Salmonella product recall news

The following products are being recalled because they could be contaminated with salmonella, an organism that can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in young children and others with weakened immune systems:

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GFN Foods LLC of Cranford, N.J., is recalling select gluten-free mixes. The recall includes certain lots of Gluten-Free Naturals Pancake Mix, Gluten-Free Naturals Light & Moist Yellow Cake Mix and Gluten-Free Naturals Cookie Blend Flour. No illness has been reported. The mixes were sold online, as well as at stores in the Northeast and mid-Atlantic regions of the country. Details: by phone at 866-761-6147.

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Man who stole viola sentenced

A 73-year-old Chicago man who stole an 18th century viola wassentenced to more than seven years in prison Thursday for separatelyplotting to murder two men - a junk dealer tied to the instrument anda former business associate.

Robert Heiss, formerly of the 5300 block of North Avenue, admittedhiring a would-be assassin to kill Boisie Watson, a junk dealer onMaxwell Street with a doctorate in psychology, and Godfrey Bey, aWest Side man, in a dispute with Heiss over control of a cookiebusiness.

The assassin turned out to be an undercover FBI agent.

Watson had purchased a viola on Maxwell Street for $90 and laterdiscovered it dated to 1723 and was lost by a Chicago …

Team Capsules for the African Cup of Nations

LIBREVILLE, Gabon (AP) — A look at the 16 teams competing in the African Cup of Nations, which starts Saturday:

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GROUP A
Equatorial Guinea

Best Performance: Debut.

Key Player: Rodolfo Bodipo, striker.

Coach: Gilson Paulo (Brazil).

FIFA Ranking: No. 150.

Nickname: Nzalang Nacional.

Summary: The lowly ranked co-hosts have no previous experience at a major tournament and are now without experienced former France coach Henri Michel, who resigned just weeks before the tournament. New coach Paulo has had little time to mold his team, which likely faces an early exit at …

Witness: Jackson doctor caused singer's death

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A medical expert has told jurors hearing the case against Michael Jackson's doctor that the physician's repeated and flagrant violations of the standard of care involving a powerful anesthetic led to the singer's death.

Dr. Steven Shafer testified Wednesday that the lack of proper medical equipment and the absence of notes and medical records by Dr. Conrad Murray, along with a …

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Syracuse 1 at West Virginia

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Monday's scores

EAST

Connecticut 89, Seton Hall 67

Mount St. Mary's, Md. 68, Monmouth, N.J. 62

Quinnipiac 90, Long Island U. 80

St. Francis, NY 63, Fairleigh Dickinson 57

Wagner 100, Sacred Heart 93

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Bethune-Cookman 61, N. Carolina A&T 51

Hampton 74, Delaware St. 68

Jackson St. 74, Ark.-Pine Bluff 58

MVSU 72, Grambling St. 65, OT

Middle Tennessee 60, Fla. International 42

Morgan St. 93, Md.-Eastern Shore 89

Norfolk St. 63, Howard 48

S. Carolina St. 75, Florida A&M …

Good Knight: Rutgers Reaches Final Four

GREENSBORO, N.C. - Rutgers didn't have much of a reason to believe it could be a Final Four team a few months ago. The Scarlet Knights didn't have any seniors, or seemingly any chance. Not without Cappie Pondexter, not after starting the season by losing four of seven. And not with a difficult draw in the NCAA tournament. Believe now, Rutgers.

The scrappy Scarlet Knights are headed to their second Final Four, using a dominating performance from center Kia Vaughn and inspired play from the rest of the roster to claim a 64-45 victory over Arizona State on Monday night in the Greensboro Regional finals.

"It was sort of like a dream where we just felt ... as long as we stuck …

Blackwater guards out of Iraq? No, not yet

Armed guards from the security firm once known as Blackwater Worldwide are still protecting U.S. diplomats in Iraq, even though the company has no license to operate there and has been told by the State Department its contracts will not be renewed two years after a lethal firefight that stirred outrage in Baghdad.

Private security guards employed by the company, now known as Xe, are slated to continue ground operations in parts of Iraq long into the summer, far longer than had previously been acknowledged, government officials told The Associated Press.

In addition, helicopters working for Xe's aviation wing, Presidential Airways, will provide air security for …

She spreads joy, passing out cash at a S. Side bar

A rich lady from Boston, whose only physical resemblance toSanta was white hair, gave thousands of dollars to strangers onSaturday in a Chicago bar.

"The bills just have pictures of dead men," said Judy Kelly, astylishly dressed woman who handed out 100s and 50s to anybody with akind face. "Everybody left in better spirits."

Christmas began at about noon Saturday at the Carlton MidwayMotor Inn Lounge, 5801 S. Cicero, when Kelly walked in and promptlypassed out $100 bills to three Midway Airline stewardesses at a sidetable.

"Merry Christmas," she said, smiling into their confused eyes.

Kelly, who is in her middle 50s and wore ruby earrings, then …

Obama to nominate top adviser to Israel envoy post

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama intends to nominate Daniel Shapiro, a trusted adviser on the Middle East, as U.S. ambassador to Israel.

Shapiro is senior director for the Middle East and North Africa on the White House national security staff. He will replace Ambassador James B. Cunningham, a veteran diplomat who has held the post in Israel since 2008.

An …

Pakistan fights to take Taliban leader's hometown

Soldiers fought for control of the Pakistani Taliban chief's hometown Wednesday, pressing forward with a major offensive targeting an insurgent stronghold along the Afghan border, authorities said.

The battle raged as intelligence officials said suspected U.S. missiles killed two militants in a neighboring region _ a potentially troubling strike because it hit territory controlled by another militant faction the army has coaxed into neutrality during its offensive.

The five-day-old operation in South Waziristan is considered a critical test of the nuclear-armed country's campaign against Islamist extremists blamed for soaring attacks at home and on Western …

Mavs tie futility mark with two-point quarter

DALLAS Who says the Dallas Mavericks have had a forgettableseason? They're all over the record book, and for all the wrongreasons.

A year that began with playoff hopes reached another record-lowSunday when Dallas scored just two points (both on free throws) inthe third quarter of an 87-80 loss to the Los Angeles Lakers.

"I don't think in all my years in the game I've seen anexhibition of basketball like that," said Jim Cleamons, thefirst-year coach who won five titles as a player and assistant withthe Bulls.No NBA team has come so close to being shut out for an entireperiod. The previous worst-scoring quarter was four points, by the1987 Sacramento Kings and the …

Democrat's pro-gay speech racks up YouTube views

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — A Minnesota lawmaker's speech against banning gay marriage in the state's Constitution has become an online hit.

A video of Rep. Steve Simon's remarks had more than 175,000 views on YouTube early Thursday.

At a Capitol hearing on Monday, the Democrat asked, "How many more gay people does God have to create before we ask ourselves whether or not God actually wants them around?"

Simon says it was an off the …

Where have you gone, Gary Coleman? The Golden State turns its lonely eyes to you. ... David Spade's new movie explores how the fate of kid actors often reflects the dysfunctional American psyche.

NEW YORK--You take the good, you take the bad... As the TV themesong goes, you take them both, and then you have the facts of lifewhen it comes to casting vintage child stars.

David Spade had to face those facts when he tried to round up old-time faces for his latest film, "Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star,"opening Friday. "It's a sad day when you get turned down by theactress formerly known as Tootie," Spade laments. "Shaun Cassidy andthe Fonz also turned me down. J.J. Walker just said no."

Maybe they couldn't fit it into their schedules?

"What schedules?" says a sarcastic Sam Weisman, who directed themovie, which serves as an homage to those who obsesses on "Nick atNight."

Spade's new movie spoofs the phenomenon of being a hot property asa child and then a nobody as an adult. He does this affectionatelybecause truth be known, Spade has a soft spot for those who live onfor eternity in reruns.

"Come on, when it comes to role models, you can say great artistsor your parents, but the truth is the Fonz was the coolest," Spadesays. "I was so into Fonzie that I wanted to grow up and be a 40-year-old high school guy living in an attic apartment. I even had thehots for Joanie, and I liked the flirting with Mrs. C. It was such alittle soap opera."

Spade laughs and says that while growing up in Arizona, he evenimitated a Fonz moment where the leather-clad one "jumped the shark."

"Remember on the show when the Fonz jumped several garbage cans onhis bike?" Spade says. "I went outside on my 10-speed and tried to dothat and nearly landed in the hospital. "I downshifted into justsaying, 'Sit on it' and 'Heeeeey!' Sadly, it just didn't drag in thegals the way it did for the Fonz."

Playing Dickie Roberts, an obnoxious, confused, unemployed childstar, might not work with the babes, either, though it could be goodbox office. He got the idea after talking to fellow comedian FredWolf.

"I'm very honest with myself," Spade says. "No one is going tocast me in the lead of 'The English Patient.' I can't play everypart. I know I have limited range."

But playing a former child star who can't find work or a life?That was something Spade could do.

"The idea formed when Fred called me up one day and said, 'Dude,are you watching this VH1 "Behind the Music" special on Leif Garrett?It's wild.'

"A few days later, I called him and said, 'What's up with CoreyFeldman? He's still wearing a black fedora, and it's 2003,'" Spadesays. "At that point, with Leif and Corey on our minds, Fred juststopped and said, 'Dude, why don't you play one of these guys in amovie? You know, mid-30s, angry at the world, still living in the'80s, former child star experience?'"

It was Wolf who came up with the plot idea that Spade's Dickie isup for a Rob Reiner movie where he would play an adult role--his onlyshow-biz work in years. Reiner (who plays himself in the movie) fearsthat Dickie doesn't have any normal human emotions and maybe heshouldn't cast him.

To fix it, Dickie rents a family plus their two kids, moves inwith them and tries to figure out what it means to be a regular guy.

"It's a broad comedy, but sweet in parts. I tried to avoid thesweetness, but it's nice because it's not intentional," Spade says.

So which actual former child stars showed up for cameos? Well,there's Willie Aames, Danny Bonaduce, Dustin Diamond, Corey Feldman,Leif Garrett, Emmanuel Lewis, Maureen McCormick, Barry Williams, plusa few other surprises.

There were many ego struggles on the set. "We have a poker scenewith a bunch of them, and it was a case of 'Hey, you're on Nick atNight and I'm not,'" he says. "Three or four of these child starshave a band now. So they're throwing CDs at each other. There weremany snipes because the ego is still there."

Did they care about making fun of themselves onscreen? "A lot ofthem were scared of it," he says. "I think they trusted me and knewmy humor from 'Hollywood Minute.' Mostly I said, 'We're going to beeasy on you. Sympathetic.'"

Spade was into creating a "We Are the World" type of song withdozens of the "stars," which runs over the film's credits. (Hint:It's the best part; do not leave the theater until the credits arefinished.)

"We just needed a big stupid song. I just made calls, and thechild stars showed up," he says. "You're suddenly in a room withRerun [from "What's Happening"], who is still so happy, upbeat andfun. He's still having a good time with it all. We had Lucy from'Dallas,' all the Brady boys and Marcia swearing in this song. It'sjust perfect."

Spade feels bad for some of the former luminaries. "It is a bitsad," he says. "We wanted the movie to be funny, but it gives you aninside look at how crazy it is to be famous young. I have my ups anddowns at this age, and it's hard enough for me. Plus, you have tofigure anyone who is in show biz, well, something is wrong already.You're kind of dealing with shaky ground. When things go wrong, itjust freaks you out.

"I can't imagine dealing with the pressure as a kid," he says. "Isee why child stars get screwed up. You give Macaulay Culkin $8million when he's 10. You have everything you want, and there isnowhere to go."

Despite his years on "SNL" and "Just Shoot Me," Spade hasexperienced some hard knocks. "Leaving 'Saturday Night Live' wastough for me. You need to have a job to get another job in thisbusiness," he says. "I think I'm funny, but it doesn't really matter.You have to be in the right place at the right time. Luckily, 'JustShoot Me' happened and I had years on a hit sitcom, but my careercould have easily gone a much different way."

But the recent cancellation of "Just Shoot Me" hurt him. After allthe years on the air, NBC put the series finale on a Saturday and letthe series die without fanfare.

"It was a tough ending because last season we did everything NBCasked us to do," Spade says. "We wanted two seasons to end theseries. With the new writers, the show had new life. All of us werewalking around saying, 'This is really fun and great.' And then NBCdidn't put us on premiere week last year.

"We needed to get our footing, and then the next week NBC replacedus with 'In-Laws.' The following week, they flipped our time slots.The next week, we were pulled for baseball. So we knew that no onecared.

"We had a big finale, and as a cast we cried," he says. "I heardthat the [last] show was on last week and no one knew. No onewatched. It makes me really sad, but that's the entertainmentbusiness."

Spade, 39, was born in Birmingham, Mich., and grew up inScottsdale, Ariz., with his two brothers. It wasn't an easy childhoodbecause his father left when he was young.

