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COVER STORY A U.S. servicemember stands guard at the site of a suicide attack near a U.S. military camp in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Sept. 16. M ASSOUD HOSSAINI /AP
CHANGING FOCUS BY JOSH SMITH Stars and Stripes
JALALABAD, Afghanistan — What a difference a war makes. As the Obama administration seeks to win support for a coalition campaign against Islamic State militants in Iraq and Syria, the White House and the Defense Department public relations shops have gone into overdrive. In recent weeks, the military has released near daily tallies of airstrikes in Iraq, often detailing how many targets were hit and what type of vehicle was destroyed. Those reports have frequently been pushed out again by the Defense Department and the National Security Council. It’s a level of detail that has conspicuously vanished from public reporting on America’s other war: Afghanistan. According to the latest numbers provided by the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force, the United States still has nearly 30,000 troops in Afghanistan. And while the vast majority of those forces focus on training or other behind-the-scenes assistance, the coalition still carries out regular airstrikes and other operations in support of the Afghans.
DOD highlights information from Iraq as emphasis shifts away from Afghanistan Gregory Smith, who once served as the top spokesman for ISAF, the MultiNational Force-Iraq and U.S. Central Command. “It’s not unprecedented or unexpected,” he told Stars and Stripes in a phone interview. “It’s a political reality of where we’re at in Afghanistan, and where we need to be to address the threats in Iraq and Syria.” Even the forces within Afghanistan rarely provide any information on the rapidly diminishing, but still daily, operations. For much of America’s longest war,
But to subscribe to the American government’s message machine, you would have no idea about that level of involvement. The steady stream of detailed reports about the airstrikes and troop numbers in Iraq highlights the striking difference between the drive to build support for military involvement in Iraq and now Syria, and the effort to make another war — Afghanistan — disappear. The difference in messaging is a clear reflection of changing policies and priorities, said retired Rear Adm.
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ISAF released daily operational updates. That stopped in July 2013, when ISAF announced it would no longer put out such information and would instead forward a daily report from Afghanistan’s Defense Ministry detailing Afghan forces’ work. By now, even that Defense Ministry report is no longer routinely sent to reporters, following a pattern in the Iraq war, when the U.S. tried to shift operational announcements onto the Iraqi military. A CENTCOM spokesman insisted that although the goal is to support the host nations in both countries, the difference in disclosure can’t be compared because the situations are too different. That position was also reiterated by U.S. Air Force Tech Sgt. Trevor Tiernan, a spokesman for ISAF’s Joint Command. “The situation in Iraq is very different to the situation here in Afghanistan,” he said in an email to Stars and Stripes. “As ISAF’s mission in Afghanistan draws to an end, the Afghan National Security Forces are in the lead of operations.
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Inauguration set next week, timetable uncertain for signing of security pact BY SLOBODAN LEKIC Stars and Stripes
KABUL, Afghanistan — Ashraf Ghani will be inaugurated next week as president of Afghanistan, but it remains uncertain how soon he might sign a long-awaited security agreement that will set the terms for U.S. forces to remain in the country into next year. The inauguration is set for Monday, officials said, capping a lengthy and fraught election process in which Ghani and his rival in the June runoff election, Abdullah Abdullah, accused each other of fraud. Ghani pledged on Monday to work for the “prosperity, development and peace of the country.” “We are tired of bloodshed,” he told several hundred supporters, members of parliament and dignitaries in a speech carried on national television. The protracted election process, which included a U.N.-sponsored audit of the 8 million ballots cast, worried U.S. and NATO officials, who have been counting on the new
‘ Abdullah and
his team will remain with us. They will be close colleagues with us in the government.
