We continue to make considerable progress in our anti-terrorism and force protection program, ... Our people are better protected today than in the past.

It's a way of locking in the progress we've made in ocean protection in the last 20-plus years.

Their job is to distill the lessons learned so that we can improve our force protection (and) reduce the chances that we will be subject to another terrorist attack like this.

Overall, the Yugoslav forces appeared to be focusing on defensive and force protection measures against NATO attacks.

Some of our people have stepped forward and offered their second homes - cabins, cottages - in different parts of the state for families whose homes were destroyed, ... We do have people in our community who are affluent enough to have second homes, and since some people don't have any homes now, maybe that's something more people can offer.

There are over 20 armed conflicts in progress which have little to do with the war against terrorism.