Americans relax at base in Baghdad
Soldiers at Camp Liberty in western Baghdad take a rare break from combat. A nurse, Sgt. Jeanne Crochet, and her boyfriend, Sgt. Bryan Ebeling, enjoy sun and music while Black Hawk helicopters hover. Hours later they return to patrol violent neighborhoods as the war rages outside the base walls.
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Camp Victory life amid war and casual comforts
Iraqi troops join Camp Victory as insurgents fire mortars and rockets near fortifications. A rocket strike killed one soldier during a planned Star Wars screening, prompting cancellations. The base blends U.S. comforts with dining halls, a Burger King, Pizza Hut, CDs, DVDs, and pools where soldiers seek relief between conflicts.
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Bush urges renewal of Patriot Act at counterterrorism center
President Bush campaigned Friday to keep the Patriot Act intact as key provisions near expiry. He urged Congress to renew all parts permanently and announced retired Vice Admiral John Scott Redd as director of the National Counterterrorism Center.
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Bush Roh urge North Korea to return to six nation talks
President Bush and South Korea's Roh Moo Hyun pressed North Korea to rejoin the six nation talks on its nuclear program amid differences over strategy. Roh favored diplomacy and security guarantees with incentives, while Bush warned against rewarding nuclear coercion and held to past offers.
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