Rear Adm. David M. Thomas Jr. is commander of the Joint Task Force at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. He recently met with the editorial board of the Union-Tribune. Below is an edited transcript of that interview.
Let's start with the general situation at
Some have suggested Middletown would not be in the affordable-housing position it is today if it had not been for past failures and mismanagement. This is false.
I understand some criticisms are political in nature. I understand and respect the
Washington, D.C. - infoZine - The IRS' goal was to hire at least 1,000 military veterans during the fiscal year. In fiscal year 2008, which ends September 30, the agency has hired 1,052 veterans.
"The men and women who served America in the military
Many sexual assaults in the military go unreported, and programs to prevent or respond to those assaults aren't getting the institutional support they need, the U.S. Government Accountability Office said in a report.
Col. Linda Medlar, commander of
St Paul, Minnesota - The following are excerpts of John McCain's speech accepting the Republican Party's nomination
WASHINGTON -- The Iraqi government is seeking to buy 36 advanced F-16 fighters from the U.S., say American military officials familiar with the request, a move that could help reduce its reliance on U.S. air power and potentially allow more American
Barack Obama said the surge of American forces in Iraq has "succeeded beyond our wildest dreams," though Iraqis still haven't done enough to take responsibility for their country.
"The surge has succeed in ways that nobody anticipated," Obama,
Also, again with the tacky looking green background?
honestly, the green screen floored me -- i can't believe they did that
I didn't realize what a bad speaker he is. Wow. This is a lame speech (we are at the VP) poorly delivered.
I didn't realize what
That opinion is contained in a report by the inspector general's Middle East regional office, which investigated an earlier program that in 2007 and 2008 provided special immigrant visas to 500 Iraq and Afghan translators and interpreters who had
WASHINGTON, Sept. 4 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- A federal grand jury in the District of Columbia returned a superseding indictment today against a civilian contractor for allegedly paying bribes to Army contracting officials at Camp Arifjan, an Army