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Reconstructing the attack has not been easy. Even the survivors are confused. Initial reports from the battlefield said the 507th had taken a wrong turn while passing near the town of Nasiriyah, but U.S. Congressman Silvestre Reyes, whose El Paso district encompasses Fort Bliss, says he was told by a senior officer that the convoy was ambushed on a bridge and had not taken a wrong turn. The lightly armed unit didn't have a chance. It had no combat escort, he says. If that's true, the fault for the convoy's vulnerability would lie not with its leader...
Though many parents and city officials initially voiced strong opposition to the previous plans, the combination of the looming threat of budget cuts, aggravation after 10 months of discussion and a recent change in district leadership has muted the negative response...
...district,” she said. “We need to think in terms of...what is beneficial for the district as a whole...
Although the new plan proposes more drastic measures than most previous proposals, the community has warmed to the proposal because of pressing financial difficulties, a change in district leadership and the plan’s potential benefits...
Parents say they have also mustered their support for the plan because of the educational benefits they envision it will bring to a district in which several schools have received a “failing” grade from the Federal government...