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...Regulatory Commission ordered a review of security at the U.S.'s 103 nuclear plants. But the agency has yet to close glaring security holes. On Nov. 7 the government lifted a temporary ban on the use of airspace over nuclear plants, and officials say they don't plan to equip them with antiaircraft weapons, as the French do. Danielle Brian, executive director of the Project on Government Oversight, says, "The agencies responsible...have not increased the security requirements to adequately match the threat we all know exists...
GEORGIA Strategic Presence The first contingent of U.S. special forces arrived to assist local troops in counterterrorism operations. Some 200 military instructors will be involved in the mission to train and equip Georgian soldiers to tackle Muslim extremists in areas like the remote Pankisi Gorge. The Pentagon has said the $64 million program will last six months, but others say the troops will stay on to protect U.S. regional interests...
...rise, the audience is immediately treated to two of the musical’s most surprising treats: the set design and the costumes. The set, with its vibrant colors and meticulously crafted backdrop, is delicious eye candy for the audience. The costumes are also beautifully designed and equip the production with a well-deserved level professionalism...
...opposed to participating, the State Department has proposed that the U.S. offer logistical and intelligence support - and offer rescue missions - to entice others to send more troops. But the Pentagon prefers accelerated efforts to build a new national army for Afghanistan, which the U.S. would help train, organize and equip in order to allow Afghans to do the job themselves. That, however, would take many months, if not years, during which the security situation looks set to become increasingly perilous...
...That's the door that opened the second front in the U.S.'s war on terrorism. More than 200 U.S. troops are in the southern Philippines ready to join the fight against Abu Sayyaf, technically as mere "advisers." They're here to train and equip their Philippine partners and walk shoulder to shoulder with them through the jungle scouting out terrorists, pinning them down - and making sure the swinging doors and security holes that have kept Abu Sayyaf in business for so long are finally bolted shut and boarded over...