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Ashraf Ghani Afghanistan’s president-elect
president to sign a Bilateral Security Agreement that will allow U.S. and international forces to stay after the combat mission ends in December. Current President Hamid Karzai has refused to sign the agreement, leaving that to his successor. Both Ghani and Abdullah have said that they would sign the agreement, which would allow nearly 10,000 U.S. and 2,000-3,000 troops from other countries to remain, primarily as advisers and instructors. NATO has a similar agreement with Afghanistan awaiting signature. A U.S. diplomat, speaking on condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the matter, said Ghani had confirmed his intent to sign the Bilateral Security Agreement promptly after inauguration. “The signing of the BSA remains a top U.S. and Afghan priority,” the official said. Ghani’s election was announced just hours after he and Abdullah concluded a far-reaching agreement on a national unity government. It envisions a new post of cabinet chief executive and sweeping constitutional reforms. Abdullah or one of his nominees is expected to fill the powerful new position, which both candidates had agreed to in principle after meetings last month with Secretary of State John Kerry. “Abdullah and his team will remain with us,” Ghani said in his speech. “They will be close colleagues with us in the government.” Haleem Fidayee, a senior member of Ghani’s election team, said the inauguration
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Afghanistan presidential election candidates Abdullah Abdullah, left, and Ashraf Ghani shake hands after signing a powersharing deal on Sunday in Kabul, Afghanistan. ceremony would be held Monday. That was confirmed by international officials in Kabul. Fidayee said it was unclear when the election commission would release the final vote tally. He also said the two candidates and their aides had been “totally consumed” in recent weeks by negotiations on the power-sharing deal and had not had time to consider when the Bilateral Security Agreement with the U.S. would be concluded. The NATO-led international coalition, which numbered about 150,000 three years ago, still has 41,000 in Afghanistan — two-thirds of them Americans. Afghanistan’s security forces number about 350,000 members. This year has been the bloodiest on record for the Afghan army and police, now fully responsible for the country’s security, as the
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“We are very deliberately transitioning to a train, advise and assist function. Since the ANSF are in the lead of ops they receive the ops reporting, and are therefore in the best people to go to for answers about operations.” The operational releases from the Afghan ministries of Defense and Interior do not specifically disclose any details of American or international involvement. Reporting on the remaining combat operations in Afghanistan, in some ways, more closely resembles the covert campaigns in Yemen and Somalia. Reports of coalition airstrikes by drones or conventional aircraft in Afghanistan usually come solely from local residents or Afghan security officials. Questions about coalition support to Afghan forces caught in desperate fighting in Helmand province over the summer, for example, were at first belatedly acknowledged in a brief few sentences in emails before being referred to Afghan officials. And coalition airstrikes conducted in support of an Afghan operation in Kunar province recently came to light only after Afghan officials claimed that at least one of them killed a number of civilians. ISAF officials say they are investigating. In contrast, press offices at the White House and Defense Department have been detailing not only the number of airstrikes in Iraq but their targets and results as well. “In total, one airstrike near an ISIL training camp southeast of Mosul destroyed an ISIL armed vehicle, two ISIL-occupied buildings and a large ISIL ground unit,” read one such statement released by CENTCOM and forwarded by DOD to reporters recently. ISIL is an acronym used to refer to the Islamic State group, which has overrun large swathes of Iraq. “Another airstrike southeast of Baghdad damaged an ISIL ammunition stockpile. All aircraft exited the strike areas safely. U.S. Central Command has conducted a total of 176 airstrikes across Iraq.” smith.josh@stripes.com
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US EXPANDS FIGHT Officials say airstrikes that targeted al-Qaida affiliate in Syria may have prevented ‘major attacks’ on America
BY JON H ARPER Stars and Stripes
WASHINGTON — U.S. airstrikes in Syria may have prevented “major attacks” on the U.S. homeland, according to the Pentagon. The U.S. military conducted two bombing missions in Syria late Monday and early Tuesday, one against the Khorasan group — an al-Qaida offshoot — and another against the Islamic State. Officials said Khorasan attacks against the West were “imminent” before American and air and missile strikes rained down on northwest Syria late Monday and early Tuesday. “We believe the Khorasan group was nearing the execution phase of an attack either in Europe, or the homeland,” Lt. Gen. William Mayville told reporters at the Pentagon on Tuesday. “We know that the Khorasan group has attempted to recruit Westerners to serve as operatives or to infiltrate back into their homelands.” Mayville, the Joint Staff director for operations, declined to provide details about the intelligence, including which sites Khorasan was eyeing as terrorist targets. U.S. Central Command, which oversees American military operations in the Middle East, launched eight strikes against the group in northwest Syria, west of the city of Aleppo. Training camps, an explosive and munitions production facility, a communication building, and command and control facilities were targeted, officials said.
