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Gates Creates Top-Level IED Task Force

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By Emelie Rutherford Grappling with how to stem increasing U.S. bloodshed in Afghanistan caused by improvised explosive devices (IEDs), Defense Secretary Robert Gates announced yesterday the creating of a new Defense Department-wide task force. The newly formed task force on the counter-IED threat in Afghanistan will coordinate sundry Pentagon efforts already underway, including the Joint IED Device Defeat Organization (JIEDDO) and production of mine-resistant vehicles. "My…principal concern over the last few weeks has been whether all of this is being…

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