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WASHINGTON, July 30, 2007 – The United States and Great Britain share common values and “an obligation … to work for freedom and justice around the world,” President Bush said today in a joint news conference with British Prime Minister Gordon Brown at Camp David, Md., today. “After all, we're writing the initial chapters of what I believe is a great ideological struggle between those of us who do believe in freedom and justice and human rights and human dignity and cold-blooded killers who will kill innocent people to achieve their objectives,” Bush said. Both men said they will...

CAMP DAVID, Md. - British Prime Minister Gordon Brown told President Bush Monday he shares the U.S. view that there are "duties to discharge and responsibilities to keep" in Iraq. "Our aim, like the United States is, step-by-step, to move control to the Iraqi authorities," Brown said, joining Bush at a news conference at the president's Maryland mountaintop ranch. Brown hinted that a decision about troops levels would be made soon, while assuring that such a determination would be based "on the military advice of our commanders on the ground," thus echoing language often heard from Bush. Indeed, minutes later,...

WASHINGTON, March 30, 2007 – It’s imperative – especially during wartime – that the Defense Department continues to provide viable family and troop morale programs for servicemembers and their families, a senior Defense Department official said here yesterday. “Our military families are the heart and soul of troops on the battlefield,” Leslye A. Arsht, deputy undersecretary of defense for military community and family policy, told the House Armed Services Committee’s subcommittee on military personnel at a Capitol Hill hearing. The Defense Department “has made family support a priority and redesigned and boosted family support in a number of ways...

WASHINGTON, Feb. 23, 2007 – Vice President Richard B. Cheney today in Australia reaffirmed the U.S. commitment to peace, progress and freedom in the Asia-Pacific region. “In this neighborhood of the globe,” Cheney said in an address to the Australian-American Leadership Dialogue in Sydney, “millions look to our countries to promote security, economic progress, and democratic ideals.” Cheney noted that President Bush had expressed the same sentiment in a speech before the Australian Parliament in October 2003. “As President Bush said when he spoke to your Parliament, America will continue a forward presence in Asia and continue our close...

Bush Arrives in Utah to Reaffirm Resolve in Terror WarBy Donna MilesAmerican Forces Press Service WASHINGTON, Aug. 31, 2006 – Nearly five years after the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks on the United States, America still has enemies determined to harm it because of what it stands for, President Bush will tell the American Legion’s annual meeting in Salt Lake City, Utah, today. Bush arrived in Salt Lake City last night, telling Utah National Guardsmen who met him he’s looking forward to telling the veterans how much he and the nation appreciate their service. “And I’m going to thank...

NEW DELHI, June 4, 2006 – The highest-ranking U.S. military officer arrived here today to discuss regional security issues in this strategic nation that, with its 1.1 billion population, represents the world's largest democracy. Marine Gen. Peter Pace, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, will meet with India's military leaders and defense minister during a visit that also includes stops at the headquarters of India's Training Command at Shimla. The visit, Pace's first to India as chairman, will build on discussions during a bilateral meeting he participated in yesterday in Singapore with U.S. Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld and...

The Supreme Court reaffirmed Monday that police must tell indicted people of their rights before starting interrogations Justices ruled 9-0 in favor of a Nebraska man who claimed he was tricked into talking to officers who came to his house to arrest him on drug charges. The decision relieved civil liberties groups, which worried that the court was poised to roll back some of the protections in its landmark 1966 Miranda ruling which led to the familiar refrain beginning "You have the right to remain silent."

WASHINGTON (AP) - The House considered a bill Monday that would reinforce support for references to God in the Pledge of Allegiance and the national motto. The measure, scheduled to be voted on Tuesday, is expected to pass overwhelmingly. In addition to reaffirming support for the words "under God" in the pledge, it also reiterates that "In God we trust" is the national motto. The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in June ruled that the phrase "under God," inserted by Congress in 1954, amounts to a government endorsement of religion in violation of the separation of church and state....