“The United States took actions to protect our interests and to remove their capability to act,” Pentagon press secretary Rear Adm. John Kirby said. When asked whether the airstrikes had removed the threat, Mayville said, “Give us some time to assess the targets and the effects we thought we had last night before we can answer that.” In a simultaneous operation, the U.S. military and five Arab partner nations attacked Islamic State targets in Syria. The two operations were conducted in three waves, Mayville said. In the first, 47 Tomahawk missiles struck Khorasan and Islamic State targets in northern and eastern Syria. The majority of the missiles were aimed at Khorasan, according to Mayville. The Tomahawks were launched from the USS Arleigh Burke guided missile destroyer and the USS Philippine Sea guided missile cruiser, which are stationed in the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf. The second wave featured F-22 Raptors, F-15 Strike Eagles, F-16s, B-1 bombers and drones launched from bases in the region. Those strikes in northern Syria targeted Islamic State headquarters, training camps, barracks and combat
vehicles, Mayville said. That attack marks the first time that the F-22, the Pentagon’s most advanced fighter aircraft, was used in a combat operation. In the third and final wave, F-18s taking off from the USS George H.W. Bush aircraft carrier and regionally based F-16s hit targets in eastern Syria, including Islamic State training camps and combat vehicles. Most of those strikes took place around Deir al-Zour, Mayville said. The Air Force, Navy and Marine Corps all contributed fighter jets to the operations, according to CENTCOM. The coalition conducted 14 strikes against Islamic State targets in the vicinity of Raqqa, Deir al-Zour, Al Hasahak and Abu Kamal. Bahrain, Jordan, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates took part in the bombing, and Qatar supported the effort. However, the vast majority of the munitions dropped came from the U.S., according to Mayville. “The attack destroyed or damaged multiple ISIL targets … including ISIL fighters, training compounds, headquarters and command and control facilities, storage facilities, a finance center, supply trucks and armed vehicles,” CENTCOM said in a press release. ISIL is an acronym used to refer
to the Islamic State. “Initial indications are that our strikes were very successful,” Pentagon spokesman Col. Steve Warren said Tuesday morning. “We hit everything we were aiming at.” Mayville said that 96 percent of all the delivered munitions were precision-guided, partly to minimize the risk of civilian casualties. American officials made a point of noting that the attacks were not coordinated with the Syrian government, which is at war with various rebel groups in Syria, including the Islamic State. The Obama administration, citing the Assad’s regime human rights abuses, is working to remove Syria’s leaders from power. “We informed the Syrian regime directly of our intent to take action through our Ambassador to the United Nations (Ambassador Power) to the Syrian Permanent Representative to the United Nations,” State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki said in a statement Tuesday. “We warned Syria not to engage U.S. aircraft. We did not request the regime’s permission. We did not coordinate our actions with the Syrian government. We did not provide advance notification to the Syrians at a military level, or give any indication of our timing on specific targets.” The Assad regime did not attempt to impede the U.S. military operations in Syria, and Mayville described their air defense systems, which are formidable, as “passive” during the operations. harper.jon@stripes.com Twitter: @JHarperStripes
An A-18C Hornet prepares to launch from the USS George H.W. Bush in the Persian Gulf to conduct strike missions against Islamic State targets on Tuesday. ROBERT BURCK /Courtesy of the U.S. Navy
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YOKOSUKA NAVAL BASE, Japan — The executive officer of the USS Cowpens has been relieved, making him at least the fifth senior leader in four years to be removed from the cruiser. Commanding officer Capt. Scott Sciretta relieved Cmdr. Armando Ramirez on Sept. 18 due to an alcohol-related incident, according to a Navy statement. Service officials declined to provide further detail. Ramirez has been reassigned to Naval Surface Forces, U.S. Pacific Fleet. Relieved officers are generally assigned to headquarters commands while the process determining the
Cmdr. Armando Ramirez is at least the fifth senior leader in four years to be removed from the cruiser.
