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Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Public Affairs)
News Release
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IMMEDIATE RELEASE No. 062-11
January 21, 2011


Airman Missing in Action from Korean War is Identified

            The Department of Defense POW/Missing Personnel Office (DPMO) announced today that the remains of a serviceman, missing in action from the Korean War, has been identified and returned to his family for burial with full military honors.

            Air Force 1st Lt. Robert F. Dees, 23, of Moultrie, Ga., will be buried Jan. 22 at the Longstreet Historical Cemetery in Ozark, Ala.  On Oct. 9, 1952, he was flying an F-84 Thunderjet, attacking several targets in North Korea.  After he and three aircraft from the 430th Fighter-Bomber Squadron completed their attack on their primary target, they began their bombing run against enemy boxcars on the railroad near Sinyang.  Other members of his flight reported seeing an explosion near the target they were attacking.  They believed it to be the crash of Dees’ aircraft and could not raise any radio contact with him.  Airborne searches over the battlefield failed to locate him or his aircraft.

            Following the armistice in 1953, the North Koreans repatriated 4,219 remains of U.S. and allied soldiers during Operation Glory.  In November 1954, they turned over remains which they reported were recovered from Sinyang.  Accompanying the remains were portions of a pilot’s flight suit and a pneumatic life preserver.  But after two attempts, the Army’s mortuary at Kokura, Japan, was unable to identify the remains.  They were buried in 1956 as “unknown” at the Punch Bowl Cemetery in Hawaii.

            Beginning in the late 1990s, analysts from DPMO and the Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command (JPAC) undertook a concentrated review of Korean War air losses, as well as a review of the Kokura mortuary files.  They made a tentative association to Dees, based on U.S. wartime records as well as the information provided by the North Koreans.  These remains were disinterred from the Punch Bowl Cemetery in June 2010.

            Dees’ remains were identified by making extensive dental comparisons with his medical records.

            For additional information on the Defense Department’s mission to account for missing Americans, visit the DPMO web site at http://www.dtic.mil/dpmo or call 703-699-1169.

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Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Public Affairs)
News Release
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IMMEDIATE RELEASE No. 063-11
January 21, 2011


DOD Identifies Army Casualty

            The Department of Defense announced today the death of a soldier who was supporting Operation Enduring Freedom.

            Pfc. Amy R. Sinkler, 23, of Chadbourn, N.C., died Jan. 20 in Baghlan province, Afghanistan, of wounds sustained when insurgents attacked her unit with a rocket propelled grenade.  She was assigned to the 17th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion, 3rd Maneuver Enhancement Brigade, Fort Richardson, Alaska.

            For more information, the media may contact the U.S. Army Alaska public affairs office at 907-384-2072 or 907-384-1542.

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IMMEDIATE RELEASE No. 060-11
January 21, 2011


DOD Identifies Marine Casualty

            The Department of Defense announced today the death of a Marine who was supporting Operation Enduring Freedom.

            Sgt. Jason G. Amores, 29, of Lehigh Acres, Fla., died Jan. 20 while conducting combat operations in Helmand province, Afghanistan.  He was assigned to 3rd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, Calif.

            For additional background information on this Marine, news media representatives may contact the 1st Marine Division public affairs office at 760-725-8766.

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U.S. Department of Defense
Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Public Affairs)
News Release
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IMMEDIATE RELEASE No. 061-11
January 21, 2011


DOD Identifies Navy Casualty

             The Department of Defense announced today the death of a sailor who was supporting Operation Enduring Freedom.

             Petty Officer Dominique Cruz, 26, of Panama City, Fla., was found during search and rescue operations Jan. 19 in the Gulf of Oman after being reported missing Jan. 18.  Cruz was assigned as an Operations Specialist to the USS Halsey homeported in San Diego, Calif.  Halsey is currently deployed to the Fifth Fleet area of responsibility conducting maritime security operations.

