http://www.foxnews.com/projects/pdf/HASC_Memo.pdf
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,264008,00.html
“House Democrats Offer Plan to Ban Use of ‘Global War on Terror’”
Wednesday, April 04, 2007
ARTICLE SNIPPET: “WASHINGTON — House Minority Leader John Boehner blasted a Democrat-backed plan on Wednesday to ban the use of “global War on Terror” and “long war” in the 2008 defense budget bill.
A memo sent to Democratic staffers on the House Armed Services Committee instructed the aides not to use the specific phrases, the Military Times newspaper reported.
• Click here to read the memo.
Erin Conaton, the committee’s staff director, sent out the 15-page memo titled “Style Guide for Defense Authorization Report.”
“When referencing military operations throughout the world, please be as specific as possible. Please avoid using colloquialisms such as, ‘the war on terrorism, or the ‘Long War’ Please do not use the term ‘global war on terrorism,’ “ according to the memo.
Late Wednesday afternoon, a source told FOX News that the panel had sent out a revised version making it clear that there was “no political intent behind” the wording.”
http://www.defenselink.mil/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=32697
Firm Political Will Necessary for Victory, Deputy Defense Secretary Says
By John J. Kruzel
American Forces Press Service
NEWS RELEASE SNIPPET: “WASHINGTON, April 4, 2007 – Without delay, the United States needs to provide American men and women in uniform with the funds, supplies and weapons they need to get the job done, the deputy secretary of defense said here today.
“Importantly, we need to send a clear message of resolve,” Gordon England said today at the Navy League’s Sea-Air-Space Exposition.”
That’s just wrong!
Not to mention, stupid.