[Stand-To!] Highlights from House Armed Services Committee Testimony February 10, 2006 (UNCLASSIFIED)

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SENIOR LEADERS ARE SAYING


The Army is not broken. I was in a broken Army before; many of us were that
have been around. A broken Army is one that's got low morale, it's one where
you've got (increased) discipline rates, where you've got all kinds of other
problems. We know what that looks like, smells like, and this Army's not
there. By contrast, this is the best Army that I've ever been associated
with in my life and it's going to get much better. But we've got to go
through the labor pains to get there.

Gen.  <http://www.army.mil/leaders/leaders/csa/biography.html> Peter J.
Schoomaker 
Chief of Staff of the United States Army 



TODAY'S FOCUS


Highlights from House Armed Services Committee Testimony 

DoD officials told the House Armed Services Committee this week that the
Army is going through a remarkable transformation and is far from a "broken"
force. Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld said the Army is becoming a more
agile and deployable force capable of handling and sustaining missions
around the world. 

Rumsfeld said the Army has demonstrated its capability, not in training
exercises, but "in the crucible of combat." Soldiers have performed superbly
on a regular basis in Iraq, Afghanistan and elsewhere. The secretary
confronted questions about cutting the reserve components. The Army is not
cutting the National Guard or the (Army) Reserve. The rumors are false.

Some key points of the testimony were:

* The "long war", -a conflict that has put our military on a path of near
continuous change for the past five years. A conflict which also is having
the effect of transforming the way our forces fight and defend the nation. 

* The Army
* Guard equipment and readiness
* Army End Strength
* Protecting the Force
* Health Costs
* Help for wounded Soldiers
* Iraq
* Preparing for the unexpected
* Shifting our weight
* The Navy and Air Force
* Imagining the future 

See all of the secretary's comments in the statement of Secretary of
Defense, Donald H. Rumsfeld, FY 2007 Posture Statement, Document
<http://armed-services.senate.gov/statemnt/2006/February/Rumsfeld%2002-07-06
.pdf> 

Sources: AFIS article
<http://www.defenselink.mil/news/Feb2006/20060208_4147.html> 

Department of Defense  <http://www.defenselink.mil/> website

National Strategic Military Plan for the War on Terrorism
<http://www.defenselink.mil/qdr/docs/2005-01-25-Strategic-Plan.pdf> 



NEWS ABOUT THE ARMY



*	Army seeks to execute two (AT
<http://www.armytimes.com/story.php?f=1-292925-1524107.php> ) 

*	Soldiers provide relief for Iraqi flood (ARNEWS
<http://www4.army.mil/ocpa/read.php?story_id_key=8562> ) 

*	World-renowned doctor trades lab coat for uniform (ARNEWS
<http://www4.army.mil/ocpa/read.php?story_id_key=8558> ) 

*	Odds of survival improve for the U.S. Military's best friends (LAT
<http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/iraq/complete/la-fg-dogs10feb10,0,7
799087.story?coll=la-iraq-complete>  | EB
<http://ebird.afis.mil/ebfiles/e20060210416263.html> )


WAR ON TERROR NEWS



*	President reveals failed 2002 Al Qaeda attack (NPR
<http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5199179> ) 

*	U.S. faced with shrinking coalition presence in Iraq (AT
<http://www.armytimes.com/story.php?f=1-292925-1524158.php> ) 

*	Book: 'While They're at War' (NPR
<http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5198596> ) 

*	Ex-CIA official faults use of data on Iraq (MSNBC
<http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11261915/> ) 

*	Million Shiites mark Ashura in Iraq in safety (YN
<http://sg.news.yahoo.com/060209/1/3ylqc.html> ) 

*	Iraqi election results certified (MH
<http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/news/world/13833471.htm> )


OF INTEREST



*	Commentary: 'U.S. anti-war movement lacks message, muscle' (NPR
<http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5195491> ) 

*	A 'half full' Afghan army (ABC News
<http://abcnews.go.com/International/CSM/story?id=1600692> ) 

*	Jill Carroll update (CSM
<http://www.christiansciencemonitor.com/2006/0113/carroll_update.html> ) 

*	Muslim leaders call for calm (FN
<http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,184421,00.html> ) 

*	Counterintelligence posts vacant (WT
<http://www.washingtontimes.com/national/20060210-123648-8710r.htm> ) 

*	Where do Muslim protesters get their Danish Flags? (SLATE
<http://www.slate.com/id/2135827/?nav=fo> ) 

*	Iraq slideshow (YN
<http://news.yahoo.com/photos/ss/events/iraq/082701iraqplane;_ylt=AmBDsKgCbu
sEfNcx5bqxv8dvaA8F;_ylu=X3oDMTA5aHJvMDdwBHNlYwN5bmNhdA--> ) 

*	Europe being drawn deeper into cartoon firestorm (VOA
<http://www.voanews.com/english/2006-02-09-voa55.cfm> )


WORLD VIEW



*	OIC Calls for laws to protect sanctity of religions (Arab News
<http://www.arabnews.com/>  | story
<http://www.arabnews.com/?page=1&section=0&article=77569&d=10&m=2&y=2006> ) 

*	German businesses watch Middle East unrest with concern (Deutsche
<http://www.dw-world.de/dw/0,1595,266,00.html> Welle | story
<http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,2144,1897578,00.html> ) 

*	Worshippers die in Iraq mosque attack (Aljazeera
<http://english.aljazeera.net/HomePage>  | story
<http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/F0CD2927-8E23-4F11-A0AE-0DA90AC458E7
.htm> ) 

*	NATO commander fears rapid-reaction force delay (Reuters
<http://today.reuters.com/news/home.aspx>  | story
<http://today.reuters.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=worldNews&storyID=2006-
02-10T133050Z_01_L10690237_RTRUKOC_0_US-NATO.xml&archived=False> ) 

*	Islam-West divide ' grows deeper' (BBC News <http://news.bbc.co.uk/>
| story <http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/4699716.stm> ) 

*	Cartoon protest in brief (Gulf News
<http://www.gulfnews.com/home/index.html>  | story
<http://www.gulfnews.com/world/Denmark/10017569.html> )

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