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ISF, MND-B Soldiers detain suspected criminals
BAGHDAD –Iraqi Security Forces partnered with Multi-National Division – Baghdad Soldiers detained three suspected criminals Feb. 24-25 while conducting operations in the Rashid district of southern Baghdad.
Umm Qasr residents get new medical facility
BASRA, Iraq— Basra officials opened a newly completed primary healthcare clinic Feb. 19, the first of its kind in Umm Qasr, located on the southern edge of Iraq.
Progress in Baghdad Continues on all Fronts, Commander Reports
WASHINGTON — Almost two months after the new status-of-forces and strategic framework agreements took effect in Iraq, a brigade commander in Baghdad Monday reported record-low violence as Iraqi Security Forces assume ever-increasing responsibilities.
Job Opportunities Abound for Sons of Iraq
BAGHDAD — The Government of Iraq (GoI) and Coalition forces will complete the transfer of the Sons of Iraq (SoI) security volunteers to Iraqi control by April, and officials say they now are focused on transitioning the men into jobs and educational programs.
Afghan, Coalition Forces Kill 10 Militants, Detain Six
WASHINGTON, Feb. 25, 2009 – Afghan forces, aided by coalition troops, killed 10 militants and detained six suspected insurgent fighters today and yesterday, military officials reported.
Security Forces Provide Safety Net for Reconstruction Mission
FORWARD OPERATING BASE GARDEZ, Afghanistan, Feb. 25, 2009 – Army 1st Lt. Nicholas Camardo is a self-described pain in the backside. An infantry officer with the Illinois Army National Guard, Camardo is in charge of the security force tasked with keeping the provincial reconstruction team in Afghanistan’s Paktia province safe as it travels around the region meeting with local leaders and helping to rebuild communities.
Security, Development Intertwine in Afghanistan War
FORWARD OPERATING BASE GARDEZ, Afghanistan, Feb. 26, 2009 – In a recent meeting in downtown Gardez City with local government officials, Army Lt. Col. Donald Cullison struck an unintentional pose that symbolizes coalition efforts in eastern Afghanistan.
Combat Camera Troops Record History
SATHER AIR BASE — When thinking of the word combat, many have visions of fire fights, violent conflicts and warfare. For a few Airmen and Soldiers, the word combat means being armed with a camera.
Face of Defense: Father, Son Team Up for Iraq Reconstruction
TALLIL AIR BASE, Iraq, Feb. 25, 2009 – An Arkansas father-and-son team is part of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ massive rebuilding efforts in Iraq.
Army couple re-enlists in combat zone
BAGRAM AIR FIELD, Afghanistan (February 25, 2009) – Two Army Soldiers of Headquarters and Headquarters Co., Task Force Spartan, 10th Mountain Division, took a step toward an Army life together during a re-enlistment ceremony earlier this month.
Join nearly 40 nationwide tea parties across U. S.
Americans are saying enough is enough to extravagant government spending and throwing nearly 40 tea parties across the nation to protest. Kellen Giuda, a laid-off architect, is organizing his own New York City tea party.
Obama forecasts $1. 75 trillion deficit this year
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama will forecast a 2009 deficit of $1.75 trillion in a budget proposal on Thursday that sets goals of overhauling the healthcare system and shoring up the U.S. economy.
Obama Seeks $634B Over 10 Years for Health Care
WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama's first budget will seek $634 billion over 10 years as a down payment on health care reform, a senior administration official said Wednesday.
House OKs $410B spending, reverses Bush policies
WASHINGTON – The Democratic-controlled House pushed through a $410 billion measure Wednesday that boosted domestic programs, bristled with earmarks and chipped away at policies left behind by the Bush administration.
PIG OUT ON FINE $WINE
WASHINGTON - Congress went on a pork-a-palooza yesterday, approving a massive spending bill with big bucks for Hawaiian canoe trips, research into pig smells, and tattoo removal - all while the nation faces an economic crisis.
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The 2% Illusion
President Obama has laid out the most ambitious and expensive domestic agenda since LBJ, and now all he has to do is figure out how to pay for it. On Tuesday, he left the impression that we need merely end "tax breaks for the wealthiest 2% of Americans," and he promised that households earning less than $250,000 won't see their taxes increased by "one single dime.
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Edward Johnson slams FDR,‘New Deal II’
Fidelity’s Edward “Ned” Johnson jumped into the controversial debate over President Obama’s “New Deal II” and what Johnson called government “make-work projects.
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Netanyahu Set to Fight Recession With Repeat Dose of Tax Cuts
Feb. 26 (Bloomberg) -- Benjamin Netanyahu plans to apply the same small-government policies when he becomes Israel’s prime minister as he did six years ago as finance minister. Then, his tax and spending cuts helped lift the economy out of recession. They may be less suitable this time around.
U. S. sweep said to cripple Mexico drug cartel
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. authorities capped a nearly two-year campaign against one of Mexico's most violent drug cartels with 52 arrests on Wednesday, and said they had crippled its U.S. distribution network.
Likely intel pick: Muslims were here first
TEL AVIV, Israel – The Obama administration's reported pick for a top intelligence post once peddled a book to U.S. public schools that falsely claims Muslims inhabited North America far before European explorers.
Boxer Seeks to Ratify U. N. Treaty That May Erode U. S. Rights
Sen. Barbara Boxer is urging the U.S. to ratify a United Nations measure meant to expand the rights of children, a move critics are calling a gross assault on parental rights that could rob the U.S. of sovereignty.
'Colonel' from Pakistan wanted in Mumbai case
NEW DELHI, India (CNN) -- A Pakistani man using "colonel" as a title is one of about three dozen people wanted over November's terrorist attacks in Mumbai, but his connections with the Pakistani army have not been established, Indian prosecutors say.
Japan's boffins: Global warming isn't man-made
Japanese scientists have made a dramatic break with the UN and Western-backed hypothesis of climate change in a new report from its Energy Commission.
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