After studying business at Arizona State University, he decided totake his smart mouth and try it out in Hollywood. Spade did standupuntil he got his big break on "SNL" in 1990. Movie roles followed in"Coneheads" (1993), "Reality Bites" (1994), "Tommy Boy" (1995),"Black Sheep" (1996), "8 Heads in a Duffel Bag" (1997), "Loser"(2000), "The Emperor's New Groove" (2000) and "Joe Dirt" (2001). In1996, Spade left "SNL," and in 1997, he got the role as Dennis Finchin "Just Shoot Me."

Spade's next career move is uncertain. He's thinking about anotherseries. "I'm not against it," he says. "I'm the type of guy who justsees where things go.

"I'm a comedian. I have to be doing something because I'm not goodat sitting around. I didn't work this summer, and it drove me crazy,"he says, adding, "My God, I sound like one of my former child stars!"

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Cristiano Ronaldo wins FIFA player of year award

Cristiano Ronaldo won the FIFA World Player of the Year award on Monday to complete a clean sweep of football's top individual honors for 2008.

The 23-year-old Portugal winger was honored for his dominating displays and sparkling goals in leading Manchester United to both the Premier League and Champions League titles in May, receiving 136 first-place votes and 935 points in a worldwide poll of national team captains and coaches.

"It is an overwhelming moment, a very special moment in my life," Ronaldo said in his acceptance speech. "I would like to say to my mother and sister that the fireworks can be fired off now."

The result was announced by Brazil's all-time great Pele at a ceremony in Zurich, with Barcelona and Argentina midfielder Lionel Messi coming in second with 678 points, while Liverpool striker Fernando Torres was third with 203.

Brazil's Marta won the women's award for the third year in a row, after announcing earlier Monday she is joining the Los Angeles Sol in the Women's Professional Soccer league.

Ronaldo became the first player from the English Premier League to win the award in its 18-year history, after scoring 42 goals in all competitions last season. He missed the start of this season with an injury, and has struggled to recapture his top form after returning. He has eight league goals so far, but the last came in November.

Messi, meanwhile, led Argentina to the Olympic gold in Beijing and has helped Barcelona take a commanding lead of the Spanish league, scoring 20 goals in 22 games this season.

Still, Ronaldo was widely expected to receive the honor, after previously winning the Ballon D'Or as European player of the year and World Soccer magazine's player of the year award.

Before the award was announced, the orchestra at the Zurich Opera House even gave a not-so-subtle hint by performing an aria from Handel's "Rinaldo."

AC Milan playmaker Kaka, last year's winner, and Barcelona midfielder Xavi Hernandez were also finalists for the award.

Ronaldo is the second Portuguese player to win the title following Luis Figo in 2001, when David Beckham _ who also wore the No. 7 shirt for Manchester United _ was the runner-up.

"It is a dream for me to get this prize because I want to bring the team and my country forward," Ronaldo said. "I would like to dedicate it to my family. This is the most important thing to me."

Before the ceremony, Ronaldo also paid tribute to United manager Alex Ferguson and his former Portugal coach Luiz Felipe Scolari _ who now manages United's rival Chelsea _ for helping him achieve his goals.

"Mr. Ferguson and Mr. Scolari were decisive," he said through an interpreter at a news conference. "I would like to thank them for making me the player I am today."

In the women's category, Marta received 1,002 points to comfortably edge Germany's Birgit Prinz on 328 and her Brazil teammate Cristiane with 275. The shortlist was completed by Germany goalkeeper Nadine Angerer and England striker Kelly Smith.

"It is the fifth time I have come here and the third time I win and the emotions are still strong," said Marta, who led Brazil to silver in Beijing. "This is an award any athlete would be happy to get."

The annual Fair Play award was given to the national federations of Armenia and Turkey, who faced each other in a match for the first time last September. Turkey won the World Cup qualifier 2-0 in the Armenian capital Yerevan.

The two nations had been in dispute for almost a century since World War I-era massacres of Armenians in Turkey.

FIFA also gave a special award to the Palestine Football Association for opening the Al-Husseini stadium and staging the first international match on the West Bank.

The Presidential Award went to women's football, with a special dedication to the United States' Olympic gold medal-winning team. It was collected by U.S. team member Heather O'Reilly.

AP News Pronunciation Guide A-C

A

Abakan -- ah-bah-KAHN'

Feroz Abbasi -- feh-ROOZ' ah-BAH'-see

Abul Abbas -- AH'-bool ah-BAHS'

Mahmoud Abbas -- mahk-MOOD' ah-BAHS'

Abbottabad, Pakistan -- AHB'-tuh-bad

Mahmoud Abdel-Baset -- mah-MOOD' ab-DEHL'-BA'-set

Anthony Abbate -- ah-BAHT'-ee

Raouf Abdel-Rahman -- rah-OOF' AHB'-del RAKH-men

Nuradin Abdi -- NUR'-uh-din AHB'-dee

Naser Abdo -- NAS'-ur AB'-doh

Bilal Abdullah -- BIL'-ahl ab-DUHL'-uh

King Abdullah -- ab-DUHL'-uh

Agron Abdullahu -- AG'-rahn ab-DOO'-lah-hoo

Adel Abdul-Mahdi -- ah-DEEL' AHB'-dool-MAH'-dee

Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab -- OO'-mahr fah-ROOK' ahb-DOOL'-moo-TAH'-lahb

Shinzo Abe -- shin-zoh ah-bay

Huma Abedin -- HOO'-muh AB'-uh-deen

Abidjan -- ah-bee-JAHN'

John Abizaid -- AB'-ih-zayd

Abkhazia -- ab-KAH'-zhee-uh

Ahmed Aboul Gheit -- AKH'-med ah-BOOL' RAYT

Jack Abramoff -- AY'-bruh-mahf

Khaled Abu Arafa -- HAH'-lid AH'-boo AR'-ah-feh

Mahmoud Abuarqoub -- mah-MOOD' ah-BOO'-kwab

Elias Abuelazam -- eh-lee-AHS' A'-boo-LAH'-zuhm

Abu Hafs -- AH'-boo HUHFS

Abu Hazim al-Sha'ir -- AH'-boo hah-ZEEM' al-shah-EER'

Abuja -- ah-BOO'-juh

Mousa Mohammed Abu Marzook -- MOOS'-ah moh-HAH'-med AH'-boo mahr-ZOOK'

Abu Qaswarah -- kahs-WAHR'-uh

Nabil Abu Rdeneh -- nuh-BEEL' AH'-boo ruh-DIH'-nay

Abu Sayyaf -- AH'-boo SEYE'-yahf

Sami Abu Zuhri -- SAH'-mee AH'-boo ZUHKH'-ree

Joe Acaba -- uh-KAH'-buh

Anibal Acevedo Vila -- AH'-nee-bahl ah-seh-VAY'-doh VEE'-lah

Acre, Israel -- AH'-koh

Udi Adam -- OO'-dee AH'-dahm

Addis Ababa -- AHD'-ihs AHB'-uh-buh

Khalid Adem -- KAH'-lihd AH'-duhm

Naima Adedapo -- nay-EE'-mah ad-ed-DAH'-poh

Jason Ader -- AY'-dur

Bhumibol Adulyadej -- poo-mee-POON' ah-dool-yah-DAYD'

Naveed Afzal Haq -- nah-VEED' AHF'-zal hahk

Ahmad Afzali -- AKH'-mahd ahf-ZAH'-lee

Adnan -- AHD'-nahn

Aeropostale -- ayr-uh-pohst-AHL'

Mehmet Ali Agca -- MEH'-met AH'-lee AH'-juh

Gul Agha -- gool AH'-guh

Shohreh Aghdashloo -- SHOH'-reh ahg-DAHSH'-loo

Babar Ahmad -- BAH'-bahr AH'-mahd

Ahmadabad -- AH'-muh-duh-bahd

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad -- ah-muh-DEE'-neh-zhahd

Martti Ahtisaari -- MAHR'-tee ah-tih-ZAH'-ree

Franklin Ajaye -- AY'-jay

Ajdabiya -- ahj-DAH'-bee-yah

Daniel Akaka -- ah-KAH'-kah

Askar Akayev -- AHS'-kahr ah-KY'-ev

Hasan Akbar -- AK'-bar

Kamran Akhtar -- AHK'-tahr

Srednyaya Akhtuba -- SREHD'-nyah-yah ahk-TOO'-buh

Mullah Mohammed Hasan Akhund -- MOO'-lah moh-HAHM'-ed hah-SUHN' uh-HOOND'

Jamal Akkal -- jah-MAHL' AH'-kel

Akon -- AY'-kahn

Roberto Alagna -- ahl-AH'-nyuh

Alakai -- AH'-lah-ky

Tony Alamo -- uh-LAH'-moh

Ricardo Alarcon -- ah-lahr-KOHN'

Irakli Alasania -- ir-AHK'-lee al-uh-SAHN'-ee-ah

Mohammad Alavi -- ah-LAH'-vee

Ali Abd al-Aziz Ali -- ah-LEE' ahbd al-ah-ZEEZ' ah-LEE'

Khalid Ali-M Aldawsari -- KAH'-lihd ah-lee-EHM' al-duh-SAHR'-ee

Riad Ali -- ree-AHD' ah-LEE'

Ilham Aliyev -- ihl-HAHM' ah-lee-EHV'

Ayad Allawi -- EE'-yahd ah-LAH'-wee

Alli -- AL'-eye

Ruben Almaguer -- ahl-mah-GUR'

Altria -- AL'-tree-uh

Sahim Alwan -- sah-HEEM' al-WAHN'

Al-, al-, al

Note: The use of "al" in Arabic names varies from country to country, and even within families. Some Arabs use "Al"; others use "al". Some separate the "al" from the following name with a space or a hyphen. Some Arabs use "el" instead of "al."

The AP's practice is to use the common accepted form on well-known names or the form preferred by an individual.

Saif al-Adel -- sayf al-AD'-ul

Jamil Abdullah Al-Amin -- jah-MEEL' ab-DUHL'-uh al-ah-MEEN'

Mohammed Hamdi al-Ahdal -- HAHM'-dee ahl-uh-DAHL'

Al Aqsa -- ahl AHK'-sah

Azzan al-Amriki -- ah-ZAHN' ahl-ahm-RIH'-kee

Sami Al-Arian -- SAM'-ee al EHR'-ee-an

Al-Arabiyah -- ahl-ah-rih-BEE'-yah

Sami al-Askari -- SAH'-mee ahl as-KAHR'-ee

Younis al-Astal -- YOO'-nihs ahl-AHS'-tahl

Mukhtar al-Bakri -- MOOK'-tahr al-BAHK'-ree

Al-Barakaat -- ahl-bahr-uh-KAT'

Ali al-Dabbagh -- ahl-dah-BAH'

Izzat Ibrahim al-Douri -- EE'-zaht EE'-brah-heem ahl DOOR'-ee

Mohammed Al-Douri -- ahl DOOR'-ee

Khalil al-Dulaimi -- kah-LEEL' ahl-doo-LAY'-mee

Jamal Al-Fadl -- ahl-FAHD'-uhl

Saud al-Faisal -- sah-OOD' ahl fy-ZAHL'

Mohamed al-Fayed -- ahl-FY'-ehd

Fathur Al-Ghozi -- faht-HOOR' al-GOH'-zee

Abu Zubair al-Haili -- ah-boo zoo-BY'-ur ahl-hy-EE'-lee Mohammed Baqir al-Hakim -- BAH'-keer ahl hah-KEEM'

Ahmad al-Halabi -- ah-MEHD' ehl HAH'-luh-bee

Khaled bin Ouda bin Mohammed al-Harby -- KHAH'-lid bin OO'-duh bin moh-HAH'-med ahl-HAHR'-bee

Hajim al-Hassani -- HAH'-jim ahl hah-SAH'-nee

Aquila al-Hashimi -- ah-KEE'-lah ahl HAH'-shee-mee

Dar al-Hijra -- dahr al-HIHDJ'-ruh

Sami Omar Al-Hussayen -- SAM'-mee OH'-mahr al hoo-SAY'-ihn

Alhurra -- ahl-HUR'-ruh

Farouk Ali -- fah-ROOK' ah-LEE'

Ibrahim al-Jaafari -- EE'-brah-heem ahl JAH'-fah-ree

Al-Jazeera -- al-jah-ZEER'-ah

Yassir al-Jaziri -- yah-sur ahl jah-ZEER'-ee

Adel al-Jubeir -- AD'-duhl ahl-joo-BEHR'

Hamid al-Kafai -- HAH'-mid ahl-kuh-FEYE

Monzer al-Kassar -- MAHN'-zur ahl-kuh-SAHR'

Fadhil Al-Khaledy -- FAH'-deel ahl-KUH'-lay-dee

Abdullah Al Khalifa -- hah-LEE-fah

Abdullah Mahmoud al-Khattab -- MAH'-mood ahl-huh-TAHB'

