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		</image>	<item><title><![CDATA[Mullen Sees Operational Structure in Guard's Future]]></title><description><![CDATA[The National Guard's transformation from a strategic reserve to an operational force since the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, should continue beyond the current conflicts, the nation's top military officer told Guard leaders. ]]></description><link>http://www.defenselink.mil//news/newsarticle.aspx?id=56808</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.defenselink.mil//news/newsarticle.aspx?id=56808</guid><pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Gates Highlights Canada's Efforts in Afghanistan]]></title><description><![CDATA[Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates recognized the contributions and sacrifices that Canadian servicemembers have made in Afghanistan during a speech to the Halifax International Security Forum.]]></description><link>http://www.defenselink.mil//news/newsarticle.aspx?id=56807</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.defenselink.mil//news/newsarticle.aspx?id=56807</guid><pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Gates Urges More Western Hemisphere Cooperation]]></title><description><![CDATA[The United States and other Western Hemisphere nations must increase cooperation and collaboration for their continued security, Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates said. 
]]></description><link>http://www.defenselink.mil//news/newsarticle.aspx?id=56806</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.defenselink.mil//news/newsarticle.aspx?id=56806</guid><pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[U.S., Canadian Defense Chiefs Answer Afghanistan Questions]]></title><description><![CDATA[Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates and Canadian Defense Minister Peter MacKay met to discuss bilateral, hemispheric issues, but reporters' questions afterward were all about Afghanistan. ]]></description><link>http://www.defenselink.mil//news/newsarticle.aspx?id=56805</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.defenselink.mil//news/newsarticle.aspx?id=56805</guid><pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Army Reserve Focuses On Balancing Ranks, Specialties]]></title><description><![CDATA[Satisfied that it's increased its ranks by about 20,000 soldiers and continues to meet its recruiting goals, the Army Reserve now is focused on recruiting more troops as they leave active duty to fill gaps at the mid-level ranks and in specific specialties. ]]></description><link>http://www.defenselink.mil//news/newsarticle.aspx?id=56804</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.defenselink.mil//news/newsarticle.aspx?id=56804</guid><pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Iraqi Forces, U.S. Advisors Capture Terrorism Suspects]]></title><description><![CDATA[Iraqi security forces arrested five suspected members of the al-Qaida in Iraq and the Islamic State of Iraq terrorist groups during three combined security operations conducted with U.S. advisors in the Iraqi cities of Ramadi, Tikrit and Kirkuk.]]></description><link>http://www.defenselink.mil//news/newsarticle.aspx?id=56803</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.defenselink.mil//news/newsarticle.aspx?id=56803</guid><pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Forces in Afghanistan Kill Militant, Detain Suspects]]></title><description><![CDATA[Afghan and international forces in Afghanistan killed an enemy militant and detained several terrorism suspects, military officials reported. ]]></description><link>http://www.defenselink.mil//news/newsarticle.aspx?id=56802</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.defenselink.mil//news/newsarticle.aspx?id=56802</guid><pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[VA Recognizes Agent Orange Link to More Diseases]]></title><description><![CDATA[Based on an independent study by the Institute of Medicine last month, Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric K. Shinseki has directed broader health coverage from his department for Vietnam War veterans who were exposed to Agent Orange. ]]></description><link>http://www.defenselink.mil//news/newsarticle.aspx?id=56801</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.defenselink.mil//news/newsarticle.aspx?id=56801</guid><pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Afghan Troops Get Vehicle Egress Training]]></title><description><![CDATA[Afghan National Army soldiers got their first Humvee egress assistance training at Forward Operating Base Thunder in Paktia province, Afghanistan. ]]></description><link>http://www.defenselink.mil//news/newsarticle.aspx?id=56800</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.defenselink.mil//news/newsarticle.aspx?id=56800</guid><pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Gates Shares Views on Guard's Role in Iraq, Afghanistan]]></title><description><![CDATA[Though the National Guard has a role in reconstruction missions in Iraq and Afghanistan, it's a temporary one, Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates said. ]]></description><link>http://www.defenselink.mil//news/newsarticle.aspx?id=56793</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.defenselink.mil//news/newsarticle.aspx?id=56793</guid><pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Face of Defense: Soldier Who Led Last Bayonet Charge Dies ]]></title><description><![CDATA[Retired Army Col. Lewis L. Millett, who earned the Medal of Honor during the Korean War for leading what reportedly was the last U.S. bayonet charge on Feb. 7, 1951, has died. 
