Pressure on al-Qaida spurs debate on special forces use
CNN aired al-Qaida training tapes amid Defense Department discussions on expanding use of elite units to hunt terrorists outside Afghanistan. Rumsfeld signals urgency for covert anti-terror missions by Delta Force and a Navy SEAL team, while Congress backs strong action and past laws authorize decisive measures against terror.
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CNN
al-Qaida
Defense Department
U.S
Afghanistan
Pentagon
Defense
Donald Rumsfeld
Congress
United States
Bill Clinton
Saddam Hussein
David Bonier
D-Mich
Dick Armey
R-Texas
Dragonfly habitat destroyed before Roswell festival
A reader laments the Spring River channel cleanup by Roswell city crews that cleared vegetation destroying dragonfly and wildlife habitat. The letter urges preserving Spring River as a managed nature preserve for esthetic, educational, and tourism benefits while noting flood management concerns.
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Roswell
Spring River
Missouri Avenue
NMMI Enlists First Female Cadets Amid Training
Aug 28 1977 at New Mexico Military Institute marks one week of training for 28 young women including Michelle Sloan who says she aims to be a history maker. Mr and Mrs Richard A Goodwin celebrate 25 years with a church reception at First United Methodist Church.
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NMMI
Michelle Sloan
Richard A. Goodwin
First United Methodist Church
Santa Fe readers respond to political fire and Abu Nidal note
A Santa Fe column draws reader emails on forest thinning debates under Bush plans and criticizes media tallies. It recalls Abu Nidal's Baghdad suicide and notes public memory of Osama bin Laden era amid geopolitics.
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Santa FE
Gordon West
West
Forest Service
Tom Udall
Udall
Gila
Bush
CIA
Ed Howard
New Mexico
Howard
Catron County
Abu Nidal
Baghdad
Nidal
Palestine
Iraq
Osama bin Laden
Jay Miller
la Tusa
N.M
Bush backs Iraqi opposition as war talk intensifies
U S policymakers intensify ties with Saddam Hussein foes as Washington funds and trains groups, coordinates covert plans, and eyes options from diplomacy to force. Massoud Barzani reportedly visited a CIA facility for potential northern Iraq operations amid growing administration backing.
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Saddam Hussein
U.S
CIA
Peagan
Iraq
Saddam
Bush
Pentagon
State Department
Central Intelligence Agency
Massoud Barzani
Kurdish Democratic Party
Virginia
Presidents Pulpits Through History From Roosevelt to Bush
The piece traces the bully pulpit concept from Theodore Roosevelt to George W. Bush. It notes TR popularized the term on Mount Rushmore and highlights FDR JFK Reagan and Wilson as influential users while warning even strong use can fail, as Wilson did with the League of Nations.
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Theodore Roosevelt
Bush
Mount Rushmore
Senate
Department of Homeland Security
Tom Daschle
South Dakota
Congress
Jefferson
Lincoln
Roosevelt
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Fdr
John F. Kennedy
Berlin
Ronald Reagan
East Berlin
West
Gorbachev
Woodrow Wilson
League of Nations
United States
William McKinley
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