The key is the elimination of the mosquito, but fundamental shortcomings in public policy have made unavailable the most potent weapon in our arsenal: DDT, an inexpensive and effective pesticide once widely deployed to kill disease-carrying insects.

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For instance, the Defense Business Board found last year that 40 percent of the 1.4 million active-duty military personnel in the joint force had never deployed for combat, and an additional 30 percent had only deployed once.

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He already had been deployed twice to Afghanistan and once to Kuwait.

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It is still unclear which regional countries will contribute to the Ecowas force, and even once ready, it will need financial and logistical outside help before it can be deployed.

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An integrated rear spoiler automatically extends at 80 mph and retracts once the car gets back to 50 mph or less (it can also be deployed and retracted manually at the push of a button).

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At the same time, the price point of new technologies is dropping fast, allowing tools that were once considered space age and too expensive to be deployed at much lower costs, ad executives say.

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In short, President Bush must establish at once where he stands on defending America, its forward deployed forces and allies.

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Working with the Department of Defense (DOD), FEMA also established staging locations for water, meals, generators, medical supplies and other important resources, so that they could be quickly deployed to impacted areas once the storm had passed.

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