]]></description><link>http://www.defenselink.mil//news/newsarticle.aspx?id=56792</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.defenselink.mil//news/newsarticle.aspx?id=56792</guid><pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Clinton Stresses Mission's Importance to Troops in Afghanistan]]></title><description><![CDATA[Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton urged international forces in Afghanistan to help President Hamid Karzai realize the vision for Afghanistan he expressed when he took office for his second five-year term. ]]></description><link>http://www.defenselink.mil//news/newsarticle.aspx?id=56791</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.defenselink.mil//news/newsarticle.aspx?id=56791</guid><pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Iraqi Engineers Prepare to Work Independently]]></title><description><![CDATA[An Iraqi facilities engineering team has been hired to oversee quality assurance and control for all facilities, utilities and construction on Contingency Operating Base Basra, Iraq.]]></description><link>http://www.defenselink.mil//news/newsarticle.aspx?id=56790</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.defenselink.mil//news/newsarticle.aspx?id=56790</guid><pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Army Guard Leaders Key to Ready, Capable Force, Director Says]]></title><description><![CDATA[The quality and readiness of the Army Guard is in the hands of its senior leadership, the Army Guard's top officer told more than 2,000 officers and senior noncommissioned officers at the Guard's first Joint Senior Leadership Conference. ]]></description><link>http://www.defenselink.mil//news/newsarticle.aspx?id=56789</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.defenselink.mil//news/newsarticle.aspx?id=56789</guid><pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Muslim Leader Calls Fort Hood Review Critical to National Security ]]></title><description><![CDATA[The director of a Muslim veterans organization said he welcomes Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates' announcement of a Pentagon probe into the attacks at Fort Hood, Texas, calling it a matter of national security. ]]></description><link>http://www.defenselink.mil//news/newsarticle.aspx?id=56788</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.defenselink.mil//news/newsarticle.aspx?id=56788</guid><pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Improvements in Afghan Governance Will Take Time, Gates Says]]></title><description><![CDATA[Improving the quality and professionalism of Afghanistan's central government will not be accomplished quickly, and will involve continued discussion between U.S. and Afghan officials, Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates said. ]]></description><link>http://www.defenselink.mil//news/newsarticle.aspx?id=56787</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.defenselink.mil//news/newsarticle.aspx?id=56787</guid><pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Shinseki Urges Guard Leaders to Spread VA Message]]></title><description><![CDATA[The National Guard can play an important role in spreading the news about the Veterans Affairs Department's new programs, VA Secretary Eric K. Shinseki said.]]></description><link>http://www.defenselink.mil//news/newsarticle.aspx?id=56786</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.defenselink.mil//news/newsarticle.aspx?id=56786</guid><pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Clinton Cites Opportunity in Karzai's Second Term]]></title><description><![CDATA[Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton praised Afghan President Hamid Karzai in Kabul for the renewed commitment he expressed in his second-term inaugural address to end government corruption and set the stage to decrease the international military footprint in Afghanistan.]]></description><link>http://www.defenselink.mil//news/newsarticle.aspx?id=56785</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.defenselink.mil//news/newsarticle.aspx?id=56785</guid><pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pentagon Launches Review of Fort Hood Shooting]]></title><description><![CDATA[Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates announced the Defense Department will conduct a broad review of the Nov. 5 Fort Hood, Texas, shooting that left 13 dead and dozens injured.]]></description><link>http://www.defenselink.mil//news/newsarticle.aspx?id=56784</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.defenselink.mil//news/newsarticle.aspx?id=56784</guid><pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Gates Welcomes New German Defense Minister]]></title><description><![CDATA[Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates welcomed new German Defense Minister Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg to the Pentagon where the two agreed to work closely together on mutual interests in Afghanistan and elsewhere.]]></description><link>http://www.defenselink.mil//news/newsarticle.aspx?id=56783</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.defenselink.mil//news/newsarticle.aspx?id=56783</guid><pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA['Real Warrior' Helps Others Get Help ]]></title><description><![CDATA[Army Maj. Jeff Hall and his wife, Sheri, worked to bring him back from the brink of post-traumatic stress. Now the couple is helping others cope through The Army's Real Warrior Program.