Nasser Al-Kidwa -- ahl KIHD'-wah

Abu Farraj al-Libbi -- ah-BOO' fuh-RAZH' ahl LIH'-bee

Abu Laith al-Libi -- ah-BOO' LAYTH ahl-LIH'-bee

Abu Yahia al-Libi -- ah-BOO' yah-HEE'-ah ahl LIH'-bee

Ali Hassan al-Majid -- ah-LEE' hah-SAHN' ahl mah-ZHEED'

Jawad al-Maliki -- jah-WEHD' ahl-MAHL'-ee-kee

Nouri al-Maliki -- NOO'-ree ahl-MAHL'-ih-kee

Nabil Al-Marabh -- nuh-BEEL' ahl-muh-RAHB'

Dawoud Mahmoud al-Mashhadani -- dah-OOD' mahk-MOOD' al-mah-sha-DAH'-nee

Abu Ayyub al-Masri -- ah-BOO' eye-YOOB' ahl MAH'-sree

Abu Hamza al-Masri -- AH'-boo HAHM'-zuh ahl MAHZ'-ree

Abu Obeida al-Masri -- ah-boo oh-BAY'-duh ahl-MAHZ'-ree

Abdel Baset Ali al-Megrahi -- AHB'-dehl BAH'-seht AH'-lee ahl-meh-GRAH'-hee

Mohammed Al Hasan Al-Moayad -- hah-SAHN' ahl maw-YAHD'

Hussam Almousaly -- huh-SAM' ahl-MOO'-sah-lee

Abdulaziz al-Moqrin -- ahb-dool-uh-ZEEZ' ahl MOH'-krin

Jaafar al-Moussawi -- JA'-fur al-moo-SOW'-ee

Abu Hamza al Muhajer -- AH'-boo HAM'-zah ahl muh-HAJ'-ur

Abdullah al Muhajir -- ahl-moo-hah-JEER'

Rageh Al-Murisi -- rah-GAY' al-moor-EE'-see

Sami al-Mutairi -- SA'-mee al-moo-ty-EE'-ree

Abdur Rahman al-Najdi -- ahb-dur rah-mahn al-NAHZH'-dee

Mazen Al-Najjar -- MAH'-zen al-NAH'-jar

Zuhayr Talib Abd al-Sattar al-Naqib -- zoo-HAHR' TAH-lihb ab-dahl SAH'tar al nah-KEEB'

Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri -- ahbd al-ruh-HEEM' al-nuh-SHEE'-ree

Mohamed Rashed Daoud Al-'Owhali -- moh-HAH'-mehd rah-SHEED' dah-ood ahl-oh-WAHL'-ee

Yasin al-Qadi -- yah-sin ahl-KAH'-dee

Al-Qaida -- al-KY'-ee-duh

Al-Qaqaa -- al-KAH'-kah

Atiyah al-Rahman -- AH'-tee-ah ahl-RAHK'-mahn

Fawaz Yahya al-Rabeei -- fuh-WEHZ' WAH'-yuh ahl-rah-BY'-ee

Ayad Futayyih Khalifa al-Rawi -- eye-YAHD' fuh-TYAH' khuh-lee-fuh al-RAH'-wee

Essam al-Rawi -- eh-SAHM' al-RAH'-wee

Mohammed Al Rehaief -- ahl-RAY'-ehf

Mouwafak al-Rubaie -- moh-WAH'-fahk ahl-roo-BAH'-ee

Amer al-Saadi -- ah-MEHR' ahl SAH'-dee

Muqtada al-Sadr -- mook-TAH'-duh ahl SAH'-dur

Hamed al-Saeedi -- HAM'-id ahl-sah-EE'-dee

Mohammed Saeed al Sahhaf -- moh-HAH'-mehd sah-EED' ahl sah-HAHF'

al-Sajr -- ahl-SIH'-jur

Saud Abdulaziz Saud al-Rasheed -- sah-OOD' ahb-del-ah-ZEEZ' sah-OOD'ahl-rah-SHEED'

Jaber Al Ahmed Al Sabah -- jah-BAYR' ahl ah-MEHD' ahl sa-BAH'

Saad Al Abdullah Al Sabah -- sahd ahl ab-DUHL'-luh ahl sa-BAH'

Al Sayd -- al-sah-HOOD'

Hussain al-Shahristani -- hoo-SAYN' ahl SHI'-ri-stah-nee

Ihab al-Sherif -- ee-HAHB' ahl sheh-REEF'

Ali al-Husseini al-Sistani -- ah-lee ahl-hoo-SAY'-nee ahl-sih-STAH'-nee

Ahmed Qusai al-Taayie -- AH'-mehd koo-SAY' ahl-TAH'-ee

Hamad bin Jassem Al Thani -- HAH'-mihd bihn JAH'-sihm ahl THAH'-nee

Muzahim Sa'b Hassan al-Tikriti -- moo-zah-HEEM' sahb HAH'-sahn al-tih-KREE'-tee

Ali al-Timimi -- tih-MEE'-mee

Maria de Jesus Quiej Alvarez -- hay-SOOS' kee-EHSH'

Ghazi Mashal Ajil al-Yawer -- GAH'-zee MAH'-shahl uh-JEEL' ahl-YOW'-ur

Faris Ahmed Jamaan al-Showeel al-Zahrani -- FAH'-rehs HAH'-mehd zhuh-MAHN' al-shoh-WAYL' al-zah-RAH'-nee

Abu Musab al-Zarqawi -- AH'-boo MOO'-sahb ahl-zahr-KOW'-ee

Ayman al-Zawahri -- AY'-muhn ahl-ZWAH'-ree

Muntadar al-Zeidi -- MOON'-tuh-dahr ahl-zay-EE'-dee

Muhammad Hamza al-Zubaydi -- HAHMZ'-uh ahl-zoo-BY'-dee

Mohammed Mohsen al-Zubaidi -- moh-SEHN' ahl-zoo-BY'-dee

Salam al-Zubaie -- ahl-zoo-BAH'-ee

Am to Az

Amarah -- ah-MAHR'-uh

Ameren -- AM'-uh-rehn

Bishop Amfilohije -- ahm-fee-loh-HEE'-yeh

Haron Amin -- hah-ROHN' ah-MEEN'

Hossam Mohamed Amin -- hah-SAHM' moh-HAH'-med ah-MEEN'

Rizgar Mohammed Amin -- RIZ'-gahr moh-HAH'-med ah-MEEN'

Aminopterin -- am-in-AHP'-tur-in

Amman -- ah-MAHN'

Nabil Amr -- nah-BEEL' AH'-mur

Amrozi bin Nurhasyim -- am-ROH'-zee bihn noor-hah-SEEM'

Eva Amurri -- EH'-vuh uh-MUR'-ee

Anadarko -- an-uh-DAHR'-koh

Sade Anding -- sah-DAY' AN'-ding

Phil Angelides -- an-juh-LEE'-deez

Maya Angelou -- MY'-ah AN'-jeh-loh

Anguilla -- ang-GWIL'-uh

Ankara -- ANG'-kuh-ruh

Kofi Annan -- KOH'-fee AN'-nan

Anousheh Ansari -- ah-NOO'-shuh an-SAH'-ree

Antigua (Caribbean island) -- an-TEE'-guh

Antigua, Guatemala -- an-TEE'-gwah

Michel Aoun -- mih-SHEL' ah-OON'

Apalachicola -- ap-uh-lach-ih-KOH'-luh

Judd Apatow -- AP'-ih-tow

Aqaba -- AH'-kah-bah

Manssor Arbabsiar -- mahn-SUHR' ahr-BAHB'-see-ahr

Maher Arar -- MAH'-hur uh-RAHR'

Eddie Araujo -- uh-ROW'-hoh

Lee Archambault -- AHR'-sham-boh

Elvira Arellano -- el-VEE'-ruh ah-ray-AH'-noh

Saul Arellano -- sah-OOL' ah-ray-AH'-noh

Javier Arellano-Felix -- HAH'-vee-yehr ah-ray-YAH'-noh fay-LEEKS'

Greg Argyros -- AHR'-jih-ruhs

Arica -- ah-REE'-kah

Michael Arif -- uh-REEF'

Camp Arifjan -- AHR'-ihf-jahn

Enaam Arnaout -- EE'-nam ahr-NAHT'

Joe Arpaio -- ahr-PY'-oh

Gerard Arpey -- AHR'-pee

Gloria Macapagal Arroyo -- mah-kuh-puh-GAHL' uh-ROY'-oh

Vladimir Arutyunian -- vlahd-EE'-meer ah-roo-tyoo-NYAHN'

Ashoura -- ah-SHOOR'-ah

Hamid Reza Asefi -- HAH'-mihd RAY'-zah ah-seh-FEE'

Hassan Asfour -- HAH'-sahn AHS'-fohr

Ashkelon -- ASH'-kuh-lohn

Abdelhaleem Hasan Abdelraziq Ashqar -- ahb-DEL'-hah-leem HAH'-san

ahb-DEL'-rahz-eek AHSH'-kahr

Hanan Ashrawi -- HAH'-nahn ash-ROW'-ee

Manfo Kwaku Asiedu -- MAHN'-foh KWAH'-koo ah-see-EH'-doo

Askariya -- ah-skah-REE'-ah

Bashar Assad -- bah-SHAHR' AH'-sahd

Julian Assange -- ah-SAHNJ'

Haroon Rashid Aswat -- hah-ROON' rah-SHEED' AHZ'-waht

Mohammed Atef -- AH'-tehf

Shatha Atiya -- SHAH'-thah ah-TEE'-yah

Burson Augustin -- BUR'-sehn AH'-guhs-tihn

Ali Aujali -- OH-zhah'-lee

Aulaqi -- OW'-lahk-ee

Pekka-Eric Auvinen -- PEK'-ah EHR'-ik OW'-ee-nehn

Avastin -- uh-VAS'-tihn

Avaya -- uh-VY'-uh

Lixion Avila -- LIHKS'-ee-ohn AH'-vee-lah

Osama Awadallah -- ah-wah-DAH'-lah

Sheik Hassan Dahir Aweys -- shayk hah-SAHN' dah-HEER' ah-WAYS'

Anna Ayala -- eye-AH'-luh

Daniel Ayalon -- eye-yuh-LOHN'

Kelly Ayotte -- AY'-aht

Azerbaijan -- ah-zur-by-JAHN'

Shaukat Aziz -- show-KAHT' ah-ZEEZ'

Tariq Azizuddin -- ah-zee-zoo-DEEN'

Az Zubayr -- ahz zoo-BY'-ur

B

Baalbek -- BAHL'-behk

Baath party -- bath

Mohammed Junaid Babar -- joo-NAYD' buh-BAHR'

Babel -- BAB'-ul

Michelle Bachelet -- bah-cheh-LET'

Todd and Barbara Bachman -- BAHK'-muhn

Michele Bachmann -- BAHK'-muhn

Kjetil Backen -- SHEHT'-il

Sajid Badat -- SAH'-jeed buh-DAHT'

Ahmed Badawi -- AH'-mehd buh-DAH'-wee

Zaki Badawi -- ZAH'-kee buh-DOW'-ee

Michael Baden -- BAH'-dun

Erykah Badu -- EHR'-ih-kah BAH'-doo

Raul Isaias Baduel -- ee-sah-EE'-uh bah-doo-EL'

Bagram -- BAH'-grahm

Baguio -- BAG'-yoh

Bahrain -- bah-RAYN'

Baikonur -- BY'-kah-nur

Bai Yun -- by yoon

Kurmanbek Bakiyev -- KUR'-mahn-bek bah-KEE'-yev

Adnan Bakkour -- ahd-NAHN' bah-KOOR'

Omar Bakri -- BAHK'-ree

Balad -- BEHL'-ihd

Gina Balaya -- buh-LY'-uh

Oded Balilty -- oh-DED' bah-LIL'-tee Jan Peter Balkenende -- yahn PAY'-tehr BAHL'-keh-nehn-deh

Jim Balsilliee -- BAHL'-see-lee

Banda Aceh -- BAHN'-duh AH'-cheh Bandung -- BAHN'-doong

Bangui -- bahng-GEE'

Bani Walid -- BAH'-nee wah-LEED'

Ban Ki-moon -- bahn kee-moon

Baquba -- bah-KOO'-bah

Abdul Ghani Baradar -- BEHR'-uh-dahr

Ehud Barak -- EH'-hud bah-RAHK'

Javier Bardem -- HAH'-vee-ayr bahr-DEHM'

Marwan Barghouti -- mahr-WAHN' bahr-GOO'-tee

Neil Barofsky -- buh-RAHF'-skee

Sergio Villarreal Barragan - vee-uh-ray-AL' bah-rah-GAHN'

