We're making real progress for our vets -- like those with us today, including Maryland Lieutenant Governor Anthony Brown, the highest-ranking elected official in the nation who has served a tour of duty in Iraq.

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An affable lieutenant-colonel Chae, accompanies us to the visitor centre, his coat pinned with an impossible number of military decorations.

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One of the proponents of the buildup, retired Lieutenant General Jack Keane, joins us in a moment to take your questions.

NPR: Is the Iraq Surge Strategy Working?

Lieutenant General JOHN ABIZAID (Commander, US Central Command): In terms of foreign fighters, I believe there are more foreign fighters coming into Iraq than there were six months ago.

NPR: Scoring the War in Iraq: Who's Winning?

It was "a leap of faith, to unite us in a deep objective, " says Antonio Perez, a top HP lieutenant.

FORBES: All Carly, all the time

On 27 December, 1972, Lieutenant-Colonel A T P Millen had noted that "the destruction" of Aghalane Bridge "suits us well in that it closes a route frequently used by Republic-based terrorists".

BBC: British favoured closing Aghalane Bridge