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General Touts Growth in Iraqi-Run Operations
BAGHDAD -- More than 80 percent of operations in Iraq currently are being performed either solely by Iraqi security forces or in concert with coalition troops, officials here said today. In 446 operations during the week ending May 12, Iraqi and coalition forces cooperated in 223, new coalition spokesman Army Maj. Gen. William Caldwell said in his first press briefing ...
May 18, 2006 - American Forces Press Service
Rumsfeld Urges Congress to Support Defense Budget Requests
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- U.S. troops serving in the war on terror are giving their all and deserve everything the country can give them to help them succeed, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said today in urging Congress to pass the fiscal 2007 defense budget and 2006 budget supplemental requests. "The troops have done everything that's been asked of them, and they've ...
May 17, 2006 - American Forces Press Service
Iran's Ties to Terrorist Groups Pose Threat to United States
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Hezbollah in Lebanon -- the al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades in the Palestinian territories -- and possibly the notorious al-Qaida -- are all terror groups with alleged ties to Iran. The U.S. State Department accuses Iran of being an active state sponsor of terrorism. Henry Crumpton heads the Department's Counterterrorism office. "Again in 2005, Iran ...
May 17, 2006 - Voice of America
Markey: TSA Shrinks From Responsibility to Scan Cargo Placed on Passenger Planes
Washington, D.C. -- Representative Edward J. Markey (D-MA), a senior Member of the Homeland Security
Committee and the House Energy and Commerce Committee, the panel which oversees the regulation of
nuclear reactors, today released a letter sent to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) regarding reports
that as many as seven illegal aliens using false social security numbers were ...
May 17, 2006 - Rep. Ed Markey (D-MA) press release
General Pace Urges Congress to Encourage Military Service
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The top U.S. general urged Congress today to help convey the nobility of military service to America's youth and to encourage a full, interagency response to the global war on terror. The U.S. military is not just an all-volunteer force, but also an all-recruited force, Marine Gen. Peter Pace, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, noted in testimony ...
May 17, 2006 - American Forces Press Service
U.S. Restores Full Diplomatic Relations With Libya
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Three years after Libya renounced terrorism and abandoned its program to acquire weapons of mass destruction, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice announced today that the United States is restoring full diplomatic relations with the North African country and soon will open an embassy in Tripoli. In a written statement, Rice added that the United States ...
May 15, 2006 - American Forces Press Service
Bush Defends CIA Nominee, Domestic Eavesdropping
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- In his weekly radio address Saturday, Mr. Bush said General Michael Hayden is eminently qualified to lead the CIA, an agency he described as essential to the security of the American people. "For the last year, he's been our Nation's first deputy director of national intelligence, and has played a critical role in our efforts to reform America's ...
May 13, 2006 - Voice of America
Bush Seeks Ex-Officials' Advice on Iraq
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- President Bush is welcoming a resolution by the International Atomic Energy Agency demanding that Iran suspend nuclear fuel activities it resumed earlier this week. President Bush says the resolution, drafted by Britain, France and Germany, is a "positive first step" and demonstrates the international community's growing resolve to confront Iran over its nuclear program. ...
May 12, 2006 - Voice of America
CIA Director Resigns
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The director of the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency, Porter Goss, has resigned after less than two years on the job. President Bush made the announcement Friday at the White House. President Bush said Porter Goss brought integrity and professionalism to the post, and thanked him for his candid advice during his tenure, which the president described as a time ...
May 5, 2006 - Voice of America
Lawmakers Urge Greater Steps Against Terrorist Use of Internet
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- U.S. lawmakers have heard from experts about the expanding use of the Internet by al-Qaida and other terrorist groups. The scope of terrorist exploitation of the Internet to spread hate propaganda and distortions was revealed in an unusual open hearing of the House Select Committee on Intelligence. Although the House Intelligence Committee usually ...
May 4, 2006 - Voice of America
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