08/29/2002
Ridge Calls for New Thinking, not Just New Money
WASHINGTON - Just spending money is not enough to protect the homeland, said Tom Ridge. The United States also must have new ideas, new thinking and new structures to confront the terrorist challenge.
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08/29/2002
Helping Children Cope With Sept. 11 Anniversary
WASHINGTON - Many adults will have a tough time coping with the anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. But children and adolescents were also affected. What should parents do to help their kids get through this period?
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08/29/2002
Growing Past the Trauma of Sept. 11
WASHINGTON - As the anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks approaches, people may find themselves experiencing emotions they felt they were past.
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08/29/2002
A Brother's Commitment
WASHINGTON - 59 passengers and crewmembers aboard the aircraft and 125 service members and civilian workers.
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08/29/2002
Service Members Pledge Support for Anti-Terror War
WASHINGTON - Sailors and Marines in San Diego and nearby Camp Pendleton were glad to see Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld during his recent California visit and are proud to serve their country in the war against global terrorism.
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08/29/2002
No Question U.S. Would Pre-empt Another 9-11, Cheney Says
WASHINGTON, Aug. 29, 2002 Vice President Dick Cheney said today the terrorists who struck America - that the United States seeks to thwart terrorists' plans and hunt them down one-by-one to bring them to justice. "Wherever terrorists operate, we must stop them," he said.
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08/27/2002
Cheney Salutes War Veterans, Pledges Better Service
WASHINGTON - Vice President Dick Cheney saluted America's war veterans Monday as an example for the nation and said, "Every veteran deserves a response that is fair, respectful and prompt" when dealing with the federal government.
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08/27/2002
Dead Men Do Tell Tales
WASHINGTON - When a Special Forces soldier died unexpectedly of malaria in Puerto Rico recently, one of the first military medical officers notified was Army Maj. (Dr.) Lisa Pearse.
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08/26/2002
Rumsfeld Town Hall Meeting Available Worldwide
WASHINGTON - Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld's Town Hall meeting with Marines and sailors at Camp Pendleton, Calif. will be available worldwide through the Armed Forces Radio and Television Service and satellite transmission.
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08/23/2002
Observances to Mark Sept. 11 Anniversary
WASHINGTON - A year ago, the World Trade Center's Twin Towers stood tall on the New York City skyline, people at the Pentagon barely noticed the planes flying low overhead, and a rural field southeast of Pittsburgh was just a field.
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08/22/2002
Military Police Safeguard the Pentagon
WASHINGTON - The mission began with fire and smoke, chaos and confusion. For the first time in history, terrorists had attacked the Pentagon. In the immediate aftermath, defense officials called on the Army's military police to help restore security and safeguard the military headquarters.
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08/21/2002
Troops Cheer Rumsfeld at Texas Base
WASHINGTON - Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld was a big hit with soldiers and other service members at the Army's Fort Hood when he told them he's all for hiring more civilians to let troops concentrate on warfighting.
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08/16/2002
Senior Civilian Returns To Pentagon, Recalls Attack
WASHINGTON - Around 9:30 a.m. on September 11, 2001, lawyer Peter M. Murphy recalled he was standing near a window in his fourth floor Pentagon office transfixed by television images of two airliners flying into the Twin Towers of the New York World Trade Center.
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08/16/2002
Young Entrepreneurs Visit Pentagon Command Center
WASHINGTON - About 60 business professionals, members of the Young Entrepreneurs Organization, visited the Pentagon Thursday to get a glimpse of how the military conducts business and to learn about the war against terrorism.
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08/16/2002
New Drug Policy Expands Testing to Catch More Users
WASHINGTON - The Defense Department is continuing its anti-drug efforts with a new policy that involves more frequent random testing of active duty military, reservists and civilian employees.
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08/15/2002
Pentagon Offers Help with 'Youth at Risk'
WASHINGTON - Deployed parents, frequent moves and foreign lands add to typical teen-age turbulence. That can mean trouble for military parents and their commands.
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08/15/2002
Officers May Qualify for Joint Duty Credit
WASHINGTON - Officers who served at joint task force headquarters in nine operations can qualify for retroactive cumulative joint duty credit, Joint Staff officials said recently.
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08/15/2002
More Aid Needed to Help Afghan Government Transition
WASHINGTON - Security is not the most serious concern inside Afghanistan, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said today. Rather, supporting the new civilian government is now the international community's most pressing priority.
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08/15/2002
Rumsfeld Submits Annual Report to Congress
WASHINGTON - New threats call for a new approach to defense and highlight the need to transform the nation's armed forces "now," Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld told the president and Congress in his annual report.
