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WASHINGTON, Dec. 14, 2007 – Navy Secretary Donald C. Winter and Army Secretary Pete Geren sent letters to installation commanders Dec. 12 telling them to prepare for possible furloughs due to a lack of funding for the global war on terror. The secretaries alerted commanders to prepare to scale down operations if necessary. “Unless Congress provides supplemental funding for war-related operations, it will become necessary for you to furlough civilian employees at your base or installation,” Winter wrote. “You must follow all applicable legal, regulatory, and labor relations contractual requirements pertaining to furloughs, including requirements for advance notification to those...

Secretary of the Army Francis J. Harvey, alongside Fort Huachuca Commander Maj. Gen. Barbara Fast, answers questions from the media during his first visit to the historic post. (Ed Honda-Herald/Review) Herald/Review FORT HUACHUCA -- The Army’s plan to add more soldiers likely will mean the Intelligence Center will be doing more training, the secretary of the Army said Thursday. Francis J. Harvey said it also will be critical for the Army to have combat support functions integrated into the additional brigade combat teams. Those units will require intelligence, military police, engineers and other functions. Harvey made his comments at a...

OPERATION: IRAQI FREEDOM Officer facing charges would do it again West: To protect my men 'I'd go through hell with a gasoline can' Posted: November 19, 2003 2:49 p.m. Eastern © 2003 WorldNetDaily.com Lt. Col. Allen West admitted during an emotional preliminary hearing today he used wrong methods to extract information from an Iraqi detainee but insisted American lives were at stake. Accused of threatening to kill the Iraqi if he didn't disclose details of an imminent plot against U.S. soldiers, West was asked by his defense attorney if he would do it again. "If it's about the lives of...