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FOUND: U.S. Constitution

Sarah Palin stood before an audience of 600 at the first Tea Party convention and in her twinkly home-spun rhetoric, declared we don’t need a professor of law but a commander-in-chief. As expected, she received roaring applause. And, as expected, she was wrong.
After Dick Cheney and George W. Bush, aided by a compliant Congress and [...]

President Obama’s Arlington Memorial Day Speech

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Gates Praises GI In Battle In Pink Boxers

Secretary Robert Gates made a statement in Washington DC about an extraordinary soldier who in a moment of emergency made a decision that he worried would  cost him his job.
[Robert] Gates told an audience in New York about Specialist Zachary Boyd, routed from sleep by enemy fire on his post in eastern Afghanistan.
“He immediately grabbed [...]

Tragedy of War: Stressed Out Soldier Kills 4 and Self in Iraq (UPDATED)

Breaking News… NBC News reports that a U.S. soldier at Camp Liberty in Iraq “opened fire on fellow members of the military, killing four and wounding several others” before taking his own life.
The attacker was described as a “stressed out” U.S. soldier.
The military said in a statement that the shooting occurred about 2 p.m. at [...]

Late Night: U.S. Soldiers On a Mission in Afghanistan?

Jeremy Scahill has the full scoop on the HuffPo. Also read Steve’s post at Newshoggers. Reuters reports the U.S. Military has denied “it has allowed soldiers to try to convert Afghans to Christianity.”
Reuters also notes that “Trying to convert Muslims to any other faith is a crime in Afghanistan.”

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Eating Crow

Some conservatives were attempting to paint Barack Obama as a weak leader over the pirate hostage drama. They are eating crow now.
And interestingly, speaking of eating crow…
A new poll indicates Americans don’t agree with former Vice President Dick Cheney’s recent assertion that President Barack Obama’s actions have increased the chances of a terrorist attack against [...]

Pentagon Allows Media to See Return of US War Dead

The 18-year ban on media coverage of the return of fallen U.S. service members ended Sunday night “with a solemn ceremony for the arrival of a flag-draped casket of an airman felled in Afghanistan.”

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Senators Seek Answers on Troops’ Chemical Exposure

The Houston Chronicle reported on Wednesday that almost “six years after American troops were exposed to a toxic chemical at an Iraqi water treatment plant, two U.S. senators say the Army has yet to give a full accounting of a defense contractor’s apparent failure to protect troops from the chemical.”
Democratic Sens. Byron Dorgan of North Dakota [...]

Stopping Ban in Place on Showing the Flag Draped Coffins of our Dead Servicemen/women

In the news: Gates orders review of ban on photos of coffins.
[This is a cross-posted diary at VetVoice.com]
How do feel about coverage of your Wars? Does it even effect you the least bit? Are you aware when one of your local service men/women has passed through to his or her family? Do you think this [...]

The Latest From the Israeli/Hamas War

This AljazeeraEnglish video was posted earlier today. It shows the destruction in the Gaza Strip. Since it is reporting on the impact of the attacks and not policy I take it at face value.
Taylor Marsh found the above video and a link to the Guardian UK. The Guardian story seems to indicate, to me at [...]