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...same time, some commanders have raised the bar for the highest awards because they say they have seen medals handed out too easily in the past. Army Lieut. General Tom Metz says he remembers clearly how a few soldiers in Vietnam took advantage of the system and won "air ribbons" often simply for taking flights in country. "[In Iraq] I was an award approver for all but the top two awards, and I was tough," says Metz, who authorized a handful of Silver Stars during his two years in Iraq. "I am confident those who got an award with...
Lieut. General Thomas Metz, who commanded U.S. ground forces in Iraq during the Abu Ghraib scandal, will decide whether to order a new trial, impose a lesser punishment or drop the charges...
...security situation in Iraq remains perilous to the point that the commander of U.S. ground forces in Iraq, Lt. Gen. Thomas Metz, admitted last week that right now, security conditions in four Iraqi provinces militated against holding elections. Those four provinces, of course, include Baghdad, and between them house as much as half of Iraq's population. There will be a limited number of polling stations even in some of the most dangerous regions, but it's also relatively certain that the raging insurgency - and the political opposition to the poll among some Sunni groups - will keep hundreds of thousands...
...soon as the military operation is over. The Pentagon says it has some $100 million ready to pour into a variety of civil works in Fallujah, including improvements in water, sewage and electrical systems as well as the construction of schools and health clinics. Army Lieut. General Thomas Metz, U.S. ground-forces commander in Iraq, says it will take "weeks, maybe months, to get the city to a normal operating level...
...concede they have had little success getting intelligence about insurgent movements. Locals are often too hostile or afraid of reprisals to provide info. That's where the new Iraqi forces are meant to come into the picture. "The Iraqis will be our eyes and ears," says Lieut. General Thomas Metz, commander of the Multinational Corps in Iraq. "This is their country, these are their people...