U.S. and Canadian officials in Washington today approved a memorandum of agreement that formalizes the assignment of Canadian military personnel to the Defense Department's Joint Improvised Explosive Device Defeat Organization. At a Canadian Embassy ceremony, retired Army Gen. Montgomery Meigs, who runs JIEDDO, and Canadian army Maj. Gen. Jan Arp, Ottawa's senior military attache in the United States, signed the document. Both countries' forces have suffered losses from IED attacks -- scores of Americans and Canadians have been killed or...