Francoise Barre-Sinoussi -- fran-SWAHZ' ba-RAY' see-noo-see

Debra Bartoshevich -- bahr-toh-SHAY'-vich

Rifqa Bary -- RIF'-kuh BEHR'-ee

Massoud Barzani -- mah-SOOD' bar-ZAH'-nee

Ilker Basbug -- EEL'-kayr BAHSH'-boo

Traian Basescu -- TRY'-ahn bah-SEHS'-koo

Abu Bakar Bashir -- ah-BOO' bah-KAHR' bah-SHEER'

Martin Bashir -- buh-SHEER'

Basra -- BAS'-ruh or BAHS'-rah

Victor Batarseh -- bah-TAHR'-seh

John Batiste -- buh-TEEST'

Lance Battreal -- BAT'-ree-al

Evan Bayh -- BY

Defne Bayrak -- DEHF'-nay BY'-rak

Kevin Beary -- BEHR'-ee

Beaujolais Nouveau -- boh-zhoh-LAY' noo-VOH'

Joy Behar -- BAY'-hahr

Bob Behnken -- BENK'-en

Maurine Behrend -- mohr-EEN' BEHR'-ehnd

Beit Hanoun -- bayt ha-NOON'

Beit Lahiya -- bayt lah-HEE'-yah

Beit Shean -- bayt shah-AHN'

Beiji -- BAY'-zhee

Beijing -- bay-JING'

Yossi Beilin -- YOH'-see BAY'-lin

Beit Hanoun -- bayt ha-NOON'

Bekaa Valley -- beh-KAH'

Belarus -- BEHL'-uh-roos

Arden Bemet -- BEH'-mit

David Bena -- BEN'-uh

Zine El Abidine Ben Ali -- ZEEN ehl AH'-bih-deen behn-ah-LEE'

Shlomo Ben-Ami -- SHLOH'-moh ben-ah-MEE'

Binyamin Ben-Eliezer -- behn-yah-MEEN' behn-ehl-ee-EH'-zahr

Eliahu Ben-Elissar -- ehl-ee-ah-HOO' ben-ehl-ee-ZAHR'

Eric Benet -- be-NAY'

Benin -- beh-NEEN'

Chris Benoit -- ben-WAH'

Benzodiazepines -- ben-zoh-dy-AZ'-uh-peens

Silvio Berlusconi -- behr-loos-KOH'-nee

Ben Bernanke -- bur-NANG'-kee

Elmer Bernstein -- BURN'-steen

Rick Beseler -- BEES'-lur

Steve Beshear -- buh-SHEER'

Beslan -- bez-LAHN'

Tom Bettag -- beh-TAG'

Beyonce -- bee-AHN'-say

Bhutan -- boo-TAHN'

Benazir Bhutto -- BEN'-uh-zeer BOO'-toh

Sharon Bialek -- BY'-uh-lihk

Dan Biechele -- BEEK'-lee

Marvin Bieghler -- BEE'-glur

James Biela -- BEE'-lah

Susan Bies -- BYZ

Ladan Bijani -- LAH'-dahn

Laleh Bijani -- LAH'-lay

Ahmed and Muhammad Bilal -- BIL'-ahl

Ramzi Binalshibh -- RAM'-zee bin-al-SHEEB'

Nguyen Vu Binh -- win voo bihn

Hamza bin Laden -- HUHM'-zuh bin LAH'-din

Saad bin Laden -- SAHD bin-LAH'-din

Amrozi bin Nurhasyim -- am-ROH'-zee bihn noor-hah-SEEM'

Alwaleed Bin Talal -- al-wa-LEED' bin TAL'-al

Bint Jbail -- bint zhoo-BAYL'

Biogen Idec -- EYE'-dek

Kenneth Biros -- BY'-rohs

Bishkek -- bish-KEK'

Bisphenol -- BIHS'-fen-ahl

Usha Bista -- OO'-shuh BIH'-stuh

Bisys Group -- BY'-sis

Christopher Bizilj -- buh-SEEL'

Bjork -- byork

Rod Blagojevich -- blah-GOY'-uh-vich

William Bleakley -- BLAYK'-lee

B'nai B'rith -- buh-NAY' BRITH

Eric Boe -- boh

John Boehner -- BAY'-nur

Yvo de Boer -- EE'-voh duh BOH'-ah

Matthew Bogdanos -- bohg-DAN'-ohs

Boko Haram -- BOH'-koh hah-RAHM'

David Boruchowitz -- buh-ROOK'-uh-witz

Boscawen -- BAHS'-kwyn

Reigh Boss -- ray

Viktor Bout -- boot

Abdelaziz Bouteflika -- ahb-DUL'-ah-ZEEZ' boot-uh-FLEE'-kuh

Joseph Bozicevich -- BAH'-seh-vich

Valorie Brabazon -- BRAH'-buh-zahn

Lakhdar Brahimi -- LAHK'-dahr brah-HEE'-mee

Rym Brahimi -- reem bruh-HEE'-mee

Algirdas Brazauskas -- al-HEER'-dahs brah-ZOW'-skas

Brazos River -- BRAH'-zohs

Phil Bredesen -- BRED'-uh-sen

Brevard -- breh-VAHRD'

Dawn Brancheau -- bran-CHOH'

Anders Breivik -- AHN'-durs BRAY'-vihk

Leonie Brinkema -- lee-OH'-nee BRINK'-uh-muh

Brisbane -- BRIHZ'-buhn

Amber Brkich -- BUR'-kich

Eli Broad -- brohd

Richard Brodhead -- BRAWD'-hed

Soemadi Brotodiningrat -- soh-MAH'-dee broh-toh-DIN'-ing-rat

Carla Bruni-Sarkozy -- BROO'-nee sahr-koh-ZEE

Camp Bucca -- BOO'-kah

Claire Buchan -- BYOO'-kan Nevaeh Buchanan -- nuh-VAY'-uh byoo-KAN'-uhn

David Budwah -- BOOD'-wah

Bukavu -- boo-KAH'-voo

James "Whitey" Bulger -- BUHL'-jur

Gisele Bundchen -- jih-ZEHL' BUN'-chen

Bunia -- BOON'-yah

Nino Burdzhanadze -- burd-sheh-NAHD'-zeh

Paul Burrell -- BUR'-uhl

Burundi -- boo-ROON'-dee

Busan -- boo-sahn Elisabeth Byrs -- BEERS

C

Cabo San Lucas -- KAH'-boh sahn LOO'-kuhs

Caddo -- KAD'-oh

Cahokia -- kuh-HOH'-kee-uh

Caicos -- KAY'-kohs

Cairns -- kanz

Cairo -- KEHR'-oh (Illinois)

Nicola Calipari -- NEE'-koh-lah kahl-uh-PAHR'-ee

Felipe Calderon -- fay-LEE'-pay kahl-duh-ROHN'

Camaguey -- KA'-muh-gway

Stephen Cambone -- kam-BOHN'

Peter Camejo -- kam-AY'-oh

Campeche -- kam-PAY'-chay

La Canada Flintridge -- lah kahn-YAH'-dah

Canberra -- KAN'-behr-uh

Cancun -- kan-KOON'

John Cangialosi -- kan-juh-LOH'-see

Cannes -- kan

Sandra Cantu -- KAN'-too

Joseph Cao -- gow

Mario Capecchi -- kuh-PEK'-ee

Michael Capellas -- kuh-PEHL'-uhs

Don Carcieri -- kuh-CHEHR'-ee

Jose Carranza -- kah-RAHN'-zah

Don Cazayoux -- KAZ'-uh-yoo

Kristine Cecava -- suh-KAYE'-vuh

Tony Ceccacci -- seh-KAH'-chee

Steve Centanni -- sehn-TAH'-nee

Cepia -- SEE'-pee-yuh

Whitney Cerak -- SEER'-ak

Cerberus -- SUR'-bur-uhs

Cernobbio -- chehr-NOH'-bee-oh

George Chaanine -- SHAH'-neen

Lacey Chabert -- shuh-BEHR'

Ahmad Chalabi -- AHK'-mahd SHAH'-lah-bee

Salem Chalabi -- SAH'-lem CHAH'-lah-bee

Chaldean -- kal-DEE'-uhn

Champs-Elysees -- shamz ay-lee-ZAY'

Greg Chamitoff -- SHAM'-ih-tahf

Lien Chan -- lee-EHN' jahn

Channahon -- SHAN'-uh-hahn

Chappaqua -- CHAP'-uh-kwah

Charles Chaput -- SHAP'-yoo

Jean Charest -- zhahn shuh-RAY'

Chatham -- CHAT'-um

Chattahoochee -- chat-uh-HOO'-chee

Iftikhar Mohammed Chaudhry -- IF'-tih-kahr moh-HAH'-med CHAW'-dree

Hugo Chavez -- OO'-goh CHAH'-vez

Jorge Fadlallah Cheaitelly -- HOHR'-hay fahd-LAHL'-lah shuh-TEE'-lee

Steven Chealander -- CHEE'-lan-dur

Chechnya -- CHECH'-nyah

Chehalis -- shuh-HAY'-lihs

Richard Chekevdia -- cheh-KEHV'-duh

Chennai -- CHUH'-ny

Chen Shui-bian -- jehn shwee bee-ehn

Jeffrey Chessani -- CHEH'-zah-nee

Chetumal -- chay-too-MAHL'

John Chiang -- chuhng

Chiang Kai-shek -- chang ky-shehk

Leroy Chiao -- chow

Chiapas -- chee-AH'-puhs

Peter Chiarelli -- kuh-REL'-ee

Chickasha -- CHIK'-uh-shay

Arthur Chi'en -- chee-EN'

Chikezie -- chih-KEE'-zee

Jacques Chirac -- zhahk shih-RAHK'

Royal Marine Base Chivenor -- CHIH'-veh-nur

Seung-Hui Cho -- sung-wee joh

Omar Choudhary -- CHOOD'-ur-ee

Albert Chretien -- KREH'-tee-ehn

Jean Chretien -- zhahn kreh-TYEN'

Surayud Chulanont -- SOO'-rah-yood joo-LAH'-nohn

Carlo Ciampi -- CHAHM'-pee

Vincent "Buddy" Cianci -- see-AN'-see

Ann Marie Ciarcia -- see-AHR'-see-uh

Mark Ciavarella -- shih-vuh-REHL'-uh

Daniela Cicarelli -- chih-kah-REHL'-ee

Aaron Ciechanover -- CHEH'-kuh-noh-ver

Golan Cipel -- sih-PEL'

Juan Luis Cipriani Thorne -- sip-ree-AHN'-ee THOHR'-nay

Cite Soleil -- see-TAY' soh-LAY'

Ciudad Juarez -- see-yoo-DAHD' WAH'-rehz

Nkem Chukwu -- nih-KEHM' chuhk-WOO'

Dave Cieslewicz -- shihz-LEH'-vich

Max Cleland -- KLEE'-lund

David Clohessy -- KLOH'-uh-see

Steven Cojocaru -- koh-joh-KAHR'-oo

Stephen Colbert -- kohl-BEHR'

Comair -- KAHM'-ayr

Cristeta Comerford -- krihs-TEH'-tah KUH'-mur-furd

Concepcion -- kohn-sehp-SYOHN'

Coppell, Texas -- kuh-PEHL'

Edwin Coq - kohk

John Cornyn -- KOHR'-nihn

Jon Corzine -- KOHR'-zyn

Marion Cotillard -- koh-tee-YAHR'

Dominique Cottrez -- coh-TREHZ'

Natalie Coughlin -- KAHG'-lihn

Mike Crapo -- KRAY'-poh

Joaquim Crima -- joh-ah-KEEM' KREE'-mah

Crizotinib -- krih-ZAH'-tihn-ihb

Ken Cuccinelli -- koo-chih-NEHL'-ee

Haleigh Cummings -- HAY'-lee

SEC Requiring More Pay Disclosure

WASHINGTON - Companies will have to disclose their executives' pay and perks in greater detail under an overhaul of reporting rules approved Wednesday.

Included are new rules on disclosure of the dating of stock option grants to executives, as a scandal spreads through corporate America over suspect timing of option awards.

The Securities and Exchange Commission members voted 5-0 to adopt the plan. It will take effect Dec. 15 so companies' 2006 annual reports issued early next year will reflect the changes.

For the first time, public companies will be required to furnish tables in annual filings showing the total yearly compensation for their chief executive officers, chief financial officers and the next three highest-paid executives.

Most of the disclosures, in annual reports and other regulatory filings, will have to be written in plain English.

The plan is designed to enhance corporate accountability and address an issue that has angered company shareholders and the public.

In the SEC's 72-year history, no other issue has stirred as much interest, with more than 20,000 letters filed during the public comment period that followed the proposal being floated in January, according to SEC officials.

"Shareholders need intelligible disclosure that can be understood by a lay reader without benefit of specialized expertise or the need for an advanced degree," SEC Chairman Christopher Cox said before the vote. "It's our job to see that they get it."

In the controversy over the timing of options awards to executives, at least 60 public companies have disclosed that their options practices are being investigated by the SEC or the Justice Department or both. The SEC itself says it has at least 80 companies under scrutiny.