fate of their careers unfolds. Cmdr. Justin Harts will take over as executive officer for the Cowpens, according to the statement. In June, Cowpens commanding officer Capt. Gregory W. Gombert and Command Master Chief Petty Officer Gabriel J. Keeton were relieved for loss of confidence in their “ability to effectively lead and carry out their assigned duties,” according to a prior Navy statement. An investigation report later found that Gombert rarely left his cabin during a deployment “for more than a few minutes a day” for a period of between three weeks and two months, according to sailors interviewed in the report. Gombert, along with his acting executive officer at the time, were also disciplined at July administrative hearings. In December, Cowpens and a Chinese navy vessel had a tense encounter in the South China Sea that required the U.S. ship to avoid a collision.
The reliefs in recent months have continued a pattern of leadership troubles for the ship, which was based at Yokosuka before moving to San Diego last year. In February 2012, com-
manding officer Robert Marin was relieved following reports of an extramarital affair. Before Marin, Capt. Holly Graf was relieved in 2010 after an investigation found she had verbally and physically abused sailors under her command. slavin.erik@ stripes.com Twitter:@ eslavin_stripes
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Chinese spy on Valiant Shield exercise, and that’s OK with US BY ERIK SLAVIN Stars and Stripes
YOKOSUKA NAVAL BASE, Japan — A Chinese surveillance ship was detected observing the Valiant Shield military exercise from within the United States’ exclusive economic zone — a move the U.S. actually doesn’t mind.
Providing professional and
One Chinese auxiliary general intelligence vessel watched most of Valiant Shield since it began Sept. 15 in and around Guam, military officials said Monday. The exercise, which ended Tuesday, involved 18,000 servicemembers from the Navy, Air Force, Marines and Army. Valiant Shield comes in
the midst of tensions in the Asia-Pacific region, much of which involve China’s rapidly modernizing military and its territorial ambitions. China stakes an ambiguous claim to about 90 percent of the South China Sea, including areas that most nations consider international waters. In recent years, Chinese
ships have harassed U.S. ships operating in the waters that compose China’s exclusive economic zone, or EEZ. “We’d like to reinforce that military operations in international commons and outside of territorial waters and airspace is a fundamental right that all nations have,” Valiant Shield spokeswoman Lt. Cmdr.
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BILL WALKER FOR GOVERNOR
Alaska faces a multi-billion dollar deficit yet we are burning through our savings account at the rate of $7 million per day. Resources are being wasted while funding for education, infrastructure and critical services is threatened.
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A high bid of $1.5 million was accepted to paint and improve the exterior of the governor’s mansion. The state is incurring a no-bid $80 million lease obligation for Taj Mahal-like spare Anchorage legislative offices. Two glass elevators and bathroom stalls with maple doors are featured. I visited the legislative offices in Bethel recently. A significantly more modest office suffices there. As governor, I will outright reject lavish spending of our diminishing resources, I will be that independent leader who will rise above politics and special interests and put Alaskans first in every decision I make.
