Camp Phoenix Afghanistan

January 5, 2005 Executive Summary I.  Anti-SemitismAnti-Semitism has plagued the world for centuries. Taken to its most far-reaching and violent extreme, the Holocaust, anti-Semitism resulted in the deaths of millions of Jews and the suffering of countless others. Subtler, less vile forms of anti-Semitism have disrupted lives, decimated religious communities, created social and political cleavages, and complicated relations between countries as well as the work of international organizations. For an increasingly interdependent world, anti-Semitism is an intolerable burden. The increasing frequency and severity of anti-Semitic incidents since the start of the 21st century, particularly in Europe, has compelled the international com ... [Read More]

American Center Reference Service - Iraq FAQ

Joint Press Availability with President Bush and President Arroyo of the Philippines The East Room 05/19/03 President Bush Welcomes President Arroyo in State Arrival Ceremony  Remarks by President Bush and President Arroyo of the Philippines at State Arrival Ceremony, The South Lawn 05/17/03 President ... [Read More]

Advancing the Rights of Women: An Overview of Significant Progress Made by the U.S. in the 10 Years Since the Beijing Conference on Women

"Take the Pledge" Campaign. In October 2003, DOJ’s Office on Violence Against Women launched a campaign to enlist the support of men in the national effort to end violence against women. The campaign included a public service announcement (PSA) that featured Attorney General John Ashcroft asking men to "take the pledge" not to condone or commit domestic violence. The PSA has been shown over 2,500 times in more than 40 U.S. states. ... [Read More]

Department of State Washington File: Transcript: U.S. Capable of Fighting Multiple Conflicts, Rumsfeld Says

If you add the Afghan people, another 23 million, it's something like 46 million people have been liberated from vicious regimes in the case of Iraq and from a country that was basically a massive terrorist training camp in the case of Afghanistan. So a lot of good has happened and yet we're still in a dangerous, difficult phase. ...

I think we're making headway. I think it's a tough business. I worry, to be very honest with you, about the question of how many additional terrorists are being brought into the process through these schools that teach people, and training camps that train people how to kill people. We can't know that. That's not knowable. That suggests to me that in addition to doing what we're doing we've got to continue to try to work with countries to see that those schools start teaching, those so-called madrass schools, most of which are very fine educational process for people. But the handful, not a handful, several dozen handfuls of schools, that are training terrorists simply have to be stopped. They have to start teaching language or math or the things that people can use to have a constructive life. That's a task that isn't the job of the Pentagon, but it is certainly something that our country has to care about. We are getting some cooperation from countries where these schools ex ... [Read More]

Department of State Washington File: Bush to Deliver State of Union Speech to Congress January 20

Final drafts of the State of the Union address, McClellan said, were submitted to Bush the week of January 11. The president "will continue to work on it over the weekend, at Camp David, and do some more speech preparation on Monday and Tuesday" of the coming week, McClellan told reporters. ...

President will travel to Toledo, Ohio, where he will remark on the state of the union, attend fundraising event and then travel to Phoenix, Arizona, for additional remarks. ... [Read More]

Second Periodic Report of the United States of America to the Committee Against Torture

The seriousness of the threat al-Qaida and its supporters posed to the security of the United States compelled it to act in self-defense. On October 7, 2001, President Bush invoked the United States' inherent right of self-defense and, as Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces of the United States, ordered U.S. Armed Forces to initiate action against terrorists and the Taliban regime harboring them in Afghanistan. The U.S. Armed Forces "initiated actions designed to prevent and deter further attacks on the United States . . . [including] measures against Al Qaeda terrorist training camps and military installations of the Taliban regime in Afghanistan." Letter from John Negroponte, U.S. Permanent Representative to the U.N., to Richard Ryan, President of the U.N. Security Council, U.N. Doc. No. S/2001/946 (Oct. 7, 2001), 40 I.L.M. 1281 (2001). (At < http://www.un.int/usa/s-2001-946.htm [Read More]

US Department Of State Post Report

Embassy employees are also authorized use of the Base Exchange at Camp Phoenix and Kabul Compound, where one can purchase snack foods, toiletries, cleaning supplies, CDs, DVDs, etc. ...

The Ministry of Health has continuous campaigns for childhood immunizations, special campaigns for outbreaks of communicable diseases, such as cholera, and active programs in other preventative medicine areas.  In genera, curative care services throughout the country do meet U.S. standards.  ... [Read More]