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That’s right, there were indeed other priorities in the war against Iraq. Top among the Coalition’s priorities was defeating Saddam’s army, while keeping American and civilian casualties to a minimum. Once forces entered Baghdad, military planners had to contend with the threat of chemical or biological strikes and the promise that an army of suicide bombers would defend the city to the last man. These concerns, along with the responsibility of bringing food and water to desperate Iraqi civilians rightfully eclipsed the preservation of cultural objects...
...that they can be can cost them dearly: 41% report that they earn less while deployed than in their civilian jobs, according to the latest Pentagon survey, which predates the massive call-ups that began with 9/11. Employers are required by law to hold their jobs but are not required to make up the difference between what their workers were earning and what the military pays. Some employers do. When Tyson Foods CEO John Tyson learned last fall that about-to-be-activated employee David Rook was being forced to sell his family's dream house, the poultry firm instituted...
...even the Federal Government makes up the difference in pay for the 14,000 or so of its civilian employees who have been called up - a situation that Senators Dick Durbin, Mary Landrieu and Barbara Mikulski are seeking to rectify in recently introduced legislation. Landrieu is also fighting to give a tax break to companies that supplement the military pay of their workers while they are on active duty. And Senator (and presidential contender) John Edwards has introduced legislation to suspend interest on the student loans of activated reservists as well as to expand day-care services for their children...
...returned home to Waynesboro, Pa., last week after a year of active duty at Fort Lewis, Wash., waiting for him were wife Pam, son Jacob, 6, and a house that is two-thirds the size of their old one. McIntyre is starting to look for work - he left his civilian job so that he could cash in his retirement and profit sharing to pay off the family's debt before going into active duty. Pam quit her job to be home for Jacob. Rather than go out to eat as they used to, Pam and Jacob will share...
Minutes later, squads of Marines are pushing across the bridge. They pour into the streets on the other side, but the expected resistance never comes. Along the riverbank are bunkers, empty save for abandoned gear and piles of Iraqi army boots, shed, presumably, so the retreating soldiers can don civilian clothes and continue the fight if they choose...