Vital To the Mission

Cheney defends extended deployments - 10 May 2007 at 8:24am - CAMP SPEICHER, Iraq -- Vice President Dick Cheney saluted U.S. troops stationed near former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein's hometown on Thursday and defended the Bush administration's recent decision to extend military deployments as "vital to the mission."

Why doesn't the U.S. use more troops, rather than extending the deployments of fewer troops?

Blair leaves saying 'I did what I thought was right' - 10 May 2007 at 9:26am - TRIMDON, England (AFP) - Prime Minister Tony Blair announced his resignation Thursday, ending a tumultuous decade as one of Britain's most successful leaders who divided the nation over the Iraq war.

Thought for the day:
"Give a man a fish, and he'll eat for a day. Give a fish a man, and he'll eat for weeks!" -Takayuki Ikkaku, Arisa Hosaka and Toshihiro Kawabata, Animal Crossing: Wild World, 2005

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