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After that, you have to show your ID and magnetic pass. There are five windows, but only one is ever open, no matter how many Palestinians are trying to cross through. The U.S. embassy people who perform periodic checks to make sure things are running smoothly at these checkpoints should...
Defense Secretary Robert Gates stunned an Army already reeling over charges it mistreated wounded Iraq war veterans when he ousted Army Secretary Francis Harvey Friday afternoon. Harvey, the Army's civilian leader, was by far the most senior official taken to task following reports that outpatients at the Army's...
Although the Pentagon's formal statement said Harvey had submitted his resignation, Pentagon officials made it clear he had been asked to do so by Gates. The Defense Secretary strongly implied in his statement that he wasn't pleased by Harvey's decision on Thursday to cashier the two-star...
"I am disappointed that some in the Army have not adequately appreciated the seriousness of the situation pertaining to outpatient care at Walter Reed," Gates said in his Friday afternoon statement. "Some have shown too much defensiveness and have not shown enough focus on digging into and addressing the problems...
Some Pentagon officials praise Gates' emphasis on accountability; he seems less inclined than Rumsfeld to tolerate snafus. But more than a handful of people inside the Pentagon are wondering whether the new boss will ever apply the same standard to those actually waging the war.