On Wednesday, Milpitas, Calif.-based technology company Sigma Designs Inc. became the latest company to report that the SEC had begun an inquiry into its options granting practices. Three other companies - SafeNet Inc., QuickLogic Corp. and Amkor Technology Inc. - disclosed that they have started internal investigations of their options awards.

At issue in many of the investigations is a practice known as backdating, in which stock options are issued retroactively to coincide with low points in a company's share price - a move that can fatten profits for options recipients when they sell their shares at higher market prices.

Backdating options can be legal so long as the practice is properly disclosed to shareholders and approved by the company's board, experts say.

The SEC rules on disclosure of executive compensation include new requirements for companies regarding disclosure of options timing.

Removed from the original proposal, though, was a requirement for companies to disclose the pay details of as many as three non-executive employees whose individual compensation exceeds that of any of its top five executives. Dubbed the "Katie Couric clause" by critics, it brought a flurry of opposition during the comment period from Hollywood and big media companies.

As an alternative, the SEC decided Wednesday to propose a narrower requirement for disclosure of the pay of non-executive employees who help set corporate policy and strategy at big companies - excluding most professional athletes, and TV and film personalities.

The SEC plan as adopted requires companies to provide detailed information on how they determine when executives receive option grants and, if they do so, how and why they backdate options.

The government's first criminal complaint in a stock options probe came last Thursday, when the U.S. Attorney's office in San Francisco charged the former chief executive of Brocade Communications Systems Inc. with fraud.

Gregory L. Reyes and another former executive of the maker of data storage devices, Stephanie Jensen, also face civil charges lodged by the SEC. Their attorneys have said they are innocent.

A central allegation in the government's case involves backdating of options awards.

Safenet, a provider of computer network security products based in Belcamp, Md., had previously reported that its options grants were under investigation by the SEC and federal prosecutors in Manhattan. The company said Wednesday that it will restate earnings for the fourth quarter of 2002 to reflect expenses for options and that because of its internal review, its financial report for the second quarter of this year will be filed late.

QuickLogic, a technology company based in Sunnyvale, Calif., said its second-quarter report likely will be delayed.

Amkor, based in Chandler, Ariz., sells semiconductor packaging and test services.

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Zimbabwe's ruling party opens runoff campaign, denounces violence

Zimbabwe's ruling party has opened its runoff campaign, urging President Robert Mugabe's supporters to get out to vote and denouncing violence, state media reported Tuesday.

Amid international concern about rising intimidation and violence, especially against opposition supporters, African Union foreign ministers prepared to discuss the situation in Zimbabwe at a meeting in Tanzania.

Tanzania's Foreign Affairs Minister Bernard Membe said African Union Commission Chairman Jean Ping, who met with Mugabe in Zimbabwe on Monday, would attend. He said Zimbabwe's foreign minister was also expected to brief the meeting.

Zimbabwe's electoral commission announced on Friday that Movement for Democratic Change leader Morgan Tsvangirai won the March 29 presidential election, but did not reach the simple majority needed to avoid a runoff with second place finisher Mugabe.

The opposition has dismissed those results as fraudulent, claiming Tsvangirai won outright, and has not yet said whether he would contest a runoff. No date for the second round has been set.

Tsvangirai's party and independent rights groups have accused the army and ruling party militants of mounting a campaign of violence and intimidation intended to undermine support for the opposition before any runoff.

The state-owned Herald said ZANU-PF was upbeat about victory, quoting party spokesman Nathan Shamuyarira as saying that many supporters did not vote during the first round because they assumed there was no threat to Mugabe's rule.

"We urge all our members to vote for President Mugabe _ a man who has transformed this country from being a colony to an independent, sovereign and dynamic state," Shamuyarira was quoted as saying.

"We are urging our members to avoid violence," he added. "We are urging our people to go and campaign and vote peacefully. We are also urging the opposition to avoid violence and respect people's lives."

In neighboring South Africa, the ruling African National Congress said it was "critically important" that Zimbabweans should be able to "exercise their right to vote in a free, fair and peaceful manner."

"In this regard, the ANC expresses concern at reports of violence and intimidation emanating from that country," it said in a statement.

Mugabe, 84, was hailed at independence in 1980 for promoting racial reconciliation and bringing education and health care to the black majority. But in recent years he has been accused of holding onto power through elections that independent observers say were marred by fraud, intimidation and rigging, and of overseeing his country's economic collapse.

Court finds Sierra Leone rebel leaders guilty

A U.N.-sponsored war crimes court on Wednesday found three top rebel leaders guilty of multiple crimes against humanity, bringing an end to the tribunal that was set up in the wake of Sierra Leone's disastrous civil war.

The rebels known for maiming their victims with machetes have left the West African nation with a population of amputees, as well as countless thousands of orphans and widows.

Issay Sesay, an interim leader of the Revolutionary United Front, and one of his battlefield commanders Morris Kallon, were convicted on 16 of 18 counts. Another battlefield commander, Augustine Gbao, was found guilty on 14 of the 18 he had faced.

The charges against all three include amputation, murder, enlistment of child soldiers and sexual slavery. They also include forced marriage, a charge that depicts the enslavement that countless young girls suffered when their villages were raided and they were forced to "marry" a rebel.

Wednesday's convictions marked the first time that the charge has been successfully handed down in an international court of law.

Sesay, Kallon and Gbao all had pleaded not guilty to the charges. They shook their heads as the verdict was read.

"While the decision issued today cannot mend the broken lives and severed limbs, it goes a long way to validate the terrible suffering endured by countless Sierra Leoneans _ and it puts current-day perpetrators on notice," said Corinne Dufka, an expert on Sierra Leone and neighboring Liberia for New York-based Human Rights Watch.

"For over 10 years, the RUF roamed the countryside, leaving a legacy of mutilation, death and destruction in their wake," she said.

It is estimated that about a half-million people were victims of killings, systematic mutilation and other atrocities in the 11-year civil war, which ended in 2002. Illicit diamond sales fueled the conflict which was dramatized in the 2006 film "Blood Diamond," starring Leonardo DiCaprio. Rebels controlled the diamond fields and used the sale of the gem to buy guns.

While the verdicts on Wednesday mark the end of the special tribunal in Freetown, the court still has unfinished business with Taylor, who is being tried in a special session of the Sierra Leonean court in The Hague, Netherlands, for war crimes and crimes against humanity.

Taylor is accused of training and backing the Sierra Leonean rebels. His trial is being held outside of Freetown because of fears the case could trigger fresh violence and that Taylor might escape from the court jail in Sierra Leone.

The rebels' founder and longtime leader _ Foday Sankoh, known as 'Pa' to his often drugged and drunken child fighters _ died of natural causes in U.N. custody in 2003.

Sesay, Kallon and Gbao are second-tier leaders compared to Sankoh and many Sierra Leoneans felt cheated out of justice when the main choreographer of the violence died unexpectedly in jail.

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Associated Press writers Rukmini Callimachi in Dakar, Senegal and Krista Larson in Johannesburg contributed to this report.

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On the Net:

Special Court for Sierra Leone: http://www.sc-sl.org

Iranian state TV airs video of boats' confrontation with US ships in Gulf

Iranian state TV aired video Thursday purporting to show a weekend standoff between small Iranian boats and U.S. naval ships in the Persian Gulf.

The grainy 5-minute, 20-second video _ without sound or narration _ showed a man speaking into a handheld radio, with three U.S. ships floating in the distance. It appeared to be shot from a small boat bobbing at least 100 meters (yards) from the American vessels.

The footage did not show any Iranian boats approaching the U.S. ships, nor any provocation. But the short clip likely did not show Sunday's entire encounter, which U.S. Navy officials have said lasted about 20 minutes.

It aired on Iran's state-run English-language channel Press TV, whose signal is often blocked inside the Islamic state.

The Pentagon has released its own video of Sunday's incident, showing small Iranian boats swarming around U.S. warships in the Strait of Hormuz.

In the recording, a man speaking in heavily accented English threatened, "I am coming to you. ... You will explode after ... minutes."

The incident, which ended without any shots fired, has heightened U.S.-Iranian tension as U.S. President George W. Bush visits the region. Bush was in the West Bank on Thursday, and heads next to Arab Gulf nations where he is expected to discuss strategy for confronting Iran.

Iran has denied its boats threatened the U.S. vessels, and accused Washington of fabricating its video. The Pentagon dismissed that claim and warned its ships would respond with force if threatened.

James scores 37 as Cavs win Game 5

LeBron James made a new guarantee: Game 6.

With Cleveland's wondrous season on the line, James had 37 points, 14 rebounds and 12 assists, and Mo Williams, who boldly predicted his team would come back and win this tight-as-can-be series, added 24 points in the Cavaliers' 112-102 victory over the Orlando Magic in Game 5 on Thursday night.

It's back to Florida for Game 6 on Saturday night at amped-up Amway Arena.

You expected anything else?

"I mean this was a big game for us," James said. "You never want to disappoint the home crowd by not coming out and play as hard as you can. It was win or go home."

The Magic overcame a 22-point deficit but missed their first opportunity to close out the Cavaliers, who are trying to become just the ninth team since 1947 to rally and win a series after being down 3-1. Orlando will have two more tries to reach the NBA finals for the first time since 1995.

For Cleveland, a city banking on James to deliver a championship after a 45-year drought, the MVP was again in a league of his own.

James scored 21 points in the second half _ 17 in the fourth quarter _ and had a hand in 29 of Cleveland's 34 points in the final 12 minutes.

Hedo Turkoglu scored 29 for Orlando, and Dwight Howard had 24 points and 10 rebounds before fouling out with 2:22 remaining when he was called for his sixth personal foul while trying to stop James on a drive.

Not even Superman was denying James.

And this time, Williams, his trusty sidekick all season, showed up to help him, as did Zydrunas Ilgauskas (16 points), Delonte West (13) and reserve Daniel Gibson (11), who made two huge 3-pointers in the fourth.

"We'll be back here for Game 7," Gibson told the crowd afterward.

The Magic have twice ended series on the road this postseason, winning a Game 6 in Philadelphia and a Game 7 in Boston to make the conference finals. For a while it looked like Orlando might do it again, taking a 79-78 lead into the fourth quarter.

James, though, had other plans.

He picked up his first assist of the period on 3-pointer by Williams and his second on a 3 by Gibson. Cleveland then turned to its superstar every time down on offense, spreading the floor and forcing the Magic to defend him. If he wasn't backing down the lane, he was getting to the line or setting his teammates up from the perimeter.

He also had four rebounds and four assists in the final quarter.

"The game is basically all LeBron, all the time," said Orlando coach Stan Van Gundy, who was called for a technical in the second quarter. "If he gets in the paint, it's automatically a foul. One of the things we have to do, we can't keep putting him on the line 20 times a game. We have to find a way to stop that."

Down 32-10 with 3:40 left in the first quarter, the Magic started knocking down 3s and outscored the Cavs 45-24 the remainder of the first half.

The Magic, who made just eight 3s after hitting 17 in Game 4, then opened the third with nine straight points as Turkoglu hit a 3-pointer _ of course _ and Orlando was within 94-93 after Turkoglu made three free throws with 4:46 left. James then whipped a pass to Gibson for a 3 to make it 97-93.

Orlando missed on its next trip and James dropped a jumper. Mickael Pietrus missed the next time down and James was able to foul out Howard, who smiled as he headed to the bench knowing he and his teammates are still in control of the series.

Maybe.

Williams, who came in shooting just 32 percent from the floor and 22 percent on 3-pointers, set the tone early. It didn't last.

He made three 3s in the first 4:38, and the Cavaliers, playing perhaps their best quarter of the entire playoffs, started 10-of-11 from the field while opening a 22-point lead.

But the never-say-die Magic made it go poof!

Orlando, which overcame 16- and 23-point deficits, respectively, in Games 1 and 2, whittled away by capitalizing on Cleveland's offensive sloppiness and impatience and were within 56-55 at halftime after Rashard Lewis dropped a 3-pointer with 0.7 seconds left in the second quarter.

Notes:@ Celebrity row was stacked with A-Listers including New York Yankees Alex Rodriguez and CC Sabathia, rap mogul Jay-Z, Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger and Browns QB Brady Quinn. ... James said playoff pressure doesn't rival playing for an Olympic gold medal. "You're playing for Cleveland and Los Angeles and Denver and every other city in this country," said James. "That was way more pressure than what's going on here." ... Van Gundy was obviously pleased Howard's technical in Game 4 was rescinded. It would have been his sixth of the postseason with one more earning him an automatic one-game suspension. "I thought it was a very tough call anyway," said Van Gundy. "He's sort of a marked man right now when it comes to stuff like that."

La Voz Pura de Tatá

La exquisitez tiene nombre de mujer. Se llama Zenaida. Zenaida Bacard� de Argamasilla, pero el cari�o la premi� con un sobrenombre: Tat�. Naci� para orientar, dar buenos consejos, indicar el mejor camino, ayudar al pr�jimo y sembrar amor. Su misi�n es la de ser una t�a colectiva. No la conoc� de joven, pero estoy seguro de que, ya desde entonces, hablaba y escrib�a como una persona mayor.

