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To: Peter Dierks who wrote (21898)	8/18/2007 12:17:19 AM
From: Mr. Palau	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 71588

"Last week, Korean War veteran Nyles Reed, 75, learned he had earned a Purple Heart for “injuries he sustained as a Marine on June 22, 1952.” But instead of a medal, he received a form that said the Purple Heart was “out of stock,” and he could either “wait 90 days and resubmit an application, or buy his own medal.” “I can imagine, of course, with what’s going on in Iraq and Afghanistan, there’s a big shortage,” Reed said.

To: Peter Dierks who wrote (21898)	8/20/2007 10:26:27 AM
From: Mr. Palau	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 71588

so peter, once again, please define what victory in iraq looks like, what series of events will enable us to bring our guys home from that meat grinder? “The Army has nearly exhausted its fighting force and its options if the Bush administration decides to extend the Iraq buildup beyond next spring.” The Army’s 38 available combat units are already mobilized, leaving no fresh troops to replace five extra brigades that Bush sent to Baghdad this year. "Bombers killed an Iraqi provincial governor on Monday — the second assassinated in two weeks — “amid mounting tension between rival Shiite armed factions in Iraq’s southern cities.” Both governors were members of the Supreme Iraqi Islamic Council, “one of Iraq’s most powerful parties and a bitter rival of another Shiite movement led by radical cleric Moqtada al-Sadr.”