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IRAQ • CQRTinUCD PR0IT11 Since the U.S.-led invasion in March 2003, successive Iraqi governments have wielded little influence over this long river valley through which foreign militants are thought to pass. Marines say the key to turning the tide is the introduction of troops — particularly Iraqis who can remain longer. An example of the effect came when two companies of Iraqi soldiers and Marine outposts were recently installed inside the Anbar town of Hit. Commanders said they received more information from local people after they gained confidence that the Marines were staying and could follow up tips. “The key is to get more Iraqi troops out there, that everyone says are coming,” Gunnery Sgt. Ralph Perrine, an operations chief in 3rd Battalion, 25th Regiment, from Brunswick, Ohio, said. “We need to stop nadt Mizban / l he Associated stress An Iraqi woman passes by a poster advertising women’s rights in Iraq’s new constitution, in Baghdad, Iraq, on Sunday. Iraqis will vote on the new constitution in a referendum on Oct. 15. treating them like kids and train them, and get them protecting their own country.” But just this week Gen. George Casey, the top U.S. commander in Iraq, said only one Iraqi army battalion was prepared to fight on its own, down from a previous U.S. estimate that three were ready. Marines say this area needs hundreds, if not thousands, more Iraqi troops. Despite that assessment, President Bush said Saturday he was encouraged by the BOARD • COfITIflUGD FROdl I Congress,” Preston said. Congressmen Joe Wilson, R S.C., and Jim Clyburn, D S.C., who have district lines on USC property, immediately endorsed the project, Preston said. Staff members from both representatives’ district offices in Columbia are expected to attend the twice-monthly board meetings to collaborate with the members. Preston said Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., had also shown great interest in the project. Preston said other representatives have been supportive, but the board is focusing on Wilson and Clyburn so needs at the Columbia campus can be addressed before other representatives — who have USC branch schools in their districts — begin to ask for a share of the attention. “We knew we wanted to get (Wilson and Clyburn) on board first ... because we wanted to take care of our own before we tried to take care of everyone else,” Preston said. Direction of the board will be left up to board members, Preston said, but he said he expects minority issues, particularly those of women, gays and African-Americans, to be addressed in communication between the board and Congress. USC’s board is comprised of 12 students, eight of whom are selected through an application and interview process that was open to all students on campus. The SG Director of Government and Community Relations serves as the ninth member, and the remaining three are personally selected by each of the three executive council members. Preston chose second-year public relations student John Carroll, and picks from SG Vice President Ryan Holt and SG President Justin Williams are expected to be announced Monday. Comments on this story? E-mail gamecocknews@gwm. sc. edu increasing size and capability of the Iraqi security forces. “All Americans can have confidence in the military commanders who are leading the effort in Iraq, and in the troops under their command,” Bush said in upbeat remarks that appeared part of a renewed push to win support for the war effort from an increasingly reluctant American public. In the latest offensive, known as Operation Iron Fist, which was extended to two other towns on Sunday, U.S. troops were largely fighting by themselves without a significant number of Iraqi troops. At least 21 militants have been killed in the operation so far, the military said Sunday. Sadah appeared calm, suggesting most gunmen had left, but the military reported fighting on the outskirts of the village and a nearby town. There have been no U.S. casualties, the military said. LIBRARY • COnTIDUED PROfTI I be added at the back. Olsgaard said adding these things will increase students’., access to what they need and eliminate their having to leave the study area to walk to the front of the building. “If people have ideas, we’ll entertain them. I can’t promise anything, but we ll listen,” Olsgaard said. The Gamecock reported in March that the Thomas Cooper library planned to remain open 24-hours beginning in the fall. “We put in our budget request that we needed $50,000 in order to do this, and we’re still not sure whether that funding will materialize,” said Thomas Cooper Library Director Tom McNally. “We’re going to continue to ask for supplemental funding so We can be open 24/7. At this stage in the game, if at any point we receive the additional funding to do it, we will go to 24/7.” The library will remain open 24 hours during exam periods. When surveying the new study area, McNally said “it really is hard to picture what was there.” McNally said USC President Andrew Sorensen “was so essential to making this happen .... He is just a wonderful supporter of the library.” McNally said Sorensen loves the library and realizes its importance to the university. 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