The Scottish Liberal Democrat MSP for Orkney Tavish Scott backed Elaine Murray's calls for a moratorium and socioeconomic study into the impact of the withdrawal of RET to hauliers and said there were "serious concerns from hauliers and in the islands" about the plans.

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Thomas Miller, USMC (Ret.), former Deputy Chief of Staff for Aviation, U.S. Marine Corps.

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Bob Scales (Ret.) tells Robert Siegel that the enemy in Iraq has evolved, even as U.S. forces have improved their defenses against irregular attackers operating anonymously in small units and employing suicide and roadside bombs.

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