And Air Force General Joseph W Ralston, in charge of the northern zone, said he would prefer to halt flights altogether.

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Dennis Wilder, the National Security Council's senior director for Asia told reporters aboard Air Force One as President George W. Bush was on his way to Japan.

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In the 2004 election, the three counties closest to Eglin Air Force base all gave George W. Bush over 70 percent of their votes, as did Clay County near Naval Air Station Jacksonville (which had over 20, 000 military and civilian workers on-site).

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But, Olmert brags, he wrecked her plan by getting outgoing President George W. Bush to force her to abstain.

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Two years later, Gen Petraeus took over command of Multi-National Force - Iraq, just as President George W Bush revamped his strategy in order to combat the insurgency and stabilise the country enough to allow a withdrawal.

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If W were 35 and still in the work force, she could cope by owning risky assets.

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Europeans hope that he will prove less ready than George W. Bush to use America's vast military force as an instrument of foreign policy.

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Major General Jay W. Hood, then the commander of Joint Task Force-Guantanamo, concurred with the guards that this represented a serious breach of security.

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The Standard Model (see table) includes familiar particles such as electrons and photons, and esoteric ones like the W and Z bosons, which carry something called the weak nuclear force.

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