Spokesman Bereket Simon says Ethiopia has not and will not stop its military support to Somalia's Transitional Federal Government,or TFG, in its fight against a foreign-backed insurgency.

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As for provision for military and other federal government employees, it seems to me that the federal government should make proper provision for them, just as a private employer should make proper provision.

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For Bush, the bogeymen are just as scary -- a large and intrusive federal government, a sickly military and moral collapse.

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So I ask you to join me in expanding their access to childcare, creating new hiring preferences for military spouses across the Federal Government, and allowing our troops to transfer their unused education benefits to their spouses or children.

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