Mike Hostage, commander of Air Combat Command at Joint Base Langley-Eustis in Virginia.

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Mike Hostage, commander of Air Combat Command, said senior leaders are analyzing the military's drone needs and discussions are beginning.

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For his actions, last week, Asayag was removed from his command and barred from further service in combat forces by his battalion commander, Lt.

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Colonel MICHAEL McBRIDE (Commander, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division): We have 50 (unintelligible).

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Colonel Michael McBride is the commander of the 1st Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division, now in charge of Samarra.

NPR: Cloudy Fate for Iraqi Sunnis Fighting Al-Qaida

Commander of U.S. Air Combat Command Gen.

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In his National Geographic piece, Peter Gwin relates a conversation with a Tuareg rebel commander who said the West should help them combat al Qaeda and drug smugglers.

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Wartime service: During Operation Desert Storm, Keating was deputy commander, Carrier Air Wing 17, participating in combat operations in from the aircraft carrier USS Saratoga.

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As they skewer the opposition, they can also applaud the top U.S. commander in Iraq for saying U.S. combat forces there might be reduced by two brigades this fall (and by half over 18 months).

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Petraeus, and like the outgoing commander, understands the top job is as much about good communication and diplomacy as it is combat experience, officials said.

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