By BRYAN CORBIN Courier & Press Statehouse bureau (317) 631-7405 or corbinb@courierpress.com A top U.S.

By ROBERT BURNS WASHINGTON - Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Thursday he's inclined to approve an Army proposal to spend nearly $3 billion extra over the next four years to accelerate an expansion of its force.

Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Thursday he's inclined to approve an Army proposal to spend nearly $3 billion extra to accelerate the expansion of its active-duty force.

WASHINGTON - Army Secretary Pete Geren has a war in Iraq to manage. But he spent much of his time Thursday getting up to speed on a long-standing feud over how the Army Corps of Engineers manages water rights between Georgia and Alabama. Mr.

By Peter Roper, The Pueblo Chieftain, Colo. Aug. 29--Sen. Wayne Allard, R-Colo., sent a letter to Army Secretary Pete Geren on Tuesday, urging the Army to adopt a temporary moratorium on the use of eminent domain in the planned 414,000-acre expansion of the Pinon Canyon Maneuver Site.