Tat� desarrolla su intelecto en este mundo enrarecido de violencia, manchado de vulgaridad, herido de bajas pasiones. Cada vez resulta menos raro tropezar con los alardes de inmoralidad y la palabra obscena. Y no es que uno peque de excesivo puritanismo, sino que hasta el talento repugna cuando alimenta ideas torcidas.

Tat� es abuela y, como una abuela total, nos habla a todos. Ante su nieta se siente "tocada por Dios para el amor" y "grande para su amparo. Peque�a para sus juegos". La ternura ha fructificado en esta sensibilidad humana que habla como una monja y cuenta experiencias como una dama de mundo.

Las Cartas de Tat�, reunidas en un libro, son mensajes millonarios en sabidur�a. La primera se 'la escribe a Dios y le pide ayuda, "porque los golpes a veces derrumban, y a veces fortalecen". Y el esp�ritu puede ser fr�gil o indomable.

Despu�s se dirige al mundo, y su filosof�a nos colma de realidades, porque "sobran ciencias, pero falta sensibilidad. Sobran estrellas, pero falta luz. Sobran limosnas, pero falta caridad. Sobran caminos, pero faltan huellas..." Al final prima lo que parece ser una conclusi�n: sobra lo que no hace falta y falta lo que no sobra.

La prosa de Tat� es familiar, amigable, colmada de razonamientos y podr�a decirse que a su paso va dejando huellas perfumadas. Nadie como ella para hacernos meditar. Quienes est�n acostumbrados a leer noticias, que los ponen al tanto de la �ltima bomba que estall� en Irak, el m�s reciente y sangriento enfrentamiento entre jud�os y palestinos o el m�s cercano golpe dictado por la esquizofrenia cubana, har�an bien si se detuvieran a beber de esta fuente de aguas refrecantes de amor.

Esa es la primera y �ltima lecci�n que Tat� nos ense�a: el amor al projimo como indica la Biblia. El amor no s�lo a lo propio, sino a lo ajeno. Entr�galo todo es el t�tulo de uno de sus libros, en el que define la ternura no como "el fuego de un volc�n, sino la brasa de la chimenea. No es el fuego de una pasi�n, sino la suavidad de una caricia". Porque "con la ternura se vitaliza al viejo, se duerme al ni�o y se desarma al hombre".

Zenaida Bacard� de Argamasilla me conquista como lector al comp�s de sus reflexiones, pero definitivamente me gana como admirador cuando hace un alto en el camino y posa su mirada en la isla perdida. Porque ella ve a Cuba de mil facetas. La ve "alegre por naturaleza, triste por cr�dula", y la describe con adjetivos dolorosos, pero apropiados: miserable, enconada, sangrienta, atrapada, prisionera, pero tambi�n fiestera, extrovertida, olorosa de guayaba, tabaco, guarapo y ron. Y a esa Cuba llena de contrastes le dice: "Yo te canto, te a�oro, te bendigo y te amo".

Es la Cuba del destierro retratada por Tat�, que la conoce al dedillo y la ama sin fronteras. Cuba, la bien amada v�ctima de todos los maltratos, pero reivindicada en la voz de esta mujer que, como bien dice ella misma, llegar� a ser "un montoncito de ceniza, pero haciendo espirales al viento... Abonando tierra, subiendo tallos y dando flores. Quem�ndose en sombra... pero despertando en luz".

Article copyright El Bohemio News.

4-dozen ships wait for Houston channel to reopen

HOUSTON (AP) — It will take three days to clear a traffic jam of four dozen ships after an electrical tower teetering over the Houston Ship Channel is removed and the crucial waterway reopens late Tuesday, the U.S. Coast Guard said.

Crews assisted by "Big John," one of the largest cranes in the country, are working to cut 14 power lines supported by the tower and remove the structure so ship traffic can resume through the four-mile stretch. It has been closed since early Sunday, Coast Guard Petty Officer Richard Brahm said.

As of Tuesday morning, 28 inbound ships and 20 outbound were waiting for the channel to reopen.

The channel closed at 6 a.m. Sunday after a tug pushing three barges hit the tower, leaving it leaning precariously over the waterway that serves as a main artery to the Port of Houston. The port is one of the busiest in the U.S., leading in foreign waterborne tonnage and imports and ranking second in U.S. export tonnage and total tonnage.

The Coast Guard estimates every day the channel is closed costs about $320 million, including jobs associated with the waterway.

Ships waiting to pass are unable to deliver or receive goods, also part of the cost, which could rise to $1 billion by the time the channel reopens sometime after 5 p.m. Tuesday, Brahm said.

Brahm likened the channel to a parking lot, explaining that if there are no open spots ships cannot be allowed in. So the first priority, once the area reopens, will be to allow vessels to leave. Once that happens, operators will prioritize which ships need to enter based on the needs of the different facilities.

Best Buy paying 1.1 billion pounds for half interest in Carphone Warehouse retail operations

Best Buy Co. Inc., the biggest U.S. electronics retailer, is paying 1.1 billion pounds (US$2.1 billion 1.4 billion) to take a 50 percent stake in the European retail operation of The Carphone Warehouse, the companies announced Thursday.

The newly formed joint venture will include The Carphone Warehouse's retail business of more than 2,400 stores in nine European countries, and The Carphone Warehouse's share of its existing relationships with Best Buy, based in Richfield, Minnesota.

The joint venture also includes the web and direct businesses of The Carphone Warehouse, the insurance operations, and its airtime reselling businesses. The Carphone Warehouse's current European retail management team initially will remain in place, the companies said.

The Carphone Warehouse will continue as sole owner of its fixed line telecoms business in the United Kingdom, which includes TalkTalk, AOL Broadband and Opal; and its share of the Virgin Mobile France joint venture.

U.K.-based Carphone Warehouse said it would use the proceeds to pay down debt, invest in broadband customer growth, infrastructure and other areas.

Carphone Warehouse shares were down 2.4 percent at 292 pence (US$5.73 3.71) on the London Stock Exchange.

Collins Stewart analyst Mark James retained his buy recommendation on the company, saying the price of the deal gave an implied valuation of 2.2 billion pounds (US$4.3 billion; 2.8 billion), ahead of the brokerage's 1.9 billion pound (US$3.7 billion; 2.4 billion) valuation.

However, JP Morgan lowered The Carphone Warehouse to neutral from overweight, citing limited "share price upside on a 3-6 month view." It said the Best Buy deal raised several concerns, such as "the rationale of investing in consumer electronics retailing, the potential use of proceeds, and the impact on the company's financials."

Charles Dunstone, chief executive officer of The Carphone Warehouse, said the companies had been working together for two years.

"It is clear that we have very complementary cultures, skills and assets _ it's a perfect match," Dunstone said. "It is also clear that we have a significant opportunity for incremental growth in our retail business which we can best realize with Best Buy on board."

The two companies worked on developing Best Buy Mobile, and have been collaborating to bring Geek Squad, a 24-hour computer support task force, to European markets.

"We believe our combined expertise has potential to result in significant financial upside as we together attempt to transform retail in Europe through the Carphone Warehouse, Phone House and Best Buy brands," said Brian Dunn, president and chief operating officer.

The deal is subject to approval by Carphone Warehouse shareholders at the annual general meeting in August.

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On the Net:

Carphone Warehouse, http://www.cpwplc.com/phoenix.zhtml?c123964&pirol-home

Best Buy, http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?idcat12114&typepage

Debates alter '88 campaign

WASHINGTON The proliferation of candidate debates, with nearlythree dozen scheduled before mid-March, has begun substantially toalter the tone, tactics and strategy of a presidential campaignalready dramatically different from the last two, politicians of bothparties say.

The 20 scheduled Democratic debates and 14 Republican debates inlarge part have replaced straw polls used in the 1980 and 1984campaigns as the major public political events for the candidates andnews media.

That change, political strategists in both parties said, couldproduce a primary season in which issues gain importance,lesser-known candidates have a better chance at competing andtelevision continues to be a major factor.

The campaign is already unique because of what politicians call"front-loading," bunching together so many of the contests so earlyin the year, including "Super Tuesday" in March, when 20 states willcite favorites. While that gives an advantage to candidates equippedto raise a lot of money and build organizations in many states,debates tend to counterbalance that.

"Debates are a great benefit to late starters," said Paul Tully,director of the campaign of Democratic Massachusetts Gov. Michael S.Dukakis.

"Regardless of a candidate's organization or money, he's at thesame level as the other guys," said David Keene, a consultant to Sen.Robert J. Dole (R-Kan.).

"It obviously helps someone not in the front ranks," he added,citing former Republican Delaware Gov. Pierre S. du Pont IV, alittle-known candidate, who has staked out controversial stands onsuch issues as welfare, Social Security and federal aid to farmers.

The 1980 and 1984 emphasis on straw polls forced news mediaattention on questions of organization, money and tactical maneuvers,as candidates would spend $75,000 to $250,000 to get their supportersto state conventions, where they would vote on who they preferred forpresident. While these popularity polls had nothing to do withconvention delegates, candidates would use them to demonstrate thestrength of their campaigns.

Debates, in contrast, already have functioned to force the newsmedia to focus not only on where candidates stand on issues but alsoon their respective television styles and mannerisms. Trade hasbecome a central issue in the contest. After the firstmulticandidate televised debate in Houston last month, differences intrade policy became the focal point of a dispute between Dukakis andRep. Richard A. Gephardt (D-Mo.), leading to a well-covered debate inIowa between the two on the issue.

Gen. William E. DePuy's RELIEF Of Subordinates In Combat

William E. DePuy's major contribution to his country is the part he played in fixing the broken U.S. Army after the war in Vietnam. But his relief of subordinates while he commanded pi the 1st Infantry Division in Vietnam quickly comes to mind at the mention of his name. The relief issue made DePuy a contentious figure. The answers to some pertinent questions will allow us to understand why he did what he did.

What was the climate in his division and in the echelons above the division as he assumed command and while he commanded?

Was his relief of subordinates unusual compared to other division commanders?

Why was he predisposed to swift relief?

Finally, were his actions reasonable? *

After working closely with Gen. William Westmoreland for almost two years, then-Maj. Gen. DePuy took command of the 1st Infantry Division, the Big Red One, knowing that Gen. Westmoreland wanted him "to get cracking." His division command post was located at Di An, between Saigon, the capital with its populous environs, and the Vietnam-Cambodia border.

Seen from the air, much of that border area was a trackless dense jungle, But for years it had been routinely trafficked by the enemy, who had developed a network of concealed base camps and lines of communication on both sides of the border and employed local irregulars to guide and support main-force combat elements. Gen. DePuy's understanding of Gen. Westmoreland's intent, the enemy threat to Saigon, and his personal style and preference impelled Gen. DePuy to action. In keeping with a theater strategy he had shaped as J-3 with Gen. Westmoreland's concurrence, Gen. DePuy would employ his division to destroy the enemy mainforce units.

DePuy believed that his predecessor as commander of the 1st Infantry Division, Maj. Gen. Jonathan O. Seaman, had failed to exploit fully the division's striking power. In the Army's subculture it is not at all unusual for a new commander to come in bursting with ideas to improve the performance of the command, nor is some testiness between the outgoing and incoming commanders unusual. Men selected to command divisions are rarely blushing violets. Gen. DePuy had, at the behest of Gen. Westmoreland, assisted Gen. Seaman and other major tactical unit commanders in the initial settling-in during the flow of U.S. combat formations to Vietnam during the build-up in 1965 and early 1966. Gen. DePuy, the new division commander, was old in country; Gen. Seaman, the old division commander, was new in country.

It is important to note Gen. DePuy's close working relationship with Gen. Westmoreland in Vietnam from 1964 to 1967, a relationship evident again in 1969, when Gen. Westmoreland, as Army Chief of Staff, promoted DePuy to three-star rank and made him Assistant Vice Chief of Staff at a critical period in the history of the U.S. Army. Gen. Seaman had a correct formal relationship with Gen. Westmoreland, but he was aware of the Westmoreland-DePuy nexus.

Organizational changes were made to ensure effective command and control of all U.S. forces flowing into Vietnam just as DePuy took command of his division. Gen. Seaman was promoted to lieutenant general and appointed commander of the newly created II Field Force, a corps-level organization, the major subordinate commands of which included the 1st and 25th Infantry Divisions, the latter commanded by Maj. Gen. Frederick Weyand, later Army Chief of Staff when DePuy was Training and Doctrine Command (TRADOC) commander. The point is that instead of departing from Vietnam upon leaving division command, Gen. Seaman became Gen. DePuy's boss, thus placing Gen. Seaman between DePuy and Westmoreland in the chain of command. Due to command style, personalities, subordination and the Westmoreland relationships, DePuy and Seaman mixed like oil and water. Moreover, tall, gangly, old-shoe and nice-guy Gen. Weyand and small, intense, feisty and confrontational Gen. DePuy, two major generals commanding divisions side by side under Gen. Seaman, were inevitably compared. Gen. Seaman's staff, loyal to their boss, found much to criticize in Gen. DePuy's constant pressing for II Field Force assets, particularly helicopters. It was so much easier to deal with Gen. Weyand's staff.