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08/15/2002
Commander Explores Youth Issues
WASHINGTON - When defense officials launched a pilot program to assess youth-at-risk issues, Navy Cdr. Joanne Marie Fish was one of three commanders whose request for an assessment was granted. A team of youth development professionals visited her command at the end of April.
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08/14/2002
U.S. Northern Command Setup Becomes Clearer
WASHINGTON - When U.S. Northern Command stands up Oct. 1, the new organization in charge of homeland defense will have "combatant command" of a small number of specialized units.
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08/14/2002
New Department to Protect Against Catastrophic Terrorism
WASHINGTON - Terrorists aim to get their hands on weapons of mass destruction -- chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear. If they do, the results would be far more devastating than what happened Sept. 11, according to White House officials.
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08/14/2002
Demystifying 'Transformation'
SUFFOLK, Va. - When Thomas Edison's electric light replaced oil and gaslights, that was transformation. When Henry Ford's Model T replaced the horse and buggy as the common mode of transportation, that was transformation. When computers replaced typewriters and began talking to each other, that was transformation.
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08/14/2002
Air Force Grabs Victory at Women's Softball Championship
NAVAL AIR STATION JACKSONVILLE - The overcast skies and occasional sprinkles couldn't dampen the spirits of the military women's softball teams when they met here Aug. 7-9 for the 2002 Armed Forces Women's Softball Championship.
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08/13/2002
U.S., Philippines Contacts to Expand
WASHINGTON - The Philippines and the United States reached an agreement this week that will expand an already robust defense alliance, DoD officials said.
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08/13/2002
Rumsfeld 'Impressed' With Troops' Efforts in Afghanistan
WASHINGTON - Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld today said he continues to be impressed with the daily work of U.S. and coalition forces in Afghanistan in locating pockets of al Qaeda and Taliban and uncovering weapon caches.
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08/12/2002
Counselors Say Transition Counselors Institute is Godsend for Them
WASHINGTON - "We try to use our little bit of power for the benefit of the children," high school guidance director Betty J. Thomas-McBride recently told more than 50 counselors and trainers at the Transition Counselors Institute training session in San Antonio, Texas.
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08/08/2002
Rumsfeld Says Transformation Vital to Global Stability
WASHINGTON - Transforming the Defense Department is as important to the success of the global war on terrorism as other steps the military is doing to combat the threat, said Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld.
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08/07/2002
Cheney Vows to Destroy Terrorists
WASHINGTON - The war against terror won't end in a treaty or negotiations with the terrorists, but "will end only in their complete and utter destruction," Vice President Cheney said today.
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08/05/2002
Skelton: History Important to Students' Growth, Understanding
WASHINGTON - Quoting ancient politician and philosopher Marcus Tullius Cicero, Missouri Congressman Ike Skelton told attendees at the fourth-annual conference of the Military Child Education Coalition that "gratitude is the greatest of all virtues."
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08/05/2002
New Department Would Create 'Border of the Future'
WASHINGTON - Safeguarding the geographic perimeter of the United States and the nation's transportation systems would be one of the main missions of the Homeland Security Department proposed by President Bush, according to White House officials.
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08/05/2002
Military Children Deserve First-Rate, First-Class Education
WASHINGTON - The theme for this year's Military Child Education Coalition conference was "Creating a Legacy for Children." Army Lt. Gen. James T. Hill said this theme is important to parents, educators and service members because all parents want the best for their children.
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08/02/2002
Defense Secretary to Hold Pentagon Town Hall Meeting
WASHINGTON - Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld will host a town hall meeting at 11 a.m. Aug. 6 in the Pentagon auditorium, Room 5A1070. The secretary will make brief remarks on the need for military transformation and the way ahead on the war against terrorism, then take questions from the audience on those and other topics.
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08/02/2002
Strengthened GI Bill Needed to Draw Recruits
WASHINGTON - Today's Montgomery GI Bill needs to more closely resemble the World War II-era program to be a useful recruiting tool, according to a senior congressional staff member.
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08/02/2002
Top General: When It Comes to Education, 'Good Enough' Isn't Good Enough
SAN ANTONIO, Texas - The Military Child Education Coalition's work is vitally important to service members, says Army Chief of Staff Gen. Eric K. Shinseki. But that work is equally important to military children who are both "blessed and cursed for being born into military families."
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08/02/2002
Military Pushes for Blood Donors
ALEXANDRIA, Va. - Service members have been donating blood in record numbers -- and they need to keep it up, said Army Col. Mike Fitzpatrick, director of the Armed Services Blood Program Office.
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08/02/2002
U.S. Intends to Reduce Sinai Force
WASHINGTON - The United States intends to cut the number of U.S. soldiers serving with the Multinational Force and Observers in the Sinai, said Douglas Feith, defense undersecretary for policy.
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