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The American surge of combat forces into Baghdad that was ordered by President Bush worked. And there was a calm, a relative calm that descended on the country kind of late 2008. That pretty much held until the last American combat soldiers left at the end of 2011.

The armored battle group that will deploy brings important qualities of extensive training, experience and hard-edge combat capability. It is not the case, as is often implied, that there are 130,000 U.S. troops that could take on this task, ... In fact, fewer than a third of U.S. forces in Iraq have the requisite combat capability, and of those even fewer have the armored capability that is needed.

That's the nature of journalism. And it's the nature of combat, ... To criticize the media for covering combat in wartime is like criticizing the sun for coming up.

My colleagues, hardworking Americans are looking to Congress to take immediate action and meaningful steps to combat price gouging.

Michelle is like a violin, a finely turned instrument. Fencing is a combat sport and she is so powerful.

message to the world that all people should have access to basic education, to modern technology and the tools to combat infectious diseases.

We provide insurance for all sectors of the motor trade. However, to remain competitive, it is important that we combat fraud at all levels. I see Advances playing a crucial role in achieving this and I am encouraged by the results Advances is delivering for its existing customers.

We hope that the alliance will observe its political and legal commitments in terms of military restraint when deciding on the deployment of the bases, and in particular the commitment not to deploy considerable combat forces in new member states.

We're definitely glad to be back, ... On behalf of Combat Reconnaissance Crew One, I'd like to thank you once again, and God bless America.

We're creating a pilot program that's very permissive to try to combat suicides. At the same time, it gives the parents a way to glean information about their children's well-being while away at college.

We must look at the role of Lake Maloney in the whole system in order to best manage and conserve water. We are doing what we can to combat drought, and our intention is to get water back into Lake Maloney in time for the holiday season, from Memorial Day through Labor Day.

We're using every available resource to combat this series of home invasions,

U.S. failures when it comes to the Gulf of Guinea are many: a failure to address the longstanding concerns of a government watchdog agency, a failure to effectively combat piracy despite an outlay of tens of millions of taxpayer dollars, and a failure to confront corrupt African leaders who enable piracy in the first place.

We have very robust, well-trained combat search and rescue teams available to search for them.

Today, through the overuse of antibiotics, many of our most deadly diseases are showing significant resistance to our best line of defense antibiotics. It's critical that we find new ways to combat these diseases and ensure that doctors and patients are aware of the impact of over-prescribing on increasing antimicrobial resistance.

We got together with the people who run all these groups and told them there needs to be a uniform set of rules, like with boxing or any other combat sport. The people at UFC have complied with everything we've asked of them.

The presidency congratulates the Congress for approving the reforms. This law gives police and prosecutors better legal tools to combat drug crimes that do so much damage to our youth and children.

We'll look at the film and try to come up with a strategy to combat that. We'll go over there and battle as best we can.

Today, we heard him try to walk away from the USS Abraham Lincoln 'end of major combat operations' announcement, absurdly claiming that the White House was not responsible for the 'Mission Accomplished' banner that decorated the flight deck,

We are seeing signs of significant change in the Arctic with mountain glaciers retreating, snow cover disappearing, the Greenland ice sheet thinning and Arctic sea ice cover declining. There is no time to lose - we need to take drastic action now to combat climate change.

To be sure, those who are actually engaged in combat - those who actually see the maimed bodies and mourning mothers - struggle more than the rest of us to make sense of the reality of war.

The overarching global imperative to work to combat poverty ... must gain added urgency today when HIV-AIDS, conflict and other catastrophes are helping to reverse years of development gains in the poorest countries,

We are confident Congress will ultimately send the president a bill that does not undermine the ability of investigators and prosecutors to disrupt terrorist plots and combat terrorism effectively.

We recognize that spam is a global problem. We are ramping up our efforts to combat spam around the world.

We recognize that spam is a global problem, ... We are ramping up our efforts to combat spam around the world.

Time spent folding T-shirts was time we didn't spend on learning how to use weapons or combat defense of a base.

We worked with Sailors in the CDC to reinforce their training. Reagan Sailors know what they are doing and quickly became more confident and comfortable with the new system. The first deployment of an SSDS Mk 2 based combat system gives the Reagan a more integrated self defense capability that supports air control, strike operations, data link communications with other platforms and track management of all sensors.

We didn't have anyone to combat Schrader's size. And we know all about Allen. She's from near Pittsburgh and we tried to recruit her.

We are moving towards a precision approach in the conduct of our operations that begins to take into consideration the Iraqi culture and sensitivities and we want to be precise in our application of combat power,

A great man's manias must be respected, because the time required to combat them is too precious to waste.

Most things that couples disagree upon aren't worth more than a day's combat...

The point of books is to combat loneliness.

We can train Iraqi soldiers to combat insurgencies while respecting human rights, as we have trained armies in the Philippines and Latin America.

