The next day, acknowledging systemic corruption for at least three decades, Mayor Giuliani created the task force, ordering it to examine how to overhaul the agency and even whether to have it taken over by the Fire Department.
A task-force, ordered to report in February, has been appointed.
The report released on Thursday by Mr. Cheney's energy task force orders the Environmental Protection Agency and the Justice Department to review their enforcement of the pollution laws in light of the potential to discourage refinery expansion.
Though Mr. Spitzer's investigation found no evidence that either charge was true, the complaints found a warm response in Vice President Dick Cheney's energy task force, which ordered a review.
Bravo Company, the third unit in the task force, was ordered to attack a possible Vietcong headquarters area at My Lai 1, a hamlet about a mile and a half northeast of My Lai 4. The men of Bravo Company were also told to prepare for a major battle with an experienced Vietcong unit.
On 20 September, this task force was ordered to return to the Truk Naval Base in the Central Pacific north of the equator.
After flying off the Marine fighters, the task force was ordered to train with the battleships of Task Force 1 in the vicinity of Palmyra and Christmas Island.
Not long after, Mr. Barbour sent his memorandum to Vice President Cheney, who was heading a task force Mr. Bush had ordered to conduct a broad review of energy policy.
Rear Adm. John W. Smith Jr., the commander of the prison joint task force, said he ordered the raid because guards could not see into the facility to ensure the safety of the detainees.
With the defeat of Task Force Smith, Dean ordered the US 34th Infantry Regiment and other elements of the division to conduct delaying actions south of Osan, but he was disappointed and frustrated by the result.