Early in his command, DePuy moved his headquarters; he was concerned that the complacency he sensed in the comfortable and relatively safe rear area would infect his command. He observed that his division staff sections sent the number two men to the field, while the principals remained in the division's base camp. In sharp contrast, Gen. DePuy and his assistant division commander, then-Brig. Gen. James F. Hollingsworth, went forward daily to keep their fingers on the pulse of platoons, companies and battalions in contact with the enemy or maneuvering to gain contact or provide fire support. The 1st Infantry Division generals were either overhead, monitoring the fight and coordinating fire support, or on the ground, conferring with commanders and teaching soldiers and junior leaders combat skills and techniques. Staff principals promptly got the idea and personally went forward, allowing the number two men to mind the gear in the rear.

The new spirit in the division was captured by a soldier who saw his division commander as "a banty rooster," not a bad way to describe DePuy's barely contained energy packaged in a 5-foot-8-inch body weighing 140 pounds. Gen. Westmoreland did not openly criticize Gen. Seaman, nor has direct documentary evidence of Westmoreland's displeasure with Seaman surfaced, but middlegrade officers and aides close to the generals at the time had the impression that DePuy seemed to be the new spark intended to energize the division. Col. Richard Hooker, U.S. Army retired, junior aide to Gen. Westmoreland, calls DePuy "a brilliant operations officer," adding that he was unfailingly courteous to "underlings" and had a reputation for impatience with briefers who did not know their stuff. He was feared by many, some senior to him, because of his close relationship with Gen. Westmoreland. Col. Hooker said that DePuy descended on his command like a whirlwind, believing he had inherited a mediocre division. Seaman was noted neither for charismatic leadership nor tactical brilliance. Consequently, DePuy cleaned house. Col. Hooker called him ruthless, but remembers him with respect and admiration, believing that those who operated within Gen. DePuy's expectations would agree.

Gen. Seaman's II Field Force staff and some of his former staff at the 1st Division resented the implication that the decent Seaman hadn't cut the mustard. They were loyal to him and defensive. Some wondered why the three-star Seaman didn't come down hard on the two-star DePuy, his immediate subordinate. DePuy's intensity frightened his own people and surprised visitors to his division briefings. Generals DePuy and Hollingsworth, fresh from a day in the field and right on top of events in the division, routinely interrupted and contradicted briefers, creating an atmosphere of great tension on the division staff and in the relations between the 1st Infantry Division staff and the II Field Force staff.

Criticism of his command style and rough treatment of subordinates, however valid, does not negate the high marks DePuy gets for his performance as a division commander from troops in the field and from some high-paid help. Generals Alexander Haig and Paul Gorman-both of whom successively and successfully commanded a battalion in DePuy's division, served as his division G-3, rose to four-star rank, and, in Haig's case, served as secretary of Stategive him rave notices. Haig said he was the best squad leader, platoon leader and company and battalion commander in Vietnam. Gen. Gorman called him an authentic tactical genius, adding that soldiers under his command knew that their general fought hard, fought smart and fought to win.

Maj. Gen. George P. Seneff, as USARV (U.S. Army, Vietnam) Aviation Officer and 1st Aviation Brigade commander, had a vantage point from which he could observe and compare all of the senior commanders in Vietnam. He Called the 1st Infantry Division the most professional division in country, crediting its effectiveness to Gen. DePuy and his assistant division commanders, Jack Deane, Jim Hollingsworth and Bernie Rogers.

Gen. George Joulwan, U.S. Army retired and former Supreme Allied Commander, Europe, whose first assignment as a 2nd lieutenant was as a platoon leader in DePuy's battle group in Germany, served under him as a company commander and battalion operations officer in Vietnam. Gen. Joulwan admired DePuy's leadership, teaching and infantry skills and was proud to say that he imitated Gen. DePuy. Junior enlisted soldiers, NCOs and officers of all ranks join the chorus of praise, including Gen. Westmoreland, who expressed his earnest hope for DePuy's promotion and division command in Vietnam.

Three specific issues regarding Gen. DePuy's leadership style arose while he commanded his division: friendly casualties; use of artillery, particularly unobserved fire called H&I (harassing and interdiction); and relief of officers. Army Chief of Staff Gen. Harold K. Johnson had reservations about DePuy's judgment in each of these areas, but the relief of officers troubled him most. Just weeks after DePuy took command of his division, bad tactics and poor coordination at the battalion level resulted in heavy American losses in one of his rifle companies. Visiting Vietnam at that time, Gen. Johnson told DePuy that the American people would stop supporting the war if such a rate of combat casualties continued. DePuy responded with tactics he introduced in Vietnam but had been tinkering with in all of his commands from 1944 to 1961 and even while J-3 in Saigon. They were designed to keep Americans out of the kill zone while making maximum use of artillery and air.

Gen. DePuy's relieving subordinates became personal, as Gen. Seaman learned of uncomplimentary remarks circulating about his leadership as division commander. Gen. DePuy-dynamic, imaginative and decisiveran his division from a helicopter just above the jungle, frequently mingling with his soldiers on the ground. Gen. Seaman, conservative and formal, issued orders from his headquarters. He suffered by comparison and knew it. The situation was particularly awkward when he turned the division over to Gen. DePuy and became DePuy's boss. He couldn't fail to see what his hyperactive successor was doing with his former command.

Seaman vented, to the extent his personality permitted, in interviews that showed him to be angry despite maintaining gentlemanly avoidance of personal criticism of a fellow general by name. He said he didn't relieve a single combat commander and was displeased at the allegation that his successor was sent to clean house in the Big Red One. That Gen. Seaman never said anything to his successorwho was raising hell with the outfit he had just commanded and was firing the people Seaman had appointed to important positions-despite the fact he was DePuy's boss, suggests that he was intimidated by DePuy.

Gen. Seaman was particularly pained to learn that his former aide, who had asked him for and received command of a troop of 1/4 Cav as Gen. Seaman was leaving the division, was relieved after he stumbled in an operation a month into command. He was told by the anonymous assistant division commander (Hollingsworth) to "find a job." Seaman said he'd never seen such a broken young man in his life. His humane reaction is admirable, but this incident further illustrates that the DePuyHollingsworth team was entirely focused on combat effectiveness, not on personal feelings or career ambitions.

According to the late Gen. Bruce Palmer Jr., Army Chief of Staff Johnson mused in the presence of his vice chief, Creighton Abrams, and his deputy chief for operations (Palmer) about DePuy: If every division commander relieved people as DePuy did, he'd soon be out of lieutenant colonels and majors. Gen. Abrams asked if he should deal with DePuy, but Palmer said that Johnson declined the offer and personally sent a back-channel message (a private correspondence to be read only by the addressee) to DePuy regarding his relief of subordinates. A confrontation between Johnson and DePuy later ensued in Vietnam during Christmastime 1966. Accounts of the confrontation differ, one acrimonious and one amicable.

In a letter to Johnson dated December 29, 1966, DePuy responded to the confrontation and to Johnson's backchannel message. DePuy's subject line is: Personnel Relieved or Transferred During My Period of Command, Other Than Those Through Normal Rotation and Reassignment. (The officers are named in DePuy's letter; they are not named here.) Of 11 relieved officers, seven are battalion commanders. Nine of the 11 are lieutenant colonels, and two are majors. Excerpts from this letter are quintessential DePuy, an example of what Haig called DePuy's abrasive communications style, which others have called ruthless.

Col. A was a fat, disheveled officer without any soldierly characteristics whatsoever who made a bad impression on all those people whom he briefed as a representative of the 1st Division.

Lt. Col. B is completely without talent of any kind whatsoever. He had no initiative, no imagination and repeatedly performed his duties in a sluggish, unintelligent manner.

The first day I saw [battalion commander] C, I strongly suspected that he was weak ... [he] lost complete control over his battalion and suffered a number of unnecessary casualties while inflicting none on the VC. ... I relieved him and indicated on his Efficiency Report that he should not command troops in combat. [He was promoted to full colonel, presumably because DePuy's evaluation of him was not available to the board that recommended promotion.]

[G-5] A completely inadequate officer; no initiative, imagination or drive. Valueless.

[Artillery battalion commander A] refused to admit responsibility personally or for any of his people for gross errors in artillery firing which led to civilian and friendly military casualties. He did not have the character to stand up and be counted.

[Artillery battalion commander B is] a weak officer. He had no force, was not a commander of men. ... In short, he was a man who easily took no for an answer.

[Infantry battalion commander A] is a brave man but lacked the courage to demand high standards from his soldiers and to enforce those high standards.

[Infantry commander B] ... is a third-rate officer who should not be entrusted with command of soldiers in combat.

DePuy's cold objectivity, lucid prose and firm decisions neither assuaged Johnson nor answered the question: What am I going to do with DePuy?

Gen. DePuy was almost certainly the preeminent infantry teacher in his Army, fresh from combat command. Fort Benning, Ga., is where infantry lieutenants and captains learn their trade. The Infantry School and Gen. DePuy were a marriage made in heaven. He wanted the command and almost had it. But, when denied it, the good soldier DePuy accepted the decision of duly appointed authority. His style was to press very hard for what he thought was right, but he understood absolutely that the system he served required discipline.

Col. Robert J. Gerard, U.S. Army retired, describes DePuy as division commander reporting to Gen. Frederick Weyand, who was acting commander of II Field Force in Gen. Seaman's absence. Gen. Weyand, an old friend and fellow division commander, received Gen. DePuy in a friendly manner, but DePuy was formal in reporting to Weyand. Then he made a case for additional helicopters he wanted for an operation, something he did almost daily-and something almost never denied by Seaman. Gen. Weyand listened attentively before denying the request. DePuy acknowledged the decision, rose from his seat, saluted, did an about-face and exited. Col. Gerard, present because he was responsible for the daily allocation of helicopters among subordinate commands, learned that DePuy was a soldier who understood the chain of command and the word no. He did not challenge his acting boss. Why couldn't Gen. Seaman just say no, wondered Col. Gerard. Gen. Weyand knew how to say no.

How DePuy's assignment to the Joint Chiefs of Staff came about is the consequence of Gen. Johnson's disapproval of his methods, Gen. Westmoreland's respect for his competence and Gen. Earle G. Wheeler's need for his currency and expertise regarding Vietnam. (Gen. Wheeler was Army Chief of Staff, 1962-64, and Chairman, JCS, 1964-1970.) Consideration of his next assignment was on the table when Generals DePuy and Johnson clashed in Vietnam. Without specific reference to the personal confrontation, Gen. DePuy's letters to his wife and family remind us that generals are as subject to disappointing personnel decisions as the rest of the Army.

Dear Marj, 9 November 1966: "[F]or your information only, I have a strong indication that I will take command of the Infantry Center at Fort Benning on 1 Feb. Nothing would please me more professionally, although I know you would not be keen about moving into that area." [He understood her preference for the stimulating cultural and social climate of Washington to the less urbane charms of the Chattahoochee Valley and living on a military reservation near Columbus, Ga.]

Dear Marj, [no date, probably November 1966] "I have been told quite definitely that I will return [to the United States] sometime in Feb ... it also appears highly likely that my next assignment will be as commandant of the Infantry Center at Fort Benning."

Dear Marj, 18 December 1966: "General Johnson is going to spend Christmas afternoon and evening with us, staying overnight. At that time, I am quite sure that my next assignment and the timing of my return will be finally decided upon."

Dear Marj, 27 December 1966: "I will depart on or about 15 Feb ... Although you must not discuss this because it is not out in the open yet, I am to be assigned to the JCS in Washington. This will at least take some of the pressure off the house-hunting and house-selling business." [Marj and the children considered Washington their hometown: she was happiest there; the children were in good private schools; and that's where the family remained while DePuy was in Vietnam from 1964 to 1967.]

Dear Marj, 10 January 1967: "My new job is not the one that I would have picked. I made this clear to General Johnson when he was here; however, it appears that General Wheeler and Mr. Vance [Cyrus Vance, Deputy secretary of Defense and later Secretary of State] were the ones to bring about this assignment. I will, of course, do whatever my superiors ask me. My real desire was to go to Benning to teach there what we have learned here because I am sure I could save many lives that way."

Dear Marj, 17 January 1967: "I will tell you all about the reasons for the assignment to SACSA [Special Assistant for Counterinsurgency and Special Activities]."

The reasons were simple: Gen. Johnson didn't want him and Gen. Wheeler did. Johnson was a man of unquestioned integrity.

