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Some call for about-face of military shuffle plan

WASHINGTON - The Pentagon unveiled a sweeping plan to reorganize America's armed forces yesterday, a proposal that would close 33 major defense installations, shuffle more than 218,000 military and civilian...
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Top officers are reported cleared over Abu Ghraib

WASHINGTON - A comprehensive Army review has determined that top officers in Iraq during the Abu Ghraib prison scandal, including Lt. Gen. Ricardo Sanchez, who was the senior ground commander...
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172,000 new tourniquets ordered for U.S. soldiers

WASHINGTON - The Army has ordered an additional 172,000 modern tourniquets for soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan, and it will begin distributing them next month, with the expectation that each...
Soldiers surround an Iraqi detainee in this photo obtained by The New Yorker, said to have be taken in December 2003, at the Abu Ghraib prison in Baghdad, Iraq.

New Army manual prohibits harsh interrogation

WASHINGTON - The Army is putting the finishing touches on a new interrogation manual that will specifically prohibit the harsh practices that have come to light since the Abu Ghraib...
Soldiers surround an Iraqi detainee in this photo obtained by The New Yorker, said to have be taken in December 2003, at the Abu Ghraib prison in Baghdad, Iraq.

More Iraqis hidden from Red Cross, Army finds

WASHINGTON - Army investigators told Congress yesterday that a far greater number of Iraqi detainees at Baghdad's infamous Abu Ghraib prison - ranging from two dozen to as many as...
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Rumsfeld admits telling military to hide detainee

WASHINGTON - Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld acknowledged yesterday that, at the request of the CIA's director, he had authorized the U.S. military to hide an Iraqi detainee last fall...
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Reagan guided huge buildup in arms race

WASHINGTON - The man who spent World War II in Hollywood, wearing an Army uniform and acting in training films, went on to become the commander in chief responsible for...
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MP general ousted from post in Iraq

WASHINGTON - Brig. Gen. Janis L. Karpinski, the overall commander of the military police accused of abusing Iraqi detainees at Abu Ghraib prison, who was disciplined for "serious deficiencies" in...
Soldiers surround an Iraqi detainee in this photo obtained by The New Yorker, said to have be taken in December 2003, at the Abu Ghraib prison in Baghdad, Iraq.

Abu Ghraib chief called good officer in tough job

Amid the chaos of incoming mortar strikes, uncooperative detainees and ineffective policing that had come to define Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq, U.S. officials abruptly installed a new commander in...