Posted on May 23rd, 2009 by Stuart O'Neill
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 [...]
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Filed under: AP News, Afghanistan, In The News, International, Military, News Media, Stuart O'Neill, Terrorism
Posted on January 29th, 2009 by Pamela Leavey
President Obama signed the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Restoration Act this morning in the East Room of the White House. The Lilly Ledbetter Act act reverses the 2007 Supreme Court decision that limited the statute of limitations on filing pay discrimination law suits.
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton attended the White House ceremony. Clinton was “one of the initial [...]
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Filed under: Congress, Democrats, Equal Rights, In The News, Pamela Leavey, Political News, Politics, President Barack Obama, Secretary Of State, Sen. Hillary Clinton, Sen. Joe Biden
Posted on September 19th, 2005 by Pamela Leavey
John Kerry’s scathing speech today has hit some nerves.
(AP Photo/Joe Giblin)
The Hill offers a look at the spin from the RNC, along with this quip:
Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.) unleashed a furious attack on the Bush administration at a Brown University speech yesterday, upbraiding the president’s response to the hurricane that recently devastated the Gulf Coastand [...]
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Filed under: John Kerry, Politics
Posted on September 12th, 2005 by Pamela Leavey
(AP Photo/Julia Malakie)
John Kerry, took a few moments to speak with striking Northwest Airlines mechanics (AMFA Local 2) today at Logan Airport in Boston, as he was preparing to leave for the Gulf Coast with supplies for Hurricane Katrina victims.
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Posted on September 3rd, 2005 by Pamela Leavey
Even in the wake of mass destruction, heartbreak and abandonment, 84 year old Milvertha Hendricks wraps herself in the hope of America.
Milvertha Hendricks, 84, center waits in the rain with other flood victims outside the convention center in New Orleans, Thursday, Sept. 1, 2005. Officials called for a mandatory evacuation of the city, but many [...]
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Filed under: In The News
Posted on August 23rd, 2005 by Pamela Leavey
Something to smile about… (via CrooksandLiars, via DU)
This is one smart veteran…
Bill Moyer, 73, wears a “Bullshit Protector” flap over his ear while President George W. Bush addresses the Veterans of Foreign Wars. (AP Photo/Douglas C. Pizac)
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Posted on July 28th, 2005 by Pamela Leavey
John Kerry held a press conference today with Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., and Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., in reaction to the energy bill, which passed the House on Capitol Hill in Washington Thursday July 28, 2005.
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Filed under: Economy, Energy, House of Reps
