Article: Minnesotans rebuild Iraq water facilities: Years of neglect, embargoes, war parched Fertile Crescent.

Article: NA GEN US National Guard Iraq
AP Worldstream;  February 2, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... The number of Army National Guard soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan peaked ... Combining U.S. forces in Iraq and Afghanistan, the National Guard will represent only ... current troop rotation to Iraq, only two National Guard combat brigades will ...

Article: Reid: America Cannot Afford Plan to Send National ...
U.S. Newswire;  April 6, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... proposal to send 12,000 National Guard combat forces to Iraq and Afghanistan ... additional 12,000 National Guard combat forces to Iraq and Afghanistan ... more than 14,000 National Guard troops back to Iraq next year, shortening ...

Article: Isle National Guard awaits word on possible ...
Honolulu Star - Bulletin;  September 28, 2003 ;     700+ words ...While similar national guard units have been called for Iraq duty, Hawaii's Army National Guard has not yet been told if it will ... has said there are now 30,500 National Guard troops stationed in Iraq and Kuwait, or about 18 percent ...

Transcript: Analysis: National Guard having trouble meeting ...
NPR All Things Considered;  December 17, 2004 ;     700+ words ... ... 2004 Analysis: National Guard having trouble ... operations in Iraq and Afghanistan ... combat deaths in Iraq, the Army National Guard is having trouble ... is a New York National Guard lieutenant and ... of the war in Iraq. He heads Operation ...

Article: Katrina poses key test for stretched National ...
The Christian Science Monitor;  September 2, 2005 ;     700+ words ... ... the nation. Though Iraq has strained the National Guard, Defense officials ... 000 members of the National Guard - are deployed in Iraq. So far, the dual ... Mississippi and Louisiana National Guard forces are in Iraq or Afghanistan, other ...

Article: Iraq duty stretching National Guard.(USA)
The Christian Science Monitor;  April 10, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... WASHINGTON -- For a National Guard wanting to help support the war in Iraq and Afghanistan yet ... sending ill-prepared National Guard troops to Iraq is another misguided ... who visited her National Guard troops in Iraq but returned to find ...

Article: TROOPS HIT THE ROAD ; Maine National Guard members ...
Portland Press Herald (Maine);  January 7, 2004 ;     700+ words ... ... eventually, Iraq. About 360 National Guard troops from the ... with the 450 Maine National Guard troops already serving in Iraq, the total deployment ... members of the Maine National Guard and their families ... troops serving in Iraq. In December ...