Mr. Gates told reporters traveling with him in South America on Wednesday that a team of officials he sent to Iraq to examine the use of security contractors had submitted several recommendations, including having field commanders exercise existing military law more aggressively to punish contractors who commit crimes.
It re-emphasizes an existing directive banning racial profiling and tells commanders to review the forms that officers fill out after each stop.
Under existing laws, computer programmers, manufacturers and military commanders would all escape liability for deaths caused by such machines, according to the study published on Thursday by Human Rights Watch and Harvard Law School.
In testimony in the House of Representatives on Oct. 4, Michael J. Fisher, the Border Patrol chief, said the existing fence covered the ground "where Border Patrol field commanders determined it was operationally required".
Though the frigate was originally designed to fight in the Seven Years War, it was one of few existing vessels that could have played the part in "Master and Commander".
The new general order issued by General Odierno, which follows a full review of existing orders, consolidates and replaces several general orders from United States commanders across Iraq.
The plan offers few specifics on the substance of the training to be provided, although it recommends that commanders "keep it simple" and work it into existing programs whenever possible.
Rather, the president asserts the authority as commander-in-chief under the imprimatur of an already existing, unwieldy War on Terror.
Parliament began discussing a reorganization of its military as early as November 1644, in part to remove some poorly-performing commanders, and to eliminate the regional character of the existing forces.
Officials said the directive from Gen. John R. Allen, the commander for international and United States forces in Afghanistan, underscores NATO's existing commitment to protecting civilians.
