(10 Jan 2007)
Fort Hood, Texas, United States - 10 January 2007
1. Troops of the 4th Infantry Division, US Army running exercises at dawn
2. Recruits jogging and chanting
3. SOUNDBITE: (English) General Tom Spoehr, US Army:
"Soldiers will do what the nation needs them to do and usually, and always they step up and do what's necessary."
4. Recruits stretching on field
5. Exercising in front of M1 Abrams tank
6. Set-up shot of Major Bradford riding his motorcycle
7. SOUNDBITE: (English) Major Terrence Bradford, US Army:
"The main thing I want is a good plan. Something that's smart, something that makes sense but the biggest thing is I want the Iraqis to really take charge. I want those guys to be in control - it's their country. If they don't want it why should we be there?
Baghdad, Iraq - FILE
8. Various of US troops searching cars on streets of Baghdad
9. Troops on patrol in Baghdad
10. Street scene of Iraqis
New York City, New York, United States - 10 January 2007
11. Setup shot of Paula Rogovin, whose son is Marine First Lieutenant Eric Rogovin based out of Camp Pendleton, scheduled to be deployed shortly to Iraq
12. Rogovin reading newspaper story about troop surge plan
13. STILL of 1st Lieutenant Eric Rogovin, USMC (United States Marine Corps)
14. SOUNDBITE: (English) Paula Rogovin, son being deployed to Iraq:
"I opposed this war before my son was involved in the military, but as a parent, as a military parent, I am so frightened. It's personal, it's really personal now."
15. STILL of son Eric 1st Lieutenant Eric Rogovin
16. SOUNDBITE: (English) Paula Rogovin, son being deployed to Iraq:
"There's an expression, 'All mothers' tears are the same.' So when I read the paper in the morning or look at the internet and see somebody else has been killed and ten times that number killed in Iraq - Iraqi people killed - my heart is broken."
17. Mid of Rogovin
18. SOUNDBITE: (English) Paula Rogovin, son being deployed to Iraq:
"I don't want one more death. And Military Families Speak Out, our demand is not one more death. Not one more dollar should be spent (on this war.)"
Fort Hood, Texas, United States - 10 January 2007
19. More troops at dawn exercises
20. Setup shot of Tammy Lynch, wife of Soldier:
21. SOUNDBITE (English) Tammy Lynch, wife of a soldier:
"I got three kids, it could have been us in those towers. If I have to sacrifice him (her husband) for a year or two years to make sure that my kids can go to school safe then I'm all about it."
22. Troops running sprints at dawn
STORYLINE:
With US President George W. Bush's highly anticipated speech on Iraq strategy just hours away, opinions and emotions are being torn among the nations military and their loved ones about the expected announcement of a troop surge into Baghdad.
At Fort Hood in Texas troops of the 4th Infantry Division, US Army jogged and exercised in the predawn hours.
They have just returned to America following a tour in Iraq, but many expect to be back there sooner than expected.
The military commanders say that troop morale is good, and they are ready to make the necessary sacrifices and do their duty.
But some in the ranks expressed frustration with the political turmoil in Iraq, and are ready to hand over the reins to the government in Baghdad - and let Iraqi troops handle their own problems.
Bush will tell the nation Wednesday night (0200GMT Thursday) he will send 21,500 additional American forces to Iraq, acknowledging that it was a mistake earlier not to have more American and Iraqi troops fighting the war.
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