A new Gallup Poll shows that Americans still view the war in Iraq and terrorism as the top two priorities for Congress and the Administration. An overwhelming 47 percent of survey respondents cited the war in Iraq as their top “unprompted” concern. Gallup pollsters simply asked what should be the top priorities. Ranking second was terrorism or national security at 20 percent.
The Pentagon’s new counter-drone task force will play a direct role in arming Airmen with new weapons to defend Air Force agile combat employment, or ACE, air bases in austere locations against enemy drone attacks, the director of Joint Interagency Task Force 401 said Oct. 14.
