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WASHINGTON - U.S. Africa Command is a “listening command” that has added value to U.S. government programs on the continent, the command’s top military officer told the Atlantic Council.

WASHINGTON - The United States may be able to draw down troop levels in Iraq quicker than anticipated if progress continues there, the commander of U.S. and coalition forces in Iraq said.

ARLINGTON, Va. - About 90 Hawaii National Guard members are on their way to American Samoa to help in the recovery efforts on the Pacific island, National Guard officials announced.

WASHINGTON - Two F-16 fighter jets intercepted a civilian aircraft near Muncie, Ind., at the North American Aerospace Defense Command’s direction and escorted it and its unconscious pilot until they crashed, NORAD officials reported.

WASHINGTON - Maj. Gen. William B. Garrett III discussed the Army's newest component command and its upcoming Natural Fire '10, a humanitarian assistance and disaster relief exercise.

KUNAR PROVINCE, Afghanistan - Government leaders and provincial reconstruction team members signed an agreement to build five new schools in the province, and protect them for the future.

WASHINGTON - While U.S. special operators conduct a massive rescue effort after devastating flooding in the Philippines, the Hawaii Air National Guard and USS Ingraham are headed to American Samoa to take relief there following a massive earthquake and tsunami.

CONTINGENCY OPERATING BASE ADDER, Iraq - Army Staff Sgt. Cynthia Dalton has discovered that no amount of training can totally prepare a medic for situations they face on the job.

NEW AL-MUTHANA AIR BASE, Iraq - The Iraqi air force officially began fully independent C-130 air operations, marking the end of the U.S. C-130 air advisory mission in Iraq.

EMERALD ISLE, N.C. - Vivianne Wersel fought for benefits after her husband, Marine Corps Lt. Col. Richard Wersel, died in 2005. Since then, she's been making the same fight for other widows, from Camp Lejeune to the halls of Congress, as part of the Gold Star Wives of America.