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  • Deputy Secretary Wolfowitz Joint Media Availability

    02/04/2004 2:38:27 PM PST · by Calpernia · 5 replies · 109+ views
    United States Department of Defense ^ | Monday, February 2, 2004 | Deputy Secretary of Defense Paul Wolfowitz
    Wolfowitz: I'll try to be brief. Q: We've heard that before. Wolfowitz: You've heard it before. [Laughter] Anyway, I think the Arabic that we kept hearing today is "Al Iraq al Jedid", "The New Iraq", and it seems to me it is very significant that that is in a lot of people's minds including that officer who was saluting us down at the Northern Iraq Training Center and the people we've talked with today. I found the whole ceremony at the House of Hope extremely moving. The suffering that these people have been through is obviously dramatic. The needs are...
  • Village of Hope Points to Future of Iraq

    02/03/2004 1:14:42 PM PST · by Calpernia · 7 replies · 167+ views
    American Forces Press Service ^ | Feb. 3, 2004 | By Jim Garamone
    Who got new homes and how they came to be was the big news Feb. 2 at this village near Mosul. A total of 18 families representing all ethnic and religious groups received new homes during a ceremony at the aptly named Village of Hope. The 101st Airborne Division initiated the project. Under it, families from all groups would work together to build homes for those needing them. Thousands of members of the former regime's army and from the Kurdish Peshmerga militias had no jobs. Many lived in government and military buildings inside Mosul – the second largest city in...