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• Test cases under way: U.S. COMMAND IN BAGHDAD LAUNCHES BID TO REHABILITATE IRAQI DETAINEES, July 19,2007

• U.S., Iraq Freed Roughly 44,000 Suspected Insurgents Since March 2003, July 12, 2007

• Vickers calls for ‘indirect’ approach BUSH’S SPECIAL OPS PICK SEES POST-SURGE STRATEGY ‘COMING SOON’ TO IRAQ, June 14, 2007

• Lessons from engaging China, FALLON TO PUSH FOR BETTER MIDEAST INTELLIGENCE, PARTICULARLY ON IRAN, April 12, 2007

• DEVELOPING ADAPTIVE ARMY LEADERS: 10 QUESTIONS FOR DON VANDERGRIFF, March 15, 2007

• ‘People in the fight can tell what’s wrong’ U.S. OFFICERS IN IRAQ: INSURGENTS ARE REPEATEDLY CAPTURED AND RELEASED,
  December 7, 2006

• Air Force preparedness at ‘historic low’, HOUSE MEMO: ARMY UNIT READINESS FOR IRAQ, AFGHANISTAN IS LAGGING, July 6, 2006

• Have questionable incidents gone unnoticed? SOME TROOPS QUESTION RIGOR IN ROUTINE PROBES OF IRAQI CIVILIAN DEATHS, June 15, 2006

• Critique of Army Redesign Proves Highly Contentious Inside Service, March 2, 2006

• Combat Commanders Make Broad Access To Intelligence A Top Priority, February 9, 2006

• Composition of ‘brigade combat teams’ at issue STUDY FINDS ARMY TRANSFORMATION PLAN WEAKENS COMBAT CAPABILITY, January 26, 2006

• New Rules In Iraq May Make It Tougher To Keep Insurgents Behind Bars, December 1, 2005

• Riling Hawks, A Top U.S. Commander Seeks Fresh Military Tack On China, November 17, 2005

• New Bush Strategy In Iraq Will Aim To Shield Public From Insurgents, November 3, 2005

• U.S. To Create Three Reconstruction Teams In Iraq By Month’s End, November 3, 2005

• Iraq Drawdown Plan Offers Wide-Ranging Options, Including Big Cuts, September 29, 2005

• Officers Worry Iraqi Army Will Disintegrate After U.S. Draws Down, September 15, 2005

• Longstanding problem remains key worry AS TENURE ENDS, JUMPER IS MOST TROUBLED BY AGING AIRCRAFT FLEET, September 1, 2005

• Cuts to ground troops believed unlikely ARMY, MARINE CORPS SEEN AS EARLY WINNERS IN QUADRENNIAL REVIEW, August 18, 2005

• Initial quadrennial review decisions DEFENSE LEADERS PUT FINAL TOUCHES ON NEW FORCE-PLANNING MECHANISM, August 18, 2005

• Iraq Wants To Create Permanent Buffer Zone Around All Its Borders, August 4, 2005

• Defense policy official: Focus is on FY-07 PENTAGON OFFICIALS DEBATE VIABILITY OF ‘ROLLING’ QUADRENNIAL REVIEW, June 16, 2005

• Some doubt cast on ‘rolling’ QDR DEFENSE OFFICIALS WORRY QUADRENNIAL REVIEW MAY GET BOGGED DOWN, June 2, 2005

• U.S. Forces In Iraq Face Obstacles In Getting Intelligence They Need, May 5, 2005

• Measuring Casey’s progress: UNTIL LAST MONTH, IRAQ CAMPAIGN PLAN LACKED SPECIFIC BENCHMARKS, March 31, 2005

• U.S. Commander in Iraq Weighing Changes to Checkpoint Procedures, March 11, 2005

• Does the modular brigade need armed recon facilitators? ARMY CAVALRY REGIMENT MAY BE LAST BASTION IN ‘FIGHT FOR INFORMATION’, February 10, 2005

• Countering the insurgency ARMY APPROVAL FOR HEAVIER ARMOR IN IRAQ DELAYED UNTIL LAST MONTH, January 20, 2005

• An ‘OODA Loop’ writ large NEW BRIEFING APPLIES 4TH GENERATION WARFARE IDEAS TO IRAQ CONFLICT, December 23, 2004

• TO UNDERSTAND INSURGENCY IN IRAQ: READ SOMETHING OLD, SOMETHING NEW, December 2, 2004

• TROOPS IN FALLUJAH LOST BID FOR DAYTIME AC-130 GUNSHIP FIRE SUPPORT, November 25, 2004

• Tensions Rise Across Ranks In Iraq As Troops Are Told To Gut It Out, November 4, 2004

• Officers In Iraq: War Tactics Offer Little Prospect Of Success, September 30, 2004

• Advisers To Rumsfeld: DOD Can’t Sustain Current Stability Operations, September 23, 2004

• Anaconda: Object Lesson In Poor Planning Or Triumph Of Improvisation? August 12, 2004

• Was Operation Anaconda ill-fated from start?  Army Analyst Blames Afghan Battle Failings On Bad Command Set-Up, July 29, 2004

• Army Plan For 'Asymmetric Warfare Group' Draws New Critiques, July 22, 2004

• Keane: DOD leaders ‘seduced’ by exiles FORMER ARMY NO. 2: POOR PLANNING FOR POSTWAR IRAQ HAS COST LIVES, July 22, 2004

• Revised Army Approach To Readiness Meets Kudos — And Obstacles, July 15, 2004

• Army To Create 'Asymmetric Warfare Group’ To Prepare For New Threats, July 8, 2004

• Possible Interrogation Contractor Influence Cited In Senate Vote, June 24, 2004

• Senate Passes Measure To Strengthen JAGs / Amendment would give JAGs a third star, June 24, 2004

• U.S. Officers Seek Commander Accountability In Abu Ghraib Abuses, June 3, 2004

• Inside the Command Center / Decision To Hasten Ground Attack Into Iraq Presented New Risks, March 18, 2004

• Marine General: Iraq War Pause 'Could Not Have Come At Worse Time',  October 2, 2003

• Congressional Staffer Lifts Veil On Post-Sept. 11 Defense Pork Projects, May 6, 2002

• Congressional Aide Finds Spending On / 'Core Readiness' In Decline, June 28, 2001