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While Congress raises the nation’s debt limit by trillions to accommodate President Obama’s manic spending spree, the commander-in-chief keeps hurling big chunks of taxpayer dollars at new government programs that aim to bring “social equity” to underserved communities. Among them is an imaginative multi-agency project (Partnership for Sustainable Communities) that helps low-income communities improve access to affordable housing, transportation options and lower transportation costs while protecting the environment. Less than a month ago the administration celebrated its second anniversary by bragging that three federal agencies have doled out more than $2.5 billion in “assistance” to promote “equitable development” while addressing...

Djiboutian Town Dedicates Renovated Clinic Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa personnel and local contractors and laborers constructed facilities and renovated the existing clinic. By U.S. Army Capt. Bob EverdeenCombined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa DIKHIL, Djibouti, May 9, 2006 — Cooperation between the government of Djibouti and the Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa has resulted in a refurbished facility here that will help improve health care opportunities for the local community. "This clinic is more than mortar and paint; it represents the relationship between [Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa] and Djibouti. (We) are partners for peace,...

FORT HOOD, Texas (Army News Service, April 5, 2006) – Despite several days of rain leading up to the dedication of the 1st Cavalry Division’s Operation Iraqi Freedom Memorial April 4, when the dedication began, even the weather cooperated. As the ceremony began, Gold Star families (families of fallen troops), community members and hundreds of current and former First Team Soldiers reverently stood on the south side of the memorial. After the memorial was officially presented to the division by the 1st Cavalry Division Association, Lt. Gen. Peter W. Chiarelli, who commanded the division during its deployment to Iraq, told...