Vice President Dick Cheney, speaking at the convention of the Military Order of the Purple Heart in Missouri, called victory in Iraq “critical” and pledged to hunt down insurgents one by one, if necessary.
Air Force Global Strike Command test-launched an unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile Aug. 16, several days after delaying the test to avoid stoking tensions with China. The launch from Vandenberg Space Force Base, Calif., took place at 12:49 a.m. Pacific time. The ICBM reentry vehicle traveled approximately 4,200 miles…