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Saturday, November 21, 2009 10:33 PM

Angus Houston

Type: Person

Name: Angus Houston

First Reported 16 hours ago - Updated 8 hours ago - 4 Documents

Kevin Rudd

Rudd praises 'ANZACs of today'

Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has praised the efforts of the men and women who served in Operation Catalyst during the Iraq war, calling them the 'ANZACs of today'.Mr Rudd, Governor-General Quentin Bryce and Air Chief Marshal Angus Houston were among dignitaries ... [Sky News Australia - 8 hours ago]

Entities: Kevin Rudd, Jake Kovco, Quentin Bryce, Angus Houston

First Reported 16 hours ago - Updated 13 hours ago - 2 Documents

Australian leaders praise Iraq veterans

AAPAs Australians fight on in war-torn Afghanistan, the nation's top dignitaries stepped up to salute the troops who served in recovery efforts in Iraq at a parade in Canberra.Prime Minister Kevin Rudd, Defence force chief Angus Houston and Governor-General ... [Sydney Morning Herald - 13 hours ago]

Entities: Iraq, Catalyst, Jake Kovco, Ian Bray, Angus Houston

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 1 Documents (in Politics)

Greg Combet

Women reluctant to join military

THE defence force has completed 18 months of intensive research to find out why women are reluctant to join the military and why so many of these who enlist don't stay.A key measure will be much greater flexibility in working arrangements so that women ... [The Age - 11/19/2009]

Entities: Military/Armed Forces, Angus Houston, Marshal, Greg Combet

First Reported 11/02/2009 - Updated 11/02/2009 - 20 Documents

11 Missing After Boat Sinks Off Australia

SYDNEY (Nov. 2) - An Australian military plane dropped an inflatable life raft Monday to apparent asylum seekers clinging to wreckage of a boat that sank in the Indian Ocean far from shore. Up to 11 others were still missing and one person was confirmed ... [AOL - 11/02/2009]

Entities: Sinks (Air), Australia, Angus Houston

First Reported 11/01/2009 - Updated 11/02/2009 - 7 Documents

Digger death: 'Incompetent' officers stood down

Image Others Casualty of war ... the coffin of Lt Michael Fussell in Afghanistan / Pic: ADF Source: Aussies in Afghanistan See what our Diggers are up against as they take the fight to the Taliban in Afghanistan. INCOMPETENCE and a disturbing lack of ... [Daily Telegraph Australia - 11/02/2009]

Entities: Michael Fussell, Incompetence, Angus Houston, Afghanistan

First Reported 10/22/2009 - Updated 10/22/2009 - 3 Documents (in Conflicts & Crime)

Aussies Want Quick End to Afghan Mission

Australia on Wednesday said it wanted to bring its military involvement in Afghanistan to a quick end, despite U.S. and NATO calls for more troops to shore up the campaign against a resurgent Taliban.Defence Minister John Faulkner said Australia was studying ... [Military.com - 10/22/2009]

Entities: Australia, Clive Williams, Afghanistan, Angus Houston, John Faulkner

First Reported 11/03/2009 - Updated 11/03/2009 - 4 Documents

Boat sinks off Australia, 15 feared killed

About 15 people were feared dead yesterday after a boat carrying 39 sank in rough seas far off northwest Australia despite frantic rescue attempts by a passing merchant ship and fishing vessel.Defence chief Angus Houston said the unidentified boat capsized ... [Gulf Times - 11/03/2009]

Entities: Australia, Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Angus Houston

First Reported 11/11/2009 - Updated 11/12/2009 - 3 Documents (in Conflicts & Crime)

Australia in for 'long haul', says country's PM

KABUL (AFP) - Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd gave assurances his troops were in Afghanistan for the long haul as he met the top US and NATO commander during a surprise visit.Rudd made the comments to Australian forces in the country's south after ... [Yahoo! Canada - 11/12/2009]

Entities: Australia, Stephen Smith, Stanley McChrystal, Kevin Rudd, Afghanistan

First Reported 11/04/2009 - Updated 11/04/2009 - 2 Documents

Petraeus Awarded Australia's Top Honor

Gen. David Petraeus has been awarded Australia's highest honor for his service to coalition forces in Iraq, the military said today.The Australian Defence Force said Petraeus was made an honorary officer of the Order of Australia for his role as commanding ... [Military.com - 11/04/2009]

Entities: David Petraeus, Iraq, Australia, Angus Houston

First Reported 11/10/2009 - Updated 11/11/2009 - 2 Documents

Ian McPhedran: Report exposes army's deep flaws

EVERY so often a government agency presents a public report that is startling in its frankness. Last week defence boss Air Chief Marshal Angus Houston released such a document, by retired Vice-Admiral Chris Ritchie, into the death in Afghanistan of Lieutenant ... [Daily Telegraph Australia - 11/11/2009]

