NATO alliance in Latvia. He will then travel to Jordan for talks with the Iraqi prime minister.
U.S. National Security Advisor Stephen Hadley says the Bush administration is not looking for what he calls a big, bold announcement from those talks.
Instead, the two men will discuss a joint commission, established to speed the transfer of more responsibility to the Iraqi government, and how regional states can better support it.
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