]]></description><link>http://www.defenselink.mil//news/newsarticle.aspx?id=56781</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.defenselink.mil//news/newsarticle.aspx?id=56781</guid><pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mullen: Talks Favor Broad Afghanistan Solution]]></title><description><![CDATA[President Barack Obama's security team recognizes troops alone aren't the answer as it begins wrapping up strategy deliberations on Afghanistan, the top military officer told participants in the National Guard Bureau's Joint Senior Leadership Conference. ]]></description><link>http://www.defenselink.mil//news/newsarticle.aspx?id=56780</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.defenselink.mil//news/newsarticle.aspx?id=56780</guid><pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Forces in Afghanistan Kill Militants, Detain Suspects]]></title><description><![CDATA[Afghan and international forces killed several militants and detained terrorism suspects in two Afghanistan provinces yesterday.]]></description><link>http://www.defenselink.mil//news/newsarticle.aspx?id=56779</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.defenselink.mil//news/newsarticle.aspx?id=56779</guid><pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Task Force Teaches Mental Health Classes in Philippines]]></title><description><![CDATA[Members of Joint Special Operations Task Force Philippines recently teamed up with hospital workers to teach crisis intervention techniques to health care providers there.]]></description><link>http://www.defenselink.mil//news/newsarticle.aspx?id=56778</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.defenselink.mil//news/newsarticle.aspx?id=56778</guid><pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[U.S. Forces Assist Iraqi Businesswomen]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Army's first "advise and assist" unit in Iraq has taken on helping Iraqi businesswomen as one of its first missions for building civil capacity in three southern provinces. ]]></description><link>http://www.defenselink.mil//news/newsarticle.aspx?id=56777</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.defenselink.mil//news/newsarticle.aspx?id=56777</guid><pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sailors Seek to Deter Piracy]]></title><description><![CDATA[The USS Chosin, home-ported in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, has assumed the role as flagship for the counter-piracy efforts of Combined Task Force 151 after arriving in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of operations.]]></description><link>http://www.defenselink.mil//news/newsarticle.aspx?id=56776</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.defenselink.mil//news/newsarticle.aspx?id=56776</guid><pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Gates Supports 'Contiguous Training' for Reserve Components]]></title><description><![CDATA[Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates told a National Guard conference he sees benefits of a new plan that allows reserve-component servicemembers to conduct pre-deployment training before the clock starts ticking on their 12-month mobilization cycles. ]]></description><link>http://www.defenselink.mil//news/newsarticle.aspx?id=56775</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.defenselink.mil//news/newsarticle.aspx?id=56775</guid><pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Guard Leaders Meet to 'Add Value to America']]></title><description><![CDATA["Adding Value to America" is the theme for the National Guard's first Joint Senior Leadership Conference. 
]]></description><link>http://www.defenselink.mil//news/newsarticle.aspx?id=56774</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.defenselink.mil//news/newsarticle.aspx?id=56774</guid><pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[U.S. Officials Study Effect of Iraq Election Law Veto]]></title><description><![CDATA[American forces are waiting to see what effect the veto of Iraqi election legislation may have on the withdrawal of U.S. forces from Iraq, the commander of Multinational Force Iraq said in Baghdad. ]]></description><link>http://www.defenselink.mil//news/newsarticle.aspx?id=56770</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.defenselink.mil//news/newsarticle.aspx?id=56770</guid><pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Face of Defense: Wife Succeeds Husband on Deployment]]></title><description><![CDATA[An Air Force couple got two weeks together on deployment in Southwest Asia as they prepared for one to replace the other in their jobs as mental health specialists.]]></description><link>http://www.defenselink.mil//news/newsarticle.aspx?id=56766</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.defenselink.mil//news/newsarticle.aspx?id=56766</guid><pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate></item></channel></rss>