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...those wounded to those killed during the Vietnam War was 2.6:1, and the two World Wars saw less than two men wounded for every fatality. The statistical swing, according to Bilmes, can be attributed to modern medical procedures and improved protective equipment. But although the numbers spell progress in one sense—the prevention of deaths that would have been inevitable in previous campaigns—they also entail setbacks for the VA, which is swamped by increasing numbers of soldiers seeking care. Bilmes’ study pinpoints the natures of these setbacks as they relate to each...
While Hess says “work is ongoing” to add additional access points, progress isn’t fast enough for some Internet-dependent students...
...Hadley, Bush’s national security advisor, which questions the competence of Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki. Staying the course, the ISG report scathingly reveals, is no longer an option. America cannot hope to sustain a war that amounts to $2 billion a day, especially when scant progress is being made. Continued American presence in Iraq, the ISG notes, will only increase resentment in Iraq and lead Iraqis to suspect a permanent U.S. occupation. At home, “stay the course” only breeds frustrated citizens...
...that such recruitment was improving but could only go so fast. "We're beefing up in places where we hadn't been, where we'd allowed things to atrophy during the, after the end of the Cold War in Latin America and Africa," he said. But, he conceded, the progress is "maybe not exactly as fast as we would like in terms of increasing the humint collectors [that is, spies] by 50%, but that's because there's a lot of support activities that are involved. There's a lot of logistics. There's also training constraints...
...Bush administration worked so assiduously to build with Iraqis have broken down almost entirely. The Iraqi Army, a force the U.S. hoped would hold Iraq together as the country's nascent civilian government developed, is years away from the ability to do so. Whether the army is making progress toward that end, or splintering into sectarian factions, is unclear to many U.S. soldiers tasked with training Iraqi forces on most days now. Certain units think nothing of simply ignoring deployment orders issued by the prime minister...