U.S. Minimizes Military Presence in Indonesia
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The aircraft carrier leading the U.S. military's tsunami relief effort steamed out of Indonesian waters Wednesday because the country declined to let the ship's fighter pilots use its airspace for training missions.
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Unless the South Korean government agrees to pay more of the cost of hosting American military forces, the Pentagon may feel compelled to trim its presence there, a senior official said Monday.
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BANDA ACEH, Indonesia  - U.S. Navy helicopters  dropped aid to clamoring crowds in tsunami-hit Indonesian  villages Sunday but were unable to land a full week after the  waves washed away entire towns around the Indian Ocean.
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BANDA ACEH, Indonesia  - The U.S. military, a  leading force behind relief efforts in tsunami-hit nations,  said on Saturday it expected to end major work in Thailand and  Sri Lanka within two weeks but to stay longer in Indonesia.
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Americans and other Westerners in Indonesia should remain alert to the possibility of militant attacks over the Christmas and New Year period, the U.S. embassy in Jakarta said on Monday.
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BOGOR, Indonesia, Nov. 20 -- President Bush said Monday that he had made no decisions about altering the number of U.S. troops in Iraq, noting that there are "a lot of suggestions" still being evaluated.
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U.S. Marines have expanded their role in Sumatra's tsunami relief operation after days of delays caused by Indonesian objections to armed U.S. troops and the setting up of a base camp on shore, officials said.
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President Bush is cutting short his stay at this year's Asia-Pacific summit, but the fact that he's going &#151; at a pivotal moment in the debate over his Iraq policy &#151; is meant to show he's not neglecting the neighborhood.
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WASHINGTON - The U.S. military is quietly expanding its network of small outposts worldwide to help fight terrorism in Middle Eastern and African hotspots, even as it prepares to send home tens of thousands of troops from Cold War bases in Germany and South Korea...
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As the U.S. was preoccupied with Iraq and Afghanistan, terrorist activity spread in other regions.
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The U.S. force that scoured Iraq for  weapons of mass destruction -- cited by President Bush as  justification for war -- has abandoned its long and fruitless  hunt to assist in counter-insurgency efforts, U.S. officials  said on Wednesday.
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BANDA ACEH, Indonesia  - Substantial help began  reaching refugees in Indonesia's devastated Aceh province on  Saturday amid depressing rain, and the U.S. military arrived in  force to speed the flow of critically needed aid.
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Indonesia has put out most of the forest fires on its part of Borneo island after inducing rain with cloud seeding, minimizing the spread of a smoke haze that is threatening air quality in the country and its neighbors, the government said Tuesday.
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Israel has dropped its objections to Indonesia joining the U.N. peacekeeping force in south Lebanon, and the two sides are now discussing when Jakarta would send a promised 1,000 troops, a U.N. official said Friday.
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BANDA ACEH, Indonesia -- A massive US military relief operation picked up steam yesterday, with helicopters dropping off cartons of food aid in Sumatra and warships with 2,200 Marines arriving in the Malacca Straits to ferry supplies to the tsunami-battered Indonesian island.
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BANDA ACEH, Indonesia -- The US military, the largest group helping tsunami survivors, is starting to withdraw troops from the relief efforts to feed and house more than 1 million refugees, the US Pacific commander said yesterday.
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SEOUL - The United States has agreed to delay its troop withdrawal from South Korea and will leave missiles and attack helicopters in place to deter any attack from the North, the allies said yesterday.