             For further information related to this release, contact commander, Naval Surface Force U.S. Pacific Fleet public affairs at 619-437-2146.

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1.  Chicago Cubs outfielder Andre Dawson on being a role model:
   “I wan’ all dem kids to do what I do, to look up to me. I wan’ all the kids to copulate me.”

2. New Orleans Saint RB George Rogers when asked about the upcoming season:
   “I want to rush for 1,000 or 1,500 yards, whichever comes first..”

3. And, upon hearing Joe Jacobi of the ‘Skin’s say:
   “I’d run over my own mother to win the Super Bowl,”
    Matt Millen of the Raiders said: “To win, I’d run over Joe’s Mom, too.”

4. Torrin Polk, University of Houston receiver, on his coach, John Jenkins:
   “He treat us like mens. He let us wear earrings..”

5. F ootball commentator and former player Joe Theismann:
   “Nobody in football should be called a genius. A genius is a guy like Norman Einstein.”

6. Senior basketball player at the  University of Pittsburgh :
   “I’m going to graduate on time, no matter how long it takes..”
   (Now that is beautiful)

7. Bill Peterson, a Florida State football coach:
   “You guys line up alphabetically by height..”
    And, “You guys pair up in groups of three, and then line up in a circle.”

8. Boxing promoter Dan Duva on Mike Tyson going to prison:
   “Why would anyone expect him to come out smarter? He went to prison for three years, not Princeton ..”

9. Stu Grimson, Chicago Blackhawks left wing, explaining why he keeps a color photo of himself above his locker:
   “That’s so when I forget how to spell my name, I can still find my clothes.”

10. Lou Duva, vete ran boxing trainer, on the Spartan training regimen of heavyweight Andrew Golota:
     “He’s a guy who gets up at six o’clock in the morning, regardless of what time it is.”

11.  Chuck Nevitt , North Carolina State basketball player, explaining to Coach Jim Valvano why he appeared nervous at practice:
     “My sister’s expecting a baby, and I don’t know if I’m going to be an uncle or an aunt.   (I wonder if his IQ ever hit room temperature in January)

12. Frank Layden , Utah Jazz president, on a former player:
     “I asked him, ‘Son, what is it with you? Is it ignorance or apathy?’
        He said, ‘Coach, I don’t know and I don’t care. ‘”

13. Shelby Metcalf, basketball coach at Texas A&M, recounting what he told a player who received four F’s and one D:
     “Son, looks to me like you’re spending too much time on one subject.”

14. In the words of NC State great Charles Shackelford:
     “I can go to my left or right, I am amphibious.”

15. Former Houston Oilers coach Bum Phillips when asked by Bob Costas why he takes his wife on all the road trips,
     Phillips responded: “Because she’s too damn ugly to kiss good-bye.”
OMG…..

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Daily Appointments: Public Schedule for January 21, 2011
Fri, 21 Jan 2011 07:35:02 -0600

Public Schedule for January 21, 2011

 

Public Schedule

Washington, DC

January 21, 2011


SECRETARY OF STATE HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON
Secretary Clinton holds meetings at the Department of State.

DEPUTY SECRETARY JIM STEINBERG
11:30 a.m. PST 
Deputy Secretary Steinberg participates in a moderated conversation hosted by the Pacific Council on International Policy, in Los Angeles, California.
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USAID ADMINISTRATOR RAJ SHAH
9:30 a.m. 
Administrator Shah meets with U.S. Trade Representative Ron Kirk, at the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

UNDER SECRETARY FOR POLITICAL AFFAIRS BILL BURNS
Under Secretary Burns leads the U.S. delegation as it joins our P5+1 partners as well as Iranian representatives in talks in Istanbul, Turkey. Click here for more information.

