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CAMP FALLUJAH, Iraq (March 7, 2006) -- A partnership between Regimental Combat Team 5 and the Iraqi Army here was cemented when commanders from the coalition shook hands yesterday. Col. Larry D. Nicholson, RCT-5 commander met with Iraqi Brig. Gen. Abdulla Abdulkareem Abdul Satter, commanding officer of 4th Brigade, 1st Iraqi Army Division for the first time. Nicholson recently assumed control of the region from North Carolina-based Regimental Combat Team 8. The Marine regiment and the Iraqi 4th Brigade are partnered in security operations for the greater Fallujah area. “One of my first priorities is to meet with each unit...

WASHINGTON, March 3, 2006 – With support from the United States and India, the universal value of freedom has the power to change the world for the better, President Bush said in New Delhi today. "The United States and India, separated by half the globe, are closer than ever before, and the partnership between our free nations has the power to transform the world," Bush said on the second day of his two-day stay in India. "India in the 21st century is a natural partner of the United States, because we are brothers in the cause of human liberty." Bush...

WASHINGTON, Feb. 28, 2006 – The strategic partnership between the U.S. and Italy is an important component in helping spread democracy and peace, President Bush said here today after a meeting with Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi. "We discussed Iraq and the need for strong allies to continue to support the democracy movement there," Bush said at the White House. "This strategic relationship is important for both our peoples and it's important to help lay the foundations for peace." Berlusconi echoed Bush's sentiment about the importance of spreading the democratic values that both countries share. "It is only through democracy...

WASHINGTON, Jan. 23, 2006 – Military members and their families can now file their taxes for free, thanks to a partnership between a group that helps military people deal with financial issues and a civilian financial services company. "Military OneSource" has partnered up with Intuit, a financial services company, to provide the TurboTax basic product for federal and state returns at no cost. Military members can download this program and also benefit from tax consultations and have access to appropriate resources. The Military OneSource Web site will provide annual upgrades to the TurboTax software at no cost. "This tax consultant...

Texas Monthly November 2001 What happens when a top law firm gets two crooks for clients? At Locke, Liddell, and Sapp, the result was a $30 million settlement for angry investors. by John Spong LOCKE PURNELL ATTORNEY JANE MATHESON'S NOTE ON THE BACK OF A TRADE AGREEMENT her firm was editing for client Russell Erxleben in February 1998 got right to the point: "Tell the truth." Erxleben, an All-American punter and place kicker for the University of Texas Longhorns in the seventies, had enlisted the 110-year-old, blue-chip Dallas law firm to keep his company, Austin Forex Investments (AFI), from running...

AL ASAD, Iraq (Sept. 30, 2005) -- The Marine Tactical Electronic Warfare Squadron 1 Banshees, based at Al Asad, Iraq, are playing host to two Navy squadrons supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom from late September to early October. As Navy Tactical Electronic Warfare Squadron 135 transferred operations to VAQ-141, the two squadrons needed a land base because of a carrier gap, a situation caused by aircraft carriers rotating in and out of the area of responsibility. When the USS Chester W. Nimitz, the home of VAQ-135, left the Persian Gulf, the squadron left behind two jets to help VMAQ-1 successfully execute...

Senate passes "Partners for Fish and Wildlife Act" By Gretchen Randall Date: June 29, 2005 Issue: The Partners for Fish and Wildlife Act (S. 260) passed the U.S. Senate Monday with unanimous approval. The Partners for Fish and Wildlife Program is the primary program within the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service delivering habitat improvement projects on private land through voluntary agreements with private landowners. The bill authorizes the program for the next five years (2006-2011) and provides $75 million each year for this habitat conservation program. Noting that approximately 60 percent of fish and wildlife in the United States are...

