Word: enlist
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...functional. You don't want to have tribes fighting without the sanction of the government." Owens estimates that there are over 12,000 Iraqi police foot soldiers at work against insurgents in Salahuddin, which is home to the volatile city of Samarra. U.S. forces have encouraged tribal leaders to enlist their followers in existing security force. Short of that, tribes should stay out of the fight, as far as Owens is concerned...
...from the year before, "but it's still not enough to control the disease," says Elly Sawitri, a Ministry of Agriculture official. The U.S., together with the MOA, is helping fund a program that has dispatched 1,300 veterinary officials across Indonesia to educate and enlist villagers in the fight against bird flu. But Indonesia still needs much more money to help farmers stop flu in their poultry. Until that happens, the risk of a pandemic will persist. And the rest of the world may pay the price once Indonesia's chickens come home to roost...
...While I sympathize with De La Torre for the loss of his son, he should be reminded that his son chose to enlist in the military knowing that he might make the ultimate sacrifice. De La Torre's statement that Bush should send one of his daughters to fight in his son's place shows that his disapproval of this war is overshadowing his son's very adult, brave and selfless decision. As the wife of a former military officer, it saddens me that people forget we do not force anyone in this country to join the military...
...While I sympathize with De La Torre for the loss of his son, he should be reminded that his son chose to enlist in the military knowing that he might make the ultimate sacrifice. De La Torre's statement that Bush should send one of his daughters to fight in his son's place shows that his disapproval of this war is overshadowing his son's very adult, brave and selfless decision. As the wife of a former military officer, it saddens me that people forget we do not force anyone in this country to join the military...
While I sympathize with De La Torre for the loss of his son, he should be reminded that his son chose to enlist in the military knowing that he might make the ultimate sacrifice. De La Torre's statement that Bush should send one of his daughters to fight in his son's place shows that his disapproval of this war is overshadowing his son's very adult, brave and selfless decision. As the wife of a former military officer, it saddens me that people forget we do not force anyone in this country to join the military...