UNDER SECRETARY FOR ECONOMIC, ENERGY AND AGRICULTURAL AFFAIRS ROBERT HORMATS
12:00 p.m.  
Under Secretary Hormats delivers remarks before the Washington Export Council, at the City Club in Washington DC. 
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)
Under Secretary McHale meets with Ambassador to Qatar Joseph LeBaron, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)Under Secretary Otero delivers remarks at the 11th National Conference on Science, Policy and the Environment, “Our Changing Oceans,” hosted by NSCPE, at the Ronald Reagan Building in Washington DC.
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UNDER SECRETARY FOR PUBLIC DIPLOMACY AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS JUDITH MCHALE
10:30 a.m. 

UNDER SECRETARY OF STATE FOR DEMOCRACY AND GLOBAL AFFAIRS MARIA OTERO
9:00 a.m. 

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION AFFAIRS ESTHER BRIMMER
11:00 a.m. 
Assistant Secretary Brimmer meets with Colombian Vice Foreign Minister Lodoño to discuss multilateral priorities, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)
Assistant Secretary Gordon is on foreign travel to Nicosia, Cyprus through January 21. Click here for more information.

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR EUROPEAN AND EURASIAN AFFAIRS PHIL GORDON

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR DEMOCRACY, HUMAN RIGHTS AND LABOR MICHAEL POSNER
Assistant Secretary Posner will visit Afghanistan and Pakistan this week. He will meet with government officials and non-governmental organization representatives in both countries. For more information, contact owene@state.gov.

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR POLITICAL-MILITARY AFFAIRS ANDREW SHAPIRO
Assistant Secretary Shapiro meets with Congolese government officials in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Click here for more information.

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS ANN STOCK
3:15 p.m. 
Assistant Secretary Stock delivers remarks at the NAFSA Association of International Educators’ 2011 Washington Leaders Meeting, at the Mayflower Hotel in Washington DC.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE) Assistant Secretary Valenzuela meets with Bolivian Permanent Representative to the UN Pablo Solon, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR WESTERN HEMISPHERE AFFAIRS ARTURO VALENZUELA
9:30 a.m.

AMBASSADOR-AT-LARGE FOR WAR CRIMES ISSUES STEPHEN RAPP
Ambassador Rapp is on foreign travel in Seoul, South Korea.

AMBASSADOR-AT-LARGE FOR GLOBAL WOMEN’S ISSUES MELANNE VERVEER
Ambassador Verveer travels to Istanbul, Turkey to participate in the U.S.-hosted regional conference, “Invest for the Future: Women Driving Economic Growth,” through January 26.  Click here for more information.

DIRECTOR OF POLICY PLANNING ANNE-MARIE SLAUGHTER
Dr. Slaughter travels to Brussels, Paris, London, Stuttgart and Berlin through January 23 for meetings with foreign government officials regarding the Quadrennial Diplomacy and Development Review, Leading through Civilian Power.

PRESS BRIEFING SCHEDULE:
1:15 p.m.
  Daily Press Briefing with Assistant Secretary Philip J. Crowley

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The New York Times

January 21, 2011

Today’s Headlines

IN THIS E-MAIL
World |  U.S. |  Politics |  Business |  Technology |  Sports |  Arts |  New York/Region |  Movies |  Editorials |  Op-Ed |  On This Day

TOP NEWS

Path Is Sought for States to Escape Debt Burdens

By MARY WILLIAMS WALSH

Policy makers are working to find a way to let states declare bankruptcy and get out from under debts including the pensions they promised public workers.

F.D.A. Sees Promise in Alzheimer’s Imaging Drug

By GINA KOLATA

A committee voted that the agency approve the first test that can show Alzheimer’s in the brain of a living person.

G.O.P. Bloc Presses Leaders to Slash Even More

By DAVID M. HERSZENHORN

Conservatives want a cut in spending of at least $100 billion, compared with cuts in the current fiscal year of up to $80 billion being sought by party leaders.

QUOTATION OF THE DAY

 

“Thirty-eight years. You just shake your head.”
WILLIS REED, on the New York Knicks’ title drought.

 

World

Interactive Feature: A Year at War

The New York Times is spending a year following the stories of the men and women of the First Battalion, 87th Infantry of the 10th Mountain Division.

