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...Nicaragua, a nation of 5.5 million, is one of the poorest countries in the western hemisphere, the prospect of an Ortega restoration prompted the Bush Administration to threaten to cut off more than $200 million in total aid to the country and moved cold warriors like former U.S. Marine Lieut. Colonel Oliver North to fly to Managua to campaign against him. The U.S. is concerned that Ortega will become another boisterously anti-American voice of Latin America's new left, which is led by Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez. When Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice met with her advisory committee...
...Death Comes Calling For The Class of 9/11" [Oct. 9], on the death in Iraq of U.S. Army 2nd Lieut. Emily Perez, 23, was a touching story of an exceptional West Point graduate who accomplished much in her short lifetime. Seeing the picture of her so proud in uniform and reading the praise heaped upon her by fellow cadets, I grasped the tragedy of her passing. I would like her parents to know they are not alone in their mourning. I only hope this war is worth the sacrifices young people like Perez are making...
KEVIN M. MCNABB LIEUT. COLONEL, U.S. ARMY BROOKE ARMY MEDICAL CENTER Fort Sam Houston, Texas...
...force of "several hundred thousand" would be required in Iraq - which contradicted Rumsfeld's conviction that a much smaller force would be sufficient. Shinseki was right, but Rumsfeld is still in charge. No senior U.S. officer has been fired or disciplined for mistakes or incompetent execution in Iraq, including Lieut. General Ricardo Sanchez, the Army general in command in Iraq at the time of Abu Ghraib, who is being allowed to retire quietly. Officers who have seen the war in Iraq up close are often bitter about the get-along, go-along culture in Washington."I agree with General Dannatt...
PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH, to Lieut. Colonel Consuelo Kickbusch, who won the 2006 Hispanic Heritage Award...