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Charlie Rock company's patch of desert has been quiet for 24 hours when First Sergeant William Mitchell hears something on the radio. His face stiffens with the information. He leans out of the wind into his half-track, wincing at the sandstorm whipping around his face from the rear...
Outside, Mitchell links up with Lieut. Robert Carnahan and two six-man squads from White Platoon carrying M16s, heavy SAWs (squad automatic weapons) and 240-Bravo machine guns. Flanking them are three Bradley fighting vehicles. Mitchell, 34, briefs his men that a passing farmer has told a sentry about 10...
The soldiers of Charlie Rock have learned to treat every Iraqi they come across as a potential enemy. The unit's commander, Captain Jorge Melendez, 31, thinks the guerrilla attacks will continue sporadically for "two or three months." Mitchell had hoped to be back in the U.S. by mid-April...
When Washington talks taxes, the dickering usually focuses on whose payments should go up and whose should come down. But as April 15 approaches, many frustrated Americans, especially small-business owners, would be thrilled if someone just made the tax forms easier to file. As Congress weighs the impact of...
DAN MITCHELL: There are two big issues. No. 1, should you have what is called a consumption base? A consumption base is what you find in the flat tax. It is implicit in the national-sales-tax proposals. The second big issue is, do you then have one rate? Then...