Opinion
Myth of the Hero Gunslinger

Opinionator

Myth of the Hero Gunslinger

New studies, and perhaps the example of the Tucson shootings, suggest that a better-armed population actually makes us less safe.

WORLD

Some See a Cash Motive in Duvalier’s Return

By GINGER THOMPSON

Some say Jean-Claude Duvalier returned to Haiti to try to get around a new law that will make it harder for him to access $6 million frozen in Switzerland.

U.S. Warning to China Sends Ripples to the Koreas

By MARK LANDLER and MARTIN FACKLER

President Obama warned President Hu Jintao that if China did not step up its pressure on North Korea, the U.S. would have to redeploy its forces in Asia to protect itself, a senior administration official said.

Opposition in Tunisia Finds Chance for Rebirth

By DAVID D. KIRKPATRICK

The next moves of the Islamists, the only credible opposition movement in Tunisia’s history, are a significant variable in the country’s post-revolutionary future.

U.S.

In Nashville, Debate Over Racetrack Pits Nostalgia and Change

By CAMPBELL ROBERTSON

Defenders of the fading Fairgrounds Speedway, which sits on city-owned land, made their case against calls for development.

Tucson Survivor Describes Chaos of Rampage

By JENNIFER MEDINA and DENISE GRADY

Ronald Barber recalls images of a pool of blood, the sound of a gun, the bullet casings on the ground. But he doesn’t remember Judge John M. Roll trying to save him.

States’ Budget Crises Cut Deeply Into Financing for Mental Health Programs

By MARC LACEY, KEVIN SACK and A. G. SULZBERGER

Proposals to reduce care for the mentally ill are being scrutinized after a troubled young man’s shooting rampage in Tucson left 6 people dead and 13 wounded.

POLITICS

Poll Finds Wariness About Cutting Entitlements

By JACKIE CALMES and DALIA SUSSMAN

Americans say that they prefer cutting government spending to paying higher taxes, but their preference dissolves when it comes to Medicare or Social Security.

Volcker Resigns as Obama Adviser

By REUTERS

President Barack Obama announced on Thursday that former Federal Reserve Chairman Paul Volcker was stepping down from his role as head of an outside panel advising the White House on economic policy.

Obama Will Move Political Operations to Chicago

By JEFF ZELENY

To avoid turf battles, chaotic communications and duplicated efforts, aides said, a significant realignment is under way in the West Wing.

BUSINESS

In Google Shake-Up, an Effort to Revive Start-Up Spark

By CLAIRE CAIN MILLER and MIGUEL HELFT

Google said its co-founder, Larry Page, would take over as chief executive, replacing Eric E. Schmidt, in an effort to get back to its start-up roots.

At Google, a Boost From E-Commerce

By CLAIRE CAIN MILLER

Holiday shoppers relied on the its search tools, helping to increase revenue, and a research firm said Google’s share of display ad revenue had grown significantly.

Banks Want Pieces of Fannie-Freddie Pie

By LOUISE STORY

Wells Fargo and other large banks want to become the new housing finance giants and bundle mortgages into securities. But they want an explicit government guarantee.

TECHNOLOGY

A Short-Circuit to Distracted Driving

By MATT RICHTEL

Cell carriers are exploring technology aimed at reducing distractions by temporarily interrupting service.

H.P. Replaces 4 on Its Board in Wake of Chief’s Dismissal

By VERNE G. KOPYTOFF

The company’s new board members are expected to add diversity and new perspective to the board, which was criticized for its handling of the ouster of its former chief executive.

Advanced Micro Devices Predicts Strong Quarter

By BLOOMBERG NEWS

The chip maker, which had a change in leadership this month, said it would beat analysts’ estimates.

SPORTS

New York: A Champ When It Comes to Losing

By RICHARD SANDOMIR

Other than the Yankees, the city’s major sports teams have not had much success winning championships.

