, Recent efforts by the Defense
Logistics Agency, in coordination with its field activities, distribution
partners and the military services , have avoided spending millions of dollars
while cutting the time troops in Iraq wait to receive requested items.
Transportation Command. To make sure that DLA is
prepared to better support military operations anywhere in the world, DDC has
launched additional forward stocking capabilities in Korea , Guam and
Sigonella, Italy. They
harm prospects for peace by undermining the necessity of compromises by both
sides to the conflict."

The American Jewish Congress is a membership association of Jewish
Americans, organized to defend Jewish interests at home and abroad, through
public policy advocacy, in the courts, Congress, the executive branch and
state and local governments.

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war fighters while reducing overall costs to the taxpayer to support
the global war on terrorism.
The depot has allowed DLA and the military services to eliminate a backlog
of containers and pallets of equipment that flow through the Kuwait ports.S.

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Miller said, "We are gratified that majority of
Caterpillar shareholders share our view that this resolution was ill advised,
and we are particular pleased that this resolution garnered far less than the
6% minimum required for the resolution to automatically be accepted on the
ballot next year."
According to Eugene Korn, AJCongress Director of Jewish Affairs, "The
Caterpillar divestment proposal is part of a larger misguided effort that some
people are undertaking to apply unilateral economic pressure on Israel.

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Perlin, VA's
Acting Under Secretary for Health. FORT BELVOIR, Va.7 million in airlift and shipping
costs by using less expensive surface transportation methods. The strategic position of DDKS cuts
the time it takes customers to receive its essential supplies while reducing
the overall costs to the American taxpayers.
DLA's Defense Distribution Center transferred its existing forward-
stocking capabilities in Bahrain to stand up DDKS. Such
campaigns lack moral credibility because they distort facts, ignore
Palestinian responsibility and unjustly single out Israel.

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AJCongress President Paul S.

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, has oversight of 26
distribution depots worldwide.

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"We believe that our outreach to veterans is most effective when the
message is carried by their comrades," said Dr.
Now DLA can ship the equipment stocked in the region by surface, reducing
the demand on scarce airlift capabilities.

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The new outreach counselors will be located in the 206 Vet Centers
operated by VA throughout the country, especially near military out processing
stations. They will be hired for a three-year period .
DLA provides supply support, and technical and logistics services to the
U.

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Petitions and events meant to affect the War on Terrorism, or the conduct of one of the governments, sides, religions, parties, or organizations playing a role in that conflict .

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S. Stocking materiel closer to
the theater of operations has been a win-win situation for DLA and its
customers. The initiatives
also target American foreign policy and successful American corporations .

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30, DDKS stocks approximately 18,511 items, such as repair
parts, barrier material and clothing , which are in high demand for America's
armed forces serving in Operation Iraqi Freedom. It also works overseas with others who are
similarly engaged.

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The outreach counselors will brief servicemen and women leaving the
military about VA benefits and services available to them and their family
members., the agency is the one source for nearly every consumable
item, whether for combat readiness , emergency preparedness or day-to-day
operations.

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NEW YORK, The American Jewish Congress praised
the stockholders and leadership of Caterpillar for their rejection by an
overwhelming majority of the resolution calling for divestment of the
Company's interests and a pullout of its resources and sales from Israel.

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Headquartered at
Fort Belvoir, Va. Those who want to save lives and promote peace must
understand that that divestment and boycott tactics only lead to prolongation
of the conflict.

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WASHINGTON, The Department of Veterans Affairs
will hire 50 veterans of Operations Iraqi and Enduring Freedom (OIF/OEF) to
provide outreach services to veterans returning from Afghanistan and Iraq.
They will join 50 other OIF/OEF outreach counselors already hired by VA.

DLA's Kuwait Depot Proves Cost Effective for Taxpayers OIF Troops

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"How we care for our returning combat veterans will define VA for
decades," said Secretary of Veterans Affairs Jim Nicholson. For 26 years, counselors have provided
services for the psychological and social readjustment needs of combat
veterans, and prevented possible development of more chronic and delayed forms
of war-related trauma.
Vet Center employees have seen more than 16,000 of the 244,000 combat
veterans VA estimates have left the service since the start of the Global War
on Terrorism.
DLA supplies the food, clothing, medical and spare parts for America's
armed forces and continues to develop solutions to distribute materiel quickly
to U.
As of March 31, operations at the DLA's forward distribution depot in
Kuwait, DDKS, have avoided approximately $45.

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VA to Hire 50 New Iraq Afghan Outreach Counselors

Its mission is to distribute, store and manage
materiel and information, enabling a seamless , tailored worldwide DOD
distribution network that provides effective and efficient support to the
combatant commands, military services and other agencies -- in theater and out
-- during war and in peace.

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DDKS is just one of DLA's many efforts in the integrated distribution
pillar under the distribution process owner partnership with the United States
Transportation Command.

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Vet Centers have been VA's first line of contact for troops returning from
combat for every war since Vietnam.
These initiatives resulted from DLA's efforts in the integrated
distribution pillar under the distribution process owner partnership with U.
DDC, headquartered in New Cumberland , Pa.

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They will also encourage new veterans to use their local Vet Center
as a point of entry to VA and its services.
Outreach counselors visit military installations, coordinate with military
family assistance centers and conduct one-on-one interviews with returning
veterans and their families. military services and several federal civilian agencies.