The antithetical views held by DePuy and Johnson on fundamental issues made it impossible for Johnson to find a place for DePuy in his Army-one cannot hide a major general, even in a big Army. The Joint staff provided a place to use his skills at a critical time and removed him from the direct supervision of the Army's Chief of Staff, a happy solution all around. Gen. Westmoreland later confided to a trusted aide that it was at precisely this point that he saved Gen. DePuy's career by calling Gen. Wheeler regarding Gen. DePuy's availability.

Wheeler's need for DePuy's savvy on Vietnam intensified in the course of the policy review that followed the 1968 Tet Offensive. DePuy's luck held. He enhanced his reputation as a thinking general who was as skilled and comfortable in the corridors of power as he was in close combat.

One can conclude that the command climate in the 1st Infantry Division beginning in March 1966 was such that DePuy can be described fairly as "a new broom." He relieved important leaders in sharp contrast to his predecessor and boss, Gen. Seaman, who did not. Gen. Weyand, who commanded the 25th Infantry Division while Gen. DePuy commanded the 1st Infantry Division, both under Gen. Seaman's II Field Force, regarded DePuy as a really close friend and admired his leadership and intelligence. But Gen. Weyand did not relieve subordinates wholesale and didn't believe in H&I fires. Inevitably, back at Military Assistance Command, Vietnam (MACV) and maybe in Washington, sides were chosen.

Journalists also chose sides. They were generally positive about Gen. DePuy, though dubious about senior leadership in Vietnam. Tension between the media and the military went back to 1963 and the battle of Ap Bac when "young Turk" journalists David Halberstam, Neil Sheehan and Peter Arnett noted a great disparity between what they observed on the field of battle with advisers and what was briefed by American officials in Saigon. MACV press briefings were dubbed "the five o'clock follies" by journalists, indicating that military-media relations were not characterized by mutual trust and confidence. Halberstam essentially called Gen. DePuy a political general, but some important journalists-Joseph Alsop, Morley Safer and Arnett among them-praised DePuy's gutsy and intelligent leadership. Alsop, reporting on the 1st Infantry Division, called it "The new Model Army" (May 1, 1966, Washington Post). Safer reported that DePuy's reaction to an August 1966 friendly fire incident involving his troops showed him to be a cool veteran in explaining that close air support had saved many American lives. Arnett (August 31, 1966, Associated Press) called DePuy a genius who would kill all the Vietcong in his division area north of Saigon, or they would kill him. And DePuy was on the cover of Newsweek (December 5, 1966) while commanding his division.

Why was Gen. DePuy so quick to fire people? The answer is stark in its simplicity. DePuy described the preparation for combat that he experienced in the United States and in England during World War II as the blind leading the blind. Training was poor; leadership was appalling. He went to war with a bunch of incompetents in charge, whose incompetence caused tactical errors and incredible casualties. All this was indelibly stamped on his mind. He noted the absence of active battlefield leadership; known bad actors and incompetents remained in command, and the price paid for this was extremely high. He called the 90th Division of June and July 1944 the greatest killing machine in Europe-of Americans-and his regimental commander, Col. RD. Ginder, a horse's ass of the first order. Maj. Ed Hamilton of DePuy's regiment said that in one week of combat (July 5-12) as a battalion commander, he lost five company commanders, two killed and three wounded.

The 90th Division behaved so badly in June and July that it was called a "problem division." Consideration was given to disbanding it and using its soldiers as replacements in other formations. Then, as incompetent commanders were fired and replaced by quality men at division and regiment, and as junior officers good at war-men like DePuy, Lt. Col. John Mason and Maj. Hamilton-rose to command battalions in a Darwinian process, the division became an effective fighting force. When DePuy was a 25-year-old battalion commander, his regimental commander was 27.

DePuy found heroes and models. He idolized thenCol. George Bittman Barth, commander of the 357th Infantry Regiment, whom DePuy served as S-3; he admired Col. Mason, a battalion and regimental commander of the 357th whose tactical creativity DePuy never forgot; he called Regular Army battalion commander Maj. Hamilton's actions on August 5,1944, pulling demolition wires from explosives on a bridge while under small arms fire, the bravest act he saw in World War II in Europe; he confesses that he shamelessly imitated those men as a battalion commander in combat from December 5, 1944, until the end of the war in Europe in May 1945. He never forgot the difference leadership makes in combat.

While testing infantry battalions for V Corps in Germany in 1953, Gen. DePuy said that those who had commanded in combat were five times as good as those who had not. Saying so does not make it so, but that was his personal conviction. He firmly believed that the way to compensate for not commanding in combat was intelligent and purposeful training. Commanding a battalion again in 1954 and 1955, he emphasized training in infantry skills at the squad and platoon levels. His foxhole and methods of movement to contact were perfected then and would later become associated with his name. George P. Psihas raves about DePuy's leadership and infantry skills, saying DePuy taught him-the only Regular Army company commander in DePuy's battalion and a veteran of the Korean War with a Distinguished Service Cross-how to lead squads, platoons and companies, enabling Psihas to win best platoon and company in corps competition for two years. Psihas also admiringly described the overwatch booklets designed by DePuy, calling them "battle runs."

Commanding a mechanized infantry battle group as a colonel in 1961 and 1962, Gen. DePuy again emphasized squad and platoon infantry skills, adding techniques he had learned observing armor units. These included brevity codes and the extensive use of fragmentary orders to enhance the organic firepower, speed and mobility available to him in the armored personnel carriers that replaced the venerable two-and-a-half-ton truck of World War II and Korea. Gen. Joulwan is effusive in his praise of DePuy's infantry skills, teaching and leadership, saying he shamelessly imitated DePuy in the field and in molding morale by using social activities to teach. Then-Brig. Gen. Andrew Goodpaster, chief umpire in evaluating the annual training test of Gen. DePuy's 1st Brigade, 30th Infantry, in May 1961, said that the most striking feature of the test operations from start to finish was the unquestioned ability of then-Col. DePuy to control and command a battle group task force effectively. Many of the highly competent umpires stated that they would be proud to be members of DePuy's well-trained unit. DePuy believed the battle group command was the practical culmination of his experience as an infantry unit commander.

As commander of the 1st Infantry Division in 1966 and 1967, Gen. DePuy personally demonstrated his combat techniques, making the platoon leader his radio operator as he directed squads and platoons in the field where they were conducting combat operations. He vowed in World War II that he would never allow American leaders to kill American soldiers. He meant it! He showed leaders how to lead and was prepared to relieve one if he believed that a leader wasn't up to the task, whether or not the man had failed. He would err on the side of haste in relief when he had any reservations about a leader's competence; delay in relief could cost the lives of American soldiers. It is absolutely true that he was quick to relieve in combat.

Was his relief of subordinates reasonable? The answer to that question comes down to professional opinion. Gen. Johnson clearly thought not. That's why he did not give DePuy command of Benning and the Infantry School-or any job in the Army chain of command.

The aides to the generals, junior officers in a position to observe their bosses in action, bring another and opposite perspective to the issue. Lt. Col. Richard Hooker, the junior aide to Westmoreland, believed DePuy fired incompetents or those simply not up to his standards. Thus sprang up the mythical stories of the 'midnight hook,' the C-47 that suddenly appeared in the dead of the night and whisked away the unwanted, usually battalion commanders never to be heard from again. (Jim Holland, aide to Hollingsworth, recalls the expression being "the midnight Chinook.")

Soldiers also coined the verb DePuy to describe being disciplined or relieved by the commanding general, as in "He was DePuyed." Holland began hearing DePuy stories while still processing into the division. He was interviewed by a personnel major who asked what he wanted to do in the division. Holland understood that if an incoming infantry lieutenant did not want to lead a platoon in combat, another job would be found for him. DePuy wanted "tigers" eager to lead his platoons and was successful in finding them.

Holland's company commander gave him a booklet on tactics signed by DePuy. Holland was new to combat, but he was not a rookie. He had come from Ranger School where he had been an instructor and was thoroughly familiar with the standard aggressive tactics in the booklet. He praises DePuy's adaptability in later espousing new tactics. Upon making contact, Infantry was to avoid being decisively engaged and to use fire support while a supporting element maneuvered.

Brig. Gen. William J. Mullen III, U.S. Army retired, Holland's company commander, said that the esprit and aggressiveness in the division were the results of DePuy's leadership. He changed the division's attitude, raising morale; the troops knew they were in a well-led, aggressive fighting outfit-the Army's premier unit. Mullen, Holland and others describe DePuy putting a battalion's leaders in a platoon as he assumed the position of platoon leader and directed movement in the clover leaf. He was teaching two things: the clover leaf and the technique of providing detailed instructions to subordinate leaders. Mullen calls DePuy a great tactician who had a great affection for the "little fellows."

Highly successful officers, who were at the company to brigade levels under DePuy in Vietnam, bring their mature judgment to the question. They generally concur: DePuy was almost always right in firing people. Gen. Paul Gorman, brave, skilled, erudite and a veteran of combat in the Korean War, commanded a battalion under Gen. DePuy, served as his division G-3 in Vietnam and later worked closely with him at TRADOC in the 1970s. DePuy's son called Generals German and DePuy soulmates, and he believes that Gen. Gorman was perhaps DePuy's only intellectual peer. Asked directly if he agreed with DePuy's re lief of officers, Gorman said that with possibly a couple of exceptions, he did.

Sid Berry said that Generals Terry de la Mesa Allen and Ted Roosevelt Jr., 1st Infantry Division icons from World War II, come to mind when he reflects on Generals DePuy and Hollingsworth running the division in Vietnam. He believes that those who served in DePuy's division will always talk about him, usually admiringly, but not always uncritically. He hypothesizes that like so many "runts," DePuy tended to be cocky and abrasive. Gen. DePuy was extremely confident and knew his soldiering, though he had his flaws.

A reign of fear percolated downward in DePuy's Big Red One, along with pride and effectiveness. The evidence reveals DePuy's intensity, impatience and determination. He fired middle-grade leaders at a rate that won the attention and disapproval of his service chief and earned him a reputation for ruthlessness. Memories of American lives wasted by the incompetent leaders he saw in World War II resulted in his refusal to trust the lives of his soldiers in combat to leaders he did not trust.

There are two grace notes to this conclusion. Asked in 1979 what regrets he had in looking back at his career, DePuy responded that he might have been able to propagate his ideas more effectively if he had been a little more patient with people and spent more time with them "instead of being in such a bloody hurry."

Gen. William G.T. Tuttle, U.S. Army retired, one of DePuy's "bright young men," worked very closely with DePuy on the 1973 reorganization of the Army. He recalled that once in a while on Friday afternoons DePuy would stroll around to the Chief of Army Studies office, gathering a group in John Siegle's office for a martini and to talk. On one such occasion, the topic was people who were not contributing. Tuttle recalls DePuy saying that he could tolerate that without brutalizing people. If they clearly could not go any further, they would not go any further. DePuy made a point to say that he could accept that: "They have done well. They have done a lot for the Army. We recognize that, and we will let them go on with their dignity."

Tuttle saw that DePuy was making a sharp distinction between those who could not keep up on a big staff in peacetime versus leadership in combat. No person's career is worth the sacrifice of soldiers.

It was just that simple.

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Gen,William E, Depuy-Career Highlights

Corporal, South Dakota National Guard; ROTC 1937-194: battalion commander 1/357 infantry 1944-45: 25-year-old G-3, 90th infantry Division. 1945; General Staff military attache in Hungary; CIA detail during the Korean War: battalion commander (second time) in Germany: Office of the Chief of Staff. Army. 1956-59; Imperial Defence College. London, I960: battle group commander, Schweinfurt. Germany. 1961: Army Staff. 1962-64: Gen. William Westmoreland's 1-3, MACU. Saigon. 1964-66: commanding general. 1st Infantry Division. Vietnam. 1966-67: SACSA, ICS, 1967-69; Assistant Vice Chief of Staff. Army Staff. 1969-1973: first TRADOC commander. 1973-77.

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Brig. Gen. DePuy had a close working relationship with Gen. William Westmorland (right), who promoted him to three-star rank and made him Assistant Vice Chief of Staff in 1969 at a critical time for the Army.

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Gen. Alexander M. Haig called DePuy the best squad leader, platoon leader and company and battalion commander in Vietnam.

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Then-Vice Chief of Staff of the Army Gen. Creighton W. Abrams succeeded Gen. Westmorland as commander of U.S. Military Assistance Command, Vietnam, in 1968.

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As a colonel in World War II, P.D. Ginder was Gen. DePuy's regimental commander.

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By Col. Henry G. Gole

U.S. Army retired

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COL. HENRY G. GOLE, USA Ret., served four tours in Europe and three in Asia. He holds three master's degrees and a doctorate and has taught at the U.S. Military Academy and the U.S. Army War College, where he continues to teach an elective course. He is the' author of numerous articles ("The Relevance of Gen. William E. DuPuy," ARMY Magazine, March 2008), book reviews and books. The University Press of Kentucky will publish his biography of Gen. William E. DePuy in the fall.