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• Navy May Reduce Gulf Carrier Presence As Iraqi Freedom Winds Down AFPS 12 Apr 2003 -- The U.S. Navy may reduce the number of aircraft carriers deployed in the Gulf region if Operation Iraqi Freedom air strike requirements draw down, the commander of coalition naval forces said today.
• Donated Flea Collars Don't Help Deployed Troops Navy NewStand 12 Apr 2003 -- Donations from home are a welcome sight to deployed troops, but some donated items may cause more harm than good.
• U-N / EXECUTIONS / AFGHANISTAN VOA 12 Apr 2003 -- A United Nations special investigator says Afghanistan will not become a stable, peaceful society, until it comes to terms with the crimes of its past, and punishes those responsible. The investigator, who visited Afghanistan in October, has submitted her study to the U-N Human Rights Commission meeting in Geneva.

Defense Policy / Programs

• DOD RELEASES SELECTED ACQUISITION REPORTS FOR DECEMBER 2002 PERIOD 12 Apr 2003 -- The Department of Defense has released details on major defense acquisition program cost and schedule changes since the September 2002 reporting period. This information is based on the Selected Acquisition Reports (SARs) submitted to the Congress for the Dec. 31, 2002, reporting period.

• A-10 fixers log deployed phase maintenance AFPN 12 Apr 2003 -- Maintainers at Bagram Air Base, Afghanistan, are performing groundbreaking maintenance checks on their aircraft under a unique program they say is an Air Force first.
• The 'Iron Horses' from New River Air Station join CJTF-HOA USMC News 12 Apr 2003 -- Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA) increased its capability to fight the Global War on Terrorism across the region Friday with the arrival of a detachment of CH-53E Super Stallion heavy lift helicopters and nearly 100 personnel including pilots, crew chiefs, maintenance personnel and a headquarters group.
• B-52 Litening II pod used in combat AFPN 12 Apr 2003 -- For the first time in combat history, a B-52 Stratofortress used a Litening II targeting pod to strike targets at an airfield in northern Iraq on April 11, according to officials at the U.S. Central Command's combined air operations center.
• Only Mobile C4I System in Europe Housed at Sigonella Navy NewStand 12 Apr 2003 -- Outside a group of big green tents, a fire is brewing in a small charcoal grill, ready for whatever the busy Sailors inside want to cook.

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• U.S. Welcomes OAS-Led Agreement on Dialogue in Venezuela Washington File 12 Apr 2003 -- The United States welcomes the Organization of American States (OAS) announcement that teams representing the administration of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez and Venezuela's opposition Democratic Coordinating Committee have reached an agreement that provides a peaceful electoral solution to Venezuela's political crisis, says Philip Reeker, deputy spokesman of the U.S. Department of State.
• HUNGARY/EU UPDATE VOA 12 Apr 2003 -- Hungarians have voted overwhelmingly to join the European Union in a nation-wide referendum Saturday. 84 percent of voters said "yes" to E-U membership, but voter turn-out was less than the forecast of over 60 percent.
• ASIA / PNEUMONIA VOA 12 Apr 2003 -- The spread of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome or SARS continues into new areas and new countries in Asia, even as the region's governments take stronger measures to contain the disease.
• NIGERIA / ELECTION VOA 12 Apr 2003 -- People in Nigeria headed to the polls Saturday for legislative elections, the first to be held in Africa's most populous country since its transition to civilian rule four years ago.