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British Spy John André’s Capture ruins Benedict Arnold’s plans. W r i t t en by Abe Anthony, with assistance f r o m H i st ory. c o m
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ritish spy John André was court-martialed, Even members of the Continental Army respectfound guilty and sentenced to death by ed André’s bravery, and liked his personal style, hanging this week in 1780. André, an ac- including General Washington, who wanted complice of Benedict Arnold, had been to find a way to spare André’s life. Washington captured by Patriots John Paulding, David Wil- wrote a letter to Clinton, stating that he would liams and Isaac Van Wart six days earlier on exchange André for Arnold, so that Arnold could September 23. André was attempting to return be hanged instead. Trading for Arnold was the to the British lines after meeting with Arnold to only way for George Washington to save André, facilitate Arnolds turning over West Point to the as the British policy of hanging spies, notably NaBritish. The Patriots found incriminating papers than Hale in September of 1776, left the General no choice but to go ahead with the execution if stashed in André’s boot. an exchange for Arnold was not forthcoming. It was the discovery of these papers that revealed the traitorous actions of Benedict Arnold to the When he did not receive a reply to his offer by OcU.S. authorities. Upon hearing of André’s cap- tober 2, Washington wrote in his “general order” ture, Arnold fled to the British warship Vulture of the day, “That Major André, General to the and subsequently joined the British in their fight British Army ought to be considered a spy from against his country. He was disappointed howev- the Enemy and that agreeable to the law and user, as he was unable to come to the British as the age of nations it is their opinion he ought to suffer death. The Commander in Chief directs the hero he hoped to be. execution of the above sentence in the usual way After being sentenced to death, André was al- this afternoon at five o’clock precisely.” lowed to write a letter to his commander, British General Henry Clinton. André also wrote a let- John André was executed by hanging in Tappan, ter to General George Washington in which he New York, on October 2, 1780. He was 31 years asked, not that his life be spared, but that he be old. executed by firing squad. Death by firing squad was considered a more “gentlemanly” death than hanging.
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WASHINGTON — The U.S. military has begun setting up operations in Liberia to help fight the Ebola epidemic in the West African country, the Pentagon said last week. A budget reprogramming request of $500 million early last week could push Pentagon spending to fight the disease as high as $1 billion, Pentagon press secretary Rear Adm. John Kirby said. A C-17 U.S. military transport aircraft landed Sept. 17 carrying Army Maj. Gen. Darryl Williams, who will command Operation United Assistance, along with a team of 12 military personnel to conduct site surveys and planning for construction of Ebola treatment units in Liberia. The team is also evaluating what’s required to sustain a six-month military mission in the country — a term that could be extended, Kirby said. Williams and U.S. diplomatic personnel have met with Liberian officials, including President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, to discuss how to tame the outbreak that has killed more than 2,600 people across West Africa. More than half the deaths have occurred in Liberia. Another C-17 with a forklift and other heavy equipment, accompanied by a crew of seven, arrived Sept. 18, Kirby said. Two more C-17s with 45 troops arrived last weekend to begin establishing Williams’ command headquarters, he said. Speaking to reporters Sept. 19, Army Chief of Staff Gen. Ray Odierno said thousands of promised American troops will be moving into Africa over the next 30 days to set up facilities and form training teams to help the Africans treat Ebola victims. Before troops are sent in, Odierno says the Army needs to make sure they are prepared to operate in that environment, which includes health care safety. The military units expected to deploy have not been identified. Kirby said U.S. troops — operating in support of Liberian government and the U.S. Agency for International Development — would not be in direct contact with Ebola sufferers. Instead they’ll provide logistics, engineering and other non-medical support. “Right now the effort does not include U.S. military personnel treating Ebola patients,” he said. “We’re going to be in
support of other health care workers who are experts at doing this.” Defense Department personnel will be sent in with the training and equipment needed to protect themselves from the disease, Kirby said. Should troops contract Ebola, DOD will be ready to evacuate them for treatment. “We are in effect deploying them into harm’s way, we are aware of that, they are aware of that,” he said. “Should any of our troops fall ill, we’re going to do everything we can to make them better and to get them back to the treatment that they need.” President Barack Obama on Sept. 16 announced the United States is sending 3,000 troops to help fight the Ebola outbreak. In addition, thousands of health workers began knocking on doors across Sierra Leone on Sept. 19 in search of hidden Ebola cases, with the entire West African nation locked down in their homes for three days in an unprecedented effort to combat the deadly disease. Authorities hope to find and isolate Ebola patients who have resisted going to health centers, which are often seen only as places to die. International health experts, including Doctors Without Borders, have warned such a strategy could backfire especially if there are not enough beds at treatment centers for all the new patients. In an address to the nation late Sept. 18, President Ernest Bai Koroma said health workers would be handing out soap and that once a house had been visited, it would be marked with a sticker. “The survival and dignity of each and every Sierra Leonean is at stake; all that we have toiled for as a people is at stake; this is a fight for each and every one of us; this is a fight for this land that we love,” he said.
