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American Airlines to Fly 20 Tons of Cargo in the Largest One-Time Shipment in Operation Iraqi Children's History, Supporting U.S. Soldiers' Efforts to Help Iraqis Mission to Also Feature Tony Orlando and Other Performers Providing Entertainment for U.S. Military Personnel FORT WORTH, Texas, April 8 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Children in Iraq will soon receive more than 20 tons of basic school supplies, new Crocs(TM) shoes and other items thanks to American Airlines and Operation Iraqi...
U.S. oil service giant Halliburton and former subsidiary Kellogg Brown & Root have settled an international bribery case for $579 million, officials said. Authorities charged the companies with funneling funds to Nigerian officials through intermediaries in Tokyo and Gibraltar to secure $6 billion worth of construction contracts over a 10-year period, The Washington Post reported Thursday. KBR pleaded guilty in the case while Halliburton admitted no wrongdoing, the newspaper said. But,...
Military health officials are bracing for a surge of soldiers that have been deployed over a year that are expected to suffer from brain injuries and psychological problems. Some 15,000 soldiers are heading home to Ft. Campbell and experts believe as many as one in five of the 101st Airborne Division soldiers will suffer from stress-related disorders. In anticipation, the base has doubled its psychological health staff. Many troops that are stationed with the three 101st Airborne combat...
The United States has responded to changes Iraqi officials made to the pact on maintaining a U.S. troop presence in Iraq, a White House spokeswoman said. "We have gotten back to the Iraqis with a final text," Dana Perino said during a Thursday news briefing. "Through this step we've concluded the process on our side, and now it is in their court to move forward with their process." She declined to reveal the response. Under the original draft, U.S. troops would withdraw from Iraq's main...
KBR (NYSE:KBR) today announced that its consulting subsidiary Granherne has been selected as the contractor for two pre-front-end engineering and design (pre-FEED) studies by BG Trinidad & Tobago (BG T&T). The contracts are valued at $1.2 million. Under the first pre-FEED study, Granherne will undertake study work for provision of compression to BG T&T North Coast Marine Area (NCMA) facilities that deliver gas to Atlantic LNG. The concept phase will examine both offshore and onshore...
SOLANA BEACH, Calif., Nov. 3, 2008 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Surge Global Energy, Inc. (OTCBB:SRGG) announced today that it will host an operations update telephone conference call on Tuesday, November 18, at 11 A.M. (EST). The conference call dial in number is (218) 339-4600, access code 1026351#. The call will be recorded, and the playback number will be (641) 715-3525, access code 629502 on Surge's new website, www.Surgeglobalenergy.com, after the meeting. Management will discuss the results of...
The United States has agreed to most of the changes Iraqi leaders made to a security agreement between the two countries, the Iraqi state-run newspaper said. Al-Sabah reported U.S. officials agreed to three of five changes Baghdad sought, but did not yield on changes to the article on immunity for troops accused of crimes in Iraq, KUNA, the Kuwaiti news agency, reported Monday. The time frame for U.S. troop withdrawal was changed to indicate American forces would pull out of Iraq within 36...
U.S. Army Gen. Raymond Odierno, commander of U.S. forces in Iraq, says chances are as high as 30 percent a U.S.-Iraqi security deal won't be reached. On a scale of one to 10, "I'm probably (at) a seven or eight that something is going to be worked out," Odierno told The Washington Times. "I think it's important for the government of Iraq. I think it's important for security and stability here." A draft U.S.-Iraq security accord was reached earlier in October, but Iraqi officials later...
U.S. Army Gen. David Petraeus took over U.S. Central Command Friday at a change of command ceremony in Florida. Secretary of Defense Robert Gates presided over the ceremony at MacDill Air Force Base in which Acting Central Command Commander Lt. Gen. Martin E. Dempsey relinquished the post to Petraeus, the Pentagon said in a release. Petraeus, 55, assumed command of U.S. forces across the Middle East and Southwest Asia, including Iraq and Afghanistan. He most recently led the Multinational...
U.S. officials are reviewing the Iraqi amendments to the draft agreement on U.S. troop levels in Iraq, a State Department official said Thursday. Spokesman Robert Wood, however, declined to discuss the nature of the amendments when asked during a news conference. "Once we have something to say on it, we will," Wood said. "But for the moment, we're just taking our time in reviewing it to make sure that, you know, we've got a good sense of what it is the Iraqis have put forward." The "status...
