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The Road to Safwan: the 1st Squadron, 4th Cavalry in the 1991 Persian Gulf War

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Book documenting the history of the 1st Infantry Divisions cavalry unit fighting in Operation Desert Storm based on personal accounts and recollections of personnel, squadron documents, and contextual information about the conflict.
Date: 2007
Creator: Bourque, Stephen A. (Stephen Alan), 1950- & Burdan, John W., 1955-
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
GEO Year Book 2004/5: An Overview of Our Changing Environment (open access)

GEO Year Book 2004/5: An Overview of Our Changing Environment

This publication discusses global environmental efforts, successes, and setbacks of 2004.
Date: 2005
Creator: United Nations Environment Programme
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
GEO Year Book 2006: An Overview of Our Changing Environment (open access)

GEO Year Book 2006: An Overview of Our Changing Environment

This publication describes major global environmental issues and policy decisions during 2006.
Date: 2006
Creator: United Nations Environment Programme
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
An Enhanced European Role in Iraq? (open access)

An Enhanced European Role in Iraq?

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Date: October 9, 2003
Creator: Gallis, Paul
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Iraqi Challenges and U.S. Responses: March 1991 through October 2002 (open access)

Iraqi Challenges and U.S. Responses: March 1991 through October 2002

This report is designed as a source of ready reference for congressional offices interested in instances of use of force by the United States against Iraq from the end of the 1990-1991 Gulf war until October 11, 2002.
Date: November 20, 2002
Creator: Prados, Alfred B.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Iraq: Summary of U.S. Casualties (open access)

Iraq: Summary of U.S. Casualties

This report provides statistics on fatalities during Operation Iraqi Freedom, which began on March 19, 2003, and is ongoing, as well as on the number of fatalities since May 1,2003, plus statistics on those wounded, but not killed, since March 19, 2003.
Date: August 17, 2006
Creator: O'Bryant, JoAnne
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Kuwait: Security, Reform, and U.S. Policy (open access)

Kuwait: Security, Reform, and U.S. Policy

This report examines Kuwait, which would be pivotal to any U.S. decision to wind down its military involvement in Iraq, has advanced its democratic development since the fall of Saddam Hussein, but it remains concerned about security threats emanating from a still unstable Iraq. In June 2006 parliamentary elections, women voted and ran for the first time, but none won.
Date: November 2, 2007
Creator: Katzman, Kenneth
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
On the Front Lines (open access)

On the Front Lines

A report intended to inform Congress, the Administration, and the public about how the principal U.S. government agency involved in foreign assistance has responded to the major crises in the developing world, such as reconstruction in Iraq and Afghanistan, averting famine in Ethiopia, and helping hurricane victims in Haiti.
Date: November 15, 2004
Creator: United States. Agency for International Development.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Al Qaeda in Iraq: Assessment and Outside Links (open access)

Al Qaeda in Iraq: Assessment and Outside Links

This report provides background information on Saddam-Al Qaeda links and the Iraq insurgency. U.S. officials assess AQ-I to be weakened almost to the point of outright defeat in Iraq, although they say it remains lethal and has the potential to revive in Iraq.
Date: August 15, 2008
Creator: Katzman, Kenneth
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with Angela Bynum, November 16, 2007

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Interview with Angela Bynum, veteran of Operation Iraqi Freedom, as part of the Tarrant County War Veterans Oral History Project. The interview includes Bynum's personal experiences of childhood and education in California and Texas, enlisting in the U.S. Army, basic and advanced training as a motor transport operator, training in avoidance of improvised explosive devices, and transport missions between Iraq and Kuwait. Bynum also discusses her inability to withstand Airborne training, the decision to leave active duty in 2002, her use of the GI Bill benefits to attend Tarrant Community College, the 2004 call-up from reserve duty and deployment to Iraq, her family's concerns regarding deployment, and aspects of daily life for American soldiers stationed in Iraq.
Date: November 16, 2007
Creator: Castillo, Vogel & Bynum, Angela
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with Seth Bailey, December 12, 2007

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Interview with Seth Bailey, veteran of Operation Iraqi Freedom, as part of the Tarrant County War Veterans Oral History Project. The interview includes Bailey's personal experiences of childhood and education in Athens, Texas, enlisting in the U.S. Army, basic training at Ft. Benning, Georgia, including experiences in Ranger Indoctrination Program and injuries sustained in "jump school," as well as his combat experiences in Karbala, Ramadi, and Al Asad. Bailey also talks about his family's tradition of military service, his assignment to a unit in Darmstadt, Germany, his deployment to Iraq and performance of long-range surveillance missions, continuing struggles with injury from basic training, with the Army health care system, and with substance abuse. Additionally, Bailey discusses his treatment at the Walter Reed Army Hospital, being discharged from the Army, returning to Arlington, Texas, and gives his opinions regarding the benefits of military service and regarding women in the military.
Date: December 12, 2007
Creator: Russell, Amy & Bailey, Seth
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
War Powers Resolution: Presidential Compliance (open access)