Gay Pride's Come A Long Way Since '81: Now In Its 25th Year, It Started With Kyly Rae, Four Friends And A Small Event To Celebrate Gay Culture Sue-Ann Levy    Sun, June 19, 2005 Kyle Rae was only 26 and unemployed in 1981 when he helped put together the very first Gay Pride event -- along with four other "feminist fags." As he gets set to kick off 25 years of Pride and Pride week with tomorrow's flag-raising ceremony at City Hall, the 51-year-old councillor -- now married to his same-sex partner -- will be the first to admit they've come a long way...

A surveillance video shows that the partner of a police officer who was shot three times during a car stop last week in Brooklyn ran away and, for several minutes, failed to help the wounded officer, a police official said yesterday. The actions of the partner, Officer Gilberto T. Marrero, are under investigation by the Police Department's Firearms Discharge Review Board as part of its routine inquiry into the shooting, said the official, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because the investigation is still under way. Officer Marrero, a 12-year veteran, could face dismissal if the board concludes that...

In recent weeks, two of the Sacramento region's most prominent political figures have found themselves facing public scrutiny over their private investments with the region's largest developer, the Tsakopoulos family. First, Sacramento County Sheriff Lou Blanas retreated from his strange role as cheerleader for a plan to finance a new basketball arena by rezoning land, including some owned by the Tsakopoulos family, after press reports that his wife has been a partner with the family in land ventures elsewhere. And now Doris Matsui, wife of the late Rep. Robert Matsui and a candidate to succeed him in Congress, has announced...

Answers in Iraq and the Fallacy of “Partners” By Captain Trampes C. Crow As we enter the homestretch of the 2004 presidential election and the opposing sides pull out all stops in order to gain an edge in voting booths across America, the rhetoric as it pertains to my current residence, Iraq, has taken center stage. The talk has ranged alternately from the supportive to the cynical to the outright ridiculous. There is one theory that pertains to the winning of the peace here in Iraq that has alarmed and disappointed me more than most. That is the key Democratic...

Those who see no apparent harm in legalizing same-sex marriage in the United States should not be heartened by Tuesday's ruling in Massachusetts, where the state Supreme Court ruled in favor of seven homosexual couples seeking to overturn the traditional definition of marriage. If, through the application of the full faith and credit clause, Arizona and other states are forced to legalize homosexual marriage, the results will be predictable. That's because social science research has already given us an accurate view of homosexual relationships and the instability of those involved, including children. We know that homosexual relationships last, on average,...

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, Oct. 30 (UPI) -- A Pakistani opposition leader, Makhdoom Javed Hashmi, who has been critical of his country's military ruler, is under arrest, accused of defaming the army. Hashmi, the president of the Alliance for the Restoration of Democracy, was taken into custody late Wednesday night. The BBC said Hashmi is one of the most outspoken critics of Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf, an army general who seized power in a 1999 coup. Hashmi is also the acting leader of a faction of the Pakistan Muslim League associated with Nawaz Sharif, the former prime minister who was overthrown during...

<p>Gay marriages are prohibited in California, but legislation unveiled Tuesday would grant same-sex partners nearly all the legal rights and responsibilities of married spouses.</p> <p>AB 205 would expand the state's existing domestic partnership program to ensure equal treatment of gay and lesbian couples in child custody, financial support, community property, debt assumption and other family matters.</p>

Humans 'attracted to partners that look like their parents' Researchers have concluded opposites do not necessarily actually attract. A team of experts from St Andrews University found women are attracted to men who remind them of their fathers and men to women who look like their mothers. They found that people are far more likely to marry those who look like their opposite sex parent, particularly when it comes to hair and eye colour. Anthony Little, 25, who led the research, said: "We found that people really did pick partners who resembled their opposite sex parent. "It is something a...

<p>He has a girlfriend, a hunting license and a gun, so Al Farmes, 87, will be happy Saturday no matter how the opening of the 2002 Minnesota duck season turns out.</p> <p>Farmes has hunted ducks in Minnesota for nearly 70 years, missing a few season openers during that period to serve in the Navy, and missing a few more when he opted instead to tromp in the woods, stalking deer.</p>