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Air Force is dropping oath’s ‘God’ requirement BY CHRIS CARROLL Stars and Stripes
WASHINGTON — The Air Force announced last week it would drop a requirement for airmen to say “so help me God” in oaths, backtracking after an airman had been denied reenlistment when he crossed it out on a form last month. Air Force officials previously told the airman, based at Creech Air Force Base, Nev., that U.S. law required the phrase to be included in the oath. The case came to light after the airman sought representation from the American Humanist Association, a Washington organization that advocates for what it calls “an ethical and life-affirming philosophy free of belief in any gods.” Previously, the Air Force allowed troops to opt out of the phrase, as do the other military services. But the Air Force issued a revised instruction in 2013 that required the phrase, with officials citing the fact that the relevant section of Title 10 of the U.S. Code contains no opt-out. The announcement comes after the Air Force sought a legal opinion from the Department of Defense General Counsel. The Air Force is updating its written instruction, but the new policy takes effect immediately, officials said Sept. 17. The airman’s current term of service is set to end in November. Monica Miller, a lawyer for the American Humanist Association, said officials notified her client Sept. 17 that he could re-enlist. “I am very pleased that the Department of Defense has instructed the Air Force to respect the First Amendment rights of our client by allowing him to re-enlist with the omission of ‘so help me God,’ ” she said. “I sincerely hope that this opinion from the DOD settles the issue once and for all.” carroll.chris@stripes.com Twitter: @ChrisCarroll_
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WASHINGTON — Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel has asked his staff for details about the U.S. military’s relationships with the National Football League in the wake of the scandal over how the league is handling domestic-abuse allegations against players. The Pentagon is increasingly sensitive to any suggestion it is supporting a major sports organization that is perceived to tolerate domestic violence. Pentagon press secretary Rear Adm. John Kirby on Sept. 19 told reporters Hagel had some questions about the Pentagon’s relationship to the league, but said that no formal review or study was underway. “What the secretary has done, given what’s been going on inside the National Football League, is simply to ask to better understand our interactions with the National Football League,” he said. The military has a zero-tolerance policy in the ranks for domestic abuse, but it also has a decades-long, high-profile relationship with the NFL. Any Pentagon action to cut back support for the NFL would be the most direct involvement by the Obama administration yet in the scandal. The NFL is under pressure from sponsors, fans and lawmakers for its handling of domesticviolence allegations against several players. Here is a look at some key developments: The Minnesota Vikings reversed course and indefinitely benched star running back Adrian Peterson, claiming they “made a mistake” in reinstating him as he faced a child abuse charge in Texas for spanking his son with a tree branch. Arizona running back Jonathan Dwyer was arrested on aggravated assault charges in connection with two altercations at his
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home in late July involving a 27-year-old woman and an 18-month-old child. The Carolina Panthers removed Greg Hardy from the team’s active roster until his domestic violence case is resolved. Hardy was convicted July 15 of assault and communicating threats after the victim claimed the 6-foot-4, 275-pound player threw her into a bathtub and onto a sofa covered with guns before threatening to kill her. The Army alone spends $10 million per year on advertising during NFL games. Games are also broadcast by the Armed Forces Network to troops deployed overseas. Military support for the NFL games includes providing ceremonial units at games for colors ceremonies; military personnel singing the national anthem, and other units providing drill teams or flyovers. Military personnel, including wounded warriors, often appear at NFL events honoring those who serve. The Army and the NFL also have a agreement to share information and resources to better understand traumatic brain injury, which is a major medical issue for wounded troops and football players. They are working together on awareness of TBI as well as research into treatment. The military has been sharing some of the lessons learned on TBI from the last 13 years of war. The White House is also closely monitoring the NFL controversy, with one senior administration official calling recent abuse allegations “deeply troubling” and stressing the league’s obligation to get “control of the situation.” “Many of these professional athletes are marketed as role models to young people,” the official said. “So that’s one of the many reasons it’s important the league gets a handle on this and have zero tolerance.” CNN contributed to this report.
