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• OIF/OEF Casualty Update 17 Mar 2010 [PDF]
• Airpower Summary: March 14 AFNS 17 Mar 2010
• Airpower Summary: March 13 AFNS 17 Mar 2010
• Company C, 2-159th Attack provides aerial eyes for ground troops near Syrian border Army News 17 Mar 2010 -- The Apache helicopter is designed to survive heavy attack and inflict massive damage. Its technical array of flight, weapons, sensor and armor systems requires a team of aviation Soldiers to keep these "flying tanks" operational.
• 'Longhorns' provide critical support services Army News 17 Mar 2010 -- Combat units are the key elements to fighting and winning wars; however, they must function in concurrence with their respective service support elements.

Deployments

• Third Army conducting 'Responsible Drawdown' from Iraq Army News 17 Mar 2010 -- Third Army and other commands are in the process of conducting a Responsible Drawdown from Iraq unprecedented in recent military history.
• Army to reach 1:2 dwell in 2011, vice says Army News 17 Mar 2010 -- The Army's vice chief of staff said by 2011, Soldiers should find themselves spending twice as much time at home station as they do deployed.
• More Dwell Time Coming in 2011, Army Vice Chief Says AFPS 17 Mar 2010 -- Soldiers should find themselves spending twice as much time at home station as they do deployed by 2011, the Army's vice chief of staff said on Capitol Hill yesterday.

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Reconstruction Issues

• Iraq Vote Count Shows Maliki, Allawi Neck And Neck RFE/RL 17 Mar 2010 -- With nearly 80 percent of the votes counted from Iraq's March 7 parliamentary elections, the main winners appear to be Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki and challenger Iyad Allawi.
• Iraq's Slow Vote Count Leads to Disputes VOA 17 Mar 2010 -- A new frontrunner has emerged in the ongoing vote tally from Iraq's March 7 parliamentary elections. But as the cross-sectarian coalition of former Prime Minister Iyad Allawi pulls slightly ahead of Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki's bloc, complaints about vote-counting irregularities increase.

Foreign Reactions

• Brown admits Iraq inquiry mistake on defence spending IRNA 17 Mar 2010 -- Prime Minister Gordon Brown Wednesday was forced to admit that he made a mistake about defence spending when he gave evidence to the Iraq inquiry earlier this month.
• At least 8 Iraqis died in UK custody, inquiry told IRNA 17 Mar 2010 -- Eight or more Iraqi civilians died in the custody of British troops in the weeks after the 2003 invasion, an inquiry into the death of Basra hotel worker Baha Mousa has been told.

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