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...Pentagon officials??have been saying for some time that Iraqis must take more responsibility for securing their country. But can these local forces protect its critical infrastructure without U.S. help? Top American officials disagree, and that has caused friction between the State and Defense departments and may complicate the planned reduction of U.S. troops...
When government agencies and officials??regularly display their incompetence, it is refreshing to see what private citizens are able to accomplish on their own. Well done...
...Citing the book Jawbreaker, by a former CIA field commander who hunted for Osama bin Laden in Afghanistan, and the movie Syriana, based on a retired CIA officer's book, an intelligence official says part of the worry is a possible "chilling effect" on both U.S. and foreign intelligence officials???as well as on secret assets. "You don't want people who sit down with an intel officer in confidence to be concerned it will end up in the guy's memoirs in a year or two," the official says. Goss has banned current CIA officers from publishing books...
Chinese women are forced by local officials??officials to undergo abortions so bureaucrats can meet party requirements and advance their political careers. Government and local leaders do not care about the quality of life of these women. I admire the activism of Chen and hope that other Chinese will join in the fight for the health of the women and their children--born or unborn...
...Officials??in Stratford, Conn., convened a group of middle and high school students last year to quiz them on their attitudes toward alcohol. The officials were dismayed, if not surprised, when the teens reported that they thought alcohol, unlike tobacco and other drugs, was largely harmless, that binge drinking among their peers was habitual, and that drinking enough to pass out was funny. But the officials were perhaps most displeased to hear that the place kids most often got drunk was their own or their friends' homes and that some parents either provided alcohol or looked the other...