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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. Speaking to a packed room of about 850 active and retired servicemembers, as well as defense industry officials and other civilian professionals, England said the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan are the first two battles in what will prove...

WASHINGTON, July 11, 2006 – A memo from Deputy Defense Secretary Gordon England underscores the department's standing policy of treating detainees humanely and orders commanders responsible for detainee affairs to review their practices to ensure they are in compliance. "The Supreme Court has determined that Common Article 3 to the Geneva Conventions of 1949 applies as a matter of law to the conflict with al Qaeda," England stated in the July 7 memo. In a nutshell, Article 3 of the Geneva Conventions ensures humane treatment of detainees, Bryan Whitman, deputy assistant secretary of defense for public affairs, told reporters today....