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the books delivered is compliames Patterson doesn’t have any close relatives cated, and those organizations in the military, but he have distribution channels knows a few military already in place. characters: Jack Morgan is “Unfortunately, a lot of a Marine helicopter pilotpeople around the world steturned-private investigator. reotype who Americans are,” Dan Carter, his British counhe said. “Letting them see terpart, served in the Royal characters like Alex Cross and Military Police. Patterson Michael Bennett, I think, gives knows these guys because he them another view of what created them — and their exAmericans are like. Basically, ploits — for his Private thriller we’re good people. Not perfect series. The author has created people, but good people.” many other book series, such As well as writing for adults, as the Women’s Murder Club, Patterson creates books for and plenty of well-known young adults and middlecharacters, including Alex schoolers. He said those are Cross. the most important books he Patterson has sold around writes. 300 million books but in a reHis method of churning out cent conversation, he wanted books with the help of multiple to talk about the military. This co-writers is controversial month, Patterson donated in some literary circles, but 180,000 of his books to woundPatterson is ed veterans. It’s not the first SPOUSE CALLS unequivocal time. Patterson estimates he’s about the given 700,000 of his own titles importance to U.S. military members. of literature, “These men and women especially don’t necessarily get what for children. they ought to get, in terms “If of people paying attention to (children) what happens to them and don’t have what they’ve sacrificed,” a breadth said Patterson from his Palm of reading Beach, Fla., Terri Barnes ... they’re home. “If I going to be can help there, Join the conversation with Terri at so limited I’m delighted stripes.com/go/spousecalls in terms of to do it.” the way they Patterson’s see the world and what they’re military donations were capable of doing and how inspired, at least in part, by their imaginations flourish,” messages from the son of a he said, adding that reading friend. reveals the complexity of the “One of my best friends was a captain in Vietnam. world and an understanding of Then his son was a captain other people. in Iraq,” Patterson said. “He Literature and reading, he would write back to his dad said, should be important to ... and it brought home that a everyone. lot of these men and women “Getting our kids reading is are over there, and they feel hugely important,” Patterson a little bit as though they’ve said. been forgotten by the people In fact, in our whole converhere. I thought I could send sation, it was the one thing he a little signal that we are insisted I must tell military thinking about them. Here families: It’s the job of parents are some books, and someto get their kids to read — a body cares. Obviously a lot of task he took seriously when people care, but I think the his own son was a reluctant more (servicemembers) hear reader in grade school. that, the better.” “More important than a The books in this latest kid having 15 video games in donation will be distributed their room is that they have 15 books that they actually like. A through two charities: the kid’s gotta read. The end.” Coalition to Salute America’s And when the storyteller Heroes and Feed the Chilsays it’s the end — well, it is. dren. Patterson said getting
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