Foreign Affairs

My name is Tanya and I am a high school student in Colorado Springs. I come from a military family. Both of my parents are in the Army. In November, they will both leave for Iraq again. The army has the longest tours and they will both be gone for a year. It is hard on me and my relatives when they are gone. I have to bounce from house to house. Read More >

We have a son who is currently in Iraq. He's a medical officer. We worry constantly about our son's safety. We are outraged that the Administration embarked on a war with a country whose regime had no connection to al-Qaeda, had no weapons of mass destruction, and was not an imminent threat to the U.S.

It seems like no one knows about Darfur. I have talked to my friends at school and I have given presentations on what is happening in Darfur but no one knows anything about it. They watch the news and they read newspapers but the media is not covering it. If people don't know about it, then nothing will happen. I go online to learn more about it but there is nothing there. The world needs to be aware of it, not just the United States. Everyone should tell their friends and anyone they know, even people they don't know. I think it's very, very important.

We have a son who is currently in Iraq. He's a medical officer. We worry constantly about our son's safety. We are outraged that the Administration embarked on a war with a country whose regime had no connection to al-Qaeda, had no weapons of mass destruction, and was not an imminent threat to the U.S.

In 2004, USGS worked with the State department in Afghanistan where the geological survey there had been nonfunctional for years. I led a team that focused on getting the water supply system restructured in Kabul. We were to then go out across the country to rebuild water supply systems. We brought computers, water pumps and other electronics to 12 students. We were full of hope of rebuilding this system, but that began to fade away. The limited funds have not allowed us to finish the work we were sent there to do and the war in Iraq took so much attention off Afghanistan we were not able to finish the job.