War Powers Resolution: Presidential Compliance

This report gives a summary of the usage of the War Powers Resolution (WPR) and various issues related to proposals to modify or repeal the resolution. The report summarizes most recent developments and background, and gives an overview of United Nations actions, and WPR activities in former Yugoslavia/Bosnia, Kosovo, Iraq (post-1991), Haiti, and Somalia. It also includes commentary on the instances formally reported under the WPR, consultation with Congress, and the current issues which Congress is considering.
Date: September 23, 2009
Creator: Grimmett, Richard F.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
War Powers Resolution: Presidential Compliance (open access)

War Powers Resolution: Presidential Compliance

This report gives a summary of the usage of the War Powers Resolution (WPR) and various issues related to proposals to modify or repeal the resolution. The report summarizes most recent developments and background, and gives an overview of United Nations actions, and WPR activities in former Yugoslavia/Bosnia, Kosovo, Iraq (post-1991), Haiti, and Somalia. It also includes commentary on the instances formally reported under the WPR, consultation with Congress, and the current issues which Congress is considering.
Date: February 2, 2009
Creator: Grimmett, Richard F.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
U.S.-Iraq Strategic Framework and Status of Forces Agreement: Congressional Response (open access)

U.S.-Iraq Strategic Framework and Status of Forces Agreement: Congressional Response

This report is divided into two main parts: the first describes in detail the actions taken by Congress concerning the planned Iraq Agreements, including legislative initiatives and congressional hearings; the second provides a range of options for further congressional action concerning Congress's role in negotiating, executing, and implementing the Iraq Agreements.
Date: July 11, 2008
Creator: Weed, Matthew C.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
War Powers Resolution: Presidential Compliance (open access)

War Powers Resolution: Presidential Compliance

This report gives a summary of the usage of the War Powers Resolution (WPR) and various issues related to proposals to modify or repeal the resolution. The report summarizes most recent developments and background, and gives an overview of United Nations actions, and WPR activities in former Yugoslavia/Bosnia, Kosovo, Iraq (post-1991), Haiti, and Somalia. It also includes commentary on the instances formally reported under the WPR, consultation with Congress, and the current issues which Congress is considering.
Date: June 11, 2008
Creator: Grimmett, Richard F.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: State of Union] captions transcript

[News Clip: State of Union]

Video footage from the NBC 5 television station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.
Date: January 31, 2006, 12:00 p.m.
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: State of the Union] captions transcript

[News Clip: State of the Union]

Video footage from the NBC 5 television station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.
Date: January 31, 2006, 5:00 p.m.
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: State of the state] captions transcript

[News Clip: State of the state]

Video footage from the NBC 5 television station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.
Date: January 31, 2006, 5:00 p.m.
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
Iraq: U.S. Casualties (open access)

Iraq: U.S. Casualties

This report examines the casualty data that was compiled by the Department of Defense (DOD), as tallied from the agency's press releases. The report provides statistics on fatalities during Operation Iraqi Freedom, which began on March 19, 2003, and is ongoing, as well as on the number of fatalities since May 1, 2003. Statistics may be revised as circumstances are investigated and as all records are processed through the U.S. military's casualty system.
Date: October 2, 2008
Creator: Chesser, Susan G.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Defense Base Act (DBA): The Federally Mandated Workers’ Compensation System for Overseas Government Contractors (open access)

The Defense Base Act (DBA): The Federally Mandated Workers’ Compensation System for Overseas Government Contractors

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Date: July 22, 2009
Creator: Grasso, Valerie Bailey; Webel, Baird & Szymendera, Scott
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Congressional Authority To Limit U.S. Military Operations in Iraq. January 2007 (open access)

Congressional Authority To Limit U.S. Military Operations in Iraq. January 2007

This report provides background and discusses constitutional provisions allocating war powers between Congress and the President.
Date: January 29, 2007
Creator: Elsea, Jennifer K. & Nicola, Thomas J.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Democracy Promotion: Cornerstone of U.S. Foreign Policy? (open access)

Democracy Promotion: Cornerstone of U.S. Foreign Policy?

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Date: January 29, 2008
Creator: Epstein, Susan B.; Serafino, Nina M. & Miko, Francis T.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Iraqi Civilian Deaths Estimates (open access)

Iraqi Civilian Deaths Estimates

This report presents various governmental and nongovernmental estimates of Iraqi civilian fatalities. The Department of Defense (DOD) regularly updates total U.S. military death and wounded statistics from Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF), as reflected in CRS Report RS21578, Iraq: Summary of U.S. Casualties. However, no Iraqi or U.S. government office regularly releases statistics on Iraqi civilian deaths.
Date: September 5, 2007
Creator: Fischer, Hannah
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Iraq: Oil and Gas Legislation, Revenue Sharing, and U.S. Policy (open access)

Iraq: Oil and Gas Legislation, Revenue Sharing, and U.S. Policy

This report reviews proposed legislation and contracts, analyzes the positions of various Iraqi political actors, and discusses potential implications for U.S. foreign policy goals in Iraq.
Date: December 10, 2008
Creator: Blanchard, Christopher M.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library