ABC News -- "I can't pay bills with IOUs. I can't pay salaries with IOUs." - Thomas Bent, medical director, Laguna Beach Community Clinic, telling the Los Angeles Times he expects to receive more than $10,000 in IOUs as payment for services. "U.S. forces are being harassed by the Taliban every step of the way, as they press on with their offensive in the Helmand valley...In the past taking ground from the Taliban has been relatively easy but keeping it has proved almost impossible. This time the US forces plan to do the difficult bit: keep the territory, win support from local population and ensure the government's presence." - correspondent Mike Boettcher, travelling with the Marines in Afghanistan for ABC News. "That depends on him. I will ask you...