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South Korean Defense Minister Song Young-moo said Monday he would like the United States to consider redeploying nuclear weapons to the peninsula as threats from North Korea intensify. In the wake of North Korea's nuclear test over the weekend, Song is now calling on the U.S. to look at its 1991 withdrawal of nuclear weapons from South Korea. Song said he spoke with Defense Secretary James Mattis and asked him to beef up the U.S. military presence in and around South Korea as its northern neighbor shows no signs of backing off its aggressive actions that include multiple missile tests...

WASHINGTON, May 8, 2008 – The 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit will redeploy from Afghanistan in November as scheduled, Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates and Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said today. The unit deployed from Camp Lejeune, N.C., in March. It is operating in Regional Command South under NATO’s International Security Assistance Force. “Just to reemphasize what the secretary said, … this deployment of Marines is seven months, and they’re going to come out toward the end of the year,” Mullen said. As the drawdown of surge forces in Iraq continues, Gates said, the...

WASHINGTON, March 9, 2008 – A military spokesman in Iraq today praised soldiers of an Army brigade that will soon redeploy to the U.S. and mark the first reduction in the number of surge forces sent to stabilize Iraq last year. Multinational Force Iraq officials announced March 6 that some 2,000 paratroopers from the 2nd Brigade, 82nd Airborne Division, will return to Fort Bragg, N.C., in the next several weeks, reducing the number of U.S. combat brigades in Iraq from 19 to 18. “On behalf of the men and women of (Multinational Force Iraq), I want to thank the 2nd...

It's past time that we have some straight talk about Iraq and the War On Terror. The Democrats have caucused and agree that there is no military solution for Iraq and they believe that a political solution must start with a Redeployment of U.S. Troops out of Iraq. Redeployment of Troops from Iraq has been alleged to be a loosing strategy. It has been said that the Democrats Rhetoric is not a plan for success. So let’s talk about that re-deployment. Who Wins? Who Loses? Who Takes Responsibility? Time to refocus this debate: Redeployment means millions of Iraqi's will die...

WASHINGTON, Jan. 30 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Speaker Nancy Pelosi and members of the bipartisan congressional delegation that recently returned from Iraq and Afghanistan held a news conference this afternoon to discuss their experiences and observations. Below are Pelosi's remarks: "As is appropriate, my first trip outside of the United States as Speaker of the House was to visit our men and women in uniform -- to thank them for their courage, their patriotism, and their sacrifices that they are making and that their families are making for our country. "As a tribute to them, I wanted to bring the highest-level delegation...

Democratic Response of Senator Jim Webb To the President’s State of the Union Address **Exclusive** Tue Jan 23 2007 19:10:01 ET [EMBARGOED UNTIL 8:45pm ET] Good evening. I’m Senator Jim Webb, from Virginia, where this year we will celebrate the 400th anniversary of the settlement of Jamestown – an event that marked the first step in the long journey that has made us the greatest and most prosperous nation on earth. It would not be possible in this short amount of time to actually rebut the President’s message, nor would it be useful. Let me simply say that we...

(2006-11-16) — With the battle for House Majority Leader threatening to spark “civil war” within the Democrat party, one of the combatants, Rep. Jack Murtha, D-PA, today announced a new victory strategy designed to “win the peace.” “I’m going to pull out, or rather, redeploy to a committee chairmanship,” said Rep. Murtha, “We have to stop all the sniping and political bombshells. We need to change direction, because we can’t win this battle.” The Pennsylvania lawmaker said his move was not a retreat, but rather “another way of defining victory.” His opponent, Rep. Steny Hoyer, D-MD, immediately declared himself to...

(2006-11-13) — Sources close to al Qaeda and CNN now say that the terror organization has begun high-level internal discussions designed to redefine “victory” in Iraq as “phased redeployment.” “Stay the course is not a strategy,” said an unnamed al Qaeda official based in Iran. “Victory is not a strategy. We’re losing the hearts and minds of the Iraqi people, not to mention other assorted body parts.” The change in tone among al Qaeda leaders comes in the wake of recent secret elections which saw moderates and progressives sweep to power and take leadership of key committees. “We can’t keep...

Bloggers across the nation -- and across the world, if you are a U.S. citizen -- are united in support of Diana Irey's campaign to redeploy Jack Murtha. With just a few weeks left, Diana is poised to pull off the biggest upset since David beat Goliath -- even the District's hometown newspapers are now referring to this campaign as "Diana vs. Goliath." Let's continue our fight to load Diana's slingshot for the crucial advertising that will make the difference between victory and defeat in this critical contest. One Million Dollars is the goal! Won't you help Diana defeat this...

  Murtha Damage Control Time In something reminiscent of ABSCAM, Rep. John Murtha (D-PA) for past few days has been reminding the power brokers in his 12th Congressional District where the money came from... his beneficence. He is making it clear: (1. His power in Washington, D.C. turns up as largesse in the 12th Congressional District  (2. Remember where the money came from  (3. Put money in my coffers because I've got to cover for my mistakes. What are Murtha's mistakes?·        Telling untruths about the very military that, like Sen. John Kerry, he has traded off of to get...

There he goes again. U.S. Rep. Jack Murtha..."American presence in Iraq is more dangerous to world peace than nuclear threats from North Korea and Iran" ... "We want as many Americans out of (Iraq) as possible" because "we have become the enemy." ... his ... comments deserve clarification insofar as they can easily be construed to be, if not anti-American, a comfort to this country’s enemies. ...there is evidence progress is being made. On the flip side, there is not a lot in the way of evidence that America’s soldiers have "become the enemy" of anyone in Iraq other than...

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On NBC's "Meet the Press" last Sunday, Rep. John Murtha repeated his call for "redeploying" U.S. troops from Iraq with something new -- and disturbing to fellow Democrats. Asked by moderator Tim Russert about sites for redeployment, Murtha replied: "We can go to Okinawa. ... We can redeploy there almost instantly." When Russert expressed doubt about "a timely response" from Okinawa to meet a Middle East crisis, the 16-term congressman from western Pennsylvania and new national security spokesman for his party stumbled: "Well, it -- you know, they -- when I say Okinawa, I, I'm saying troops in Okinawa. When...

NATO supreme commander, US Marine Gen. James Jones, revealed a developing U.S. strategy. It holds that tye 70,000 US troops garrisoned in Germany, accompanied by their 70,000 dependents, make up too many forces with too outdated a mission stationed too far from potentioal trouble at too high a cost. At a time when the United States is painfully closing bases at home, many defense strategists conclude that we should reduce and redeploy our troops in Europe. By cutting the number in half; by rotating the troops every six months, thereby obviating the need for dependents' schools and extensive support facilities;...