By Drew Andersen, Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier, Iowa Nov. 23--Second in a series looking at the 1/133rd Battalion's first holiday back home after an extended stay in Iraq. WATERLOO -- Four months ago, Master Sgt.

An Air Force drill sergeant and former Iowa National Guard member who posed nude for Playboy magazine has been removed from active duty, she said Wednesday. Whether that amounts to an honorable discharge, as Michelle Manhart also says, is unclear.

WASHINGTON, April 19 /U.S. Newswire/-- Following are remarks by the President on his meeting with governors who traveled to Kuwait, Iraq, and Afghanistan: The South Lawn 9:05 a.m. EDT THE PRESIDENT: I just had breakfast with four governors who have returned from Kuwait, Iraq, and Afghanistan.

By John Whitesides, Political Correspondent BOONE, Iowa (Reuters) - On the flag-lined streets of Boone, where nearly everyone has a friend or relative who served in the National Guard in Iraq, a sense of pride in the military now mingles with growing doubt and uncertainty about the war.