The Art of the Pump Fake

By JUDY BATTISTA

Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger’s signature move is as important to his game as his mobility, but apparently as uncalculated as a scramble.

Jets’ Running Game to Collide With Steelers’ Defense

By GREG BISHOP

The Steelers’ defense, with more role players than superstars, ranks among the best groups of run-stuffers in N.F.L. history.

ARTS
Art Review

When Art Dallied With Poetry on 53rd Street

By HOLLAND COTTER

A 60th anniversary exhibition at Tibor de Nagy Gallery celebrates a golden New York moment in which art and poetry mingled and collaborated.

Theater Review | ‘The Walk Across America for Mother Earth’

Protesters Armed With Wigs and Sequins

By CHARLES ISHERWOOD

“The Walk Across America for Mother Earth” is a playful but perceptive comedy by the downtown writer and performer Taylor Mac.

Movie Review | ‘The Way Back’

Pushing the Limits of Endurance

By MANOHLA DARGIS

In “The Way Back,” the new Peter Weir film, escapees from a Siberian gulag attempt a bleak, demoralizing 4,000-mile trek to freedom in India during the early 1940s.

NEW YORK / REGION

Nearly 125 Arrested in Sweeping Mob Roundup

By WILLIAM K. RASHBAUM

A blanket assault against seven mob families in New York, New Jersey and Rhode Island included charges of murder, racketeering and extortion.

Even Bloomberg Can’t Escape Complexity of Immigration

By SAM DOLNICK

As Michael R. Bloomberg proposes overhauling federal law, critics say his record on the issue is mixed.

Bronx School’s Top Ranking Stirs Wider Doubts About Rating System

By FERNANDA SANTOS

While practices at Theater Arts Production Company School are examined, critics question the accuracy of the data in the city’s data-driven system.

MOVIES
Movie Review | ‘No Strings Attached’

A Firm Commitment to Casual

By A. O. SCOTT

Natalie Portman and Ashton Kutcher star in a brisk romantic comedy distinguished by a dose of semi-cynical sexual candor.

Movie Review | ‘Applause’

Even on the Wagon, Not Ready for a Close-Up

By MANOHLA DARGIS

Paprika Steen stars as an alcoholic actress in “Applause,” by Martin Pieter Zandvliet.

Movie Review | ‘The Housemaid’

Taking Up With a Maid Might Upset the Family

By A. O. SCOTT

In “The Housemaid,” Im Sang-soo has made a film that swings from psychological thriller to comedy of manners to erotic romp to feminist fable.

EDITORIALS
Editorial

President Karzai’s Latest

 

The Afghanistan leader’s order to postpone the opening of Parliament will only make the fight against the Taliban harder.

Editorial

Debit Card Predators

 

Banks should not be allowed to evade rules on abusive debit-card practices by switching to a less rigorous federal regulator.

Editorial

Tunisia, After Ben Ali

 

Tunisia’s people have overthrown a dictator, but their achievement is not yet secure.

Editorial

A Clear No for the Spruce Mine

 

The E.P.A.’s decision to revoke a mining permit could be the beginning of the end of a practice that has caused huge harm across Appalachia.

OP-ED
Op-Ed Columnist

China Goes to Nixon

By PAUL KRUGMAN

China has stumbled into a monetary muddle that’s getting worse with each passing month.

Op-Ed Columnist

A Most Valuable Democrat

By DAVID BROOKS

Joe Lieberman has often put himself between a rock and a hard place. But at the end of the day, he’s been an indispensable senator.

Op-Ed Columnist

Tunisian Dominoes?

By ROGER COHEN

There’s more than a touch of “We’re all Tunisians now” among misruled Arabs.

Op-Ed Contributor

Why Parents Fear the Needle

By MICHAEL WILLRICH

How to finally change the conversation on immunization.

ON THIS DAY

On Jan. 21, 1924, Russian revolutionary Vladimir Ilyich Lenin died at age 54.