We combat obstacles in order to get repose, and, when got, the repose is insupportable

We have got several hundred soldiers that are coming back from a year in combat to this.

We're not in combat the last time I checked. We've got some time.

We also need to appropriately increase funds for building armaments and raise the defense and combat capability of the army.

With combat in Iraq reaching its conclusion and consumer confidence on the rise, we believe consumers will take advantage of the unprecedented values in the market,

We have made suitable tactical and strategic realignments and they (the Naval fleet) are in a very high combat state,

When we talk about the Middle East or sub-Saharan Africa, there will be somebody in the room that may have actually been in combat in that area, may actually know a national leader personally,

We are excited to be the first studio to deliver secure and legal download-to-own films through the Internet simultaneous with the film's DVD debut. This agreement provides Warner Bros. with yet another channel to deliver our movies directly to consumers' homes. By continuing to partner with local services around the world, Warner Bros. is finding innovative ways to engage with the local culture and community. Additionally, these solutions help us to combat piracy by providing high quality, affordable and legal downloads. We are committed to exploring cutting edge, digital delivery options around the globe.

When someone sees the game for the first time, their eyes are immediately drawn to the aircraft, virtual cockpits, visual effects, etc. Then after they sit down and spend some time playing the game, they get immersed into the whole air combat experience,

When software thieves go unpunished, innovation suffers and the economy doesn't grow as fast as it should. Today's announcement will provide software makers with important on-the-ground assistance to combat theft in problematic regions.

The government is making all efforts to combat bird flu, which is a serious epidemic in China.

Today, we reached agreements that will boost our ability to combat international high-tech and computer-related crime and help us better assist each other in a broad range of law-enforcement matters,

While we are in the process of deploying U.S. Army troops for possible combat in Iraq, the Administration decides to cut funding for their children's education.

You brain has to work and it helps a recent study showed this type of exercise helps combat something like Alzheimer's. The veteran's 40-plus group is the fastest growing category in the country.

We're studying very hard where this technology is coming from and what we can do to combat that technology,

There is nothing the Fed can do to combat inflation unless they hike rates aggressively.

Those soldiers whose lives depend on that lifeline, when it has the prospect of taking that away, adding to confusion and maybe translating into combat casualties -- that's not good for the country,

What I've asked for is essentially to have a strong mobile combat arms capability, ... That's probably about two brigades worth of combat power, if not more.

What they do is stuff the run on first down and get you in 2nd-and-long. Then you try to pass and they'll send five or six guys. They can really put you in some tough spots. It's our job as a staff to come up with ways to combat it.

We just wanted to get some sort of an input. We just wanted to get a feeling how the students felt about underage drinking and see if we can design some sort of a plan to combat it.

We're very much in combat mode around here. Our users have asked us for quite a while for help in determining good e-mail from bad. We have to provide them a mechanism to do this.

We feel like this is a really strong first step in addition to all the other things we do to combat piracy,

We are taking a series of actions to combat these very difficult market conditions in automation controls. We are completing the realignment of our automation business previously announced in July. Early indications from the realignment are positive as we focus our marketing, sales and product development efforts on areas offering potentially higher growth.

Bottom line: this is larceny. People find themselves in financial need for many reasons. Stealing is not an honorable thing to do to combat that need. We are all very fortunate in that we have many associations that will provide assistance if you just ask. We can't help if we do not know there is a need.

British Airways was doing everything they could do to put Virgin Atlantic out of business -- what's become famous here as the dirty tricks campaign, ... We felt that we needed the financial muscle to combat them. And I still had a lot to prove at Virgin Atlantic whereas we proved that we could, you know, build and run a successful record company.

be reviewing what has been accomplished, the strong steps that Pakistan has taken to combat this problem. And we'll look at how we can engage with Pakistan on international nonproliferation standards.

Common methods virus writers use to infect users' workstations include malicious exploitation of a system vulnerability and propagation of malicious e-mails or spam. Security technologies exist to help combat these threats for users connected to their corporate IT environment.

Could we have physically moved combat forces into an American city, without the governor's consent, for purposes of using those forces - untrained at that point in law enforcement - for law enforcement duties? Yes.

Doss Aviation will provide ground school and flight training, to include approximately 19 training flights, for students in preparation for undergraduate pilot training and undergraduate combat systems officer training.

Convoys are the scariest and most high-risk activity a soldier can participate in. You never know when there is going to be a bomb alongside you or even under your vehicle, ... Also, the guns used in combat in Iraq don't create the kind of wounds a street gun might in America. These guns fire at a much higher velocity, creating a lot more damage.

an historic moment for global efforts to combat climate change.

Fear, to people who have been in aviation and combat (such as) fighter pilots ... is something you learn how to deal with and set aside, ... It's a very disabling emotion. You want to be alert as you possibly can.

I've consistently tried to stress this season for us to play pressure defense. When we get in foul trouble, I think we have the depth to combat that.

