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Hi

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and thanks for joining us . On January

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10 , President Bush announced his new

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strategy for Iraq which includes

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sending an additional 20,000 troops

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into the country , a permanent Hickam

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Air Force base in Hawaii are already

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heeding the call of duty . As a group

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of airmen are now headed to Iraq Petty

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Officer , Jason Gregory shows the

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town's advisor not easy before these

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airmen . Zewdie comes first as

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President Bush outlines his new plans

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for the fight in Iraq . Yemen from

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Hickam Air Force Base are taking up the

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call and loading their bags to deploy .

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In the end , it's exciting because we

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trained to do this mission and they're

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now getting to go forward and do it .

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This group of airmen consists of aerial

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port transportation specialists , civil

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engineers and communications airmen and

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other jobs that will support the

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efforts in and around Iraq the early

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morning had more than 50 airmen saying

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goodbye to their friends and families

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to build up in anticipation of leaving

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and all the preparing to go and then it

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just kind of waiting for so long to go .

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I think that's pretty hard now . It's

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the point where I just want to get

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there and like I said , get home as

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soon as I can . Sergeant Austin is

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leaving his wife , three year old

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daughter and three month old son behind

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for his first time since they had

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Children making this deployment much

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more difficult for them than his last .

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Many of the airmen deploying will be

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listed by their families , but at the

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same time they'll still be with their

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Air Force families . We are one scene

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going to fight . This is what we do .

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This is our business . And so it

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doesn't matter day or night . When

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these folks leave , we need to be out

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here , seeing them off . As more airmen

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take up the call to deploy whatever new

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strategies are outlined for Iraq , the

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country can rest assured the Air Force

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is on the job for the officer , Jason

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Segel , pick him . Air Force Base

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Hawaii for more . On today's top

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stories log on to Air Force

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link .