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File: 082696_d50028_193.txt
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DecS                                   Congressional support for    CIA Director says that Iraq
                                       President's Persian Gulf     could maintain its current
                                       Policy begins to crumble as  combat readiness for no
                                       several influential          more that nine months if
                                       Congressmen oppose the use   economic sanctions continue.
                                       of force after the Jan 15    An American soldier in Saudi
                                       deadline.                    Arabia ffled a lawsuit that the
                                       SECSTATh expresses           Army send him home since
                                       pessimism about sanctions    his tour of duty ended last
                                       alone forcing Saddam Hussein month. His contract has
                                       out of Kuwait.               been extended through
                                                                    December 1991 by the
                                                                    Pentagon.
                                                                    Army orders to active duty
                                                                    13,614 members of the
                                                                    National Guard and reserve
                                                                    and notifies an undisclosed
                                                                    number of others that they
                                                                    would be called up soon.
                                                                    The Marine Corps calls up
                                                                    an additional 84 Reservists
                                                                    who are needed to help load
                                                                    and transport tons of extra
                                                                    equipment.
                                                                    DoD releases fifteenth list of
                                                                    approximately 289 Naval
                                                                    Reservists ordered to active
          -...."....-..-..".-.......................................duty.


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