Word: deployment
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...vote could mean a delay in war plans and might necessitate a smaller, less effective force's attacking Saddam's troops from the north. Forty ships carrying the 4th Infantry Division and its equipment have been awaiting orders to deploy to Turkey. If the vote stands, they will have to steam to Kuwait or other destinations to deploy by air to bases in Kurd-controlled northern Iraq--at least two weeks of extra travel. U.S. commanders say they can handle it. But the rejection is also a diplomatic blow that could set back U.S. efforts to get U.N. backing...
Bonifaz’ suit follows several unsuccessful attempts to take the ability to deploy troops out of the President’s hands...
...dark and unexplored territory. We understood when Roger Chaffee, Gus Grissom and Ed White died in a fire on Apollo I’s launchpad; they were paving the way to the moon. But today, NASA’s job has become far less glamorous, even mundane; astronauts either deploy ultra-secret military satellites or deliver supplies to the international space station...
...announced the move in his State of the Union address Tuesday, and its significance was underscored the following day by U.S. officials at the UN who announced that the special session of the Security Council would be open - and therefore broadcast live around the world - and that Powell would deploy audio-visual aids to make his case. U.S. officials at the UN also hinted that next week's session could even render redundant the planned February 14 report-back by UN arms inspectors. The attendance of the special session by foreign ministers Dominique de Villepin of France and Joschka Fischer...
...various parts of his mini-conglomerate, including an artist-management company, a TV-production company and a music publisher. He has first option to sign whoever wins (indeed, whoever makes the top 10), taking a 15% to 20% cut of the winner's income. He can then deploy one of the songwriters he manages--including Cathy Dennis, who with Rob Davis co-wrote the Kylie Minogue hit Can't Get You Out of My Head--to pen tunes for his singers. (Dennis helped write Clarkson's No. 1 single.) And there's revenue from merchandise, like T shirts, and from...