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...guerre, Abu Lina, says the training video was made "to show the other resistance groups in Iraq that we have grown and developed." He says training camps are located in "places in Iraq the Americans do not control, nor can they see"--an assertion a Pentagon official does not dispute. "I know of no actual training camps," the official says. "But it's not outside the realm of possibility that they are there. We cannot be everywhere in the country." --By Michael Ware. With reporting by Sally B. Donnelly
George Bush's campaign to win hearts and minds overseas doesn't just involve high-level diplomacy and Administration officials pushing the U.S. message on TV abroad. The Pentagon is also trying to enlist foreign military officers in the spinning. Each year more than 2,000 foreign officers from more than 50 countries are students at Defense Department schools, such as the National Defense University in Washington, and regional security-studies centers the Pentagon operates in Hawaii and Germany. Hoping those mid-level officers will happily promote Washington's interests after taking classes in the U.S., the Pentagon...
...program is being run much like a college alumni operation. Pentagon officials tell TIME that a database is being set up to keep track of the foreign military students after they return. Websites and e-mail networks are being constructed to feed them U.S. policy papers. And the Pentagon hopes to organize get-togethers at which alumni meet top U.S. officials such as the secretaries of Defense or State in countries where they are traveling. The cultivating has to be done carefully. Some foreign officers have been ostracized by their militaries for pushing the U.S. line too hard at home...
...official number of suicide attempts was 32, though I knew it was actually far higher. The military kept the number low by labeling most attempted suicides as "manipulative self-injurious behavior" or "self-harm" incidents, a practice that became more frequent as time went on. In January 2005, the Pentagon disclosed that 350 "self-harm" incidents had occurred in 2003, including 120 "hanging gestures...
...reach a zero annual deficit by 1991, the original version of Gramm-Rudman called for severe spending cuts in many social programs and in at least a chunk of the Pentagon budget. House Democrats have countered with a bill that could take a bigger bite out of the military while protecting food stamps, Social Security and veterans' benefits...