Special release from the U.S. Department of Defense
WASHINGTON (NNS) — The Department of Navy announced March 23 that the Navy’s newest Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer will be USS Jason Dunham (DDG 109), honoring the late Cpl. Jason L. Dunham, the first Marine awarded the Medal of Honor for Operation Iraqi Freedom.
The Secretary of the Navy, [...]
The Scotsman outlines some of the behind-the-scenes action as the British government tries to gain the release of the sailors:
 After a day of shadow-boxing with a notoriously slippery regime, Tony Blair is set to up the ante: the plight of the Shatt al-Arab 15 is officially a crisis and he will need the Cobra team [...]
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 The redbuds are backÂ
.
Soon, ah, soon the shy birds
Will be at their fluting,
And the morning planet
Rise above the garden;Â
For there is a measure
Set to all things mortal. — Sappho
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Who’s going to win in the end? My money’s on the guys with 20 centuries of experience in Asymetrical Warfare on their turf, the local Pashtun tribes.
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The IPY is underway, a two-year study of the Earth’s, the Moon’s, and Mar’s polar regions. This is pretty exciting stuff, and I am sure that large quantities of data on the warming of the planet will come out of it.
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