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 May 11th, 2009 by Pamela Leavey
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 [...]
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Filed under: Breaking News, Bush Admin, Democrats, George W. Bush, In The News, Iraq, Military, Pamela Leavey, President Barack Obama, Republicans, War
Posted on November 11th, 2008 by Stuart O'Neill
While all of us, or perhaps almost all of us, are grateful for the service of our soldiers, Marines, sailors, Air Force and Coast Guard we tend to forget that unlike other wars, women are on the front line in Iraq and Afghanistan. No one will officially admit this reality. Yet it exists.
They come home [...]
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Posted on September 3rd, 2008 by Pamela Leavey
And, I thought Rudy Guiliani was nauseating tonight… Sarah Palin stood at the podium, exploited her family including her pregnant teenage daughter and her “intended” and blew the “Republican message about the Palin offspring” being off limits into a farce.
Unbelievable. But not… That is what these people live for and the wingnuts in the crowd [...]
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Filed under: Conservatives, Election '08, General Election, Gov. Sarah Palin, In The News, John McCain '08, Pamela Leavey, Political News, Political Parties, Politics, Presidential Election, RNC, Republicans, Wingnuts
Posted on October 30th, 2006 by Virginia Cotts
What can be said about yet another grim statistic from the tragedy that is Iraq? The US military deaths have reached 101, with another day left in a month. Iraqi casualties are considered underestimated despite a new record of 1170.
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Filed under: Iraq
Posted on October 23rd, 2006 by Donnie McDaniel
It’s been a while since I did a highlight, and this blogger is a good one to get back into the groove with. PTCruiser is one of those famous people that you don’t really know about per se. Some might have seen his handy work on the freeways of California though. That’s right, he is [...]
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Filed under: Bush, In The Blogosphere, Iraq, Politics, Republicans, Veterans Issues
Posted on September 3rd, 2005 by Pamela Leavey
Horrible tales of “rape, murder and trigger happy guards” are coming from New Orleans. Refugees are recanting stories of utter lawlessness within the Superdome and Convention Center.
This is insane, absolutely insane! I don’t know what it’s going to take to get a grip on this, but it’s beyond anarchy at this point. The President [...]
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