I've deployed elements of 45 Commando group equipped with the full range of combat power by air and by road to close with the enemy and destroy them in an area historically used by the Taliban,

It would have been difficult to tell Congress that we need millions of dollars to combat 14-year-olds.

I've seen how medals awarded in combat can help tell a child the story of a lost parent or grandparent. These medals can say that these men and women gave their lives in service to their neighbors and to their nation -- and that this nation is a grateful one, ... Today, we say on behalf of every American, thank you.

I've very disappointed in the rankings, because the reality is that such rankings do hurt us, whether they're real or perceived. A message gets out, and we have to combat a negative.

It was a huge help. I needed the new driver to combat the added length here at Augusta.

These solutions help us to combat piracy by providing quality, affordable and legal downloads.

The ship is much easier to access when it's in the water and significant work, like testing the combat systems and running the engines, can be performed in a more efficient and timely fashion.

I've battled with that type of stuff, but what I've found is that by doing stand-up, I've actually learned about depression and how to combat it. I don't have clinical, but I've definitely had my bouts with it.

I've always been a T-shirt, Levi's, leather jacket, and combat boots kind of girl.

routinely co-located with units assigned a direct combat mission.

Rutgers Prep is much bigger than us. They are also very athletic and talented. If we meet them again, we'll have to find ways to combat that.

Prayer in a combat zone serves exactly the same purpose as it does in peacetime. In war, the stakes are life and death, true; but if you believe in God and in the notion of a human soul, then we are always making decisions of tremendous significance.

Preparedness is the only way we can combat a natural disaster.

readiness level of their combat levels above 90 percent mission capable.

Raytheon has a big advantage in that the U.S. is a leading provider of combat aircraft to the world.

People who have fought hard all their lives appreciate a guy that size who takes the hits he does. The way he plays has overshadowed all the other stuff he's had happen off the court. Not many players are able to combat that, but he's been able to.

Of course we've been fighting against stereotypes from Day One at East West. That's the reason we formed: to combat that, and to show we are capable of more than just fulfilling the stereotypes - waiter, laundryman, gardener, martial artist, villain.

Northrop Grumman has been aggressively pursuing emerging technologies to combat the growing threat from mines. The transformational mine-detection technology used in ALMDS is critical for creating safer passage around the world for our servicemen and women.

Specifically, I ask developing countries to improve their governments, uphold the rule of law, combat corruption and adopt an inclusive approach to development,

Once you can laugh at your own weaknesses, you can move forward. Comedy breaks down walls. It opens up people. If you're good, you can fill up those openings with something positive. Maybe you can combat some of the ugliness in the world.

Once the incident became public Uribe needed to take this step in order to combat charges that he and his allies are linked with the paramilitaries.

A potent force of around 1,000-strong and equipped with the full range of combat power at my disposal has been deployed by air and by land to first secure... a large and challenging area in what is a strategic key location for our enemy.

The bottom line is we have never, never turned down an opportunity to deal with someone, even someone with an unsavory background, if we thought that person could be helpful in our effort to combat terrorism.

The Bush administration's lax new gas mileage standards are unfortunately going to keep America addicted to oil for a long time to come and accelerate impacts from global climate change. The fuel efficiency increases are miniscule compared to what is possible with existing technology and the major reforms urgently needed to cut air pollution, combat global climate change and save money at the gas pump. The Bush administration is figuratively and literally fiddling while the earth burns. The U.S. can and must do better if we are going to leave a habitable and tolerable planet for our children and grandchildren.

The briefing focused on the Treasury's authorities to combat illicit finance and the tools we utilize to protect the U.S. financial system, and afforded a useful opportunity to clarify numerous issues.

Avoiding combat duty was and is an unforgivable sin for a professional soldier.

You should calculate your tax return both ways (including and not including combat pay as earned income for EITC purposes) to determine which option gives you the best result. Alternatively, combat pay is included as earned income when calculating the refundable portion of the Child Tax Credit.

Your assembly is today called to vote on the means to dissuade and combat one of the most barbarous and pernicious forms of violence: terrorism. The ingredients of this menace exist, the plans for violent action on our soil are real.

This is an important message to give out to the developed world, where the general feeling is that India is not doing enough to combat global warming.

This is a personal showdown between Sharon and Netanyahu and later this month we will see one-to-one combat between them.

This is a novel concept as far as a cause for obesity. If these viruses are contributing to obesity, as we get to the point of developing a vaccine, there may be a way to help combat the obesity epidemic.

This contract further validates Raytheon's prime role, delivering a comprehensive, integrated solution that has become the combat control baseline for the U.S. Navy's submarine fleet.

This ban was enacted at the federal level, and Congress decided that it was an ineffective tool to combat violent crime, and as a result they did not renew it in 2004.

Thirty years ago, in 1976, the notion of organized activity to combat discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity was an extremely controversial one.