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plus up n.— «Officials at the Pentagon said this surge of U.S. forces, or “plus up” as it is called here, has actually been under way for weeks. Since the president ordered the increase of troops, U.S. forces have moved into...
condolence payment n.— «The amount of cash the U.S. military has paid to families of Iraqi civilians killed or maimed in operations involving American troops skyrocketed from just under $5 million in 2004 to almost $20 million last year...
battlespace n.— «The US had been planning for the Iraqi forces to take over by July half of what the Pentagon refers to as its “battlespace.”» —“Host springs surprise for PM” by Ewen...
lane n.— «The man at the center of the growing furor over the National Security Agency’s surveillance of Americans’ domestic phone calls, Gen. Michael Hayden, is an Air Force officer who never flew a fighter jet or dropped a bomb. He rose...
wire-brush treatment n.— «At 70, still sprints up Pentagon stairways. Senior civilians describe their boss as fierce and demanding; senior military officers describe sessions with him as “the wire-brush treatment...
wire brush treatment n.— «His “snowflake memos” are notorious within the Pentagon, as is his combative style of debating and discussing issues. Civilians and military personnel refer to it as getting “the wire brush...