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(Las Vegas, Nevada) On May 13, 2005, the Pentagon recommended military base closures and reductions of United States military installations throughout the country. For the first time since 1995, and while the U.S. is at war in the Middle East, the Pentagon’s proposal to close 180 bases, with 33 of them being major bases, in order to unify the Army, Navy, Air Force and Marines, is even more daunting than the Pentagon would have us believe. In addition, the Walter Reed Medical Center in Washington, D.C. would be moved to the present National Naval Medical Center in Bethesda, MD, to...

Iraqi Business Women's Association by Dusty The American Eagle News and Economic Report March 21, 2005 (Baghdad, Iraq)- Welcome to Baghdad! Nearly everything taken for granted in America's daily life is hard fought for in Baghdad. All of the things you would never think of. If time were infinite, how many associations could the average person belong to? How many kinds? For how many different age groups? For how many different religions? In Baghdad, we can count them all on two hands and have room left to organize many more. Furthermore, you could lose your life for belonging to any...

Hard Questions by Marilyn Adams The American Eagle News and Economic Report March 20, 2005 (Tallahassee, FL) If you have been watching the news over the last 48 hours, much focus has been given to Terri Schiavo. The young lady is currently residing in a hospice facility where her feeding tube was withdrawn Friday to begin the process of starvation and dehydration via court order. With involvement at the state level, which began in 2003 when Governor Bush signed Terri's Law, to the federal level, where deliberations are currently ongoing, we must ask several hard questions. Why is government involved?...

A Better Perspective by Marilyn Adams The American Eagle News and Economic Report March 20, 2005 (Tallahassee, FL) The following is from a traumatic brain injury survivor. Her name and vital stats are included below. I believe this to be important, as she has recovered monumentally and as a writer, has great journalistic talent. She still struggles and has her share of health problems. However, she is best qualified to articulate an otherwise easily overlooked point of view in regard to the situation in Florida. The following correspondence to me is in her own words: "Sunday, March 20, 2005 RE:...