Weddings are being held inside sets made of canvas tents painted to look like the Himalayan battlefield, with sack-stuffed "troops" standing guard.
And my plan has a better chance of standing up and fighting for those troops.
Part of bringing our troops home responsibly is standing by those who serve.
Mr Powell said there were opportunities to resolve long-standing issues - such as Syrian troops in Lebanon and Israel's capture from Syria of the Golan Heights - but all sides had to take action.
And now there are 30 nations involved, standing side by side with our American troops.
The head of the resistance forces, General Nhiek Bun Chhay, said this week that he was standing down, paving the way for his troops to rejoin the national army.
The US bases some 26, 000 troops on Okinawa under a long-standing security alliance with Japan.
Mr. Hollande also improved his standing in Germany with his quick decision to send troops to Mali to fight an Islamist insurgency, analysts say.
The trouble is not the troops themselves: the force is not a standing army, waiting for its orders in barracks in Brussels, but an ad hoc coalition of suitable components.
In 1994 he was reinstated with the support of US troops, but was forbidden by the constitution from standing for a second consecutive term in 1995, leaving his then-ally, Rene Preval, to stand successfully in his stead.
The US bases some 26, 000 troops on Okinawa under the terms of a long-standing security alliance with Japan.
France also has 3, 500 troops stationed in neighbouring countries - part of the long-standing military commitment to French-speaking Africa that recent governments have actually been promising to scale back.
To restore America's standing in the world, to end the war in Iraq, bring our troops home with honor, care for our veterans and give them the services they have earned.
My message to our troops is thank you for what you're doing, we're standing with you strong, we'll give you all the equipment you need, and we'll get you home as soon as the mission's done, because this is a vital mission.
France, sensing an opportunity to push on with its aim of creating an EU standing army, wants to deploy a rapid-reaction force of some 1, 500 European troops but is so far being blocked by Germany.
After the speech Tory chairman Eric Pickles told the BBC he thought it was significant there were two standing ovations during the speech - for his comments on Labour's record on poverty and on the troops in Afghanistan.
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