Entities: TIM MCOWAN, Chris Ritchie, Michael Fussell

First Reported 10/23/2009 - Updated 10/23/2009 - 1 Documents

Business, defence leaders join forces

Article from: The AustralianTHREE of the nation's top public servants will join senior business and defence leaders in a new advisory board to scrutinise the $27 billion defence budget.The Rudd government hopes the Defence Strategic Advisory Board will ... [The Australian - 10/23/2009]

Entities: Defence Materiel Organisation, Strategic Advisory Group Inc, John Faulkner

First Reported 11/02/2009 - Updated 11/02/2009 - 1 Documents

ADF completes mission in Indonesia

JAKARTA: The Australian Defence Force (ADF) personnel assigned to help victims of the earthquake in Padang returned home this weekend, ending their contribution to Australia's relief and reconstruction efforts in West Sumatra, the Australian Embassy said ... [Jakarta Post - 11/02/2009]

Entities: Australian Defence Forces, Indonesia, Joint Task Force, Complementary, Earthquake

Quotes

"i understand when the first ship got there, this vessel was still intact" ACM Houston said

'Rudd's policy led to asylum drownings' [Herald Sun - 11/03/2009]

"somehow or other during the process of the interaction between the ship and the trawler and also the stricken vessel, there's been a capsize and people have ended up in the water" Houston told reporters

Rescuers head to boat wreck off Australia [MSNBC - 11/02/2009]

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Rudd praises 'ANZACs of today' [Sky News Australia - 8 hours ago]
Australian leaders praise Iraq veterans [Sydney Morning Herald - 13 hours ago]
Rudd -Iraq troops are the new 'ANZACs' [Sky News Australia - 15 hours ago]
Parade honours Australians for Iraq service [ABC Online - 16 hours ago]
Iraq troops are 'ANZACs of today:' Rudd (AAP) [Yahoo! News Australia - 16 hours ago]
Iraq troops are today's ANZACs - Rudd [Sky News Australia - 16 hours ago]
Women reluctant to join military [The Age - 11/19/2009]
Australian troops in Afghanistan for 'long haul... [Channel NewsAsia - 11/12/2009]
Australia in for 'long haul', says country's PM [Yahoo! Canada - 11/12/2009]
PM visits diggers in Afghanistan [West Australian - 11/11/2009]
We're in Afghanistan for long haul, PM tells tr... [The Age - 11/11/2009]
We're in Afghanistan for the long haul: Rudd [Brisbane Times - 11/11/2009]
PM visits diggers in Afghanistan (The West Aust... [Yahoo! News Australia - 11/11/2009]
Ian McPhedran: Report exposes army's deep flaws [Daily Telegraph Australia - 11/11/2009]
Report exposes army's deep flaws [Daily Telegraph Australia - 11/10/2009]
Petraeus Awarded Australia's Top Honor [Military.com - 11/04/2009]
Danger of a misguided mythology [The Australian - 11/04/2009]
General Petraeus awarded Australia's highest ho... [Breitbart.com - 11/04/2009]
Boat sinks off Australia, 15 feared killed [Gulf Times - 11/03/2009]
'Rudd's policy led to asylum drownings' [Herald Sun - 11/03/2009]
SEA TRAGEDY: 12 Sri Lankans die [The Australian - 11/03/2009]
'Rudd's policy to blame for drownings' [Daily Telegraph Australia - 11/03/2009]
'Rudd's policy to blame for drownings' [Herald Sun - 11/03/2009]
15 feared dead as unidentified boat sinks off A... [AFP via Yahoo! - 11/02/2009]
11 Missing After Boat Sinks Off Australia [AOL - 11/02/2009]
Rescuers head to boat wreck off Australia [MSNBC - 11/02/2009]
Digger death: 'Incompetent' officers stood down [Daily Telegraph Australia - 11/02/2009]
Boat sinks in Indian Ocean [CNEWS - 11/02/2009]
'Incompetent' officers stood down [Daily Telegraph Australia - 11/02/2009]
Digger death: Officers stood down over Digger's... [Daily Telegraph Australia - 11/02/2009]

Blogs

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Australia seeks early Afghan pull-out: minister [Raw Story - 10/21/2009] SYDNEY – Australia's defense minister Wednesday said he was hoping to wrap up military operations in Afghanistan as soon as possible, despite US and NATO moves for ...
FKATWOT Australia [normblog - 07/22/2009] Let's stay Down Under for the moment. Doing so will enable us to see that way down there, just as way up here, broadly the same political laws apply to the war formerly ...
Aussies can't fight Taliban on Dutch food [FP Passport - 06/03/2009] Australian troops on the front lines in Afghanistan have seen their fair share of the horrors of war. But if there's one thing they won't put up with, it's European ...
Australian Military Buildup And The Rise Of Asi... [Asian Energy - 05/09/2009] On March 2, 2009 the Australian Department of Defence released a 140-page white paper called Defending Australia in the Asia Pacific century: force 2030 (1), which ...

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