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...part of Europe's rising fortunes. Even though at times it looks improbable, the E.U. keeps advancing. Marcelle Viale Nice, France The Army We Have TIME said a reporter helped army specialist Thomas Wilson craft the question he asked Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld about U.S. troops having inadequately armored vehicles [Dec. 20]. That should in no way detract from the seriousness of the shortages and the problems that our troops are facing in combat in Iraq. It does not make Rumsfeld's answer - "You go to war with the Army you have" - less callous or arrogant. And it certainly does...
...flip side of that coin was the Harvard power play squaring off against the Brown penalty kill, ranked first in all of Division I at the start of the game. The top power-play unit, though, was able to find the chinks in the Bears armor, converting two power-play chances...
...security officials, politicians and civilians, they have also expanded their capability to hurt U.S. forces. The suicide bombing of a Mosul mess tent last month that killed 18 Americans may have seized the headlines, but equally disturbing are three roadside bombings in the past week in which two Bradley armored vehicles and an Abrams tank have been destroyed by improvised explosive devices, killing their occupants. Observers believe the insurgents may now be building more powerful bombs in order to tackle U.S. armor...
...kids that have nowhere to go after school. May the New Year be a better year for working families that can’t afford health insurance. May the New Year be a better year for soldiers whose parents have to take out a loan to send them body armor in Iraq...
...freight containers holding 13 highly radioactive devices; on Sakhalin Island, Russia. Kim, president of South Korea's All Nations Co., was detained by Russian police for allegedly attempting to import undeclared items. The devices, according to Russian authorities, contained uranium 238, a metal used in the process of armor plating and the production of ammunition, although some experts say it could possibly be used to make dirty bombs. South Korean officials say the devices were to be used at a construction site...