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...difference between what we do now and Jan. 1 and beyond," said Lieut. Colonel John Vermeesch just before the end of 2008. Vermeesch commands some 880 U.S. combat troops spread across five joint Iraqi-U.S. bases in northwest Baghdad. He is one of the battalion commanders in the 2nd Heavy Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, a 4,000-troop force that arrived in Baghdad in mid-October to start a 12-month tour. They say they started complying with the new agreement over a month ahead of schedule, coordinating their movements with Iraqi forces and obtaining arrest warrants...
...turn didn't have the cold hard cash to pay their employees. "The reason you don't see [construction] cranes flying all over the province and building like they did when the Berlin Wall came down is because they don't have any cash," says Major Tim Hunt, the 2nd Stryker Cavalry Regiment's liaison to the provincial government. "They literally don't have a bill to hand this guy and say, 'You're paid.' So if you can't pay anybody, you can't do any work." (See pictures of U.S. troops' 5 years in Iraq...
John Derian, 6 East 2nd Street (212-677-3917). I could live there...
...quarter: After two big gains get Yale to the 39-yard line, the Crimson stops McLeod for no gain and the Bulldogs call a timeout, facing 2nd-and-10 at their own 39 when play resumes...
...quarter: the Crimson offense continues to move at will, picking up two first downs and setting up a 2nd-and-2 at the Yale...