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...This was his second tour overseas," said Laura while sitting at her dining-room table. "His unit went to Uganda for a year in 2007. That's where he created his nonprofit, the ClearWater Initiative, so people there would have something we all take for granted - clean water...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: One Death in Afghanistan: Ben Sklaver's Story | 10/16/2009 | See Source »

...just started a new job with FEMA in New York when his unit was recalled," Gary Sklaver said. "They were supposed to go to Iraq, but then the strategy changed along with his orders, and they were sent to Afghanistan...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: One Death in Afghanistan: Ben Sklaver's Story | 10/16/2009 | See Source »

Just weeks after trumpeting the results of a military offensive in the Swat Valley, the Pakistan army suddenly finds itself under attack on multiple fronts. A day after an élite unit of army commandos secured the release of 39 hostages, bringing to an end a 22-hour siege of its military headquarters that left 25 people dead over the weekend, the Taliban struck again. In the fourth major attack in eight days, a suicide bomber killed 41 people in a marketplace near Swat on Monday, underscoring the militants' enduring ability to strike across the country...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why Pakistan Must Widen Hunt for Militant Bases | 10/13/2009 | See Source »

...trying to profess their own cause," said Major General Abbas. "They were trying to justify their own actions." In reply, hostage army officers tried to convince him that he was "on the wrong side." As dawn rose over the 100-year-old British-built army garrison, an élite unit of commandos surrounded the small room where the hostages were being held. At 6 a.m., they launched a 45-minute operation that saw fierce cross fire. Three of the hostages died, but 30 were freed. Two commandos were killed, and three others sustained critical injuries to which they later succumbed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why Pakistan Must Widen Hunt for Militant Bases | 10/13/2009 | See Source »

...Then there is Phibro. Based in Westport, Conn., the unit was originally included among the businesses that Citi wanted to hang on to. And for good reason: Phibro has been profitable every year since 1997, averaging a gain of nearly $400 million a year for the past half-decade. But earlier this year, it was revealed that the head of that unit, Andrew Hall, had been paid $100 million for his work in 2008 and was set to get a similarly large check for 2009. Citigroup is subject to government-imposed pay caps as a term of the financial...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Citi Sale That Never Ends | 10/12/2009 | See Source »

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