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...Fondacaro, the project manager at HTS. Secretary of State Robert Gates has publicly praised the project, and an Army colonel told Congress that one Human Terrain team reduced violent clashes encountered by his brigade in Afghanistan 60% to 70%. As President Obama revamps his Afghanistan strategy, getting ready to send 30,000 additional soldiers, HTS is poised to become a major part of America's war, helping troops navigate in a foreign land. "We're pleased to find ourselves fully aligned with the goals [of the Obama Administration]," says Fondacaro. (See pictures of the U.S. Marines' offensive in Afghanistan...
...upbeat than they do this season. But for now, the best it can do is try to lighten the gloomy economic mood. "Due to high costs, Santa had to cut back on his help this year," reads one card. Let's hope those laid-off elves still care to send the very best...
Though the additional two percent is less than salary increases before the financial crisis, Classics Professor Richard F. Thomas said he thinks it may be “intended to send out a message,” indicating that “economic recovery is something that seems at least to be a possibility...
...Israel. But the route, which usually takes them from the Horn of Africa through Egypt's Sinai region and then across the border, has its own dangers. In Europe, coast-guard patrols might try to turn back boats full of refugees and asylum seekers, or detain people only to send them home later. The luckiest ones may end up being accepted for asylum and then dispatched around Europe...
...Opposes Obama's plan to send additional troops to Afghanistan...